Barn life contrasts with neighbor's tidy farm routines
A Farm and Fireside correspondent tours two barns to contrast order and neglect. One barn shows scattered gear and tools left on floors, reflecting a less prosperous, rugged farming style, while the neighbor's barn is neat with hooks, benches, and organized stalls suggesting a prosperous, up to date operation. The piece then argues winter spreading of stable manure is beneficial, aiding snow melt and soil growth, countering criticism as wasteful.
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Tae
Te Sallway
Poultry Raising Tips From The Poultry Tribune
Poultry notes urge disinfection of chicken houses and careful slaughter to reduce disease. Emphasizes constant fresh water, using scraps for feed, and storing potatoes and turnips as poultry fodder. Highlights incubators to hatch early chicks for timely market sales and suggests early pullets as winter layers with diligent care.
Selecting Brood Sows for Prolific Swine
Professor Fuller of the Wisconsin Experiment Station notes that prolificacy is a family trait and advises choosing brood sows from a large robust herd. He says the strongest piglets usually nurse from teats nearest the udder front, so the best prospective sow is identified before removal from the pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Fuller
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Plant Fruit Trees Along Fence Lines
Plant fruit trees on uncultivated doors along the fence lines and in the resids. The investment is good adds heir to beauty of farm and to the size of it. Be sure fruit trees are set where they will have sufficient drainage.
Need Good Care for Cattle on Homestead
The note advises keeping only a few cows if the homestead is small and focusing on quality stock. Emphasizes good wages and feed as key results of careful management.
Fins On Warships Brace For Safer Naval Stops
The battleship Indiana at League Island yard is being fitted with bronze fins to act as braking wings. The system uses broad blades that fold against the ship when idle and deploy from the bridge to reverse water pressure, enabling immediate stopping to prevent collisions.
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Indiana
League Island Navy Yard
LEO'S DOG FRIENDS LION AND CANINE SHARE CAGE IN MANCHESTER
A lion named Leo and a dog share a cage in Manchester without fighting. The pair sleep and eat together while Leo shows a vicious temper with other animals and has attacked keepers. The dog performs tricks and seems content with the companionship, a rare friendship noted across England.
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England
Manchester
Leo
General Lee Statue Moves to Statuary Hall in Washington
Virginia places General Robert E. Lee statue in Statuary Hall Washington amid protests from some G A R posts over Confederate uniform significance. The feature marks a national moment as each state completes its commemorative program in the capital.
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Robert H. Lee
Statuary Hall
Washington
Union
Diet and Brain Growth in the Thyroid Tale
A Cassell magazine argument links diet to brain development via thyroid stimulation. It cites cretinous idiocy and myxoedema as affected by sheep thyroid material and notes rat studies showing larger thyroids from oatmeal diets. The piece suggests porridge may help childhood brain growth.
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James Crichton- Browne
Cassell
Silk Sock District and Twenty-ninth District Legend
A New York Herald piece recalls Silk Sock District as the city’s silk stocking area noting social pressure on candidates. It cites a legend of a man in Albany who cut his cheek at breakfast, later clarified as damage from a champagne glass, not a knife.
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Twenty-ninth
New York
Assembly
Albany
New York Herald
Virginia Statues Tie Lee and Washington Memorials
Virginia legislators set conditions on memorials in Statuary Hall. If the Lee statue is not accepted, the Washington statue must be withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statuary Hall
Virginia
Washington and Lee
Lee
Fire alarm boxes list by intersection and street names
An enumerated set of fire alarm box locations is provided. Entries include multiple intersections such as North Aberdeen and Cleveland, Market and I streets, High School on Terrace Ave, and others along River streets, Heron, G, F, Broadway, and South Aberdeen.
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North
Aberdeen
Cleveland
City Hall
Market
Terrace Ave
River
Burrow’s Dock
Hume
Benn and Heron
Wilson’s
Evans
Curtis
Front
South
Aberdeen Herald Keeps Coverage On Local News
The Aberdeen Herald continues its regular reporting cadence delivering concise local stories with community focus and straightforward prose. Readers receive brief notes on civic events, school updates, and neighborhood developments in accessible style.
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Pela
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General Lee
Grand Theatre
Louis James
Cardinal Wolsey
Henry VIII
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A. S. Alexander
Farm Journal
Maine
California
Horse Secrets Farm Journal
Aberdeen Herald
Orse Secrets
the Herald
Aberdeen, Wash
Nick Katurick
West Heron Street
West Coast Employment CO
Grays Har
East Heron St
West
Chas. Bi
Sally CO
Seatile
Portland
Herald Printery
Wishkah Valley
Herald Office
E. Wishkah Street
C. A. Pinckney CO
Tel
East Market St
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