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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1895
Page
7
An article discusses improving yields per acre through varied crop rotation, cleanliness, and livestock management. It highlights clover and leguminous crops, fall plowing, and cautious use of artificial fertilizers, plus practical notes on training young horses for efficient work and a plow-and-horse post-pulling method.
A Springfield Union excerpt profiles Jefferson M. Clough once head of Ilion Remington and Winchester works. Ill health forced retirement to Belchertown, then recovery after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, enabling him to resume farm duties on Grenadier Island with improved appetite sleep and mobility. Pills sold by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Sche nectady New York and druggists or by mail.
The mare and foal stage begins on grass with the colt focusing on growth. Feed the mare oats to boost milk if needed and teach the foal to eat grain before weaning. After weaning, lead, tie, and trim, with care to feet. Provide crushed oats and bran, occasional corn, carrots, and daily exercise. Prevent lice with insect powder through winter.
Farmers and shepherds discuss methods to deter head grubs in sheep. Recommendations include tar smeared on noses weekly during peak fly activity, tar grease mixtures, whale oil, and an ointment with beeswax linseed oil carbolic acid. Some use canvas face covers or tallow safetida mixes, and plowing fresh earth to attract noses away from flies.
A description from Orange Judd Farmer favors a roomy box nest with a cover and a small yard slat to hold water and food, allowing a hen to roam the yard. Multiple nests prevent competition and prevent eggs from cooling, as the hen handles feeding and caregiving herself.
Provide shade trees and a daily mess of greens for penned fowls and pigeons. Grow lettuce in troughs for birds to pick at. Offer sun and shade, exercise, fresh water, and nourishing food for healthy chicks. After breeding season, separate or dispose of males to save costs and improve next season’s pairings.
Chief Hazen of the Treasury Secret Service travels to Canada to extradite Mrs Mack the noted woman counterfeiter. The report notes several other women involved in passing bogus currency and details methods used by Anna Kelly of San Francisco to imitate coins. A collection of photographs and sketches of these women is kept in the Secret Service records.
Boys uncover a skeleton first then a rapier style sword at the McNulty homestead site in Alton Newfoundland now graded for Beacon Street. Copper inlays bear Roman letters L I N B U R G O 17 and I S S with C H V I Z I N. No explanation exists for the inscriptions.
A casual recollection recalls two youngsters named the heavenly twins, with one memory suggesting they were two little girls in blue, though the speaker cannot recall their exact names.
The piece offers a string of witty exchanges and social quips about marriage, romance, and changing times. It parodies courtship with jokes about sleeves dresses architects assistants and the rise of electricity as a power source. It includes quips about appearances and gossip among couples and friends.
The ad proclaims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will end nervous talk and restore strength appetite and digestion. It claims to check malaria and relieve liver complaint constipation dyspepsia rheumatism and kidney disorder and calls it a great household remedy.
A belief from Ireland attributes bad luck to viewing a funeral procession while the bearer holds an umbrella. The superstition ties misfortune to this specific umbrella gesture during rites.
A Colorado farmer notes a minimal water tax for rain or drought insurance, allowing payment flexibility whenever desired. Zeph. Chas. Feit of 27 Boston Blvd Denver invites further details and nearby parties to inquire.
A report highlights millions in Southeastern Europe living with lower development levels than Japan. Experts compare infrastructure, education, and economic indicators to explain regional disparities and impacts on growth.
An 18 percent summer expedition by five climbers roped for safety reaches the icy dome of Mount Rainier. They spent a night on 11 000 feet and viewed wild grandeur from 14 000 to 15 000 feet. Charles S. Fee offers the pamphlet for six cents in stamps.
Low Rates East. Meeting of United Societies of Christian Endeavor in Boston July 10 to 14 1895. Tickets on sale July 5 to 3 inclusive at one first class limited fare round trip. Tickets valid east of Chicago or via different routes return until July 27 and extendable to August 6. Baptist Young People's Union in Baltimore July 18 to 21 at similar fare. tickets sale July 15 and 16 with return by August 8 1895. Chicago Great Western Railway promotes through cars for patrons. F Hl. oe Chicago.
The notice lists Colorado Springs Denver Estes Park Glenwood Springs Helena Hot Springs Little Rock Manitou and Yellowstone Park as part of Burlington Route tourist tickets for 1595. For travel details and guidance contact J Francis G P and T A Burlington Route Omaha Nebraska.
A collection of sayings on love work habits faith and human nature. Witty sharp observations cover true love overtime stubbornness mischief in relationships and the comic flaws of people and ideals.
A health ad urges quitting tobacco with a quick cure. It promotes a book titled Don’t Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away and offers a free copy by Sterling Remedy Co. in New York City or Chicago.
Eugenio Valdes Vega a tobacco merchant at Tampa Florida married by proxy to Miss Adela Velasco in St Francis de Sales Brooklyn ceremony. His brother Jose Valdes Vega acted as proxy since Eugenio could not attend. The ceremony was performed by Father Percil. Mrs Vega started yesterday for Florida to join her husband.
A broker advertisement urges buyers to purchase wheat at current prices, claiming a fine harvest and potential rise. It promotes Thomas & Co. in Chicago as the reliable commission house and offers a manual on successful speculation and a daily market report.
In a police court a lawyer questions Mr Smith's worth asking if he is worth $5,000. The reply denies large sums but notes he has a wife who sports the bull family, highlighting a local humorous take on wealth and status.
The mayor of Chattanooga cites the misfortune of cities as the result of good citizens with bad citizenship. He spoke in Cleveland during a recent visit, urging better civic responsibility and public spirit among residents.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant safe laxative for ladies in all conditions. It urges buyers to seek the genuine article with the California Fig Syrup Co. name on the package and notes a quote about integrity from Horne.
A collection of testimonial snippets touts Hall's Catarrh remedy and Piso's Cure for Consumption. The notes claim reliability of products from Mrs. Frank Moss to Wanson's Magic Corn Salve. Mentions lace valued at 000, sugar plantation ownership in Hawaii, and teething remedies for children.
A miscellany of trivia notes tall and narrow including glass floored Paris warehouses, vast numbers of whist hands, corsets for men in London, top pipe woods from Italy and France, Patagonians as tallest and Laplanders as shortest, and health tips such as six apples daily for dyspepsia. Other claims cover telegraph mileage, cat diphtheria links, Russia's warfare spending, and eggs containing life sustaining proportions.
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