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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
4
A patchwork of short notices covers religious tension in Munich over English hats, a San Francisco sermon joke, the 348 foot Paris exposition wheel, dietary cautions from Stomach Bitters, and odds and ends on dyes, self washing soap, hemp shipments, New Scotland Yard, and a Norfolk whale caught near Hampton, all reflecting late 19th century newspaper miscellany.
The Missouri secretary of agriculture reports on adulterated cheese and butter impacting US dairy exports, with a comparison of 1880 and 1898 1899 Britain and Canada. It outlines natural starter methods, concerns over unclean dairies, and the Geneva station trials on feeding fowls with or without meat, contrasting outcomes between meat fed and grain fed birds.
A brief note on dry matter in food for pound gain discusses how moisture content affects feed efficiency and weight outcomes. Key terms include dry matter, feed, and gain measurements.
The report concludes rations with 40 to 50 percent animal protein yield faster growth and lower production costs. Health notes show horse mortality slightly above ten year averages in New York and Illinois, while overall fulsomeness on April 1 nears normal. New Iowa orchards flourish as old groves decline from neglect and farmers rush to replant with better care.
Traveler M Zichy reports Urgan in Mongolia saw a diurnal rise from 30.2 degrees at 6 am to 105.8 degrees by noon, possibly the largest daily temperature range on record. Advice on poultry fencing notes deep post holes to prevent wind, rain, frost, and soil moisture effects, with posts set well below spring heaving risk.
Two hundred young people dancing at a ball in Evanston Illinois flee in terror as a mad dog bursts in. The animal is clubbed and pistolled to death, the chaotic scene ending with some fainting women and the crowd dispersing.
A collection of brief, quirky banter and quips about lawyers drinkers sleepers and social misfits from the Philadelphia Record. It features lines about a lawyer tending his own business a corkscrew as a nil bore a somnambulist tumbling from a roof and jokes about married men bald bachelors and mirror vanity. The snippets include two doctors discussing a patient and Blobbs noting Jones married his deceased wife's sister.
A collection of short quotes from Hume Beech er Washington Smith and Johnson. Each line offers a condensed reflection on virtue friendship perseverance duty humor and seizing opportunities. The passage presents timeless ideas rather than a narrative or argument.
A New York Press excerpt reports on medical ideas for preventing drunkenness. Dr Reynolds Webb Wilcox cites Ehrlich and Maramaldi work showing blood antitoxins from increased alcohol doses in dogs might confer immunity to larger alcohol doses, suggesting a serum could neutralize alcohol toxicity.
A fragmentary humor piece recounts jokes about a jealous wife’s suspicions a hotel waiter’s tip demand and a gasman’s quip about meters Householder plans a trip lasting three months and a butcher’s pockets are noted in passing, with wry banter from Jinks Minks Wilkins and Wilkins on change and money.
An old fisherman praises blow line fishing using a light silk line and a long stiff pole to cast bait far out into windy lakes. He reports accuracy and distance advantages, notes local testing is rare due to availability, and recalls a Presburg resident coloring bird plumage with aniline dyes. The rest advertises Maple City soap and Allen's Foot-Ease along with several product pitches.
A collage of proverbs jokes and testimonials from 1900 advert sections includes coffee taste tests, envy between women, thrift advice, a seaside tale fragment, a unhappy engagement joke, nimble remarks on vanity and beauty, a note on keeping bangs, snappy quips, a Maple City self washing reference, dog bite cautionary humor, indigestion tips with Pepsin, and a medical testimonial for Piso’s Cure.
A collage of observations and pseudo advice spans topics from social clubs and long messages via pneumatic tubes to tips for servants and wedding customs in Cairo. It jokes about wealth, misquotes, and quacks, ending with ads for powders and bleaches as trivial remedies.
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