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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
2
A historical guide describes gadfly damage to flocks and compares methods to deter it. It details grease and tar smearing, a log method for salt licks, and signs of infestation such as nose irritation, sneezing, catarrhal discharge, and restlessness in affected sheep.
In Dayton Kentucky residents and officials watch excavation for St Francis church to uncover rumor of a buried vat of gold from the Civil War era. Tradition ties treasure to General Morgan’s raid and a former Confederate refuge site once owned by Matthew McArthur.
Paris May 10 strike discussion shows 4000 attendees with low enthusiasm. A resolution calls for walkout on command to reinstate dismissed postal workers and push postal reforms. English postal unions pledge financial moral backing as other unions plan coordinated action if needed.
President Taft sent to the senate nominations for three judgeships: William S. Grubb in the Northern district of Alabama George Danworth in the Western district of Washington and Charles A. Willard in Minnesota Two of the appointments were made personally by Taft who counts the nominees among his long time friends Grubb formerly from Cincinnati is a Yale graduate who was Horace Taft’s roommate at Yale Law School
May 10. Schuyler Holley was killed instantly by a trap he set to kill a thief raiding his chicken house. An old muzzleloading plate mechanism discharged a heavy pistol when the door opened. he forgot to disable it before entering. He left a wife and three children.
Thousands of men complain they lack work while many struggle to find reliable labor. The report notes broader discontent among workers and employers facing hiring difficulties.
A horseman urges farmers to use high quality mares for brood stock, not scrubs, noting trotting-bred mares weighing 1100 to 1200 pounds with strong conformation yield the best carriage horses. He favors Morgan or coach stallions for balanced action and practical farm usefulness.
Calves at the Wisconsin experiment station farm receive careful care to prevent scours, including bright ventilated quarters and milk fed in multiple daily portions. When symptoms appear, they are treated with castor oil mixed into milk followed by a salol and subnitrate of bismuth dose, with preventative naval care using bichloride solution.
A seasoned horseman describes a balky horse remedy he witnessed. The driver exited the wagon, petted the horse, then gently tapped the animal’s front feet and frog with a stone. After a quick drop of the foot the driver jumped back in and commanded the horse to move, which it did.
The damp cloth used to wipe cow udders and flanks before milking reduces bacteria. A study found 716 bacteria per cubic centimeter when practiced versus 7,068 per cubic centimeter without using the cloth.
A diarywoman outlines four steps to dairy butter: churn the cream while thick, salt adequately, work it promptly when firm, and remove the water. She sells butter in pound prints to fetch high prices and uses corn chop as her sole feed to color the cows.
The text argues that the badger or groundhog eats pests like gophers and ground squirrels, describing it as a useful ally to farmers and orchardists and suggesting it should be treated as a friend rather than an enemy.
The author notes some people believe babies lack thinking and need no training before age three or four, while asserting even a two month old can show awareness and preference, effectively ruling their surroundings.
A consignment of 5,000 cats of uncertain pedigree was shipped from Chicago to Japan to aid in the war against the rat menace. The move suggests a potential export trade that could grow in the United States to substantial levels without risking rat overrun.
The writer critiques a reckless figure who lets pure bred stock risk danger on thin ice. He warns that thousands of American youth wander on thin ice over pools of moral corruption, with no rescue or guard from rising harm.
Directors of the Alaska Yukon exposition allocate 60000 in prizes to stock raising exhibitors opening in Seattle on June 1. The generous awards are expected to attract top livestock from across the nation.
Global coal production in 1907 reached about 1,000,000,000 tons with the United States supplying roughly 428,896,000, Germany 140,885,000, France 55,586,000, Belgium 23,824,000 and the United Kingdom 267,831,000 tons. Transporting this output would need 25,000,000 cars of forty tons each. A car per forty feet would stretch a train 102,000 miles, seven and a half times the earth’s circumference.
The article asserts that only those who excel in their field deserve credit as benefactors, arguing progress comes from top performers. It contrasts a farmer yielding twelve bushels of wheat, twenty six of corn and eighty of potatoes per acre with an ideal of achievement in a land of opportunity.
The robin often builds nests close to human dwellings. It may choose Virginia creeper, doors, sheds, or window sills, seeming to seek protection from predators while still risking nearby disturbance.
Detasseling every other row before pollen maturity enhances cross fertilization, strengthening ears from detasseled rows. The strongest ears from these rows are saved for next year's seed, improving vigor for future breeding plots.
A Tripp county winner reconsiders the best land yet allotted in the land drawing. He notes the remaining entry was not worth 86 per acre, citing stony and sandy terrain. He consoles himself that about 23900 others share the same outcome in the draw.
The passage argues that farmers often value their own routines over external knowledge from magazines and papers. It notes many agriculturists stick to old ways while others with less experience adopt better methods and see greater success. It emphasizes that learning beyond personal practice propelled a revolution in farming over the last twenty five years.
The illustration shows a gray voile dress with velvet braiding and a nine gore skirt pattern. It provides waist sizes from 22 to 42 inches and notes pattern mailings by The Messenger for 10 cents, with sizes and fabrics described.
The sketch shows a box-pleated girl’s dress with front box-pleats and a visible center closing under the pleat. A patent-leather belt enhances the outfit. mohair cashmere and plaids suit the pattern, with 10 year size needing % yards of four inch material. sizes 6 8 10 12 years. The pattern will be mailed upon 10 cents in silver stamps.
A simple comfortable dressing lacquer is detailed for morning wear. The illustrated negligee uses old rose French flannel and can be made in other fabrics such as flannel cashmere or cotton crepe. It features a fitted back, gathered sleeves, turned-back cuffs, a round collar, and pearl buttons.
The article notes 1682 Sollysel’s warning that watering troughs spread glanders. It cites modern vets who downplay direct contact danger, yet says lips and mouths torn by bits may pass the disease. It warns glanders are always fatal and owners suffer when drivers mistreat horses.
The advertisement promotes Belle Mead Sweets by Henderson-Crider's. Purity and neat packaging are highlighted with price points of 30 and 60 cents, indicating consumer goods in a local shop.
State Fire Marshal W S Rogers urges lightning protection in a bulletin on preventing strokes. He explains lightning is static electricity from clouds and that metal conductors with sharp points release brushes to neutralize stress. Copper iron or steel rods act as conduits, not attractors, to reduce damage.
An old catalog listsDr Humphreys Specifics with numbered remedies for fevers worms colic coughs headaches rheumatism digestive issues and more. It advertises small pocket pellets available from Humphreys Homeo Medicine at Witham and Ann Streets New York and by mail order.
A discussion on rod materials compares electricity versus steel for lightning conductors, noting copper’s superior conductivity and steel’s greater resistance as damping. It cites government guidelines in France and Germany, weighs weights per thousand feet, and warns on heat melt risk and cooling in woven copper cables.
An old advertisement promotes chiffon fabric and writing paper in 1 pound packages for 25 cents. Envelopes are offered as well and a contact line reads Henderson-Cridews 5-1012.
Oliver F. Rowland and John J. Woolley offer legal services in collections partitions foreclosures real estate probate estates guardianship and criminal proceedings. The office is in the Athens National Bank Building 2nd Floor Room 6 with Notary Public available.
Wholesale prices for eggs butter hens springers and roosters, live and dressed chickens, potatoes, wheat flour and grain products. Daily corrected figures show per dozen, per pound, per bushel, and per ton rates with market terms for Columbus Purity and dealers pay.
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