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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1908
Page
3
Edwin A. Nye discusses the tale of a Chicago judge who condemns a fallen woman while his sister may share her fate. The piece urges compassion over harsh judgment and warns that rigid justice can harden hearts and ruin lives.
A grocer returns your money if you do not like Coffee Schilling's Best, a business like brand promise. The label suggests consumer assurance and a simple refund policy tied to the product.
The guide advises beating carpets on the wrong side first then gently on the right to avoid damage. It warns against placing a carpet on a damp floor to prevent mildewing. It notes that seventy percent of mankind's gold is in coin form.
A historical note claims that well cooked oatmeal with a raw apple forms an ideal diet for humanity. It suggests children stay strong and healthy on this plan at the smallest possible outlay.
A home remedy suggests applying vinegar to the wart three or four times daily and covering with baking soda until absorbed. Keep the mixture on for ten minutes, then remove. In a few days the wart should fall off leaving only a small white spot.
A compact survey notes Belgium as a beer nation with 3 375 breweries producing 433 million gallons annually. It mentions foreign beers as largely imitated and adds brief items on courtship in Borneo Tasmanian apple fame coconut shell fuel and coats of arms origins in Germany and France.
A German girl Jeanette gives up her seat to an old woman at an army review and is honored by the empress. The excerpt also explains how plants like fuchsias dahlias camellias magnolias anemones and lavender got their names from various people and Latin roots.
Children sit in a circle and describe a familiar character from Grimm or Alice in Wonderland. The first to guess sits and continues, moving around as players are eliminated for incorrect guesses. The game ends when all except those who guessed correctly are removed.
A concise overview of how many common flowers earned their names. The piece traces etymologies from myth and language to botanical practice, highlighting the link between form, legend, and taxonomy.
The sulphur bottom or blue whale is the largest living animal, reaching about eighty feet in length and sixty tons in weight, with rare individuals exceeding sixty-five tons. It surpasses the extinct brontosaurus, which weighed about thirty-eight tons, in size.
The piece notes a common error in singular usage where don t is spoken as do not. It argues that don t is a contraction of do not and urges replacing it with doesn t in phrases like He doesn t care and It doesn t make a difference.
A Country Gentleman set of steps advises farmers to clean barns and nest boxes thoroughly burn debris. Spray with fire killer, avoid spraying dust, reapply a week later if insects remain, then wash walls, restock nest boxes with straw, and cover dry floors with soil and litter for winter use.
A Denver Field and Farm method for haystack measurement divides the circumference by 3.14 to get the diameter, squares it, and multiplies by 0.78 to find the base area. The base area is multiplied by the average height to yield volume, then divided by 343 to estimate tons. For a stack 75 feet around and 10 feet high the result is about 13.1 tons.
The piece offers practical horse care tips including gradual feeding of alfalfa hay and bran mashes not too thin. It urges avoiding common faults like overzealous blacksmithing and notes oats as an excellent grain. It also suggests road-dragging for team welfare and currying after work for comfort.
The Oklahoma experiment station advises removing stock from autumn sown wheat by March 1 or March 15 to maintain yields. Late pasturing lowers grain quality and can harm soil texture when fields are wet. In good seasons heavy growth may justify pasture use.
The Denver Farm and Field urges farmers to harrow fields before plowing to test ground conditions. It advises two or three passes with a disk harrow on stubble fields then careful notes at plowing time. The aim is to prove harrowing improves subsequent plowing and yields no further persuasion is needed.
In early spring shore hogs and brood sows should run in an alfalfa pasture to feed hogs for several months. Feeders mix corn with alfalfa pasture as it matures and fattening approaches. Increase corn gradually and remove hogs from pasture when ready for final fattening.
Dr. P S Kershner of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry reports effective fever tick treatment using crude oil as a dip or dressing. If crude oil is unavailable, equal parts kerosene and cottonseed oil with or without sulfur are useful. He notes losses mostly occur in cattle that are visibly affected.
A brief instruction outlines soaking a dirty harness in hot water until soft, then wiping with a clean bran sack. Rinse dirt away easily, dry slightly, and finish drying in shade on a hot day.
The text argues against penny pinching in feeding noting that higher spending yields greater profits. It asserts there is no wisdom in niggardly rations and that a third more expense can triple returns, endorsing generous, not frugal, feeding practices.
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