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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
3
A home built drag described using logs chains and iron taps to crush clods and level ground, plus notes on shedding dodder seeds from alfalfa and a warning about the corn borer pest. The piece urges raking and burning corn stalks to prevent infestation and stresses corn’s need for natural enemies from planting to harvest.
Denaturized alcohol could become a major southern product as cottonseed mills adapt to produce industrial alcohol from potatoes. If proven, idle mills would run year round, boosting employment and potato demand. In Cuba, alcohol sells for 12 to 15 cents a gallon as a clean engine fuel, and U.S. denaturization may expand its use. The Hen Mouse describes forcing a hen through moulting to speed egg supply by halting laying, then resuming with high protein feed including beef scrap and sinseed meal, aided by Sunflower seeds.
An expert explains the right method for cutting asparagus to end the season. Cut all stalks cleanly at season’s end or until green peas are ready, then let stalks grow. remove only small spears if cutting resumes. The approach helps prevent the asparagus beetle and rust with Bordeaux mixture and lead arsenate spray as needed. Slugs are fought by dusting damp plants with fresh lime.
The article describes tapeworm indicators in turkeys through drowsiness and worm fragments in droppings. It recommends remedies including powdered male fern, liquid extract, turpentine for general worms, and kerosene of night and morning, noting age-based dosing and cautions for very young birds.
A plan describes building a portable kettle stand with a three leg ring welded to a wagon tire ring. Take one and one half inch stock to the blacksmith to fashion the ring. Attach three legs so the kettle can be moved easily and the old stationary method is replaced.
The 1905 census of manufactures records 12 147 304 550 pounds of milk and 588 186 471 pounds of cream used in 1904 to produce 551 278 191 pounds of batter 313 685 290 pounds of cheese and 303 485 182 pounds of condensed milk. Materials cost 142 020 277 dollars while product value reached 168 182 789 dollars. Establishments fell from 9 242 to 8 826 and capital rose to 47 235 556 dollars. Salaried officials and clerks totaled 8 507 and 17 557 workers earned wages.
The Virginia Experiment Station bulletin on feeding silage to beef animals concludes silage lowers costs and improves weight gain and carcass quality. It notes silage can be the sole roughage for immediate slaughter, yielding a higher dressed meat percentage and better gains, with superior finish observed among fed cattle.
The Russian workmen's council ends the St Petersburg strike with no province-wide follow-up, factories reopening while Moselny workers remain out. Unions refused broader action, rail workers feared noncompliance, and peasant revolt did not materialize. Repression damaged revolutionary leaders and weakened proletariat groups, reducing their quick recovery chances.
The Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Chicago shut its doors Monday morning amid a mystery surrounding cashier Henry W. Herring and president Paul O. Stensland, who vanished. About 22,000 depositors, many from Northwest Side immigrant communities, faced uncertain savings as two men died in the outbreak of fear and violence. Bankers claim city finances remain stable since the bank did not belong to the Clearing House Association. Exciting scenes followed the closure.
A chaotic report details revolutionary threats and government preparations in Russia with calls for a general strike and a new constituent assembly. Mentions Kronstadt Sorenborg and calls for land liberty and national power amid autocratic rule. Also notes the Dayton, Ohio, bank crash and the arrest warrant for Paul O Stensland on banking law violations.
Fire in the Buffalo hearse market causes losses not to exceed 25000. Thomas E Stillman of New York injured in France will recover. Fire destroys Crystal Ridge through Pardee & Go at Hazleton with about 60000 loss. Steamer Vertura sails from Melbourne to San Francisco with 500000 in gold aboard. Au gust Rosenberg of Seattle freed on anarchist suspicion. Charles G Liddell and Nellie B Lambert marry at St Joseph Mich. Monroe Lumber plant at Monroe La, largest in north Louisiana, destroyed. loss 100000 partly insured. Gov Harris of Ohio seeks William A Fagan for forgery. Buffalo arrest. Army Quartermaster General totals San Francisco fire costs 2268478.
The Italian steamer Sirio struck a reef off Hormigas Island near Cape Palos and sank almost immediately after carrying about 800 people, mostly Italian and Spanish emigrants to South America. Five hundred were rescued. the captain later killed himself claiming imprudence. The vessel had 570 passengers at Genoa and picked up more at Barcelona before disaster.
The article explains a new federal law to curb fraudulent jewelry marking. It targets misrepresented gold and silver content, stopping manufacturers from labeling brass or inferior metals as higher quality. The measure aims to protect consumers and honest dealers in a trade long plagued by deceit.
A collage of brief observations on imperial and political topics from major papers. Notes reference American invasion talk in Philadelphia Ledger, Dreyfus affair fallout in Washington and New York papers, and satire on stock markets and industry trusts. Mentions Princess Alice, Major Dreyfus, and various U.S. newspapers.
Notes of Current Events report Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Company pulling out of California and agreeing to pay all losses. The Navy plans fall target practice in Massachusetts Bay late September. A blaze in Suisun California destroyed five blocks including twenty homes and eight business plants, with losses around $100,000. East Liverpool Ohio was selected as next year’s education location for the Brotherhood of Operatives.
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