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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1904
Page
6
A verse selection notes love as timeless, fluted and sung with repeated motifs. It contrasts aging Earth and stars with enduring love while claiming life itself of love is born and must sing its morn beyond waning youth. The source attributes the passage to The Bookman.
A romance unfolds as John and Kitty, both orphans with no prospects, face an eager demand for commitment. Kitty refuses marriage despite love, citing poverty and fear of future ruin, while John pledges effort. In a late summer scene a lone maiden by the lake reflects on loneliness amid a crowded city park.
A young man and a pale, well dressed Kitty meet by chance in the city. They recall a past rejected love while debating marriage on modest means as each confesses loneliness and affection amid a humbler present.
The New York Tribune recounts an April 13 1788 riot in New York City after bodies were found disinterred from private cemeteries. Students exposed a body limb from the hospital dissection room, sparking a mob that besieged the hospital and led magistrates to jail doctors for safety.
Ernest C. Rost recounts his Harper's Magazine piece on Islay desert in Peru. He describes vast white crescent sand formations on a high plateau near Arequipa, their movement at about three inches per day, and how they reshape as they drift across the arid landscape.
The Tibetan government maintains Buddhism as its core aim, with closed doors and seclusion once rooted in preservation. Now the policy shifts to a vital national principle, as Tibetans see it. Foreigners entering Lhasa since 1846 include Europeans, some believed to be disguised Roman Catholic priests. they were not expelled but treated with food that was later described as poison. Laziness is labeled a disease causing many chronic invalids.
An illustrated guide from Orange Judd Farmer describes simple, strong nest boxes for Essex County Massachusetts, detailing materials and construction. Uses three boards for the frame, half inch lumber for boxes, wire or strips as supports, and a six inch projecting bottom for hens.
Wellhouse and Son of Topeka Kansas report costly orchard protection in Osage County building 1700 rabbit traps for their four orchards. The traps use a 22 inch long box of six inch lumber one inch thick closed at one end with an inward swinging door to stop rabbit damage.
A detailed recount describes a rabbit trap using four feet of lumber and four feet of No 12 galvanized wire. The design, built after twenty years of study, is said to be nearly perfect in cost and efficiency. Also advised is spraying all fruit trees to prevent insect or disease damage, as neglect can render a grower a public nuisance in some states.
A $5,000,000 company announced in New York plans to convert undeveloped Spanish farmland into large farming zones. It aims to build agricultural machinery factories and deploy irrigation projects, signaling a shift from earlier eras when America largely hosted Spanish exploration.
Experiments at an agricultural station show 11 inch wagon tires need 40 percent more power than 38 inch tires to pull a loaded wagon. Using a Baldwin dynamometer, tests on a 1000 pound wagon over blue grass turf measured the load.
A Big Grain Farm in Oklahoma claims the 101 Ranch on the Ponca reservation is the largest Southwest farm with thousand acre fields and pastures, six thousand head of cattle, long corn rows, and three weeks to cut wheat using self binders and steam threshers. Eggs and poultry figures in New York reveal a booming industry worth hundreds of millions, with hens producing vast yearly totals and incubators expanding poultry farming. Maine reports record Irish potato yields in Aroostook County with giants up to four and a half pounds and many three-pounders, praised for quality and flavor.
The Agricultural Department notes Consul General Guenther's report of a newly found South American plant rich in saccharine matter. It is claimed to yield sugar twenty to thirty times sweeter than cane or beet sugar and may thrive in southern United States climates.
A discussion on farm surplus handling advises against selling hay in its original form if profitable transformation is possible. It notes dairy cows fed hay and butter sold yields more profit, with butter coming from air and dairy cream eries returning skim milk and whey to customers, enhancing farm fertility by improving manure value.
The article notes horses need ample daily water with watering timing flexible to the feeder. It reports Maine irrigation on eleven farms from the 1899 census, detailing 17 acres 15 in vegetables, 2 in hay, wells as sources, $2170 system costs, $2555 crop value. It also mentions tobacco and corn grown in England, with sun as a major recent constraint.
Report notes pigs eat charcoal and ashes readily in the sty. Charcoal is described as valuable for hygiene, acting as a corrective and preventive against digestive diseases in pigs.
A reader recounts improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, claiming restoration of strength and regular menstruation. The text promotes the product as a cure for womb troubles inflammation of the ovaries and kidney issues, citing a testimonial from Hannah E. Mershon of Collingswood New Jersey.
An old woman in Joplin traveled with a basket of snakes claiming to sell them for cash. She hoped to raise about $3,000 to lift a mortgage but found no buyers and released the reptiles on East 7th Street, causing startled shrieks among passersby.
Blanche recounts a proposal from Mr Piper with threats of self harm if refused. Hetty questions the reasoning as Blanche explains the intention to refuse was immediate. Blanche mentions her Uncle Charles, an undertaker, as a humorous aside in the Boston Transcript excerpt.
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