Milk as a Vital Nourishment and Life Philosophy
A South Dakota extension specialist extols milk as a perfect food for all ages, rich in lime and vitamins, with high quality proteins aiding growth and digestion. The piece urges clean production and storage, then pivots to reflections on the value of literature, beauty, religion, and poverty, quoting Dr. Frank Crane on living without refined pleasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Dole
South Dakota State College
Nature
Frank Crane
Things We Can Live Without
Ruskin argued people can live without pictures though not as well and that few true needs exist. The piece notes essentials vs margins, citing music and travel as things one can live without, yet their loss changes life. It contrasts a Kentucky elder who never left her mountain home with lifelong education as optional.
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Ruskin
Kentucky
Hogwallow News Lighthearted Local Snippets
Raz Barlow jokes about distracting the public with singing if his fiddle fails. Miss Hostetter Hocks has a bobbed hairstyle this week. A stranger remains at the post office awaiting a daily purchase. Slim Pickens wears a red necktie to flag the Tin Peddler. Sim Flinders saves money on the child he deems thick headed. A sighting places Cricket Hicks in town as the day unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slim Pickens
Sim Flinders
An Exhilarating Effect From Herbine on the Shelf
A bottle of Herbine on the shelf at home acts like a doctor in the house providing instant relief for digestive issues and sluggish bowels. One or two doses start movements and restore buoyant spirits and health. Price 6c. Sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow-Wright Drug CO
Bromo Quinine Box Bears Grove’s Signature
A vintage ad notes Colds Cause Grip and influenza and promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to remove the cause. It highlights there is only one Bromo Quinine and features E Grove’s signature on the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E W.grove
E. W. Glove
Watering frogs and bear hunter reunion tale
A man walks with water for frogs and Luke Mathewsla heads to Thundesation for a surviving bear hunters reunion. Isaac Helwanger will act as deputy oldest inhabitant in his absence. A Rye Straw Store Keeper encounter with a drummer hints at weak cash demand. Tobe Moseley notes a Musket Ridge friend’s upcoming marriage and claims two years of business harmony with his brother. A traveler from beyond Gander Creek visits church on Sunday morning.
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Luke Mathewsla
Thundesation
Isaac Helwanger
Tobe Moseley
Musket Ridge
Gander Creek
Man Enters Unknown Church by Hog Ford
A traveler paused at Hog Ford and, after entering a church, realized it belonged to a denomination different from his own, leaving him startled by the unintended worship site.
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Hog Ford
A Corn Eating Rooster Feeds Public Knowledge
A local rooster was given a public feed last Saturday revealing that a chanticleer can eat about 475 grains of corn. The piece dryly warns roosters to moderate their appetites amid growing prejudice against fowl and urges watchfulness to avoid trouble.
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Chanticleers
Bourne
Rooster Debate and Sudden Death Spark Egg Law Talk
A Honey Grove Signal note lampoons egg industry debates about roosters with a comic tale of roosters kept with hens, some urging their slaughter for salad. One corn-eating rooster ate 450 to 500 grains Saturday, then suffered cramps and died Sunday at 9 AM, prompting a quip on philanthropists and policy.
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L. LaRoe & Company
Whitewright Leonard Ector
Bailey, Roxton
McAlester
Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Raz Barlow
Hostetter Hocks
Cricket Hicks
Street & Smith
Chesley Rutledge
Whitewright
J. H. Biggerstaff
Gordon Clothing Co
Telephon
Honey Grove
Gordon Bros
First National Bank
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