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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
3
English explorer A Henry Savage Landor aims to reach the South Pole, criticizing Shackleton for a bulky voyage. He favors a small hardy band lightly equipped as in Asia and Africa expeditions. Rumor also suggests airship support may be used.
An exploration of hog housing that matches climate and soil, stressing shelter, water, and shade. It details a practical design with a root cellar under the feeding room, cement floors, a combined feed and slaughter area, venting, brick flue, drop siding, interior lining, and specific door layouts for driveways and yards.
The article outlines a 28 by 62 foot hog house plan with a ten foot eave height and a seven foot lower story. It features above floor feed storage, a cooker, mixing barrels, a wheeled feeder, pens with built in feeding floors, water and feed troughs, and a two coat paint exterior. A feed carrier aids larger pens and a cellar with outside entry and double gables for hoisting feed and bedding.
The article reviews federal data showing farm labor wages increasing from 1879 to 1906 with monthly rates rising from 10.43 to 17. It notes that non monetary benefits and lower urban living costs distort wage comparisons and influence labor migration. The piece argues higher money wages may help keep farm labor from urban drift as agriculture prospers.
A Farm Journal urging proper dog housing argues dogs chained in kennels become useless as watchdogs and nuisance to owners. A well exercised barn dog protects stock and alarms the household against strangers, while indoor confinement reduces usefulness and security.
Geese live 25 to 40 years and breed until age ten enabling a long productive life. Manage a small flock on the farm to gain feathers for household needs such as pillows and other feather items. They can subsist on a grass based summer diet.
The Toledo Blade recounts a 1900 Arkansas survey party stopping at a farmhouse. They are offered buttermilk, praised as very good, and one man laments missing ice in July. The anecdote, sourced from Youth’s Companion, highlights rural ingenuity and seasonal scarcity.
Ex police commissioner Bingham of New York cites graft lore at a dinner. He recalls an old man accused of tampering with church collections. A deacon walks by with a new horse and admits buying it from his pickings. The old man finds the confession shocking and remarks on the sin.
The piece notes Dr. Bethmann Hollweg as possibly the first German chancellor with a beard, contrasting past leaders like Bismarck who shaved for diplomacy and generals such as Caprivi Hohenlohe and Bulow who kept mustaches. It comments on Bethmann Hollweg’s gaunt, rugged pan Germanic appearance.
Recent German statistics show 40 out of 10,000 well to do people die of consumption each year, 66 among moderately well to do, 77 among the truly poor, and 97 among paupers. John Burns states 90 percent of London consumptives receive home charitable relief.
A humorous exchange references dieting and meal timing, with a Dickensian quotation about fair treatment. The dialogue frames a light moral lesson on kindness and restraint in power.
An Illinois wife recounts her husband’s stomach trouble improving after starting Grape-Nuts. He regained appetite and strength, missing few workdays for two years, with the family continuing to use the cereal. The letter ends by inviting readers to send similar testimonials and noting the book The Road to Wellville.
Mrs John G Moldan of Minneapolis Minnesota credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after three months of suffering from female troubles. She urges other women to consider the remedy for relief.
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