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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
6
A description of a road scraper attachment combines a ditch cleaner and ploughlike components. The left side is shortened while the opposite side is beveled and teal faced, enabling the perpendicular side to act like a sandalide. The longer rightward edge pushes earth from the ditch, with an adjustable illustration showing a snow plough offset by about ten inches.
A detailed 19th century plan describes arranging underground filtering cisterns with a bucket acting as a filtering chamber. The bucket holds five to six gallons and is perforated at the bottom to drain slowly through packed materials like brick, charcoal, slate, and washed sand. Access allows washing without draining the main cistern.
Instructions advise sharp point tools for ice, crosscut saws as ice paws, and dusting the bottom of the ice house. Wear felt boots, rubber arctics, and a grain-sack apron, keeping dry gear. Freeze ice solid, avoid heavy lifting, use two men with short tongs, and pack blocks six to eight inches thick for best storage.
Farmers neglecting roads pay high costs. Water must be kept off roads, and ditches opened and maintained. D W King of Indiana described a split log drag method using a drum center transport to improve roads at low cost, with thaws and rains repeated dragging to prevent ruts, ensuring roads stay good through summer and fall.
English trials on dusty macadam show creosote blends with resin or tallow reduce odor and dust. Texas crude oil yields long lasting effects. roads dry faster after rain and loose stones decline. A second coating extends benefits beyond five weeks. wood pavements also show reduced dust with oil treatment.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent shares a sketch of a wire fence stile used to cross when a full gate is undesirable. The four and a half foot fence uses seven foot side stairs sunk in and a hand rail, with the steps and a built up support. Mittens sewn from old wool trousers outperform leather when handling cold. Proper ventilation and drainage are essential for a good ice house.
Fragmentary reads include items about Purse Hides Potts with shipments to Minneapolis, then garbled lines about ironing starch and fashion quips. Also mentions Pure Food Act, Australian chief engineer, and quotations on fine woods and furniture costs. Hard to parse as a single coherent story.
An assortment of lines on fabric dyes and garment care, including Putnam Faceless Dyes for clothing and guidance on washing Velveteen. Anecdotes and advertisements mingle with a note about a nearsighted man avoiding creditors. The piece closes with Eleanor Parker and Tata McIntyre promoting queen bee farming for support at Berkeley.
Newark U S N sailor H J Myers says a three year itch on his limb below the knee was cured in three weeks by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after ineffective remedies. He bathed daily and used six to seven boxes, noting no further symptoms since July 1905.
Congressman Sulzer sent seed to model tenement inmates to encourage box gardens on windows and fire escapes. A friend hosting the scheme reported that ten families were growing cabbage, cucumbers, and tomatoes in bathtubs, prompting him to ask Sulzer to stop the project.
A fragment from a sale notice extols Defianca Starch offering one third more starch per package for the same price. The brief note suggests exceptional value and hints at consumer satisfaction and widespread demand.
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