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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
4
Anton Schwetz explains a wire stringing method from Missouri Valley Farmer using a wagon mounted reel. Long side boards 2 by 45 feet, crosspieces 1 by 6, uprights braced with 2 by 4, top rounded with an old shaft crank. A wagon mounted reel pulls 50 rods of wire per setup.
Clean nests and spotless eggs win customer trust. Thin-shelled or dirty eggs belong at home while clean, uniform eggs should move quickly to market. Do not date eggs for customers if they cannot be sold the day after laying. users prefer freshness they cannot verify by shell date.
A dairy note explains why leaving long udder hairs can cause kick responses during milking. It recommends using common horse clippers to remove hair around the teat and flank on the right side to reduce kicking.
The article explains several egg candling devices all relying on a strong light behind an opaque case with an egg shaped opening. An easy method uses a heavy paper tube and bright sunlight to illuminate the egg, offering effective results without electric lighting.
The writer notes that dairy farmers who milk many cows struggle to recruit help. After long field days, milking remains a core farm duty comparable to harvesting. He warns that workers will not gladly do extra after-hours milking, and good hands may seek other work.
Mrs Langtry at a Washington luncheon says she plans a book of impressions from her American tour. She contrasts American parental independence with European control and recalls a broker joke about a girl visiting her parents in Rochester.
Morris Gross twenty eight year old colored piano mover was crushed when a rope broke while hoisting a grand piano at Sixty second and Arch streets. He fell twenty feet to the sidewalk with the piano landing on his head and shoulders. He was taken to West Philadelphia Homeopathic hospital with scalp lacerations though doctors expected a fractured skull. The sidewalk cracked from the impact. This is his fourth accident.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes three sites claimed for Franklin’s immortal kite location at Sixth and Market, Ninth and Ridge, and Ninth and Chestnut. Justus C. Strawbridge funded a Franklin statue and found the post office site best fit the 1752 kite event, with university buildings later filling the block. The area was once an unbuilt suburb.
Mrs Oliver Harriman shares a domestic economy anecdote at the Colony Club in New York. A wife questions her husband’s ability to manage a week on a dollar while he quips about his own prior pay period. The tale underlines thrift and humor in marriage.
Sir Clements Robert Markham ex explorer traveler and archaeologist reaches eighty five. He introduced cultivation of cinchona trees from Peru to British India an act of incalculable value. He led a life of travel from 1844 with naval service in 1850 51 Arctic expedition and later roles including secretary of the India office.
Willie asks about the Roman idea of not giving or taking quarter. His father explains the currency system differed with sesterces and other names, noting that quarters as a coin term did not exist then.
Jonas Kuppenheimer arrives in Pasadena and warns wool may become prohibitively expensive due to the European war. He cites paper fabrics as a cheaper alternative if a viable process is developed, noting wool prices rise and imports could stay restricted for over a year.
Indianapolis reports friends of the dry movement expect twenty seven supportive votes in the Senate, one more than needed for passage, while wets plan delays. House passage seems likely this week, with Senate action slowed unless pressure mounts.
United States Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma City was run over by a car and injured. The front wheels passed over his right leg in the incident.
A bill introduced in the West Virginia senate and house aims to halt the importation of intoxicating liquor into the state. The move reflects efforts to tighten liquor control amid ongoing regulatory debates in Charleston.
The court announces that the Last Will and Testament of Huldah Ross and Achsah Sackett is on file in Jefferson County Iowa. A proof and final hearing are set for February 5 1917 at 2 00 PM in the February Term 1917 of the District Court. George M Ball Clerk notes the filing date January 18 1917.
In the District Court of Iowa Jefferson county February Term 1817 the Final Report of D F Spratt administrator of the estate of Eliza Hoopes deceased will be on file by January 25 1917. Interested parties must file objections and show cause why the report should not be approved by noon of the second day of the next term starting February 5 1917. Thomas and Thoma attorneys 1 18 and 25
In the District Court in and for Jefferson County Iowa February term 1917 Charles Carlson A C Carlson Ida Carlson Anna Randleman R T.
Plaintiffs Darshmi Pandemas Hattie ee aery and others sue Lonquist and heirs to settle ownership of two adjoining tracts in Jefferson County Iowa. They claim fee simple title based on more than ten years adverse possession and request a decree quieting their title to the described lands. The defendants are advised to appear by February 2 1917. otherwise default and a court order will follow. The notice also references a separate action by August Johnson asserting ownership to another described parcel and seeking similar relief.
Jefferson County Iowa attorneys list a lengthy chain of defendants and heirs in a real estate action. The case names numerous Bates and Castell family members along with other parties claiming interest in the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the west half of the site described land in Jefferson County Iowa.
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