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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
2
A fragmentary poem from the Sun praises the smile of a woman as a restoration of light. It contrasts winter gloom with spring, calling the woman’s smile a creative force that lifts spirits and inspires love, rest, and renewal for the earth.
A young man visits a cottage to meet Helen Deering representing Mr Griscom. They discuss trespass and potential penalties while she recounts her story, noting her father Prof John Deering’s felonious status and her own guilt in the matter.
In a small town, Helen Deering and her mother struggle after her father’s alledged mining scheme drains funds. A rent collector, Arthur Evans Everett, helps them face eviction and offers a new home. A telegram reveals the father’s disillusioning return. The pair wed as storm clears and learn their future under the Everett name.
In Osaka a British writer recounts a Japanese adviser to China arguing that domestic roles remain essential for happiness. A Tokyo luncheon with a educated Japanese woman from Tokyo reveals pride in American education and a bold view that Japanese women seek rights while men fear them. The piece contrasts conservative and progressive views and notes a new Japanese code signaling clear advancement for women.
Comic exchange from Meggendorfer Blatter features a man and wife in Honolulu as a joke about affection. The caption suggests a playful comparison between a kiss to a sister and a longer embrace with a wife.
The article explains that butter fails to gather when cream is underproved by advanced lactation or low cream temperature. It recommends using a dairy thermometer, warming the mass to about 64 degrees, and adding warm water to rinse if needed. Test cream to 64 degrees in winter, ensuring smoothness and correct acidity before churning.
A historical text describes a method to render a hog immobile and stunned before stabbing. It instructs one person to restrain the hog by straddling it and another to perform the stubbing with a straight blade knife eight inches long. An incision is made through the skin near the breast bone and the knife guided toward the tail root to sever arteries, causing rapid death and thorough bleeding.
Construction notes describe a rack with four 6 ft 4 in posts and two 5 ft 11 in posts, sill and cap pieces, front stanchions bolted to a 2x4 frame, and a 6 ft 6 in lever with multiple holes for straps. A neck space is cut 2.5 ft from the bottom, and the assembly includes details on mortising and spacing. A second item discusses reclaiming waste lands on King Island using grasses and clover to restore arid soil, noting prior shipwreck matresses spreading clover seeds and the nitrogen fixing power of legumes.
L A Vorhees of the New Jersey Station reports a thorough study on lime quality for agriculture. Heaped stone lime shows variable weights per bushel with no constant relation to sample analysis, with the average weight per bushel described in the investigation.
Instructions describe mounting a weight and pulley to barn doors to ensure they close by themselves. A simple iron strip with holes guides a chain through a pulley, attaching a weight to cue self closing, with caution on weight to avoid slamming. Window weights are suggested but should be light enough to prevent rapid closure.
A report from the Oklahoma Station advises winter planting when soil is suitable. Fall set trees prepare better for spring growth, with land in thorough cultivation and moisture just right. Framing suggests fall planting outperforms spring when conditions and stock are available, though rabbits pose some risk.
When breeding annuals shift from pasture to dry feeds constipation risk rises. Include oil meal flaxseed meal and other feeds in large amounts. If needed use Epsom salts or raw linseed oil to encourage bowel movement and prevent serious trouble.
The article explains an acre using rope and stakes with sixty six feet between ends and a middle cloth marker. It states an acre equals 16 rods by 10 rods, totaling 160 square rods, and provides unit conversions including one rod 16.5 feet and acre conversions to square yards and square feet.
Mixing ashes with manure before applying to the sail causes ammonia loss and lowers value. Place ashes after the manure is mixed with the sail so ammonia is absorbed and used by the crop. Wood ashes help soils lacking potash and speed decomposition of coarse manures.
The main reasons for pruning trees are to adjust vigor for better fruit, maintain a manageable shape, shift growth between fruit and wood production, remove damaged parts, aid harvesting and spraying, facilitate tillage, and train the tree into a desired form.
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