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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1903
Page
6
The piece contrasts changing attitudes to marriage with finance expectations and social mobility, noting women and men weigh wealth and comfort differently. It then discusses early wireless telegraphy, its reach, secrecy limits, and calls for an international regulatory congress to govern wavelengths and station power.
The article traces wireless telegraphy from Marconi’s 1806 07 tests through Wertz’s demonstrations of light speed electrical waves and mirrors, noting Righi’s oscillator on a table top. It surveys early methods and the progression toward shorter waves and higher frequencies in the field.
Justice Port argues for extending indeterminate sentences across New Jersey penal institutions. He proposes no fixed minimum or maximum terms and a parole driven system under an impartial discharge court with a governor designated judge. The plan includes continued confinement until cured or until parole, with relapse re arrest power and review rights for prisoners.
Mrs. Fairfax, a prominent ante bellum Virginia family member, hosts famed Southern parties at Greenway Court. Her lineage includes Gen Jubal Early and Lord Fairfax, with ties to the Fairfax and Clayton lineages. A near fatal NY sound proof telephone booth mishap is cited before introducing a new phone attachment that seals the device and muffles voice for privacy.
The device can be attached to current instruments and lets the central office or the person connected hear the conversation. William J. Donihue of Jamestown New York is named as the inventor.
A new clothespin invention uses two stout wire strands twisted together with regularly spaced wooden blocks. These blocks grasp fabric portions to expose them to sun and air, maintaining constant tension to hold the material once placed.
A design proposes a strong spring along the line near a support post. Wood blocks hold material from the wire, preventing staining or soiling of clothing by metal contact.
The article compares French household servants with English staff noting greater familiarity. It cites examples such as maids kissing both mistress and master on arrivals or departures and a magistrate ruling on whether crockery breakage during a maid's duties could be charged against wages.
A reader summary notes New York milk safety concerns urging care in handling milk for city residents. It also highlights Lafayette County farmers growing corn usable for pipes with a 25 acre yield of 1126 bushels worth 336 dollars and cobs selling for 198 dollars. It mentions Senator Cockrell’s pipe as a campaign tradition and ends with a wry remark on Pa and Ma’s romance.
Water heating scheme uses house and barn lines to provide warm water to barn animals via a simple valve system. Roaring horse disease is addressed with light work, grain diet, and iodide of potassium with nux vomica dosing. Angora buck Laz arus, bred by D C Taylor, became Kansas City show champion and was sold to Col C S Rich.
Practical livestock care advises against medicines for healthy fowls and notes a Oneida County court ruling on a dog shot while chasing sheep. The article cites common law and a statute allowing dog killing when it harms sheep, then shifts to a testimonial about Lydia E Pinkham’s compound for women’s health.
A. W. Trow of Glenville Minnesota joins the dairy and food department educational staff to aid farmers and dairymen. Minnesota lawmakers approved a $30 000 annual appropriation and updated dairy laws to strengthen the state s dairy and creamery industries. Fowls out of condition during hot weather are mentioned as a separate note noting bowel disease concerns.
A design note shows a round iron bolt securing a crossbar for barn doors allowing smooth operation. The piece explains floor and beam gains to receive the bar, with a substitute strip nailed to the beam. Plus guidance on identifying good oats by size, color, skin thickness, and flour content for quality.
The article advises that millet rape and hemp seeds suit very young chicks, with sorghum and buckwheat better than wheat as they grow. A mix of wheat and cracked corn works well when chicks can eat it. Small seeds aid feathering and overall growth versus feeding only grains.
A home prepared mixture of kerosene fish oil and carbolic acid is recommended to keep flies off cattle. Apply every morning after milking with a hand sprayer focusing on the head shoulders and fore legs to maintain milk flow in hot weather.
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