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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
7
A meeting of a girls society discusses membership rules and judging by faults. The debate weighs the value of untidy appearance versus hidden talents and potential, warning that habits shape opportunities and character. Wellspring notes emphasize that habits are never trivial.
A Chicago Record-Herald suggestion explains pantry design with a small two light sash window and wire gauze to gain an outdoor closet. It describes crosswise placement for six feet of wall, partitions and shelves, plus a low indoor pantry door. Also notes a detached outdoor fresh air closet on legs with tar bands and whitewash, costing three to four dollars. It adds vinegar as an absorbent to reduce kitchen odor when cooking cabbage onions and cathtower.
A method describes making an adjustable wall mounted mirror using two small wooden pulleys a cord and a weight from a mantel clock. The weight balances the mirror allowing up and down movement and secure removal when desired.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes a new mechanical cold air fan designed to rival palm leaf and decorative fans. The device uses a scissors-like frame, gears, and a buzzing motor to generate air up to 4 000 revolutions per minute, aiming for broad utility in barber shops and small spaces.
A New York Tribune item extols a travel gift set of embroidered linen or sateen bags including two for soiled clothes one for handkerchiefs one for shoes a nightdress case and a sponge bag. The boot bag outshines old holland and scarlet braid with dark blue linen and delicate washing silk motifs accentuated by mimosa color and pale china blue details.
Frederick O. Sibley promotes an economical wagon washing device shown in an illustration. A narrow watertight box fits under a jacked wheel, water poured in, and the wheel spun to remove dirt faster than using a pail. The method claims to save labor and time.
Dairy and Creamery recommends linseed meal gruel with flour and pea meal as a substitute when fresh milk is scarce. An American breeder adds hay tea, oil cake, and oatmeal, simmered then mixed with the tea and milk, fed warm then cold as calves age. He reports calves raised this way perform as well as those fed whole milk at four to five months.
An old iron kettle with a bottom hole can be repurposed as a watering place. A stone wall and cement fill secure the kettle, with water fed by a pipe over the top or a drilled side hole. It serves as a roadside ornament and convenience.
The piece urges farmers to attack noxious weeds along roadsides and fences. It notes that mid to late July and August are prime mowing windows in this latitude, with one good pass helping curb seed spread and damage, especially if resources limit multiple mowings.
The New York Tribune recounts a frontier marriage ceremony in Belknap Montana performed by Justice Reed in 1878. The vows bound the bride to defend country and flag while the groom pledged chores and gentleness, ending with a Lord’s Prayer alongside a revolver crack and beer pops.
New York trading shows patent flour at 3.70, No 2 red wheat 0.73, corn 0.563, oats 0.41. Live cattle and veal prices listed. hogs at 5.90. Cleveland reports flour 3.60 3.80, wheat 0.71, corn 0.58, oats 0.41, butter 0.21, eggs 0.14, potatoes 1.10. Toledo cash wheat 0.6875, corn 0.52, oats 0.334 0.374. East Liberty cattle 5.10–5.25, hogs 5.90, sheep 4.20–4.30, lambs 3.00–5.50. East Buffalo cattle 5.60–5.75, hogs 5.85, sheep 4.10–4.15. Cincinnati hogs 3.85–5.90, cattle 2.00–5.25.
A young man strolls with his full grown sheep named Romeo through Midtown Manhattan streets. The animal wears a collar and calmly navigates crowded avenues and streetcars as onlookers watch the unusual pair. The owner says he raised Romeo and considers him faithful and inseparable.
A doctor at the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women encounters three or four young girls awaiting treatment. They cluster on a bench debating a treasured candy chunk and claim that the one who tells the biggest lie wins it. The doctor chides them and the smallest girl asks for the candy.
A Philadelphia Press exchange shows a reader offering to have his tools sharpened but the editor responds that they use their own files. The brief dialogue captures a humorous clash over who handles the sharpening task.
An old ad offers Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tight shoes and soothe feet. It claims to cure corns itching swelling and sweating with a 25 cent price and mentions samples sent free to S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York.
In a light dialogue Puck jokes about mistaken symbols of wisdom and revelry. A misattribution leads to a humorous quip about Minerva’s favorite bird versus Bacchus. The banter pivots on an owlish image and a boiled owl joke.
Notice offers a free book on opium and whisky diseases to all U.S. residents. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga. Box 887, to receive the book.
A lighthearted quip about Mrs Widder as a charitable bore and her husband worried over the ice bills, with a humorous punchline about his current absence from trouble.
An assortment of old ads and quotes including Hoxsies Croup Cure Noopium 50cts, a testimonial from Wm. O. Endsley of Vanburen Indiana dated Feb 10 1900, and various aphorisms. The Indianapolis News line notes a casual remark about mercury and a reflective Town Topics quote on self-respect.
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