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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1899
Page
6
A farmer friendly smoke box tutorial shows how to smoke pork at home using a 5 by 3 by 4 foot box open at the bottom and a separate fire trench. The design includes side door hinges, hanging holes, cord or wire supports, and a distant fire fed through a trench or pipe joints to preserve the meat.
Practical farm notes cover drainage, tree root safety near underdrains, and methods to irrigate fields with homemade tubes. It advises avoiding willow and locust near wells, and discusses pruning, border plantings, and wall vines. Also includes hog care, artificial pollination of figs, and legal notes on neighbor tree branches.
Instructions describe building a smoke box using old pipe joints and sheet metal to smoke bacon, with steps to set up a trench, insulate the smoke, and use corn cobs as fuel. It then discusses clay soil as best for pears, noting mineral availability, potash and phosphate dressings, and root depth. Also mentions sunflowers as bean poles and thinning early apples to counter codling moths.
Canada remains steadfast over the Alaska boundary, resisting concessions as Britain faces a pivotal choice between firm northern claims and potential compromises amid ongoing territorial contention.
A Washington dispatch reports that Canada has pressed the United States and its North American dominion in the Alaskan boundary settlement. England reportedly reserves a firm stance behind Canada, while U S officials doubt Canadian yield. Local notes mention farm work, social events, visits, church activities, and a high school bail game with Hoagland defeating Monroeville 34 to 25.
Mr Henry notes that in many parts of the state groups have formed to secure library books for research in special directions. He expects high demand and says applicants who apply first will be served first.
Mrs. Charles Smuck of Fort Wayne wheeled to New Haven Monday. T. J. Finan visited friends in Payne Ohio Sunday. Mrs. Klossen and daughter Maggie attended the funeral of Tillie Berberick Tuesday.
The report notes a barn dance at Hamilton's midweek, a hop at Peter's farm last Saturday, and a large Mycological society gathering where articles on life’s nature and origin were read. Miss Sophia Dicke returned to Colorado, and Mrs. James Craig is ill. E Coblentz is building a house on his Indian Reserve farm.
The piece notes Joe Collins moving to Chicago, Hillary Hoover relocating to the Collins farm, Miss Lela Gregg returning home as her school closed, and Henry Bloom in Huntington for his brother's trial. Steve E. Hemeniser starts grading local roads, Bill Furnace and family visit Wells county, Charley Hubert sells Woodburn saloon to farm hereafter, and George Bloom is in Huntington. Dry weather hurts late corn.
Mendel Frank announces sale of corner property at 208 Hanna Street near Bass Foundry and Pittsburg shops. grocery, butcher, saloon, pool room, beer bottling, ice rooms, hotel with eleven rooms, dining and waiting rooms, and residences on Hanna Street offered with or without stock. One buyer can take all or part, with flexible payment terms 6 percent interest, business to be quit and owner retiring.
Officials state a Washington dispatch claiming Canada chose between the United States and Britain is false. A verbal modus vivendi was agreed last week and will be finalized with minor details. The boundary follows the summits of White and Chilcoot Passes.
Miss A Van Camp's school has closed. Millard Parker and family visited friends here Sunday. Stone masons work at E Gook's house. Mrs M Roller who has been seriously ill is slowly recovering. S Carrington is seriously ill. S W James and family and W Eniger and family of Harlan visited friends here Sunday. The surprise party at M Hellope ter's was well attended and a good time is reported.
Indianapolis dispatch reports State Librarian W E Henry says traveling libraries will be in circulation by October 1, with preparations possible by late August or early September. About seventy five sets of forty volumes will cover history travel biography literature science and arts. local groups must appoint a librarian, post a $100 bond, and apply for a set.
In Lafayette township the carpenters began work on Trustee Youngs barn while Andrew Bowersock builds a farm house near Myhart. Baker the Myhart grocer recovers from a broken arm as Grandma Young falters. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs held memorial services at Roanoke with Rev Morris speaking. Harvest is near but wheat will be a small crop. oats look good but rain is needed. Kyle Gaskill of Fort Wayne visited. Jacob Crabbs bought a new buggy.
New Haven reports include Louis Welker and Fred Meyers from Fort Wayne wheeling in Sunday. Frank Luley also from Fort Wayne visited friends. Agnes Schwelker attended a cousin Tillie Berberick funeral. Mrs Fred Mack and daughter Mrs Charles Gross from Fort Wayne attended Gust Gothe’s funeral. Gust Koellinger from Fort Wayne spent Sunday with his parents. J Stmmell was in Fort Wayne on business. Frances and Jennie Gothe of Fort Wayne visit their mother this week. Mrs Angst Meipzen and son George attended Gust Gothe’s funeral.
Northern Indiana notes report a North Manchester class bowing in white shirts and duck skirts under a school board cost saving order. It cites claims about Johnson Nelson Smith, a Huntington case suspect, being innocent after a mob beat him before police custody. A Wells county infirmary fire caused substantial loss, with $4000 insurance and flames threatening the building. George Huff in Portland showcases a new water based gas light claiming two cent daily heat and light. Fish and game chief Sweeney plans July talks with Lake Wawasee property owners on a hatchery, preferring Wawasee over Winona. Syracuse Register notes high local interest.
J. M. Zollars of the Pittsburg planing mills was injured when a heavy board fell from a pile on a truck, bruising his foot and likely taking him from work for several days. A stray black heifer, 22 years old, wandered to a farm in Madison township on June 5. owner urged to prove property and reclaim.
A historic advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice cites F J Cheney and Co Toledo as proprietors and lists several Toledo drug firms endorsing the product. Slogans claim the remedy works by acting on the blood.
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