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Newspaper
Belleville Freeman
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
2
Military poem by Charles Eugene Banks from Chicago Inter Ocean depicting a lone sentry on Luzon night watch. He faces dread as ships loom offshore, strange whispers and imagined foes appear. A prayer rises as a loved one’s memory steadies him, and he resolves to endure the peril of night on guard.
A clandestine meeting in South Kensington unfolds as Mr Rex Blake debates death by own action with Herbert Streuth. Blake offers moral and legal rationale, warns of method details, and reads from forensic text while Streuth contemplates escape from his troubles.
A crime counsel schemes a painless exit via a furnace, offering directions and five pounds to a client. The plan fails as most who take the ticket never act, and the broker notes no furnace exists to prevent accidents. Streath learns common sense may deter him, while Blake profits from procedural risk.
The piece ponders changing desires and enduring strength of women while recalling past loves. It contrasts masculine strength with feminine tenderness and jokes that a former lover may regret leaving, noting friends can hurt more than enemies in a wry, reflective tone.
A courtroom exchange relayed by the Detroit Free Press shows a defendant admitting to slashing Jasper Humboldt De Grace and denying any threat to a young woman. The accused asserts a street confrontation arose from alleged insults. The fragment indicates a heated admission and a defense claim in a local case.
Farmers should test each cow’s milk separately to confirm it pays for its keep and yields a profit. Aim for honest returns, avoid losses, and replace poorer cows with better stock as soon as possible. Excelsior must guide dairy practice.
A Prairie Farmer article outlines building a hay shed 20 by 30 feet with 14 foot eaves, posting on rock, bolted stringers, and clapboard or shingle siding. It describes lower stringer clearance, making 18 inch high feeding holes, and adding a three sided low shed to protect cattle. The plan emphasizes cheap, practical feeding with cattle from two to three years old.
A Kansas state college dairy study shows clean milking raises fat content in milk. Five cows were sampled, with fat percentages rising from first to last milking. last quarter pint yielded 0.75 to 1.5 pints more milk than the first draw. Moral: milk clean and get fat.
A churning pin combines a long narrow spoon and a spatula. As churning reaches the closing stage it proves useful for removing sain from the mixture.
The hollow side of a pin is used to smooth butter in churns and remove dirt from the bulk during testing. In Danish creameries and home dairies the pin ranks beside the thermometer as an important tool after the churning is finished.
The Ohio station used tuberculin testing on 31 cattle, 14 reacted, re-treating two months later confirmed the initial results. The whole herd was tested again, adding more suspected cases. About ten months from the first test 15 animals were killed. Tests showed disease despite lack of external symptoms, with animals appearing healthy and in good flesh.
Nine travelers alight at Taylorsville to Davisburg when a brisk widow arrives by buggy. She seeks John Hope from Gordonsville, learns he hasn’t shown. She vows to wed the last suitor to reach her and drive home to blow the horn, inviting those present to kiss the bride.
A Kansas paper notes 1899 is a good year for printers as figures on dated letterheads shift with the new year. A tale mentions teachers in a rural area who marry quickly, leaving schools short on backbone and weak in the knees, while the community seeks replacements and stability. Ex-Senator Gorman of Maryland is cited as winning 42 when first entering the Senate.
A Dayton man, Ollie J. Archer of 139 Dudley Street, reports cure of rheumatism and hip sores after years of illness and reliance on Hood's Sarsaparilla. Another Ohio resident, Thomas Coes of 119 Carr Street, Sandusky, credits the remedy with improved digestion and sleep while resuming duties as Baggage Master on the B&O Railroad.
A Chicago Evening News quote questions wireless telegraphy's impact. It laments the intrusion on solitude, predicting messages could force distant workers to abandon remote retreats to handle urgent affairs. The speaker calls the invention an imposition and blames others for consequences.
Suggestions for Spring Cleaning emphasize planning by judgment and timing with May as an ideal start. It advises readying basic tools like brooms brushes and strings and recommends warm water Ivory Soap lime and borax to clean and deodorize the premises.
A collage of short comic exchanges and local quips from various periodicals. Dialogues include a wheedling drum salesman misfiring, a chicken joke about leghorns, a domestic drama about a failing father, and a boarding house moral. The fragments reflect early 20th century humor and social snapshots.
Miss Susan Wymar a Richmond schoolteacher in Chicago testifies that Pe-ru-na gives relief from sleeplessness caused by overwork. Margaretha Dauben of Racine City Wisconsin reports improved health and well being after using Pe-ru-na for female complaints during the change of life. Readers are invited to request a free booklet by Dr. Hartman titled Health and Beauty from Columbus Ohio.
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