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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
3
The Philadelphia Ledger describes a New Year playful pageant for children with a door game and a bell adorned cart horse. The Utica Observer recounts Dutch New Year customs in Manhattan 1600, noting welcoming neighbors, debt settling, punch, and forgiveness contrasted with Puritan restraint.
In a lively anecdote a well known federal official and his wife debate color perception over a tie with the official insisting his color vision is perfect. The passage shifts to a party game called bookbinder, describing players forming circles, cards, knuckles, and a playful mischief as the binder tries to claim books.
The passage hints at traditional craft practices such as making lightweight feather pillows with muslin and washing methods using borax. It also describes the Wassail Bowl as a festive, spiced drink mix central to New Year celebrations and friendship. It references practical journals for agricultural guidance and notes a city corner rejecting municipal ownership in favor of a five year contract renewal.
A miscellany of curiosities and notices spans Japanese singing kettles that emit musical steam tones, gold railway tickets gifted by British lines, and Tokyo inspired ethics for Chicago schools. Also covered are Paris rubbish receptacles, a New York group grading trial, and horse chewing habits with remedies.
Farmer guidance from Farm Journal on pig husbandry. Recommend exercise for young pigs, avoid overfeeding with corn, favor roots and very little grain for sows, use alfalfa or clover hay to create fullness, wheat middlings and shorts preferred over bran, and suggest skim milk and buttermilk as foods. Mature hogs underfed gain on alfalfa. prevent constipation with linseed or laxative feed. promote harnessing young animals and proper water use.
The article from Suburban Life proposes remedies for kicking horses during feeding. If a horse kicks a neighbor, relocate to an adjacent stall or place a screen so it cannot see the neighbor. For seemingly aimless kicking, feed with the horse tied flat. Remedies include swinging beam stalls or hanging grain snacks with straw to cushion impacts and reduce leg injuries.
A fragmentary Washington Star passage notes a mournful remark on greed for gold and a witty exchange with Mr. String Barker about chances to profit. It touches on public property and social interest in education and value, suggesting a tense debate over control and reproach.
A children's magazine piece contrasts edible autumn nuts with academic subjects treated as harder “nuts” to crack. It frames hazelnuts and chestnuts as simple pleasures, while geography arithmetic spelling and grammar are tougher puzzles to master, urging careful study.
A Washington pamphlet shows Texas had 2 218 miles of improved roads in 1904 from 121 404 miles surveyed. Gravel, stone and shell surfaces totaled, with taxes up to 16 cents per 100 value and a possible additional levy. Men 18 to 45 expected to labor five days annually or pay a fee for substitute work.
A London News note praises Unter den Linden as Europas best lighted street and compares Berlin to French Jura villages where every cottage has electric lighting. It notes Berlin's boulevard as well lit with plate glass, Pilsener, and police presence as notable features.
The text notes Bacon's fame arising from works written in spare hours while England's chancellor. It cites Humbolicty days filled with business leaving science for night or dawn. Burns and Grote are mentioned writing poetry and history in rare, brief moments between duties. It ends with a quoted line about moments being gold sands of time.
J W Bird of Pond Creek proves sand dunes along Salt Mark river can grow black locusts. He planted 800,000 seeds and now has about 16,000 healthy trees averaging three feet. Transplanting will take eighty acres of sand hills next spring, with five to ten years needed before first cuts and potential value exceeding 168 billion dollars in the future. also Arizona gains a new seal designed by Warren E Rollins, featuring Grand Canyon and Indian motifs, replacing the old plate.
An old advertisement touts Ramathing as a reliable remedy for indigestion and stomach discomfort. It claims the product strengthens digestion, safeguards health, and promotes robust blood flow, with endorsement by D Breuning & Co and a suggestion to use Karol for dyanana and indigestion relief.
Fragmentary OCR describes testimonials and product timing involving Rev L A Dunlap and a remedy labeled Warner's White Wine of Tar har, with vague references to cures and sleeplessness. It mentions DeWitts Little Early Risers and a local seller 5D Brenning & Go.
Promoted kidneys and bladder pills claim to strengthen weakened kidneys and ease bladder inflammation. Advertises products sold by S. D. Breuning & Co. Mentions Health Coffee substitute by Dr Shoop and other miscellaneous notes about cures and remedies.
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