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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Democrat
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
7
An experienced beekeeper outlines a queen trap method to prevent multiple queens from fighting in large bee swarms. By installing a trap before swarming, removing the old hive, and guiding the swarm back to the trap delayed by minutes, one queen remains while the swarm settles, allowing safe distribution despite mass clustering.
A farmer describes a Fig 2 invention for catching swarms. Use a crotched stick, bark peeled, a 20 inch wire ring, burlap bag, and a swivel mouth to trap bees. Prepare varying stick lengths and two short traps to join them. When a queen is aloft, jerk the cluster under the device and swarm drops into the bag and into the hive.
Pofniters on Hog Raising argues swine should not be kept in close pens nor in crowded lots. Each hog should have shelter year round. A small windproof shelter for six to eight head is recommended. Bluegrass is best pasture in fall winter and spring. clover for late spring and summer. rape may supplement clover.
Silage benefits sheep and other farm stock and will soon be provided for year round feeding. Sheep must be trained to eat silage, as dairy cows already have. Those who tried feeding silage to sheep and failed usually abandoned the effort quickly.
The Horse World notes leg bones and tail fibers are used in tools and fabrics, bones processed into bone black and phosphates for matches, hide yielding waterproof leather and cordovan boots, and bones dissolved for wine. It also covers animal oil as a toxin in insecticides. The piece shifts to Japanese self sacrifice aboard the Matsushita, detailing multiple wounded or dying acts of heroism as soldiers assist others and pass on crucial items.
A farmer’s note from Ohio Farmer describes a strong hay derrick used for years on a farm. It shows a 32 foot center pole, eight inch base, four 61 foot stay ropes, a swinging yardarm, three pulleys and a double harpoon. With a man, a boy, and a horse, 15 to 25 tons can be stacked in a day.
A health authority notes that a single female louse can become 10 000 in eight weeks, with faster breeding by other parasites. The only safe approach is to kill the first one quickly using reliable remedies such as kerosene emulsion, or a mix of kerosene one pint to four pints skim milk, applied with a sponge or cloth to the skin. The article recalls calves once troubled by lice and hopes poultry yards will mirror the calf pen’s decline in half a century.
A 19th century note from American Cultivator explains mixing hog manure with horse manure improves fermentation. Hog waste alone heats slowly and under thin spreading may not thrive in the first season, while horse manure can overheat and scorch. Mixing balances heating and aids nutrient distribution. hogs rooting in heaps ingest grain-fed horse scraps, aiding manure togetherness.
A Scandinavian savant reports a method to convert turf into coal by heating turf in retorts to 250 degrees then maintaining heat for seven hours. The coal mass is said to hold 60 percent tar and gas products, with composition around 63 percent carbon, 6 percent hydrogen, 3.7 percent water and 5 percent ashes. Turf coal reportedly yields heat similar to coal and has been tested in Krupp’s iron foundry and for home use.
The latte island Heligoland once British and ceded to Germany is described as the Germany Gretoa Green. It may rival Milwaukee in marriage pace as 166 couples wed there last year and January saw many more, with no bans or preliminary ceremony required to marry.
Agitated crowds confront landlords over plans to eject tenants along a Jubilee procession route to rent windows for a year. Home secretary hints at route changes and Parliament considers a bill to shield tenants who refuse ruinous lease terms.
A snippet notes Turkish as the softest musical language, praised for notation and recitation, with exchanges about a man with many foot movements for making money. A dancing teacher is hinted at, referenced by Chicago Times-Herald and New York Advertiser in brief quotes.
The N.Y. World recalls a juror’s remark as a prompt to reexamine whether Hamlet’s madness was real or feigned. The Pittsburgh News cites a grim image of kittens drowned near a mill pond, prompting reflections on memory and truth in reportage.
The piece notes that automobiles may be named like yachts, bicycles become carriages in England, and a toll bridge case in the queen's bench. It highlights Spain as a promising market for motor car passenger and goods services amid limited railroads. It also describes a doctor designed electric auto with doctor as driver and instrument space, plus a Chicago exam for operatives, stressing eyesight, hearing, and a stable nervous system along with vehicle type questions and operator responsibility.
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a long desired coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims to soothe nerves and aid digestion while resembling the best coffee in taste and appearance. The copy urges readers to ask their grocer for Grain-O for health and strength.
A vintage ad copy touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to soothe burning feet and ease tight shoes. It claims relief for corns, itching, swelling, hot skin, callouses, and sweaty feet. Sold by all druggists and stores, 25 cents, with free lamp advertisement and sender Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
A light hearted Chronicle Telegraph snippet shows dialogue between Mr Homewood and Mr Wilkinsburge about gardening. Mr Wilkinsburge recounts starting a project, jokingly noting he planted a cat under a peach tree, capture of local charm and humor.
An old ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee if it fails. A comic remark notes audiences laugh when in good humor, while a critic opines that humor hinges on audience mood.
A collage of ad lines and quotes: Carter's ink praise, a locksmiths and wolf joke, letters praising Teethina, a marital wisdom quip from Chicago Daily News, Petsam Faperess Dres dye claim, and Kam's home wind export quip. The snippets showcase period ad copy and editorial asides.
In an old advertisement a one hundred dollar reward is offered for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co props Toledo. The undersigned vouch for Cheney's honesty and promise to honor obligations. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and a suburban druggist advert, ending with a quip about doctors and execution.
Hundreds of charming summer resorts in Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan await thousands of tourists from the South and East. Nearby places include Fox Lake Lauderdale Waukesha Oconomowoc The Dells Kilbourn Elkhart and Madison. Further off are Minocqua Sturgeon Bay White Bear Minnetonka and Marquette on Lake Superior. Pamphlets titled Summer Homes for 1900 and In The Lake Country can be obtained via ticket agents with four cents postage. Gee Hf Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill.
A San Francisco Bulletin remark notes forty five trumpeters follow the Abyssinian king, while Glenn's Sulphur Soap and Hill's Hair Whisker Dye are advertised as products that prevent or reduce common hair and scalp issues, reflecting era advertising and exotic subject matter.
A compact note contrasts titles The Proper Term and The Maid Marriage with The Bachelor You mean com dont you Chicago Evening News. A quotation from N W Samuel Ocean Grove N J February 17 1900 promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption as infallible medicine for coughs and colds. Ally Sloper quote about possessions appears.
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