Improving Live Stock and the Rise of Fast Horses
The piece outlines selective breeding of horses and sheep, noting Messenger and Lexington lines as driving factors in faster trotters and endurance roadsters. It cites inbreeding as aiding achievement, with strong emphasis on improved form, and mentions heavy Welsh sheep gains and fleece weight alongside frequent record breaks across classes.
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Dunaimbletonian
Phoumed
Sir Archy
Ghane
Lexington
Ilso
Berne
Feeding Gluten Meal in Dairy Rations
The article discusses gluten feed as a valuable protein source for dairy rations. It cautions against overuse and suggests mixing with bran and cornmeal for winter feeding, noting high heat value and efficiency when used properly and limited in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gormareal
Handy Salt Box Design for Cattle
A simple salt box to place against a shed keeps salt dry and cattle from frequent handling. Construct 13 inches wide, 12 inches long, 72 inches deep at front, 76 inches at back. The lid overhangs four inches, a notch in front four inches deep lets cows smell and lick the salt.
Twandy Salt Box Expects Rise in Farm Output
A fragment reports Twandy Salt Box pushing for higher yields amid farming efforts. The note suggests improved salt-related processing could elevate farm output and community prospects.
Frozen meat trade across colonies and Britain discussed
Sir E Montague Nelson notes sixty large meat freezing establishments in the colonies and Argentina. Refrigerated steamers carry the trade with stores in London and 100 provincial towns for near arrival stock. Daily distribution averages over 26 000 sheep and lambs and 4000 quarters beef. Total 1900s imports to Britain: 8,277,735 carcasses mutton and lamb and 1,271,555 quarters beef.
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E. Montague Nelson
London
Ecolonies
Argentina
Great Tiitain
Pruning and Grafting Techniques for Large Trees
The guide stresses careful top pruning to balance large trees and warns against removing all branches at once to avoid shock. It advises keeping some small side branches in the first year, allowing grafts to grow before removal, and notes grafting is not limited to a single method.
Grafting Time for Apple Scions Explained
The text explains that apples, pears, plums, and cherries can be grafted similarly and does not require waiting for lunar phases. Grafting can occur when the apples on the tree are about the size of hickory nuts, though earlier timing is preferable.
Frothy moss on plants caused by spittle insects not frogs or snakes
Rhode Island Experiment Station explains the frothy masses on grass shrubs and trees come from spittle insects in the foam rather than frogs or snakes. The insects live inside the froth during their nymph stage and pump sap to create bubbles, with various species inhabiting grasses shrubs and both evergreen and deciduous trees.
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Rhode Island Experiment Station
Cabbage Pest Remedies and Wu Ting Fangs Club Joke
The article describes a homemade hay fork pulley system for loading cabbage stacks and suggests carbolic emulsion sprays for cabbage maggots. It then recounts Wu Ting-fang’s New York club visit ending with a witty exchange about women and club rules.
Forage Crop Yields Favor Cowpeas and Alfalfa at Pennsylvania Station
Data from three year trials show field corn as a secondary green forage producer, with cowpeas giving the highest green yield and alfalfa the greatest dry weight. Peas and oats rated satisfactory, while fiat peas and rape not recommended. Cowpeas preferred to soybeans.
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Pennsylvania
Clover seed adulteration and dodder contamination cited
Department of Agriculture agents scrutinize clover seed sold in open markets after testing 521 samples. One hundred sixteen contained dodder seed and five were adulterated with yellow trifolium seed, a worthless plant resembling clover. cattle have fallen ill from consuming such mixes.
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Department of Agriculture
Market wisdom and livestock notes from a rural page
A collage of farm advice and anecdotes covers wool sales by I G Bartlett of Socorro County New Mexico earning 1200 dollars from 12000 pounds of wool. It cites a rigged sheep skin fraud demonstration in Wilmington Delaware and discusses dairy cow profitability and cattle management strategies amid changing acreage and market prices.
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I’. G. Bartlett
Socorro County
N. M
Renal Kid
Wilnington
Del
Spring Call of Sardines From Brittany to Philadelphia
A sailor recalls sardine season in Brittany with vivid details of fishing, netting, and processing in Concarneau. He describes fish dying with a squeak like mice and notes Brittany workers preparing sardines for market as the season begins.
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Aziz
Brittany
Philadelphy
French
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Straits of Gibraltar
Spain
Portugal
France
Concarneau
Philadelphia Bulletin
Weather Philosophy Echoes in Cyclone Reflections
A Baltimore American note quotes a philosopher comparing nature to Inmintas, arguing that major storms come with heavy costs yet nature still recovers. The piece blends meteorology and existential musings on weather’s influence.
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Baltimore American
Hitting Both Ways in Matinee Idol Business
A witty Baltimore American line reflects on the allure of cinema and the steady stream of fans in the matinee idol trade as a handsome actor ends his thirty third encore with a quip about never missing a hit when a miss sits.
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Baltimore American
Uncanny Toy Corpse Seen By Neighbors In Grim Scene
A disturbing image emerges as neighbors witness a toy figure displayed without its usual activity of eating. The eerie presentation creates shock among local residents and sparks questions about the creator and intent.
Shortage Found in Michigan City Funds
Accountants auditing City Treasurer C. E. Meyer of Michigan City report a deficit of 86,552 in city funds for 1905. Of this, 5,473 dollars are in the street improvement fund. A missing ledger and books hinder the audit as a citizen committee hired the accountants. City Comptroller Henry C. Van Deusen demanded the deficit from Meyer, who says he does not know of any shortage and seeks an itemized statement.
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C. E. Meyer
Michigan City
Ienry C. van Deusen
Meyer
Fire destroys Wamilton's livery barn in Crawfordsville
A Crawfordsville fire destroyed Wamilton's livery barn on Market Street and damaged Tramsey's flat and O'Neal's tenement. Loss valued at 10,000 dollars. Upper floors housed six families and offices of the Indianapolis Crawfordsville and Western Traction Company.
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Crawfordsville
Wamilton
EE. Market Street
Tramsey
O'Neal
Ramsey Block
Torace F. Kine
Daniel Pickett
Indianapolis, Crawfordsville and Western Traction Company
Woman burned at door by ex husband in Tipton area
Indiana woman Mrs. Ira Vandevender says her former husband George Zumburn splashed sulfuric acid on her at her home north of Tipton, destroying her sight. The couple had separated after divorce two years prior. Zumburn reportedly arrived in a soldier's uniform.
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Indiana
Ira Vandevender
George Zumburn
Vandevender
Tipton
Zumburn
Girl Pistols Hint End Run Stuns Car Near Columbus
A 10 year old girl with a revolver halted a reckless auto near Columbus. The vehicle stopped on the road and a frightened horse was brought under control. Miss Marcaver Green of Pave lorville is named as heroine. the man she subdued remains unnamed.
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Columbus
King
Marcaver Green
Pavelorville
Lightning Strike Kills Church Lady in Wallace
A bolt of lightning struck during a Ladies Aid Society practice at the Christian church in Wallace. Mrs John Bellis was killed instantly. Mrs Pessie Phillpot and Miss Una Shoeaf were seriously injured. The church building sustained heavy damage.
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Ladies’ Aid
Wallace
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congressman Gilbert Weds Miss Sprague in San Francisco
Congressman Newton W. Gilbert of Indiana, just named to the Philippine bench, married Miss Sprague of New York in San Francisco. Friends in the Mast were not informed by the pair.
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Newton W. Gilbert
Indiana
San Francisco
Miss Sprague
New York
Mast
Two Willed in Train Wreck Near New Richmond
Truman Webb of Findlay TL and an unnamed man were killed when a freight train wreck near New Richmond caused a third man to be badly injured.
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Truman Webb
Findlay
New Richmond
Barn Destroyed by Lightning Near Morristown
A barge barn owned by Marshall Hess two miles west of Morristown was struck by lightning and destroyed. A horse inside the barn perished in the fire.
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Marshall Hess
Morristown
Rainstorm in Vincennes Drowns Streets. Barns Blown Down
An inch and a half of rain fell in Vincennes within twenty minutes. Streets were flooded and several barns were blown down by the quick storm.
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Vincennes
Autoist James Stevens Hits Boy in Michigan City
James Stevens a Chicago driver ran his car over a small boy in Michigan City breaking the lad's leg. The incident prompted medical aid and an inquiry into the accident.
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James Stevens
Chicago
Michigan City
Indiana Attorney Killed by Train in Evansville
Robert Cox a Democratic attorney was fatally struck by an Illinois Central passenger train in Evansville Indiana. The incident occurred as Cox was near the tracks prompting an investigation by local authorities and Illinois Central railroad officials.
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Indiana
Robert Cox
Illinois Central
Evansville
Indiana Health Board Bans Student Kissing
The Indiana State board of health orders schools to bar kissing among students. A 10 year old, Sam Miles of Tell City, was shot by his own gun with the bullet entering his leg and requiring amputation. A 3 year old, son of John Michalski of Jackson township, is dead and his parents are seriously ill after eating mushrooms mistaken for toad stools. A dealer in Vincennes displays a $200,000 pearl assortment from the Wabash river in a show window at his home. A bathers’ slide accident on Hudson Jake injures William D P Miller and Jacob Miller. Minnie Hoffman, 6, regains hearing after a gravel stone in her ear loosened and fell out at supper.
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Indiana State Board of Health
Sam Miles
Tell City
John Michalski
Jackson Township
Michalski
Wabash River
W. J D. Burd
Vincennes
Hudson Jake
William DP. Miller
Jacob Miller
Minnie Hoffman
Electric power in Africa transmission from Falls of Zambesi to Rand proposed
The piece questions a plan to generate hydroelectric power at Victoria Falls and transmit it 745 miles to Johannesburg mines. It cites longer existing lines, costs, and technical critiques by Professor Ayrton, arguing the scheme is economically and logistically improbable given coal nearby and transmission risks.
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Zambesi
Rand
Victoria
Johannesburg
Niagara
Buffalo
California
South Africa
William E. Ayrton
London Times
Johnesbyre
Niagaura
Victoria Falls
Two Lovers Ride Home In Hay Cart Tale
In a rural scene two happy lovers rest on a hay load after visiting town. A man ponders life’s path while they share a quiet moment with Cora A Matson Dalson noted as part of the setting and characters.
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Atden Fall
Cora A. Matson Dalson
Wild cats return to Marmaton woodland and grow bold
Local possum and coon hunters describe tame house cats wandering into the Marmaton River bottoms west of town. They claim these cats revert to wild life, grow larger than domesticated kin, and can single handedly fight dogs when cornered by packs after nights in the timber.
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Marmaton River
Tort Scott Tribune
Woman buys manicure set in Boston encounter
In Boston a young woman, approached by a curious seller, purchases a full manicure set minus the nail file. She explains she will start caring for her hands, saying her carpenter husband can use the file with a large map. The incident occurs at a regulated event.
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Boston
Boston Traveler
Wheat Acreage Doubt Shifts Farmer Debate
A farmer who grows only fifteen bushels per acre questions another man’s claim of thirty bushels. The remark reflects skepticism about reported yields and agricultural expectations among local growers.
Historic Battles and Milestones Span 1514 to 1904
A compact timeline lists events from 1514 peace among England France Scotland to 1904 railroad wreck near Pueblo and related incidents. It names rulers like Henry VIII and Catherine Howard, battles in America and Europe, explorations, political shifts, and disasters.
Roosevelts Support Bird Protection Efforts
In a letter to William Dutcher head of the National Association of Audubon Societies the President and Mrs Roosevelt express deep sympathy with the drive to halt the sale and use of white heron plumes known as alga rettes. The President notes Mrs Roosevelt shares stronger feelings on the issue. Queen Alexandra of England has voiced a similar stance recently.
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Roosevelts
New Artificial Respirator Described by Hungarian Doctor
The Literary Digest translates Law Nature to describe Dr. Eisenminger of Szalw ar os, Hungary, new device to induce abdominal breathing in drowning attempts. A tightly fitting corset chamber connects by tube to a bellows, alternately compressed and expanded to move internal organs and diaphragm. An incidental advantage is heart image at times when lungs are full.
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Law Nature
Eisenminger
Szalwaros
Hungary
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