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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
3
An agricultural note explains that comfort saves feed. Dairy cows require warm shelters around 70 degrees, while beef steers tolerate cold better. Tests show cold exposure raises feed needs by about 25 percent for dairy cows to maintain milk output.
The article notes that milk must be cooled quickly from 98 degrees to 50 degrees to curb bacterial growth, with separation preferred before cooling. It discusses dairy practices for better flavor and value, then shifts to Ireland seeking the South African butter market, citing prices and competition from Australians and English imports, questioning Ireland’s ability to compete abroad.
Illinois dairy and food commissioner has filed about 160 suits against Chicago milkmen for violating wagon sign and labeling laws, selling skim milk as whole milk, and watering milk. Many cases involve adulterated milk and some use of formaldehyde, with public lists naming charged individuals.
A reflective note on restraint in character and behavior. The piece warns that arrogance fades when a young man attempts to flirt without understanding how, illustrating misapplied charm and awkward social naivety.
A practical guide to summer hen yards suggests dividing the yard with poultry wire and sowing forage crops. Lettuce, rape, oats, and growing grass provide green pasture, with lettuce for initial establishment and rape for rapid growth. Fowls prefer attached greens they can pull themselves.
The Rhode Island Experiment Station reports that faulty incubation causes deformities in chicks, yet properly handled weak chicks can still develop well. Incomplete hatchlings with crippled legs or beaks often fail to survive, though separating weaklings for individual rearing can yield good growth under even temperatures. Destroy all such weaklings at hatch to reduce nuisance for busy poultrymen.
The article advises large scale breeding to produce winning birds, culls disposal to prevent spreading inferior stock, and rigorous selection. It urges hens to lay when egg prices rise, early spring chick raising, and avoiding overcrowded houses to keep air and floors clean. It also recommends selling eggs to private customers to bypass middlemen and obtain better prices.
The prose images human hearts as a well strung harp with sweet tones and discords. It notes the life of a grass widow is not always green nor does it run to hay seed, hinting at unsettled emotion and precarious living.
A man asserts Harvard University twice offered Archbishop Williams an honorary degree and he declined both times. The narrator adds that Grover Cleveland once faced a similar situation when offered an honorary degree by Harvard.
An Ameer of Afghanistan reportedly selected six husbands for his six daughters and married them all in one ceremony. It is unclear if the action served social or economic aims, yet reflects royal prerogative beyond a typical father.
The Eldora Miner editor denounces the camp as cow cursed and would welcome a milk famine to spare his nerves from the vociferous chatter of noisy critters at Sloaming Falls. The remark captures a humorous, rustic frustration reported by the Denver Post.
Advert explains Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and relief of wind colic with multiple claimed uses. A separate remark notes a woman shot a man who refused marriage, pondering the logic of resulting engagement and suggesting the man survives to marry.
A provocative placard posted on blank walls across Vienna asserts that buying on Sunday constitutes a crime against 40,000 shop assistants and advocates for Sunday rest. The message reflects labor and commercial tensions in the city during the period.
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