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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
2
A poem voiced as a suitor’s plea for a traditional wife who cooks well, stays home, and embodies old-fashioned virtues. He scorns modern schooling and social polish, praising kindness, strength, and readiness to defend and support her husband. A humorous critique of evolving gender roles appears in rustic cadence.
In a downtown fire at Condit & Co on Water Street, Miss Leeds and manager Halpin rescue valuables as flames threaten the basement. Fire crews arrive quickly, Halpin praises Miss Leeds's calm conduct, and they plan to staff with a watchman while he considers a carriage home.
John Halpin, head of Condit & Co, reveals to Elizabeth Leeds a plan to marry. She hesitates but agrees to discuss, while Halpin toils on major business merges and contemplates home life he has never known. Leeds introduces Halpin to her mother.
An expert on China notes rapid progress in Pekin over the last two years with major urban changes. Broad macadamized streets replace mud, restored sewers and drains, new sidewalks, straightened building lines, and rebuilt shops. Uniformed police guard new roadways while trees, telegraph lines, and the telephone become everyday tools for progress.
A man in the New York Tribune circles shares a theory that men adapt to conditions like plants. He illustrates with a tale of two men at a socially critical moment. One asks if two can live as cheaply as one. the other replies that before marriage he thought yes, but afterward he found he had to.
A London florist found the rambler rose sold poorly under the name Amelia Jenkins, so he renamed it Lady Gay. The change boosted sales, with the plant described as going “like hotcakes” after the rebranding.
A detailed plan outlines building a clod masher leveler and drag from logs and chains to smash clods and level fields for alfalfa and weeds. It explains modifications with hooks rods and holes, plus notes on heavier setups and a two link chain assemble. It warns about dodder seed in alfalfa and methods to remove it. It also reviews the corn pest technique and two brooded corn stalk borer life cycle with recommended field practices.
Denaturized alcohol may become a major product in the southern states. Cottonseed oil mills could adapt potato processing to produce industrial alcohol, keeping workers employed. Cuba shows 12 to 15 cent a gallon production with clean fuel, as US denaturization law may boost fuel use and other applications.
Practical tips on forcing hens to moult early by altering feed, with emphasis on high protein rations and beef scrap. Also guidance on cutting asparagus stalks to prevent beetle infestation and rust, advocating clean cuts up to season end and later spraying with Bordeaux mix.
A botanical note warns that dodder, a yellow twining parasite, is the worst foe of alfalfa. The plant attacks alfalfa stems, weakening stands and reducing yields in affected fields. Early detection and management are essential.
The article describes how tapeworm infection shows in turkeys with indolent behavior and worm fragments in droppings. It recommends powdered male fern or liquid extract at specific doses, with gradual age-based dose increases, plus oil of turpentine and kerosene as remedies after a few weeks.
A plan to set up a kettle using a ring welded to a three leg support from an old wagon tire. Have a blacksmith forge a ring the size of the kettle so the entire setup can be moved easily without obstruction.
Census figures show 1904 milk and cream use totals for butter cheese and condensed milk. Materials cost $142 920 277 while product value reached $168 182 789 with increased capital to $47 255 556. Establishments fell to 8 926 and 3 007 officials and 17 557 workers earned $9 789 036.
Virginia Experiment Station bulletin finds silage lowers costs and increases gains for beef feeders. Silage can be safely used for animals destined for immediate slaughter as sole roughage and yields good finish with high kill percentages and solid ship quality.
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