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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
2
A column blends oddities from industry and society. The stone lathe impresses with its size, while a rich baby Grand Duchess Olga is noted. Lord Rosebery drafts Napoleon history and a Philadelphia Italian misuses a government mail bag. Mark Twain’s quip on honor ends the piece.
Brown county Indiana remains without a railway or telegraph but gains a telephone link to Columbus, extending modern communications into Nashville just days ago.
An English observer in China says American soldiers have distinguished themselves not only in battle but also against temptations in Pekin under current conditions. The remark praises discipline and conduct amid hardships in the capital.
A new slot machine charges automobile storage batteries by inserting a quarter. Demonstrated at a New York auto show, the device can charge in minutes. Whaleback steamers now operate on the Mississippi with water tight compartments for trim. One hull was beached to show the pump and compartment system enabling quick freeing in fifteen minutes.
The speed trial of the Wisconsin suggests that if international races between battleships were arranged like yacht events, the United States would win many prizes. Yet if they meet a foreign squadron in serious combat, these ships would not prove superiority by running away.
The proposed Billings to Great Falls electric railway would span about 200 miles in Montana. It would be powered entirely by electricity from generating stations on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers and handle heavy freights including coal and ore.
A French group called the League against Seasickness publishes a serious periodical the Journal du Mal de Mer filled with infallible seasickness remedies. While the recipes are well known and effective for non-sailors, the journal could also print fiction with a subtler plot and a more pleasant climax.
Thus far this season about 1000 deer have been taken to Bangor from the northern hunting regions, mostly owned by out of state hunters. Moose passing through Bangor number 56, near last year’s level. Deer kills show a drop of 251 from last season due to dry early weeks and last winter’s deep snows, with deer still abundant and the total season likely to reach 1899 levels.
After almost two years of investigation into routes for a transoceanic canal, the Isthmian Canal commissioners will submit their report to the president next month who will forward it to Congress. Action on the recommendations is highly anticipated due to the monumental scale of the project.
A bill introduced in the Georgia legislature would ban employing children under 12 in mills and mechanical establishments and restrict those aged 12 to 14 to workers who can read simple English sentences. It also sets a maximum daily hours limit for adult workers and requires employers to grant a reasonable noon meal period.
The city of Elberfeld and Bar men host a gala dedication of the Wupper aerial railway by William and Empress Augusta Victoria. The eight and a half mile line, with two car trains and automatic signaling, promises high safety and a future rollout across Europe.
Fenelon is praised for saintly character, modesty, and practical religion. He argues true piety enlarges the heart, is simple and attractive, and focuses on love of God, subduing rebellious tempers, and implicitly accepting God's direction in life. His exercises are prayer, scripture study, holy living, and unceasing benevolence. From The Inner Life of Fenelon by Charles M. Stuart in the Chautauquan, October.
A compact meditation on science becoming experiential and the poet joining in the transformation. It envisions science as familiar flesh and asks poets to lend spirit to aid this transfiguration, welcoming the new being into human life.
Italy lagged behind in starting point yet has surged forward through revolutions and wars. Forty years ago Italy did not exist as a unified state. through sudden ambition it has become a great power, uniting peoples of the same race who had grown heterogeneous after long separations.
The Hawaiian band of Honolulu marks thirty years of continuous existence. Band master Captain Henri Berger has led the group for twenty eight of those years, highlighting a long era of steady leadership and musical continuity.
The New York Sun reports a coeducational college runs a cathouse and a room of alcohol jars with cats in growth stages used for dissection. Students view the display scientifically, while village boys supply stray cats for twenty five cents each, with higher pay for exceptional specimens.
The Oberammergau Passion Play actors receive modest fees, yet the summer season yielded record ticket sales totaling £75,000. Photo cards wood carvings rosaries and holy images generated about £7,500 in revenue with wood carvers reportedly sold out. The village enjoyed a golden harvest despite a poor season in Switzerland and the Tyrol.
An Austrian tailor Johann Haslinger, without legs and money, travels by hand to wheel a specialized velocipede from Vienna to Paris, about 650 miles in 55 days, aiming to cross to England then continue the global trek. His hands now function like feet with very worn skins.
Wordsworth argues that the distant discoveries of chemists botanists and mineralogists could become proper subjects for poetry if they become familiar and the relations seen by scientists are understood by poets. The passage frames an intersection of science and verse and envisions a future where scientific knowledge informs poetic art.
C B Hoffman discusses four great divisions of wheat in the United States including spring and winter wheats, with Kansas noted for hard winter wheat. He explains seed quality, pure varieties, and the benefits of seed patches, plus advice on exchanging seed and selecting regional varieties for best yields. Also touched are the Russian wheat influence and the squash vine borer illustrations.
A scrambled OCR fragment describes an enlarged sculpture of an egg and larva stages. Portions show terms for egg, newly hatched larva, bell grove larva, and heads from side and above with markers and numbers, indicating an engraved sequence or illustration labels.
The article describes a beetle larva that bores in woody vine stems, with illustrations showing freshly hatched, half-grown, and mature forms. It notes the insect resists ordinary insecticides and outlines control measures such as avoiding infested ground, planting early varieties, deep fall harrowing, covering joints, destroying old plant matter, and keeping vines vigorous.
Fragmentary sentence mentions horers and efforts to enter the vines and capture moths early or toward dusk when they are less active, implying a farming or pest control note. No identifiable persons, organizations, dates, or places are available.
An article discusses how pork cost per pound influences farmers views on swine raising. It notes Maryland Experiment Station findings that pork can be produced for 2.5 cents per pound under ideal, healthful conditions, with milk and skim milk from nearby creameries boosting efficiency and pork being cheapest on young hogs. costs vary with local inputs and herd health.
The article notes abandoned farms due to constant cropping and insufficient manure. It argues that two types of men fail at farming: those with money but no brains and those with brains but no money, and suggests agricultural colleges and experiment stations can help the moneyed man gain the necessary knowledge to succeed.
A 1910s style agricultural note urges breeders to seek first class sows and larger litters. It argues that progress hinges on improving fecundity, noting one sow producing five piglets per litter shows genetics lag if other sows bear more. The text critiques modern breeds for slower development.
An article discusses turning overripe apples into concentrated fruit in California, the debate on using inferior fruit, and a Michigan case about bees injuring peaches. It notes Southern California fruit shipments, barrel shortages, and a Kansas report detailing corn root distribution and root circle development in depth.
An agent of the census bureau explains that the ten year livestock census provides facts on blooded stock, production costs, and range resources. These figures form a basis for informed conclusions benefiting both livestock interests and the broader public.
A Canadian breeder asserts he has produced pork at not more than 2 cents per pound for ten years by buying pigs around May first for about $1 each, feeding on skim milk, corn and bran with clover to 200 pounds, then selling each hog for about $4 profit. The critique notes he omits skimmed milk value and pasture costs, which could alter the true cost.
The piece discusses difficulties harvesting soy beans due to pods near the ground. It suggests a self rake or grazing hogs or sheep for gleaning on small plots, notes mowers shatter beans, and recommends knife cutters just below soil level. For larger acreage, a bean harvester with raking and small shocks before threshing is advised.
Farmers report hay shortages and have tried curing hog weeds for fodder. They claim the stock treats the weeds as a nuisance on the farm. Readers with experiences are invited to share their results and advice.
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