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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
3
Practical instructions for building a silo with beveled staves joined by a concealed metal spline. Details cover hoop sizes, lug nuts, wood choice like cypress and white hemlock, seasoning, preservation, exterior painting, and front opening for continuous discharge, noting silage use for year round feeding.
Experiments show fairy cows average 6508 pounds of milk yearly while beef-heritage cows yield 4500 pounds. With milk at a dollar per hundred, dairy cows with 4 percent fat net 345 from butter, beef-typed cows net 27. Skim milk value adds to totals to 55 and 33 respectively. Flesh-forming cows last half as long and are more prone to disease.
The Rural World urges precise calf feeding with no guesswork on milk quantity or temperature. It notes butter averaged two and a half cents higher per pound than the prior year and reports rising attendance at dairy schools requiring future expansion. It praises well treated cows for showing loyalty to owner and calf.
The Washington Star argues for modern road laws to promote smooth, well maintained highways. It urges state legislatures to tax bad roads, rebate Wagons tires three inches or more wide, and enforce uniform road standards to boost farmer profits and rural settlement. It cites automakers and bicyclists as allies in accelerating road improvements.
A Boston Evening Transcript feature chronicles Jim the bull terrier heir to luxury. The pampered pet undergoes dental work including two extractions and a gold crown inlaid with three diamonds, with the owner noting Jim bears the procedure well and will soon need a dental bridge for a loosened tooth.
Farmers with artesian wells or small streams can create a pond at low cost to harvest ice or stock with fish. Such ponds would, in a few years, add income to the farm and provide pleasure and profit.
An artesian well owned by W R Green wood of Rush county Indiana yields 35 gallons per minute from 129 feet depth. Overflow forms a fish pond three rods by nine rods by five feet deep. advice suggests clay at the bottom and puddling before refilling. Also notes US Fish Commission support for stocking fish and methods to treat pond water. Black ants injuring fruit trees. methods include bisulphide of carbon, gasoline poured into nests, or arsenic with sugar as control.
A Washington Star report recalls Paterson New Jersey boss carpenter Hobart who judged job applicants by their tunes. Those who sang or whistled slow tunes were rejected while those who whistled lively tunes were hired. The tale contrasts with Col Stillwell and brandied cherries during convalescence and ends with a quip about spirit.
New York market writers report steady hogs and erratic grains with No 2 yellow corn around 47 cents per bushel and No 2 red wheat near 80 cents. Cincinnati shows hogs steady at 4.65 with sheep firm around 3.75 to 4.15 and cattle trading from 4.00 to 5.50 per hundredweight.
Kansas City sales July 7 8 9 offer low rate round trips to Dallas Fort Worth and other Texas points with round trip fares to Temple Belton Taylor Houston Galveston and Waco 18 00 to 15 00 for listed cities single and excursion tickets valid to July 30 ten days for one way tickets seven words.
A man recalls a moment of romance when a beloved maiden whispered affection to him. He explains that the thrill faded as her father unexpectedly intervened from behind, depriving him of a private moment and leaving him avoiding insult to the emotion.
A New York barkeeper vacationing in Maine experiences a Portland hotel storm with hailstones the size of eggs. The bartender laments wasted cracked ice in a prohibition state, while a hotel proprietor notes the tear he sheds during the moment. Palmer's Lotion sale pitch follows amid a comic exchange from Puck.
A collage of early 1900s drugstore pitches includes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for shoes and foot ailments, Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, Beemans Pepsin Gum and Pennants Dye assurances, with assorted quips and notices from Philadelphia and other papers. The fragmentary text preserves brand names, prices, and ad-style language typical of the era.
A Detroit Journal quotation argues that prudent judgment outshines spending, suggesting restraint in financial decisions leads to better outcomes. The remark frames money as secondary to thoughtful strategy in public or private affairs.
A health claim advices that Cascarets cure many ailments by fixing bowels, offering painless, natural movements. It markets the product as genuine and stamped with C. éc, warns against imitations and notes a 10 cent starter price.
A Boston Transcript item records a back and forth where an applicant explains wage expectations. He states $25 per week with a cash register, or $15 if there is no register, while the employer asks about credentials and honesty.
Marquette Michigan stands as a scenic healthful summer retreat accessible via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Its scenery hotels and climate promise heart health comfort and a fever free season. A copy of The Lake Superior Country with Marquette copper country descriptions awaits by sending four cents in stamps to Geo Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago Ill.
A quip notes a scholar who spent half his life learning ten languages but marries a wife who leaves no chance for him to speak. The joke plays on the irony of extensive study undone by domestic silence.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement support and overall health benefits. It mentions L PenaERTy acts gently on the liver and kidneys with pills priced at 25 and 50 cents.
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