Indiana News Tangle in Shelbyville and Across State Lines
A swerve through Indiana items reports Walter Wimrick of Shelbyville kicked by Curtis Conner's horse while unharnessing it. Mrs. Hugh Beaver in Fort Wayne performs as Ruth in a cantata after receiving a telegram about her mother's death. marriages, fires, beehives, and unusual local happenings fill a long county-wide roundup.
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Walter Wimrick
Shelbyville
Curtis Conner
Barberton
Hugh Beaver
Ruth
M. EB
Fort Wayne
Henry Newport
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Marietta Petit
Evansville
Mt. Vernon
John Shater
Winamac
Frank Hawkins
Carmel
Warner Gear Company
Muncs
Libbie Miller
Blooming Grove
Jesus
First National Bank
Fortville
John 8. Downing
Clay County
Women's Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Robert Bell
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Washington
Feeding corn fodder eases stable bedding and manure handling
A Missouri farmer cuts corn fodder into short lengths for cow and horse bedding, improving stall cleanliness and manure handling. Dry stalks absorb liquids, while mixing with straw enhances absorption and fertilizer retention. Government soil research promotes practical training and accurate soil nutrition studies to boost yields. Early-hatched pullets yield higher winter egg returns, so retain and care for them.
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Missouri
Jile
Stever
Cat Illustration With Measurements and Timber Floor
The hog cat is described as 6 ft wide, 8 ft long, and 66 ft 2 in high in front with 4 ft high at the rear. The floor construction uses 2 in by 4 in lumber.
Lumber Needs for Frame and Roof Construction
The note lists materials and quantities for a frame and roof. It specifies 12 pieces of 2x4s 16 ft for frame, 4 pieces 1x12s 10 ft for floor, 13 pieces 1x2s 16 ft for roof and ends, and 16 battens 16 ft for sealing cracks. Total cost about $12.50.
Construction plan for a dairy stable with concrete floor
Agricultural Epitomist outlines a dairy stable design featuring a cement floor tight ceiling deep gutter and a long manure carrier running the full stable length. The system includes ample light ventilation and dust-free crevices with an overhead run extending to an external manure pile via high exterior works.
Early maturing pullets yield strong winter layers
Early maturing pullets are likely to be excellent layers the first winter whether or not they prove to be good layers in subsequent years. Slow maturing birds lay late in winter and often do not begin until spring warmth arrives, leading to irregular laying.
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L. C. Fridley
N. Main St
Delphos
Ohio
Dean
Dean's
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Three Ladders in One Invention Folds for Small Spaces
A Canadian inventor develops a three section sectional ladder that folds into a compact unit smaller than a traditional ladder. The hinged design allows extended use with pins for stability, and when collapsed it stacks behind a door or in a corner without back support.
Hens That Will Lay in Winter
A Maine breeder reports 29 April-hatched pullets that began laying late in August and produced an average 115 eggs from September 1 to April 30, with a calculated profit over $3 per bird. Breeding for winter egg production is seen as an achievable goal given current poultry-breeding advances.
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Maine
The Ideal Hired Man on the Ranch
The article contrasts workers on a ranch, praising an intelligent, active hired man who earns fair pay and steady effort, even in bad weather, while condemning liars and laziness. It notes the employer loses with a dishonest or unproductive worker and lauds diligent laborers as the best hire.
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Denver Mield
Resting Farmland Reduces Future Yields
Farmers argue resting cultivated land improves long term health but weeds thrive when fields lie fallow for months. Weeds deplete soil and seed banks persist, increasing future cultivation difficulty. Agricultural Epitomist notes that overcultivation shortens soil life, while rest can limit productivity.
Hemp as Weed Exterminator at Wisconsin Station
Experiments at the Wisconsin experiment station show hemp removes wheat weeds. A field badly infested with quack grass Canada thistle and wild mustard was cleaned up by a hemp crop growing ten to twelve feet tall. Some Wisconsin farmers earned about $40 per acre from hemp.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Wisconsin
Vegetable Salad Recipe Note TV
Wash three medium potatoes steam until tender and cut into one fourth inch cubes. Add one cup celery chopped fine one tablespoon salt celery salt and grated onion and whites of three hard boiled eggs chopped fine. Mash yolks add lemon juice and olive oil beat until smooth. Pour over salad and garnish with lettuce or parsley.
Pie with sugared berries and muslin band seal
The recipe instructs washing berries and sugaring them thickly. Fill a deep pastry-lined plate with the fruit and add a top crust. Bind with a two-inch muslin band where crusts join to prevent juice leakage, bake, then remove the band.
Banana Fritter Breakfast Batter Recipe
A quick batter blends sifted flour with baking powder and butter, adds salt eggs sugar and milk to a light mix. Bananas are peeled and sliced lengthwise, dipped in the batter, and fried into banana fritters. Half the recipe serves five persons for breakfast.
Old World Beef Broth with Barley and Herbs
A butcher prepares beef skin with bone split, simmering in cold water on a slow fire. After one hour salt pepper and a bouquet are added, then barley is stirred in and the mixture cooks for another hour, skimmed and served.
Flavoring cross ribs for a luxe pot roast
The cross ribs when given one-half a bay leaf six cloves a little parsley and celery during cooking will yield a delicious flavor and elevate a cheap pot roast. If onions are not objected to, add a few slices. When the meat is tender these flavoring ingredients should be strained from the juices before making the sauce.
Recipe for Custard Cakes with Puff Pastry Cups
Instructions describe making a dessert batter from coffee sugar flour cream and egg yolks then boiling and stirring for thirty minutes. The mixture is poured into puff paste lined patty pans and baked to finish.
Mashed Potato Griddle Cakes with Eggs and Milk
A recipe instructs combining cold mashed potatoes with butter salt and pepper. Whip eggs milk and flour with baking powder, mix thoroughly and bake as griddle cakes.
Creamy rice custard ice with sherry twist
A simple recipe blends one quart milk with two tablespoons rice and three tablespoons sugar then boils to a thick cream. Cool and freeze, add one pint cream and a wine glassful sherry, continue freezing until solid for a rich dessert.
How to Prepare Tender Potatoes with White Sauce
Wash clean peel and cut them into a round or oval form. Boil in cold salted water until tender. Drain and serve with a white sauce or melted butter.
Household Hints From A Vintage Page
A collection of practical tips from a bygone era covering quick bread toasting, fish odor removal, drying comforts and quilts, fixing color in fabrics, keeping pencils from blurring, drying rugs flat, boiling potatoes in skins, a revolving pie pan blade, leather stain removal, and varnish quality notes.
Vitalizer promises regained vigor and vitality
An advertisement touts Munyon's Vitalizer as restoring lost powers with 75 tablets per bottle and a $1 price. It claims quick vitality, warns against quack remedies, and lists Munyon's Philadelphia address. The page also cites testimonials about kidney health and a humorous European travel anecdote involving the American consul in Madrid.
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Munyon
Kennedy
58Rd
Jefferson
Phila
Coffee to Postum switch a reader’s health improves
A reader from Indiana recounts lifelong coffee addiction and coffee related dyspepsia. After switching to Postum following directions she reports relief from dyspepsia and stomach spells and says she can’t do without Postum for breakfast. The note invites readers to look in packages for The Road to Wellville and asks if they’ve read the column.
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Indiana
Tam
Wellville
Reegson
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