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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
3
A Baltimore American poem recalls the old hand organ playing familiar tunes like The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls and Annie Laurie. The halting melody stirs memories of grass-grown streets, bees in sunlit orchards, and old-time smiles, as memories return with each refrain.
Teddy Redmond and his father race to the railroad station for visitors but a blizzard traps them. Teddy uses a makeshift telegraph line and a ball of twine to guide his father and relatives home through the storm, leading a perilous, snowy return to a warm kitchen and thankful reunion.
Montreal Family Herald notes a light domestic scene as Teddy and family delay laundry and enjoy a telegraph update, reflecting daily rhythms in a midcentury household.
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that selling driving and carriage horses demands keen insight into buyers and animal individuality. Value hinges on buyer perception rather than intrinsic price, with ears eyes and muzzle shaping price. dealers must match the right horse to the right customer to protect profit and reputation after thirty five years in the business.
Experiments in this city compare male and female sensitivity across taste smell hearing sight and touch. Men show stronger acuity in all five senses, while women endure pain better though with less acute senses. This illuminates the so called fortitude of women in distress. Also included are brief anecdotes about Edward Everett Hale and Grover Cleveland in humorous dinner anecdotes from New York press and New York Tribune.
From American Cultivator and Indiana farmer, the Sicilian fowls trace to Dedham Massachusetts through Captain Dawes and C Carroll Loring with Buttercup marked roosters. The breed yields large white eggs, non sitting tendencies, and strong vigor. feeding tips stress fresh water, varied grains, warm nourishment, and clover hay steeped in water as a daily change. Rye is prized for poultry and pig feed, with mixtures of rye corn meal and wheat bran, ground well, plus clover and rye hay for winter fodder.
In Berne Switzerland an AG event promises 1785 varieties on display. The fragmentary notice hints at a domestic setting and humorous misprints but confirms a large plant or crafts exhibition with many varieties to view.
Dairymen protest stagnant milk prices while certified milk fetches high costs. New York rules on stable care demand ventilation, light, clean basins, bedding, and daily manure removal to qualify, with monthly cleaning and sanitary gutters. The piece urges readiness to meet these standards to access certified milk markets.
A couple from a distant rural district asked a Buffalo minister to marry them after presenting a license. The groom offered a dime and a half dollar, arguing over the charge, while the bride deducted five cents saying she once lost two toes with a hatchet.
The Los Angeles Times questions Cuba’s 六000-strong army, arguing a small republic need not maintain such forces. It suggests militia units for display on fast days only, contending Cuba cannot wage war and would rely on the United States for defense, urging cost savings to fund road building.
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