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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1894
Page
8
Practical two plan methods to prevent dirty water from sediment and leaves entering cisterns. The design uses an overflow pipe that directs sediment to a bottom discharge, with cemented earth walls, a man hole, and a concrete cover. Steps cover laying out the cistern, materials, and capacity estimates.
The article emphasizes keeping dairy areas away from odors, sprinkling unslaked lime to neutralize smells in stables, and maintaining cleanliness especially in underground or poorly lit stables. It advises on stable setup and notes calves’ feeding: starting with three quarts daily, rising to nine or ten quarts by the fourth week, based on fresh milk and calf size.
Plums are sold green to large pickle houses and shipped across the country as the best imported olives. Despite growing olive orchards in California, demand far exceeds supply, with New York plum orchards supplying most American olives. One grower sold a 7,000 tree crop yielding about 15,000 to 20,000 bushels to an olive picker. This reflects a final portion of plums suitable for olive pickleers in the state.
A detailed guide from American Agriculturist on a ten pound grape basket packing system for plums. It describes a three by two and a half foot table with eight inch back and three inch front, a six inch slanted board, and a sorter position to separate leaves stems and damaged fruit. The method reduces handling and bloom loss, uses baskets directly or in large receptacles, and notes cost varies with crude to elaborate builds.
Description of the onion thrip, an Asian pest causing white blight on onions and attacking cucumbers and strawberries. It is tiny, about one twenty-th inch female, pale lemon to yellow brown, with black eyes and mouth tips, moves by jumping. Kerosene emulsion is advised, sprayed on plants including leaf axils, early morning or evening when insects are less active.
A fire at West Side Park halted a Saturday afternoon Cincinnati game in the seventh inning as fumes and a blaze blocked crowded exits. Over 1,000 spectators fled past barbed wire fences while players Ryan and Wilmot helped rescue others. Injuries included cuts and a broken arm. property damage reached about $15,000 before firefighters subdued the flames.
Saultle and Co of Worcester with Maire ne Adigament Wokomshat Angie-Heeary KOSmith Co are the largest shoe dealers in the city. They have assigned liabilities of 1,008 and assets about 240,000. Last year the business totaled over 260,000 but declined sharply this year due to several customers’ defaults. The adjudication proceeds show the debts due the creditors as of Moury 15.
The piece cites Farm and Vireside figures showing farmers pay far more to haul grain to distant rail stations than railroads charge, with one ton hauled five miles costing about 1.50. It argues for reform, noting butter prices reflect quality and urging consumer demand to curb fraud and improve butter quality across rural markets.
A man who knew the safe combination in the Scranton post office robbed the safe Thursday night, taking stumps valued at 4800 dollars. The crime was found the next day by Assistant Postmaster Osthaus.
A curio of quotations about new fashion trends and wedding gifts. A heart shaped table and a hearth of chat photographs framed in Louis XIV styles appear. The piece mentions women designers and a wedding gift of illustrated fans for the bridesmaids.
A terse note from the Chicago Herald recalls long memories and mentions Saavn favors in a brief, enigmatic clipping.
The piece advertises Louisville and Nashville Railroad testels to all points South with one fare round trip for trains of August, urging readers to ask their agent about the sale and to write to C. P. Atmore in Louisville Kentucky for excursion tickets. It weaves in miscellaneous quotes and a collage of cultural snippets reflecting urban life.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and easing colds fevers and constipation. It claims broad acceptance by patients and the medical profession and notes the California Fig Syrup Co manufactures the product sold in 50c and 1 dollar bottles.
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