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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
2
Fragmented Readable Items From a Local Paper
A garbled OCR fragment references various topics including walking sticks, marks, sales, a Bodin Beony Movele 3, and a New York incident. It mentions a Chicago divine and the world not being the Chicago, plus a New Yorker with a prison sentence and a New York woman starting a soda business.
Locomotive Sparks Fire Bonnet in Nebraska Woman
Sparks from a locomotive landed in a bonnet on a Nebraska woman’s head and buried the bonnet in a man’s hat. The mishap is cited as an example of various ways money can turn up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Prepare for Late Summer Drought in Dairying
Purdue researchers urge dairymen to plan for pasture shortages by May and June feeding, silage options, and alternate crops. Build extra summer silos or adjust silo size, seed field peas oats alfalfa sorghum red clover sweet corn or cow peas, and estimate feed needs to keep green feed available through drought.
Ma cadamizing Drivesway Construction
Telford used large stones for the foundation with smaller stones above as the common method described. The article notes that many driveway methods exist, but one practice predominates in the field under the term ma cadamizing.
MacAdam versus Telfordized Roads in Driveway Construction
The article contrasts MacAdam’s uniform size stone method with Telford’s layered foundation approach for macadam roads. It explains that a good driveway starts with a dry sub-grade, proper drainage, and selects hard angular stone, noting the standard practice uses a bottom foundation of larger stones, followed by smaller layers and a final pulverized top dressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telford
Use Care With Fertilizers In Separate Applications
The article notes wood ashes and hen manure provide different nutrients and should not be mixed. Lime in ashes can set ammonia in manure free if mixed before soil. If manure is worked in first and ashes spread afterward, ammonia is retained and no loss occurs. Apply separately and work both into the soil.
New Rake Designed by New Jersey Man Gains Popularity
An adjustable rake from a New Jersey inventor features pivoted head with a tightening nut allowing the handle to move. Its teeth can be set at various angles and distances to straddle rows of plants, shielding them from damage, and it is gaining favor with eastern gardeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Telford’s Trap Rock Driveway Method
The text explains using trap rock for driveways, with one inch cubes laid in layers and rolled lightly. It warns against heavy rolling as it loosens stones and causes cracking. Proper technique relies on MacAdam’s method for durable, wedged stone work.
Broom corn growth and harvest guidance for Indiana farms
Professor of Crop and Horticulture notes broom corn can be grown in Indiana on any good corn soil. Plant late March to April with 32 inch rows, two quarts per acre, and harvest when seed nears maturity. Break down brush after bloom not required, gather stalks for storage, and use the material for bee or poultry feed though not ideal for many farmers to enter widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DISTR
Sotie
Joe Dee Pearttae
Broatm Corp Billeh
Indiana
Marker for a stump farm
The illustration shows a marker for a stump farm with a top board 1x8 inches runners 244x6 inches and a 2x3 cross bar. It notes one horse works better than two as it is easier to dodge the stumps and shares experience from two years of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. PD
Joyal
Wisconsin
Endive Growing Tips from Cold Frames to Summer
Endive is easy to grow and can be sown early in cold frames or in open ground like lettuce. Sowings can be made anytime in summer though midsummer heat reduces quality. Fall plants stored with earth in a dry cellar supply winter use. Varieties include smooth leaved larger types and finer curling kinds, with white-revered leaves most tender.
Pieplant Easy to Grow for Market Production
Pieplant is easy to produce commercially and ships well. It yields heavily and is simple to gather and shape for market. Rows should be four feet apart with two and a half feet between plants, and the crop should be carefully tended and heavily manured with winter fertilization. Do not pull pieplant for the market in its first year. after the first year it can be harvested once frost ends.
Pumpkins as Feed Additives Highlight Nutritional Value
The article notes pumpkins as close rivals to other feeds, detailing high protein content and balanced composition. It cites efficient use of eighty percent of mature pumpkins for feeding, with ash and potash benefiting stock bones and flesh development.
Fragmented farm tips from an old column
The passage presents scattered farming advice about crop choices for silos, crop protection, beekeeping lessons, tool care, and manure quality. It references farmers, implement dealers, and general practices, all in an antiquated, corrupted editorial voice.
Landlady Hypes Neighborhood Wealth Across The Street
A landlady tries to wow a prospective tenant by claiming the neighbor hood across the street holds seven million dollars in a hushed whisper. The line underscores how real estate bragging can shape perceptions of value in a tense housing scene.
Strange Children and Levi Lincoln's Blessing Joke
Historian George Bancroft recalls a Massachusetts road gag about Levi Lincoln who, nearly blind, watched a geese drive along Lincoln street. Thinking the geese were children, he leaned from the carriage and threw pennies shouting God bless you, my children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bancroft
Massachusetts
Levi Lincoln
Percy H. Epler
Commonwealth
Lincoln Street
Delay and Death Report From War Department
The Adjutant informs Corporal Stripes that his furlough grant was approved by the War Department. A sergeant reports Corporal Stripes died about six weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stripes
War Department
Lunch Fit for a King by Grape Nuts Lady Testimony
An active young woman credits Grape Nuts with curing nervous prostration and dyspepsia. She details improved health after using the cereal, noon lunches with cream and fruit, and recommends The Road to Wellville book. The sponsor is Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan. There’s a new letter occasionally and it’s genuine and humane.
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Wellville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mien
Kgs
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