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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
1
Mildred learns of a hidden family plot as letters reveal a plan to place a daughter with a new guardian and fund, transforming her fortune. A final loving reconciliation with Aunt Fausset leads Mildred to inherit wealth and plan enduring charity, while the Greswold Hospital endures as a memorial.
In a dramatic scene Mildred returns to her husband at The Hook after revealing a secret affair with Paolo Castellani in Milan. The couple reconciles as Mildred confronts Miss Fausset and recalls the perilous six weeks of a fool's paradise before Castellani deserts her.
A visitor in Wellington recounts a Colorado game warden meeting a hunter in the mountains. The hunter boasted of a 200 pound buck and claimed he was speaking to Colorado’s chief game warden, then revealed the hunter did not recognize the warden until the hunter declared himself the biggest hunter in Colorado.
Miss Uppson and Miss DeSwell discuss the Neu rox girls position in society. They describe the group as betwixt and between, not exactly nobody yet not truly somebody.
Stella asks why they want to reach the North Pole and Pick explains it would be for picture postcards. The exchange hints at a playful reason for exploration.
La Nature reports on Birkeland and Evde works at Synergies falls Norodden Norway for atmospheric nitrogen separation. French-owned plants deliver 34 000 horsepower. a larger Rjukan project aims to use 250 000 horsepower. Photographs show completed buildings and machinery. two divisions hydro electric station and chemical works detailed. The bees can generally replace their queens when due.
A letter from M. M. Johnson of Nebraska argues against men running incubators warning they overlook small details. Johnson suggests turning the machine over to a wife noting women possess practical sense in poultry matters and manage pennies carefully.
A Clover Baucher explains clover pasture timing through mid June and a second growth, noting better seed yield when heads dark brown. It suggests mowing once a high percentage of heads turn brown and mentions a finger like mowing attachment for sunching and clearing paths for horses.
Disease often attacks plants not sprayed showing small black brown spots on lower leaves and stems. With favorable weather it rapidly defoliates as spots on stems coalesce into irregular patches. Under microscope crescent shaped spores mark the fungus. Spray with Bordeaux mixture.
The wheel hoe is a great garden tool. It combines drip irrigation with a wheel hoe for easier work. It is affordable, easy to operate, and can save cost in the first season while lasting many years. It can replace ten hand hoes and improve efficiency.
August is the time to search for borer in fruit trees. Dig soil around stems three inches deep, scrape bark for sawdust or gum, then remove borers. Treat with cow dung lime wool ashes and crude carbolic acid mixture, return soil. Quince dwarf pear and peach trees are especially affected.
A farmer grows rich and builds a large house for himself while his wife and children stay in the kitchen. He neglects his family for wealth, prioritizing cattle housing over kin. When ambition wakes, it is too late to repair the neglect.
The passage notes that bees commonly replace aging queens and that a well stocked apiary with high grade queens supports ongoing colony strength. It implies routine queen replacement avoids declines in productivity and health.
A farm worker should master mare care in foal, colt breaking, and proper feeding. Knowledge of horses feet and shoeing makes a worker highly valuable, as horses remain the farm’s most valuable animals and attentive care secures steady employment.
Farmers in the Southwest note fewer losses this season from the wheat plant louse known as the green bug due to a parasite bee. The bee deposits eggs on the bug, the larvae feed on the pest, and the cycle repeats as bees emerge to continue controlling the population.
An experienced date grower from California explored the lower Rio Grande region in Texas two years ago discovering many date palms, some very old yet barren. He proposed artificial pollenation and sharing profits, which owners accepted. Now hundreds of trees bear fruit while local Mexicans view him as a sorcerer and seek cures.
Describes the disk harrow as an essential farm tool for weeded land. Explains it cuts root systems without transplanting roots, and with sufficient horsepower can replace a plow in certain soils and fruit orchards where plowing risks damaging roots.
Experiments show that weeds including false flax wormseed mustard tumbling mustard common wild mustard shepherds purse pepper grass bell mustard corn cockle chickweed dandelion Canada thistle blueweed plantain rough pigweed king head red river weed ragweed and cocklebur can be killed by spraying fields with a 2 or 3 percent copper sulphate solution using about eighty gallons of water per acre.
At the New York Cornell Experiment Station mangels grown on the same land for four years yielded over nine tons of roots with one ton dry matter. In rotation they produced thirty four tons of roots and four tons dry matter per acre. Suggested stands range from 25 000 to 30 000 plants for mangels rutabagas and hybrid turnips and 40 000 to 60 000 plants for carrots per acre.
A remedy for calf scours suggests corncob tea. Corncobs are chopped into inch pieces and simmered in water. The strained fluid is cooled and used as a drench for the affected calves.
An agricultural note extols using low broad-tired wheels on wagons to replace common high-wheeled sets. The change saves labor and time in harvesting heavy hay and crops, paying for itself within a season.
A historic note describes a fireproof wood coating recipe using 25 parts ground heavy spar 1 part dry zinc white 20 parts water and 335 parts silicate of soda or water glass to be applied in three coats. The instruction emphasizes a durable finish for wooden surfaces.
Cut five uniform tomatoes in half and scoop pulp without breaking skins. Mix chopped tongue with tomato pulp and juice, cayenne, olive oil, and lemon juice. Fill skins, chill on ice, and serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
Prepare one cup walnut meats and two onion slices in boiling water with a teaspoon salt. Boil thirty minutes, drain, cool in ice water ten minutes, rub off skins. Add broken walnuts to two cups celery cut crosswise, use white stalks only, serve with cream dressing.
Slice ripe tomatoes and fry in butter. Drain on a hot dish. Thickens the butter with flour, then add rich milk to make a smooth sauce. Season to taste and pour over the tomatoes. Serve hot.
Wash and dry small cucumbers and pack in two quart Mason jars. Add one table spoon salt and one tablespoon mixed spices per quart. Fill jars with strong vinegar and seal. The method is simple and claimed successful.
Peel and halve a dozen peaches then boil with bruised kernels for fifteen minutes in a thin syrup. Add grated lemon rind and strained juice, strain, dissolve gelatin, and pour into a mold to cool.
A vintage style recipe lists ingredients for cherry pudding including two eggs, three cups flour, two cups milk, three cups cherries, one tablespoon melted butter, two teaspoons baking powder. It instructs to mix, steam in a mold for three hours and serve with a rich sauce. The note adds strawberries raspberries or tart fruit as alternatives.
Recipe for a foamy sauce combines sugar, egg white, butter, flour with boiling water to thicken. Finish with beaten egg white lemon juice and serve hot.
A cook reveals a simple method to clear cloudy broth or soup. Add a small onion piece to any bouillon to achieve a bright clear broth without chilling first. The onion acts to settle impurities and clarifies the liquid quickly.
Two cups brown sugar and half cup butter beat with two eggs. Stir in half cup boiling water and half cake chocolate. Add two and a half cups flour with a teaspoon soda. Mix in half cup sour cream and half teaspoon cream of tartar. Combine as directed for a cake batter.
A domestic guide urges cooks to perform tasks like picking fruit beating bread and using the chopping bowl while seated in the kitchen chair claiming it speeds work and reduces effort.
A Venetian turpentine additive to glue creates a flexible leather to metal adhesive. Heat the mass in a glue pot until it becomes sticky and bubbles stop. A fresh mixture works best.
A concise method for boiled icing uses three cups granulated sugar dissolved in just enough boiling water. When the solution solidifies in cold water after boiling, pour it over well beaten whites of three eggs and stir constantly until cool.
A homemade remedy mixes gum arabic dissolved in warm water with lemon juice and paregoric. After cooling, sweeten to taste and take a teaspoonful every half hour as a cough remedy.
Short suggestions cover condiments for salads and meat dishes. A mayonnaise mix flavored with chili sauce offers a fish and meat salad variation. A clogged milk strainer cleans with coarse salt rubbed through wires. Sugar can counteract excess salt. Rhubarb varieties show differing sweetness with slender stocks being tastier than mammoth growth. This note ends with broad guidance.
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