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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1894
Page
12
Describes outdoor brick foundations for farm kettles and protective enclosures. Provides detailed poultry handling from feeding to killing, scalding, plucking, and packing for market, including timing, temperatures, and packaging guidance for chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and game birds.
S D Whitener of St Louis Journal of Agriculture describes deborning cattle to improve flesh, appearance, and ease of handling. He notes faster fattening, less feed, and calmer temperaments, with success on calves to 12 year olds and no milk flow decline in fresh cows.
The Horseman column argues against starved horses and advocates wintering a trotter in a roomy box with ventilation, thick hair, straw litter, a stacked hay manger, and regular feeding. It emphasizes a near by house farm setting, sturdy outbuildings, and nearness to the home to keep horses content and healthy through cold months.
A metropolitan journal tells of a young hen setting on ducks and feeding her own chicks to the water. The tale is disputed, while farming tips explain cutting and moistening straw fodder for better feed and hay savings. The note urges readers to inspect markets and beware unscrupulous dealers.
A reporter recalls Edward Washburn, life prisoner freed after twenty eight years, and the emotional scene of his release. He reflects on Mandy’s petitions, Washburn’s brutal childhood, a boyhood accident, and the lasting stigma of crime in a small town.
The term Christian names arose post Reformation as a Bible based naming wave while baptismals and saints names faded. Biblical names were deemed Christian though not all are Christian, and non biblical terms were viewed as pagan or non Christian.
In West Chester, Harry Allan, age 76, says he has never ridden in a railroad car, horse car, or electric car. He notes he has visited Philadelphia only three times and walked each trip, expressing no desire to ride the rails and deeming rail travel not especially dangerous.
Ex Postmasree WaN MakEe suffers grip while a London ventures man from Austria shows concern.ARO bankers in Tuscany, Alsace consider staying. Zola toasted at a Paris banquet. Duchesses and scientists pursue global exchange, while Bjorn Bjornson travels for new drama and Neal Dow nears 90th birthday honors. Bishop Talbott recalls mining life and charity in Idaho.
The author argues that many working women could gain independence as household servants, noting the overabundance of stores and factories while good workers remain destitute. She asserts service is universal and condemns the stigma of the term servant, urging women to embrace honest labor for sustenance and dignity.
The piece notes Irish influence across Europe with Viscount Taafe as Austrian Prime Minister backing universal suffrage. It cites Irish origins for Spain's military leaders, a Queen regent’s secretary, the Dutch queen’s governess, and Emperor William's tutor Audanne, highlighting a broad Irish presence in high offices.
The Welsh report notes M. L Abbe Schnebelin tested Schnebelite at the Nunhead rifle range. Firing a Government rifle with a Government bullet at 100 yards penetrated 20 inches of timber, a Bessemer plate, wood, and another plate. The test showed little smoke and non explosive behavior when struck or ignited.
Mrs. Jen n ie Campbell of St Louis, once married at fourteen and divorced at sixteen for non support, fights in court for custody of her child. After losing custody to Dr Jesse Campbell's parents she allegedly stole the child, prompting a custody suit by the grandparents.
The article describes an infestation by tiny insects in lands near vast forests in south America. It highlights the chigger a flea burrowing under skin and causing severe pain and possible mortification. It notes that even Thoris are affected and people may tear skin in frantic attempts to escape the bites.
A medical practitioner lauds sea bath water as a potent tonic for the liver stomach and kidneys. Accidental ingestion is said to aid biliary disorders and indigestion and insomnia improving dyspepsia where medicines failed.
An upholsterer bee lines its nest with flower leaves chosen for bright colors. The leaves are cut in precise circles, so exact that no compass could improve their roundness.
A compilation of quotations and epigrams attributed to figures from Napoleon to Garfield. The selections include lines on death, gender, politics, literature, and social observation, each framed as a notable remark or anecdote.
A Missouri girl measures a foot tod inches, a three year old is half its eventual height, steel sleepers near the Mexican Railway, Victoria regia moved from Guiana to England, the French census notes foreign workers, Earl of Dudley’s life insured at 6 million, Barrow knife from 1760 still in Centerville, unclaimed English funds reach 339 million, Queen Victoria favors items made by the blind, wool products count 32000 varieties, an onion over four pounds grown in Washington state.
The report notes that in 1723 Benjamin Franklin traveled from New York to Philadelphia, a 100 mile route, in five days. It adds that the distance is now bridged in a little over two years by today’s standards.
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