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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
4
A loyal dog in a desert caravan guides a grieving woman and rescued companions through wind and sand. The dog, named Curfew, endures exhaustion to locate distant drivers and leads the group toward human voices and safety, despite the perilous night.
A historical note recalls two daring mail robberies on British routes. Robbers tampered with up and down mails on the Great Western line, triggering a train-wide search that captured two suspects. A later 1886 London to Ostend to Berlin theft yielded rouble notes and a conviction for possession of stolen property after a lengthy trial.
The Japan Mail notes Zinsika Musk Soap as highly effective for skin issues and freckles with long lasting musk scent. It claims durable material quality, economic value, and versatility for scenting clothing and linens while advising against perfumes and artificial products.
The article recounts Alexander Brice of Kirknewton conducting a 1765 test with a stone jug buried in over six inches of snow. His finding notes that cold, wind, snow duration on the ground, and new snowfall affect the water yield and weight, with a cautious promise of repeating trials in similar conditions.
The Tennessee region faces a recurring deadly malady named milksick with deaths in humans and livestock. The illness follows drinking milk from cows that ate milksick weed, a cloverlike plant on infected land. The weed’s poison origin remains undetermined after tests reject minerals and fungi. Milksick Mountain in White County is a known hotspot, as cited by the Louisville Courier Journal.
A Prairie Farmer writer reports a novel potato crate and ventilated barrels as highly satisfactory for potato storage. The grower builds barrels at about 15 cents each, buying sugar barrels with both heads secured for proper ventilation.
A craftsman describes turning a barrel into two by using the top as the bottom for one half and the bottom as the top for the other. The approach creates two barrels from one while open spaces provide ventilation to preserve potatoes.
The notes emphasize mixing cooked feed with bulky material for hog comfort. Feeding buttermilk can cause constipation. a little off meal helps prevent this. Growers should never be allowed to starve, shelter and liberal feeding ensure comfort, while careless handling can turn a sow cannibal. Maintain good pig strains through steady, intelligent feeding.
A practical, if hazardous, burner uses an old smoke stack cut into a trough mounted on a sled. Dirt in the trough absorbs heat while a horse-drawn burner is moved to pile brush for complete burning and ash collection. Exercise caution to keep the flame away from trees.
Field and Farm notes avoid placing pads under horse collars until necessary. Some trainers rush to pad early despite lack of need, a practice the publication questions as premature.
A verse and prose collage shows how advertising gossip travels when whispered to a woman or a man. It contrasts playful satire with a call to discretion and hints that rumors spread quickly through society. The piece weaves in humor about Chinatown and a winter morning poem.
A reflective poem where the speaker seeks rest and peace but finds only unending effort. The speaker laments perpetual motion and fatigue, wishing for quiet, and contrasts rest with the inexorable demands of life and poverty.
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