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Newspaper

Algona Courier

Location

Algona, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1908

Page

5

Tried on the Dog By Armiger Barclay

In a smoky room Bridger reveals a radical aerial craft powered by radium and beta rays. The device soars beyond weight, a bat winged frame built with bat quills, but a deadly accident unfolds as Zotani’s grim experiments end in murder and a shattered machine.

Armiger Barclay Mae Mendon Mure Dawes Bridger Bridser Mav Inded Zolfani Mac Zottani Homney Marsh Miadove TL Yost Yulition

Sorting Pens for Hog Sorting in Farm Yard

A detailed description of two pen arrangements for sorting hogs at a farm. It outlines gate placements, fence heights, and a swinging gate system operated by two men from a small platform. The plan includes specific yard labels, opening widths, and methods to separate marked and unmarked hogs, with notes on practicality and adaptations for other livestock.

Hane Das Lot A Lee

Outlook for Sheep and Labor Saving Farming Talk

The article extols sheep farming as a safe path to prosperity, noting sheep require little processing, yield high returns from grass, weeds, seeds, and grain byproducts, and reduce labor costs. It urges cutting turnips to feed sheep and emphasizes efficient farming with lower labor bills. Campbell, Woodville, Ontario.

Campbell Woodville Ontario

Grade animal cannot improve lineage by breeding

The speaker argues that a grade animal lacks value for breeding as its good appearance stems from a thoroughbred ancestor but cannot pass on quality. The result is a herd decline rather than improvement, yielding no profit.

Dan

Tuberculosis Risks in Cattle and Hogs Said Widespread

The Bureau of Animal Industry warns that bovine tuberculosis can spread to humans and animals. Sterilize skim milk and ensure dairy feed is free from tuberculous milk from creameries. Experts Melvin and Salmon urge strict controls to protect public health and livestock industries.

Bureau Bureau of Shmupuoh Ee Melvin Bureau of Aging Industry Melgin Bureau of Animal Industry PD. Salmon

Stock Savings and Feeding for Better Farm Stock

The article advises that farm animals endure cold better than expected and stresses a balanced ration with proper digestible carbohydrates and proteins. It highlights care for brood mares to ensure a strong, abundant milk yield and notes that mating should focus on size, strength, and action over color for productive teams, while early cow and heifer care determines milking ability.

Feeding Grain to Sheep Through Trough Design

Instructional note describes making a sheep trough from boards and bolts, detailing dimensions and assembly to create a flat rough trough with ends projecting, holes through ears and standards, enabling hanging on bulls and easy cleaning by turning bottom side up after use.

Immense Stock Business at Union Stockyards China

A report on Union Stockyards China shows 42 years of operation with totals for animal categories. Cattle 3,306,014 calves 421,924 horses 7,201,061 sheep 4,218, Usa horses 04,087. The number of cats used in hauling was 287,981.

Union Stockyards China USA

Cut out for a financier goose whistle racket

Two rogues trick a poultry shop by inserting a whistle in the gullet of geese. A curious buyer, a professor, purchases a whistling goose for a high price. The con artist then offers to obtain more fowls with whistles, seeking large payments before discovery.

Cure for Eczema After 55 Years of Suffering

Hale Bordwell of Tipton Iowa describes a lifelong battle with severe eczema. After trying many medicines he found relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for eight months. He declares he is cured and endorses the testimonial, attesting to his previous misery and the treatment’s effectiveness.

Hale Bordwell Tipton Bordwell Nelson R. Burnett Tipton, Ia

Darky in Baltimore Gets a Sham Letter of Recommendation

A Baltimore employer, frustrated by a difficult worker named Sam Harkins, asks for a character letter. He finally composes a noncommittal note stating only that Sam has worked for one week and that the employer is satisfied. The incident highlights the era’s racial attitudes and casual racism.

Baltimore Darky Sam Ie Negro Sam Harkins

Vision of American heaven foretold by university professor

University of Missouri scholar Professor W B Elkin writes in the American Journal of Sociology predicting a millennium in 100 years with a reformed press and a perfected society. The piece resembles a mix of social prophecy and college editorial humor about inspiration and culture.

W. B. Elkin University of Missouri America American Journal of Sociology

Anson Morrill and the Universalist Hell Joke

In ante bellum Maine a campaign tale tells of Anson P Morrill's early bid for Congress. An opponent's henchman questions an old minister about Morrill's faith. The minister notes Morrill is a Universalist and jokes that if he serves two years and still believes in hell, he will be surprised.

Anson P. Morrill Maine Congress Anson Washington

Getting His Entitlements Insured By Legal Talent

A Washington Star quotation captures Senator Sorghum stating that he does what is entitled to with the aid of the best legal talent. The exchange emphasizes careful entitlement scrutiny and legal counsel in pursuit of rightful claims.

Senator Sorghum Washington Star

Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad

The back is the mainspring of a woman’s body signaling trouble through ache and nervous symptoms. Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is advertised as the urgent remedy to restore feminine health. Personal letters praise relief from backaches, side pain, insomnia, and loss of appetite after use.

Lydia E. Pinkhaw Will Young Columbia, Ave Rockland Lydia M. Pinkham Augustus Lyon East Earl Mrs. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia I. Pinkham

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