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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1905
Page
7
The Chicago Chronicle suggests laughter as a cure for dyspepsia. Start by testing meals, then chuckle through the day and surround yourself with a giggling crowd. Let the dinner bell inspires merriment from dawn to moon, and giggle to relieve stomach discomfort.
Duchesneau plots with Jesuits and traders to thwart La Salle while Frontenac leans toward the outlawed coureurs de bois. Pompon reports a midnight council and backs Tonti with intelligence on factions, bishops, and merchants. A ruse involves a planned marriage market distraction for La Salle’s party.
Ex governor George W. Peck recounts a chaotic trip to St. Petersburg with his son. He describes the crowd at the Winter Palace, the sudden violence, and his father's fainting escape as soldiers fire on protesters. He laments Russia as a sad place and warns readers away from travel there.
A long satirical piece condemns greed as the true yellow peril and follows Henry recounting a wild prank to wake his delirious father abroad, staging a wolf hunt with a vodka-fueled driver, dogs chasing a liver bait, and a tense sled ride that ends with relief and plans to seek calmer shores.
Two comrades depart the Chateau at dawn in autumn light to find Frontenac. They encounter him in front of the town as excitement stirs the lower district and a bright morning unfolds.
Little Jimmy Stiles, a boy known for hating school and loving fishing, wandered to a nearby stream to fish after discovering a defective memory. He met a schoolmate on the way home, who asked if he had caught anything. He replied he had caught nothing yet because he had not yet returned home.
The New York Sun reports a mock moment where Euclid abandons geometry claiming the task of squaring a sewing circle is impossible. The piece then shifts to the Jones family skeleton details stirring gossip and amusement.
Commissioner Woodbury recalls a New York anecdote about a hurried man cutting across grass in Central Park. A park policeman stops him, arguing that even dead grass matters if you have a sick friend and need to avoid walking on his stomach.
In a short Chicago Tribune excerpt, Timorous Lover says he greeted Mr. Bartleson in the hallway as he was leaving. Miss Dolly asks what was said and the reply notes the polite greeting.
The Cosmopolitan reports two or three recent improvements in telephone tech reveal undeveloped potential. A dial or miniature switchboard in homes connects directly to the receiver, eliminating the telephone girl as a conduit. Central exchanges auto-connect to the chosen number, giving conversations added privacy and faultless memory-free operation.
An article discusses S A Niver's views on house apiaries, noting Missouri experience with 28 years of success and wintering practices. It describes hive painting, entrance design, and the need for outdoor hives to allow cleansing flights, plus a method for storing supers and mating queen considerations.
Instructions for building a duck coop from an old shed or dry goods box. Use 1 inch netting, 150 foot roll for about $1.50, roof with a half foot pitch, a front door, a nine inch square opening, and a secure ground fence. Keep a dry straw bed, a china egg, avoid egg crushing, and limit free range until mid-morning to protect eggs.
The Rochester Post-Express laments how ancestors aged well despite lacking germ theory. It contrasts their carefree approach to life with modern concerns about disease and the burdens placed on younger generations.
A Washington Star quote features a thoughtful man debating whether the government should own railways. He doubts, if government efficiency mirrors other areas, trains would ever run on time.
A wry exchange from the New York Times notes how monuments to certain men provoke public memory and debate, suggesting enduring pride and pressure to honor figures.
Godfrey Winkler notes forage crops such as clover cowpeas soybeans sweet potatoes and Spanish peanuts improve hog health and lower costs. A test at South Carolina station fed hogs on peanuts potatoes cowpeas and corn showing different pork costs per pound and acre yields.
Prairie Farmer notes that unproductive wet land on farms could yield returns if properly drained. Wet spots seen across the country are often the most fertile areas once drained, suggesting farmers should give drainage serious consideration to boost productivity.
The article suggests two methods to aid pig growth. Feeding sows liberal quantities of seeds that boost milk production is one option. Providing pigs with clean food like clover and alfalfa is the other recommended approach.
A humorous note cites Josh Billings saying the best time to set a hen is when she wants to set. The passage supports doing farm operations when required by the task and stresses acting promptly on what needs to be done.
A farm family relies on market sales for vegetables while meat is farm raised. Visiting children from a distant farm home eat freely of peas radishes lettuce and strawberries at a local dinner, highlighting scarce home gardening. The piece blames farmers for neglecting kitchen gardens and praises female involvement.
A Canadian agriculture bulletin suggests placing broody hens in a swinging coop to break the nesting impulse. The coop is a 2 by 2 foot wooden frame, covered with laths, raised 18 inches, hung by cords from the poultry house roof. Feed and water with laying hens, plus a liberal diet, encourages early laying.
Calves should be raised in groups within large herds to achieve uniform size finish for market carloads. If numbers are small, two groups per year in spring and fall are best. Grouping by similar size eases care and helps calf development.
Farmers load baled hay, slip faced by movement, use sharpened wood stakes driven into hay with a rope to pin layers. Two sharpened ends press into bale, the next layer rests on the upper point, securing the load. Stakes are 18 inches long for stable transport.
An egg laying contest conducted at the Kansas experimental station last winter involved seven breeds with six hens each. Records show American Reds laid 462 eggs, White Leghorns 404, Buff Wyandottes 395, White Wyandottes 352. The results also list Barred Plymouth Rocks 279 and Light Brahmas 267. The notice also states all deformed chicks should be killed as soon as hatched.
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