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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
6
A playful verse notes the mystery of women as sages fail to know what they think. It contrasts a lover’s guesswork with the unseen moods that shift at a moment’s notice and hints at love’s logic being unclear.
Neighbors debate Clay Trumbell's marriage and rising spendthrift ways. Bolsover and Jupp clash over inheritance as Clay defends his wife amid pressure. The tale follows Land deals, household rows, and a village upheaval centered on status and propriety.
The article notes how she preserves her south and comments on weatherproof makeup. A farmer in possession of a traction engine excites townsfolk as he rides through the street where he trades.
The article details constructing a field sweep and rake using 2 by 4 pine scantling for the frame and teeth, 9 feet long pieces beveled to cross uneven ground, two by five hitching arms, nine foot guide arms, and a hay guard. It notes wheel diameter 18 inches with a gas pipe axle, rear projection two feet, and a sleigh-like bevel at the back.
The passage describes horse harness tweaks to keep teeth from rising, using equal length shanks, tying halter and bit rings, and turning maneuvers. It covers stacking hay with a stacker to minimize loss, and notes a 14 by 28 foot stack size. It also reports trials of copperas and copper spraying to control mustard in cereal crops, with mixed success and plans for improved application.
The text discusses an average person imagining a device to distinguish sound eggs from bad ones by light passing through. It notes the theater card ages of beauty, a thesis about testing eggs, and diagrams showing light, eggs, and a mirror to reveal soundness.
Italian tomatoes arrive in large quantities yearly to the eastern United States with good quality and low prices. U.S. shipments of canned tomatoes are smaller than before. A Liverpool importer notes American tomatoes are often picked unripe, reducing desirability. Italian tomatoes are selected and packed only when ripe and richly colored. Also notes Wisconsin experiments suggesting easier, cheaper eradication of wild mustard via spraying fields with blue vitriol without harming grain.
The piece urges farmers to unite to gain higher prices, noting small gains from collective selling. It highlights examples like five cents per bushel added to wheat and twenty five cents per bushel for sweet potatoes lifting Tidewater Virginia growers from poverty. It warns against scrub farming practices and stresses organization as a major commerce tool.
A sketch demonstrates a method to lift a heavy log or timber with minimal strain by placing small blocks to create a car under the log center. Lift one end and slide the log onto the improvised cradle for easier handling.
A fragmented note advises placing timber to balance a tool, repeating the motion to work soil, and covering weed seeds to prevent sprouting. It suggests sowing timing in late summer to fall for weed seed management and saving labor in spring.
The text offers diverse agricultural guidance covering breeding from sows with the best offspring, evaluating boars by progeny rather than pedigree, sheep and wool quality, cross pollination by bees, petroleum risks to trees, free ranging fowl, young tree care, trap nests to stop egg eating, rice as a hen feed supplement, and sheep soil restoration through grazing. It reads as practical notes for farmers and homesteaders.
A positive crop outlook is noted alongside ongoing commercial failures and improved payment flows as rail and road developments support needed supplies. Production slowly recovers after hot weather, with demand rising in pig iron, wire, lumber, and related sectors. merchants attend larger wholesale markets boosting dry goods and furnishings.
Trade, crop and industrial developments show general gains with fall merchant excursions expanding sales by jobbers and wholesalers. Early fall buying appears cautious while iron and steel, hardware, coal mining and lumber show more activity. U S business failures rise to 205 for the week ending Aug 6, with Canada at 19.
A Kansas farmer brags about prosperity, claiming he can spin a grand plan from a cyclone while referencing cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and clover seed in October. The Pittsburgh Post quotes the farmer saying you bet it is and he can spread a net.
A humorous exchange shows a husband bragging he saved money while his wife questions the method. The husband recalls an offer from Smirth to sell a car for gum money, noting lack of funds.
The Bureau of Labor reports price movements from 1890 through 1907. Despite a six month downturn, overall commodity prices closed higher than at the start. The farm group jumped 10.9 percent, with food 4.6, clothing 5.6, fuel 2.4, metals 6.1, building materials 4.9, drugs 8.8, house furnishings 6.8, and miscellaneous 5 percent.
A New York inventor William Patten unveils a working powderless gun model said to discharge up to 50 000 shots per minute. It uses centrifugal force, a large wheel, and no crank, firing bullets poured into the gun as the wheel reaches velocity, yielding a solid lead stream.
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