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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
7
Practical instructions from a farm page describe making a loose tin cover over a milk pail with a cloth strainer to keep dirt and filth from milk. The cloths are washed in boiling water and sun dried for reuse, and the setup aims to minimize contamination during milking.
Hay derrick shown for field stacking. Skids measure 10 by 12 inches and 16 feet long. Two cross pieces are 8 by 10 inches and 8 feet long, each set in 2 inches. Upright details follow.
An 8x8 post stands 9 feet high with three 4x4 braces or round poles. The 32 foot boom pole tapers to 4 inches at the top and 10 inches at the butt, controlled by a chain that shortens to raise and lengthens to lower. A swing rope moves the boom, the fork A shows the swing point, and a gas pipe plug lines the post hole. A 6 tine grapple fork can be used.
An Interior Department expert explains the Missouri Basin drains about 88 percent of rain, while the Ohio Basin captures 70 percent. Despite its smaller size, the Ohio contributes more water to the Mississippi due to higher annual rainfall.
At Sharon Hill Pennsylvania automobilists and horsemen show strong interest as the Darby and Chester Turnpike Company lays a mile of dustless waterproof road as an experiment. The $1200 mile uses Westernite a German invention imported eight weeks ago and spread like cement under the supervision of a German expert at Ridley Park.
In 112 days calves fed whole milk gained 1.5 pounds per head per day versus 1.07 pounds for those fed a mixture of separator skim milk and cod liver oil. The oil portion maxed at about four ounces. Calves preferred a warm mash of oatmeal linseed meal linseed cake lentils 8 5 83 4 with salt and molasses in a 3 pounds meal to 5 quarts water ratio.
Consul Van Sant reports from Kingston that a large new cheese factory is projected in Ontario by New York produce merchants. The plant will operate on an entirely new system of cheese making. The article notes white cheese commands 48 cents more than colored in Liverpool markets.
Public prosecutor moves against Viborg manifesto signers in St Petersburg charging attempts to overthrow the government under article 129. Possible hard labor in mines as maximum penalty. Some signers released on bail. fear of ineligibility for re election. Also reports of Poltava garrison mutiny and clashes with loyal troops and prison break attempts.
The United States Geological Survey is examining how different structural materials perform in quakes. Charles D. Walcott reports interest from industry and the public, prompted by the San Francisco disaster. Charles G. Yale notes the Appraisers building survived with minimal damage due to cement foundations and monolithic brickwork.
General Baron Oku has been appointed chief of the general staff of the Japanese army. He previously built a notable wartime record against Russia and led the second army that captured Kinchow.
The text portrays a rebellion warning of rivers of blood and urges replacement of local authority with elected officials. It claims government betrayal by inviting German and Austrian troops and calls for confiscation of state funds and land handover to workers and peasants under new local authorities.
Mamota, besieged by rebels, surrendered and abandoned the sieve. Tse earned distinction in the war with China. He is 50 years old.
Mrs. Corey wife of William S. Corey president of United States Steel Corporation was granted a divorce in Reno on grounds of desertion. Nevy was awarded custody of their one year old son Allan Corey with no contest. Testimony included Miss Addie Corey claiming certain New Yorkers are unfit to raise children. Mrs Coreys tears recounted marriage in 1883 and her efforts to win him back amid no scandal.
Charles A. Justus aged 39 and three of his sister Mrs. Samuel Moody’s children died in a fatal fire at the Justus Middleton Montana homestead four miles east of town. Fire crews found the remains after the blaze engulfed the residence. Causes were not immediately disclosed and investigators began examining the scene.
The piece notes Abraham Lincoln's five generations of pioneer labor and constant ax wielding from youth. It cites neighbors and biographers to show how daily chores, plowing, harvesting, timber work, and day labor shaped his enduring self reliance and practical resourcefulness.
A historical quote notes that if women spent as much effort selecting a husband as choosing a wife, divorces would be fewer. The remark reflects dated gender views and social norms of marriage.
A man reveals a new suit of clothes prompting older observers to ask where the fire is. The remark signals skepticism about apparent haste or showiness, reflecting a conservative view of fashion and propriety.
Newcastle residents face legal snags as indictments for riding bicycles on sidewalks clash with city ordinance. A misinterpretation of state law left cement walks unlisted. Dan Buller sues to vacate a $1040 justice court judgment against him for bicycle riding on a cement sidewalk.
An intruder entered the Kokomo residence of Mrs. Vaxanna Copeland on the second floor and woke her three granddaughters. The burglar, who fled when neighbors arrived, stayed an hour but carried off nothing.
An Indianapolis clothing company released postal card advertisements tied to balloons, keeping the postal force busy as balloons were chased and prepared for delivery. Deputy Postmaster Shideler consulted Washington and was told there is no regulation against balloons.
William Eversole a blind man faced police court in Jeffersonville on a charge of attempted murder filed by his wife. She swore he tried to suffocate her son Arthur Allen with chloroform in bed. She said he dislikes her son by a former husband and has attempted to kill him twice before. Eversole denied the charge.
C. F. Vowell negotiated to buy a Wheatfield area farm using a forged check drawn on City National Bank of Wankakee. He profited from the price difference after a deed was executed and vanished. A Kankakee dispatch declared the check worthless.
Warren Greenstreet and Miss Maggie Downhour of Kokomo, engaged to be married, plotted to sell their bodies to physicians, spend the proceeds in a final celebration, and then die by their own hand. Police arrested the couple before they could act.
Iva Ellen Beller aged 0 was killed by a gas line explosion as she and her sister attempted to rekindle the stove fire. The infant’s sister suffered severe burns, her father John Beller was badly burned while attempting a rescue, and the family’s home was consumed leaving them destitute.
Wealthy resident Anthony Steinhauser of Dubois County dies from lockjaw after stepping on a nail. The incident highlights dangers faced by prominent locals in the community.
In Gur Bordera Pike county Tfarley Smith died after falling into a threshing machine. Jeffersonville brakeman Henry Murphy, aged 21, killed by a freight train near Franklin. Shelbyville elevator owner W A Nading’s checks were refused. John Young, 23, drowned in the Ohio River at Boonville while learning to swim. Reuben Duncan, 12, smothered by wheat at Williams & Sons elevator Sandusky. Evansville resident Jacob Boettinger, 60, hanged himself, state of mind unstable. Conductor Gifford missing from a train west of Marion. body found in the river east of Marion.
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