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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
7
Carolyn Wells in St Nicholas notes Halloween stems from Druids harvest rites on October 31. She links superstition to modern mischief, urging imaginative parties with harvest decor, pumpkins, grain stalks, and red yellow drapery. Jack o lanterns are essential.
A Paris Cri report describes the unveiling Eve at Chaton on the Saone where sculptors Marceau Vauthier and Berard face critics. The mayor pressures cleaning verdigris from the bronze horse and questions hollow hair detailing, while the sculptor laments the cost of adding natural hair. The Chal ons council agrees with the skeptics on fine points.
A missionary finishes a talk and invites donations as a boy ascends the platform with urgency. He asks for unwanted foreign stamps, turning the moment into a small, humorous interlude amid the event.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a clever lazy genius debating ambition and safety aboard a train. A hero and a young woman discuss being safe from pursuit and starvation while a quirky financial line appears amid garbled text.
A Milwaukee tale recounts an elderly German factory owner who learns his longtime engineer of fifteen years has been repeatedly given five dollar raises each Saturday for three weeks. The boss, exposing the ruse, fires the man to teach him a hard lesson about graft.
The Farmers Advocate reports Dr Smead says there is no cure for foundered feet but distress may be relieved. He prescribes a shallow trough with salt water for an hour twice weekly and a weekly coronet application mix. He endorses proper shoeing and suggests rubber frog pads as a better alternative.
In Gullford Connecticut a fall village rite named the Raking of the Green gathered women with wooden rakes and white dresses. After cleaning the green they joined husbands for a public banquet. The piece places the event among early village improvement efforts led by figures like James Hillhouse and notes New Haven’s Gothic urban beauty. It closes with a comic line from the New York Press.
In Brookley a family uproar surrounds Abel Wood’s arrest. Locals debate where to take him for detainment, weighing his reputation as a dry, honest man against a necessary legal action amid awkward family ties and local influence.
In Bellevue near the Michigan border a civic group of women over forty organized the Village Improvement Club to transform the town. Despite initial male resistance they secured paint donations, led a multi-day exterior repainting of churches and the town hall, and planned broader improvements, including stores and village walks.
Wintering bees is done in various ways with beetling care given to temperature. Indoor wintering aims for 45 to 50 degrees, cooler is better, and cellars or cool rooms hold thousands of colonies. Hog notes advise efficient feeding using clover or cowpeas where possible, breeding from recovered sows after cholera, and judging by digestion rather than intake to maximize profits.
The article reviews using kerosene as a mite preventive for fowls by dripping oil on a wick in a can as birds pass beneath. It also covers dairy tips on frost management, cow comfort, feeding during winter, calving prep, and milk handling to ensure butter yields.
The article cites remedies for horse mange including creolin diluted in water for skin treatment and carbolic acid in sweet oil. It also mentions crude coal tar and flowers of sulphur, or kerosene and lard with sulphur as alternatives, along with a copper tonic added to feed daily for underperforming animals.
The text outlines that the first year of a dairy cow's life should be crowded with growth, gentle treatment, and careful management. Habits formed in the initial year shape lifelong productivity and welfare for the herd.
Farm implements should be clean before putting into winter quarters and stored where rust will not corrupt them.
Washington November 25 President Roosevelt and William J Bryan held a half hour private White House conference. Bryan said he was not invited to call but phoned to learn when the president would receive callers and went to pay his respects. He discussed a financial plan proposing government insurance for bank deposits and a nationwide obligation on banks to cover losses, with states to mirror the scheme for state banks.
Norfolk November 25 The American Federation of Labor unanimously re elected Samuel Gompers to another term endorsing his leadership and denouncing attacks on his character Other federation officers were named including vice presidents James Duncan John Mitchell James OConnell A Hayes Daniel J Keefe William D Huter Joseph F Valentine Treasurer John B Lennon and Secretary Frank Morrison Also included is a joke ending with a Lipincotts quip about a tramp and a farmer's wife story
The fragment cites St Andrews original twenty two holes reduced in 1764 from four to two and notes the evolution of a full course. It also mentions lines about strength growing from work and a blunt warlike phrase attributed to Emoryon, reflecting a mix of antiquated opinion and sports lore.
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