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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
7
The article outlines yearly ice harvesting as essential for dairies, detailing how to cut ice into uniform blocks, build a regu lar derrick with two white oak poles and a 12 to 15 foot upright, and use a 16 foot sweep to lift blocks into a box. It notes an ice house design with nine foot side walls and seven foot dairy height, built of tweeineh planks with half planks inside.
Practical guidelines for poultry marketing from expert sources. Details cover pen preparation, killing, scalding temperatures 160 to 175 F, feather removal, icing, and handling. Instructions emphasize proper cooling, cleanliness, and tight packing in boxes for about 100 pounds, with dry picking for turkeys.
The article explains two dairy cow types, dairy and beef converters, and describes dairy cows as angular and lean with prominent bones. It notes features such as a wedge-shaped body, large muzzle, bright eyes, thin neck, lean withers, and deep chest indicating vigor and constitution.
The author argues breeders should recognize that the bull is half the herd and that a bull’s bloodlines and traits dominate over years, urging careful selection of the breeding bull to influence long term herd quality.
The American Agriculturist estimates home slaughter waste and potential profits for pork raisers. A 24 pound hog at market yields about 1700 dollars in product value after butchering losses and curing, with winter as a key season to reassess losses. The piece also highlights barnyard waste and plant-food value in manures, detailing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content in wheat straw timothy hay clover hay and alfalfa.
The writer argues farmers should advertise in the county paper to improve the paper and benefit the community. He notes timely advertising of stock or seeds can pay and help editors publish a better local newspaper.
Experiments indicate earth worms carry spores and anthrax from buried carcasses to the surface causing reinfection. The theory was urged by M Louis Pasteur but faced no success in gaining support.
Clinton authorities pursue violators of liquor law as the town and nearby country host numerous saloons and blind pigs. The report highlights boarding house ruses with drink tallies, Sunday revenue through hidden rooms, and tunnels from saloons to homes in the Italian quarter.
Wealthy Welcome attorney killed himself after months of mourning for his son Richard Toops a Lake Forest University student previously arrested for robbing wealthy Evanston homes. The tragedy followed a family scandal and unprosecuted alleged kleptomania claim.
In Petersburg Indiana frantic mobs of nearly 100 men and boys armed with guns revolvers knives and clubs chase a tiger blamed for destroying crops and terrorizing women and children. Two men who battled the beast were killed and several others injured as fear drives residents to hunt the animal.
Lon Rassdale, 42, a pit boss, died after slate fell while inspecting timbers in the Philmaere mine near Sullivan. The accident occurred as workers said the timbering was retin and likely to loosen at any time. Rassdale left a widow and two children in Washington.
Five comessiates of the Indiana National Guard remain. Dismissal orders and routine movements are described amid reports of street disturbances and security operations. Local observers note troop redeployments and ongoing patrols in the area.
A visually impaired boy at Crawfordsville North Side Missitan Stradey school interacted with Julia dleefeen who left after an incident. Clark, a stretent at Be loud for the Blind, is connected to the case. The text records a troubling event involving a blind student and local figures.
The Wayne County Republican central committee bars candidates from treating and also refuses to permit the use of conveyances to transport voters to the polls during the upcoming campaign.
Physicians removed Mrs. Minerva Porter’s stomach in Fyvansville aged 55 after cancer. They connected the esophagus to the small intestine and predict she will live. The operation marks a remarkable medical achievement.
An engine on the Southern railway plunged from a 60-foot trestle at Corydon Junction. Engineer Clarence Dineham, Fireman W. Ty. Scott and brakeman Frank Carter were killed.
The Rev C BR Webster resigns as pastor of the Brethren church in Nappanee to accept a call at Carlton Nebraska. In Springport the post office and general store safe owned by F CO Peckinbaugh was robbed of cash and stamps. The burglars then stole a horse and buggy from Clarence Swain and abandoned the rig near Anderson.
Pennsylvania high court voids the two cent fare law as unconstitutional. Missouri law on corporate charters faces federal appeal, threatening railroad suits and possible charter forfeiture. State and federal courts clash over interstate railway protections and corporate transfer of suits.
Federal court in Montgomery restrains enforcing new state laws affecting railroads. Central Trust Co of New York seeks to halt obligations tied to Georgia Central Louisville and Nashville system. Despite higher gross earnings for Union Pacific Southern, operating costs rise from heavier traffic and locomotive upkeep.
The week shows improving banking conditions boosting industry with higher payments through banks, factory employment rising, and reduced idle labor. Iron and steel demand improves while construction financing appears more inviting and rail plans near initiation. Winter stocks fall as wholesale trade strengthens, with total failures in Chicago at 7 with liabilities over 5000.
The weekly Bradstreet report notes improved finances and collections with general improvements. Colder conditions aid retail distributions while price cuts spur expansion. wholesalers report improved sentiment but overall trade demand remains below normal. U S. weekly business failures total 4317, versus 455 last week, with Canadian failures at 44.
report lists live cattle hogs and grain prices in Chicago Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee New York and Toledo. quotes cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye butter and clover seed with ranges and average figures. shows steady fluctuations and regional variations in commodity values across major markets.
Judge THazel in the United States District Court at Bultato overruled demurrers by the Standard OU Company. The company must stand trial on the indictment containing seven counts and over 1,700 counts. In Chicago the U S district attorney seeks a higher supersedeas bond for the Standard corporation appealing from a 220 008 fine by Judge Landis.
Police Commissioner D Bingham in his annual report accuses New York of being in criminals' hands and says many magistrates and judges collude with politicians to shield offenders. He questions how police can remain free of politics when election machinery is in police control. He says lawbreaking is the easiest business now conducted.
A compiled chronology listing notable events such as the first South Carolina Gazette in 1731, Washington marriage in 1765, Stamp Act in 1765, New Orleans defense in 1815, Davy safety lamp in 1815, and the Alaska to Pacific railroad hoop in the later entries. It weaves milestones across politics, science, exploration, and culture.
A 2000 year old papyrus in the Toledo Museum of Art links a ruler Kababbasha to 341 B C, confirming a dated writer from Strasburg University. The document suggests women held social influence in Egypt, supporting Diodorus claim that women dictated marriage terms, with new evidence of their prominence in ancient society.
The Cosmopolitan Shipping Company acting through Peter Wright & Sons of Philadelphia replies to a demurrer by major ocean lines forming the Atlantic pool. It argues the Interstate Commerce Commission has jurisdiction over traffic between U.S. points and foreign points and seeks an investigation into alleged rate dictation and restraint of trade.
Pan's Agency records 11 723 commercial failures in 1907 with 58 225 of indebtedness defaulted and 119 201 515 dollars in liabilities, up from 10 682 failures and 119 201 515 dollars of liabilities in the prior year.
Census Bureau bulletin records 9,955,427 bales of cotton ginned up to January, compared with 11,741,039 bales by the same date last year. The data reflects early season output and contrasts with prior-year activity.
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