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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1904
Page
3
A description of an experimental electric locomotive by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. The design claims heavy hauling capability, speeds of 70 mph, and the ability to couple multiple units under one engineer. The double ended, symmetric locomotive features a three-division steel cab, full operating devices, and equivalent control to steam engines including air braking and signaling systems.
A Buffalo Enquirer report from a New York archbishop dinner recounts Bishop Chauncey Brewster of Connecticut deriding self praise. A clergyman boasted of a sermon that spurred large subscriptions for a new church, prompting a bishop to whisper requesting the sermon himself.
The piece recalls Joseph Jefferson famed for Rip Van Winkle and a Missouri trip where he and a porter joke about the slow rail heading to St Joseph. Jefferson notes the slow road humor as the berth suggestion promises a near wake at journey’s end.
The clippings reference varied topics from a professor praising a daughter’s improvement in music to a money talk adage and a Detroit Free Press line about speaking English. Also included is a quotation simulating an Indian perspective on Washington County game laws, noting a fine for killing a cow or moose.
A reader from Alabama attests that coffee unsettled stomachs and nerves, but Postum with Grape-Nuts provides nourishing digestion. The letter lauds Postum as a coffee substitute recommended by two physicians for children, noting it suits even a weak stomach.
The Yazoo Mississippi delta region is praised for wealth and growth as Mississippi industrial and agricultural prospects rise. Eden in Yazoo County gains progress, while railroads and new factories, including a pearl button plant in Jackson, spark expansion. Farm shifts to trucking, fertilizer demand grows, and interurban lines loom.
A Southern Cultivator essay urges farmers to shift from habit farming to planned cattle growth, pastures, and forage to secure long term prosperity. It outlines a concrete orchard plan with pecans apples peaches and berries, detailing spacing, expected yields, and long term income projections.
A fragmentary guide urges farmers to improve land drainage through wide strip plowing, synchronized passes, and careful harrowing. It notes well drained soil stays richer, dries evenly, and reduces cracking, promoting better soil structure and productivity.
A Kansas study shows 69 percent of 77 creamery patrons read no farm or dairy paper. The top earner kept special dairy cows and subscribed to papers, earning $9 more per cow than the next-best who read nothing and $36 more than the poorest. Intelligence in feeding calves boosts gains to 12–24 pounds weekly. education pays as methods advance. Fall transplanting of fruit trees in Tennessee benefits from warm soil, while spring planting risks cold roots. plant in November with frost protection.
The Aldrich system promises two rows of corn and two of cotton four feet apart, yielding near a full crop. Clear land by digging or plowing when dry, avoid plowing wet soil. Timothy hay harms sheep digestion. clover and mixed hay suit flocks. Unpopped corn loses weight when popped. moisture loss explains the drop. Clean mud from horse legs after work to avoid trouble at home. For market poultry keep a single breed for uniform eggs and fowls.
The readable parts mix assorted quotes from different papers about aviation and language, plus a testimonial for Dodd's Kidney Pills and a joke about housework. Notable mentions include Santos-Dumont and Bright's disease, with stray remarks on English organists and a Baltimore American quip.
Fragmented ad style text recounts a five year battle with extreme eczema and itching. The subject credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with rapid improvement after a first use. It also includes side mentions of merchants and promotional blurbs from period newspapers.
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