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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
2
A compact farming guide extols the benefits of good stock, careful husbandry, and timely work. It covers breeding, feeding, and equipment, advising on fences, harness, seed selection, and hatchery practices to improve profits and farm sustainability.
Farmers are urged to clear clutter and shelter tools as Spring fieldwork begins. The reminder stresses storing machinery and keeping yards orderly to prevent damage and hazards during the busy farming season.
An agricultural note urges solid fence posts without loose centers to withstand frost and advises quarantine for new animals. It promotes patch crops like cow peas for poultry and warns soy beans may affect egg and meat flavor.
The article explains casein content in butter varies with processing. It ranges from one to 31 percent, but when cream is sour and butter is not well washed the casein may rise to about 2 to 3 percent. It cautions against excessive use as it risks quality.
The text advises culling and selling pigs when ready while keeping strong sows for breeding to improve stock. It also recommends deep fall plowing to bring up fresh soil, suggests not plowing deeply every year but every three to four years, and plans to apply this method next fall.
The Indiana Pur due University agricultural department plans a new building measuring 200 feet by 70 feet and two stories high. The project marks progress in agricultural education as states and the national government aid farmers, though farmers themselves are slow to use the help offered.
Scientific investigators urge farmers to use balanced ration rules as a flexible guide. They emphasize understanding feed types for bone muscle and fat growth and advise raising and feeding on farm when conditions permit.
A midair account from Atlantic describes sun intensity at varying altitudes. At two miles the sun appears fierce and diffused light floods interiors. higher than five miles the light fades to a glowing ball with near black sky. One and a half miles up the sun requires shelter. Sand ballast is dumped as the balloon cools and descends after sunset.
A writer in Woman describes Australian bush girls living on stations far from towns. They ride long distances, manage housekeeping with few servants, and entertain visitors. After a season in the capital they blend into ballrooms with polish and style, unlike country stereotypes.
A defense attorney questions a witness about whether the defendant drank or gambled. The witness cannot confirm drinking or gambling but notes the defendant gave the conductor a blue chip for car fare and to keep the change. The exchange illustrates reliance on circumstantial proof.
A Cassell's Saturday Journal note cites the oyster's prodigious egg output, stating a single pair could yield 66,000,000,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 by the fifth generation if every egg developed, illustrating rapid reproduction.
A quoted reflection from Frfy's Magazine noting a decline in wagering and the loss of public willingness to back opinions with money. The piece contrasts past harmless betting across classes with current times when few have both opinions and funds to stake.
A Philadelphia schoolteacher explains a reading story about an eagle stealing a baby. A boy interrupts, insisting the stork does that, challenging the tale with a child's simple logic.
A swarthy native questions the drive to civilization and a resolute white man replies with a dry jab about taking out life insurance, highlighting cultural clash and irony in a brief exchange.
Little Arthur peers at his baby sister as the nurse sings to sleep. He asks if she is nearly unconscious and tells the nurse not to sing anymore if that is the case. The nurse agrees and continues.
Edward Griswold McCullough arrives Sunday at the Griswold inn in Worthington son of Edward Miles McCullough. The cradle he rocks in has passed through generations from Ezra Griswold who settled Ohio in 1806 and from Connecticut pioneer lines, with a baptismal dress also heirloomed for the family.
The Washington Post quotes John Sharp Williams describing his first experiences at the Senate. He visits the cloakroom on the Democratic side to feel at home and jokes about needing a cloakroom story to be printed. He says a cigar borrowed from a new senator signals his acclimation and plans more visits.
The piece explains the word swank as bluff to Americans and references the London Globe. It defines swanking as an art of amiable demeanor where a cheerful, friendly persona drives success, with smiles, back slaps, and general agreeable conduct. It ends by asking if the word should join vocabulary.
The New York Tribune reports a new Volks kitchen serve a kosher lunch for orthodox Jews on the Sabbath using badges instead of tickets. On Friday seven cent badges let observant Jews badge in for Saturday lunch without handling money or tickets on the Sabbath.
Knicker-Did Jones awakens to sudden fame as headlines swirl around him. He struggles to wake neighbors as reporters arrive, sharing a village humor in a whimsical early notice.
A visitor sought A G Fields the minstrel at a hotel. A bank director defends his financial acumen with a story: a Saturday meeting, a millionaire bidder, and a baseball game. He cites voting against cash on bonds, then warns the bank later failed after the same financier fled to Buffalo. He ends with a baseball umpire’s call.
A historical appraisal contrasts Russia and Japan after a global conflict. It argues Russia lacks navy and credit, cannot regain great power status soon, and faces ruin of prestige and debt. It also notes Japan is exhausted by debt yet possesses unmatched military forces and training, raising questions about sustaining such power.
Rev. T D Gray reports to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society a curious figure uncovered on the north wall of Babraham church. Damp plaster revealed a shadowy figure in a long robe with a crown head dress and wand, possibly Edward the Confessor or Henry VI, dating the fifteenth century.
Subbubs balks at buying a mechanical alarm after his neighbor’s Shanghai rooster crows loudly. Cillman offers a ready made device, but the scene centers on the unexpected domestic rival to timekeeping.
A quip describes Mrs Dres as tall in dressmaking terms yet short in payment. The joke hinges on the size and cost of her gowns, illustrating a playful contrast between ample fabric and modest finances in a domestic fashion anecdote.
The line describes a man who was said to have ordered brains and then countermanded the order. It captures a witty exchange reflecting a humorous view of the subject through dialogue between Not Brainy Ella and Stella.
A London Times correspondent notes vast wealth in Katanza in the Congo State’s Province Orientale. Copper belts stretch 180 miles with quarries, hematite, lime, iron reefs, and potential smelting sites. Coal, diamonds, petroleum, and gold are present, with copper proved worth over 1 billion and total wealth possibly far higher. The British South Africa Company aims to raise 15 million pounds for railways and development.
Milwaukee critic Henry Reinhardt notes western wealth funds American oil painting with higher prices and patriotism. He cites Milwaukee figures with private collections exceeding 100000 dollars and estimates many 200000 dollar holds, contrasting with New York collectors hoarding works abroad and unseen.
Chinese officials in Peking respond to pawnbrokers refusing to lower rates by establishing official pawnshops. These new outlets charge 15 percent interest, a drastic reduction from the previous 50 percent. Local authorities aim to alleviate high borrowing costs for residents.
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