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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
2
A regional notice from Emmons Co. Record discusses theoretical sea depth, early Egyptian use of artificial limbs by priests, and the rapid expansion of railways. It notes 400000 miles of rail built in about seventy years and jests about interviewers who relay yesterday’s news.
A description of cultural gestures and colonial observations mentions thumb to nose as derision in some places and respect in Indian hill tribes. It notes towers in Pekin with a fifteenth century bell and a protective drum, and remarks on missionary work and education advancing civilization beyond force. Porto Rico receives its first American governor in plain clothes, signaling reform away from pomp.
Ten thousand Japanese are said to have landed on the Pacific coast in the first three weeks of April with arrivals reaching about one hundred thousand annually for months. Some are contract laborers slated for deportation while others may choose to return. The piece notes fears of war driving many to flee.
The Review of Reviews notes India is not half as large as the United States yet has about 300 million people who must be fed from home crops. It cites dense population in some districts, vast numbers of farm laborers and vagrants, with limited manufacturing to buy food.
Near Ayathia, once Siam’s capital, a vast forest labyrinth traps elephants. A double row of giant tree trunks narrows the path from a mile-wide entry to a tight choke point. Tame elephants lure wilds inside while captors slip shackles over their feet, a dangerous method that can crush approaching keepers.
A Chickasaw Nation article notes harsh views on white men marrying Indian women to gain land. A new marriage fee law aims to curb this, but Ardmore residents protest as defending a woman’s right to marry. The piece also surveys rainfall records in Kameruns Assam Oregon and farming advances with steam electricity and teleGraph in the Northwest.
An agricultural circular details soil cultivation yields and explains smooth brome grass bromus inermis. It notes European use for 130 years, early doubts due to creeping roots, then 1884 Hungarian trials showing drought tolerance. Seed distribution likely began in the United States around the same period.
The article discusses smooth brome-grass, its origins in Europe and Asia, and its adoption by several stations. It highlights its hardiness, rapid sod formation, high forage quality, and extended growing season, making it ideal for dry regions with or without irrigation and valuable for early spring and late fall grazing.
Advice favors proven fruit varieties for ordinary farmers and urges progress for professionals. It argues spraying with Bordeaux mix combats apple leaf scab and mildew, notes birds cannot prevent fungal disease, and explains nursery inspections are general not guaranteed disease free.
Nursery owners closely inspect every part of their nurseries and trees to prevent evidence of scale and blights from being found by inspectors. The inspection law is producing beneficial results.
The Nebraska Experiment Station reports growing blackleg vaccine distribution through 1900, cooperating with the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry. From 1899 to early 1900, doses rose from 23 256 to about 15 000, with 96 percent efficacy in treated cases and strong farmer adoption across 56 and 47 counties, prompting a bulletin explaining vaccination and disease details.
The essay argues that improvement is relative to human use, not intrinsic hog welfare. It notes swine would struggle without human support, as breeding has stripped hunting and fighting traits. It highlights changing market demands from large size to medium weight and lean meat, predicting ongoing shifts in breeding goals.
A smooth angular perennial standing 1 to 3 feet tall with thick lance shaped leaves and many showy yellow flowers that appear in autumn. Found in moist ground from Connecticut to Michigan and Illinois and south to the Gulf. The plant and especially its flowers are bitter and acrid and pungent. grazing animals unfamiliar with it are affected.
The article discusses sneezeweed’s poison, mainly in mature flowers, suggesting control by mowing or cultivation. It also warns against crowding hens, noting risks of overcrowding versus giving too much space and access to grain, while hens seek grass and insects in certain seasons.
The cost per pound for growing hogs rises with age and size. Two hogs at 800 pounds cost less per hog than one at 600 pounds, and 600 pounds is often unprofitable. Profit hinges on feed excess above maintenance, with 200 pounds at six months or 300 pounds at a year typically profitable. If growth slows and extra feed costs outweigh market gains, market earlier, around 250 to 300 pounds, unless abundant wasted feeds boost efficiency.
A New York Agricultural Station Geneva report finds animal meal as principal animal food improves outcomes in chick and duckling feeding versus vegetable diet. Ducklings need some animal food, while laying hens and chicks can do well on ash rich in phosphates with vegetable diets. Bone ash boosts vegetable rations for chicks but not to the level of animal-based feeds for ducklings.
Bulletin 93 from Kansas Agricultural College notes that cutting Kafir corn early triggers a dangerous second growth. While stock can often eat it safely, deaths occur from acute poisoning, sometimes within an hour. Incidents involve cattle breaking into fields or being driven past green second growth. Poisoning remains unexplained. after frost curing the danger ends.
This sorghum variety has low sugar content, erect thick jointed stalks, broad deep green leaves, and reaches about 4% to 6 feet in height. Its heads are compact, stand erect, and measure ten to fifteen inches. It is grown for both grain and hay, mainly for grain.
A prominent horticulturist notes that uncultivated orchards tend to overbear at long intervals when conditions are favorable, while cultivated orchards bear more often but lack the tendency to overbear. The distinction highlights management effects on fruit-bearing patterns.
The western stairway of the Albany Capitol now features a bas-relief depicting five renowned American women. The honorees include Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frances [incomplete] among others celebrated for their contributions to literature and public life.
Women’s summer attire emphasizes light piques and duck costumes with embroidery and varied colorings. Features include blue circular skirts, sailor blouses, tucked muslin tucks, contrasting seam bands, Eton coats with red collars, and pastel shades. Fabrics range from cotton canvases to striped piques, white tailored looks, butchers’ linens, lace, and brocade boleros. Detailed trims include satin ribbons, pearl buttons, and lace fichus to finish dainty summer frocks.
An authority from Paris notes khaki is popular for summer fashion, shaping chic racing outfits. Descriptions include a shingles skirt, an ecru lace bodice over black satin with a high belt, and sleeves in shingles, plus white organdies trimmed with black lace and many tuck and lace details throughout.
A picturesque batiste frock features a skirt laid in clusters of fine plaits at the hips for a full round look. The blouse shows vertical tucks and a deep round embroidered collar with full sleeves ending in lace cuffs. Shirring appears everywhere and white mousseline de soie models with shirred sleeves and lace trims are described.
A fashion description notes boleros as a dominant feature of summer outfits, featuring a gray nun's veiling model with a full round skirt and plaited bolero forming inverted Vs at the back. The garment shows a high belt of black satin, embroidered white muslin sleeves, coat shaped collar, turnover cuffs, and full undersleeves, reflecting the season's surge in bolero popularity.
The description highlights an elegant afternoon waist with a heavy taffeta silk bodice covered in renaissance lace. It fits closely at the back and sides with a front drape at the waist, a dainty box plait opening, mother of pearl buttons, a deep yoke, green-blue velvet trim, and a velvet ribbon belt. Pointed sleeves and a plaited taffeta neck complete the look, suitable for both ages with any handsome skirt.
The article highlights guimpes, sleeves, yokes and guimpes as key summer gown details. Lace pieces, striped silk yokes, white chiffon with black velvet lines, elbow and double sleeves, Malines lace, foulard and India silk schemes, sprigged hand embroidery, tapis and tam bour under-sleeves, and fichu scarves shape the season with adaptable styling for all figures.
Fresh calf liver sliced and fried in butter then finished with parsley onions and mushrooms. A light flour roux is simmered with stock or water, seasoned with salt pepper and lemon juice, then served hot.
Select one quart of medium sized turnips, peel and boil until tender. Drain, cut a slice from the top of each, scoop out half the middle, mash the removed part with salt pepper butter and egg yolk, fill the turnips, replace the slices, brush with beaten white, bake in a hot oven until brown and serve hot.
Soak one pint breadcrumbs in one pint milk. Beat eight eggs until light and mix with bread. Melt butter, pour in egg mixture, season with salt and pepper. Cook quickly without burning. Serve on hot platter garnished with buttered toast triangles.
A historical pantry instruction lists ingredients for doughnuts including one pound of sugar, yolks of four eggs, butter, molasses, sour or buttermilk, soda dissolved in water, and enough flour to make a moderately stiff dough.
A dated collection of quips on love, fortune, and character. It notes rainbows in love, empty purses harming marriages, and the need to keep moving in life. It jokes about judging men away from home, trials polishing a gem, and small losses causing worry. It ends with a remark about sleep beautifying and St. Louis policemen.
A brief exchange notes chorus girls keeping perfect time with the joke that they have clocks in their heels, illustrating a light backstage humor moment about precision and performance.
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