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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
3
Instructions for building a lightweight bogey jack using oak boards 22x4x1 and 16x4x1, with precise nail, hole, and bolt placements. A 28x1x1½ piece with a hole is placed between boards and bolted. A notched five inch wood piece and a 19 inch trap iron hook complete the lever system. Two upright nails regulate height for a convenient jack.
Farmers prefer old oats to new as new oats are often not thoroughly dry and weigh more per bushel. They act laxative to horses and cause excess sweating. The slow autumn drying and damp threshing conditions worsen new oats, but if both old and new oats are bad, mixing is better than feeding old oats first then switching to new.
Phosphorus or phosphate is vital for fertility especially for grain seeds. Rock phosphate forms from ancient fish remains and western soils need replenishment as yields decline. Treatment with sulphuric acid frees phosphoric acid but acid phosphate costs more per unit.
In several states farm boundaries cut roads due to section lines. Restudy of the soil is a profitable farmer’s occupation. Value your hogs and cattle to prepare the area for spring planted crops.
A Bulletin from the Department of Agriculture advises careful rut and hole filling on earth roads. Use fresh earth leveled with the surface, avoid sod or gutter waste, and prevent water pooling. Do not overuse stone or gravel. When possible trim shoulders and smooth with a road machine. push loose dirt to ditches to prevent washback.
Advice on constructing corn shocks with careful framing and even growth. Use four hills tied to form a square frame, with a slight center slope. Tie around the shocks with twine near the top, keep balance as work progresses, and remove interspersed stalks to maintain a square frame.
A simple device to keep corn from doorways and allow shoveling uses a three foot board with beveled ends that fit against the studding and floor. Set the board about 18 inches from the foot, fasten nails up to 18 inches high, and mark bevels by measuring 16 inches from the top and 6 from the bottom to plane the ends.
The article argues California fruit growers and gardeners misjudge marketing, leading to poor market perception. It warns that if buyers were as careless as some Midwest gardeners, California would lose its reputation as a fruit state.
The article describes two fashionable short waisted dresses for advancing seasons. The first uses mole colored cashmere with a plastron front, turquoise velvet edging, tassels, and two over-sleeves, joined by a silk sash. materials list included. The second features mauve Shantung with a sateen underskirt, Shantung front, lace vest over a V neck, tassels, and a sash fastened with a rosette. detailed yardages and fabrics provided.
The piece outlines autumn color trends with pistache shelled tones and muted greens plus floral inspirations. It highlights nasturtium shades in apricot and copper, lapis lazuli blues, two neutral grays vapour and elephant, Rouen blue, dove-like dark tones, and Isabelle tan variants from light pinkish beige to near black brown.
Import frocks for American resort season emphasize chic simplicity in light weight serge. They feature plain gored skirts flaring at the bottom, shoulder banded blouses with tiny fabric buttons, wide embroidered guimpe collars, slashed muslin sleeves, and distinctive envelope flapped pockets at shoulder strap termini.
A dainty lawn blouse features a pale blue model with a yoke running to the waist both front and back. Fine muslin embroidery edged with Valence lace details the neck and yoke, with tucked top tacks. The puffed sleeve gathers into an embroidery cuff at the elbow.
Instructions describe using melted mutton tallow to coat the ink stain or dip light carpets in hot tallow, then wash with warm water to remove traces of ink. If a shadow remains, place blotting paper over it and press with a hot flatiron.
American manufacturers turn out new ready made fall fashions at comparatively small prices. Hive, black and green are favored colors. Cloths are used. Skirts are circular and short. Coats reach nearly to the knees and taper from the waist.
Textile trend notes that some women favor China silk curtains over Swisa or flowered muslin. Describes curtain styles in a natural creamy tone with a top curtain dropping two inches over a lower one, both finished with ox balls.
A collage of quotes from papers and jokes references a traffic stoppage described as due to a girl’s fall that blew off. The snippet lacks a clear incident or location beyond Louisville and Birmingham era humor and a wedding note from a Chicago paper.
A collage of humorous observations from The Atchison Globe and The New York Press. It quotes social musings on marriage, independence, and gender roles, with jokes about spelling, forbearance, and urban life. Includes exchanges about Europe health trips and literary reputation.
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