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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1894
Page
6
Resignations and civic notes abound as Milert and Walters adjournments, sheriff budgets, and court-term forecasts unfold. Reports cover water access, county finances, farm yields, deaths from smallpox, and social events in Beechwood, Brookville, Columbus, and New Haven with multiple local residents named.
Members of the Limekiln Club debate whether Black patrons still face unequal circus treatment. Gardner and Walpole recall past shows while Shindig Watkins and others urge action and plan to withdraw patronage, favoring a rival cakewalk venture.
A satirical issue recounts gunfire from Colonel Gindwin and a threatened feud with J M Ford, detailing a mock museum of oddities, and a chaotic town scene with amputees and a cannon misfire. The piece blends farce with threats as a critique of advertising and local power.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois credits two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery with curing consumption and saving her life. Mr Thos Eggers of 139 Florida Street Laners also reports a full recovery in two weeks after one bottle. The ad touts electric bitters for liver kidney ailments skin issues malaria headaches and digestion with satisfaction guaranteed and trial bottles available at Dreier Bros Co. drug store. Bucklen’s Amica Salve is promoted for bruises boils sores and skin eruptions with guaranteed relief or money back.
A Nebraska speculator pushes a bogus town scheme offering six sulphur springs as a selling point. He claims to have barrels labeled Sulphur and promises 20 city lots on Fifth Avenue, urging deeds today and tax handling to induce investment.
A brief note on meteorological attempts at forecasting for the locality. The writer admits that weather probabilities have not been fully abandoned yet contrasts with the discouraging results produced so far by these forecasts.
Quote from M Quab praising the election night cannon blast as a sign of strong American liberty after their sheriff candidate won by three to one. The speaker stresses the cannon could not outshine the moment.
In Amherst Massachusetts the Hatch experiment station grounds contain six poultry houses built after the gam plan. Each house holds about 20 fowls and the design offers a good model for breeders of choice breeds and provides suggestions for others who may not desire 80 expen
The article reproduces an illustrated description of a poultry house design. It details six sheds each 19 by 18 feet with a roosting room 10 by 13 and a shed 8 by 12, wall heights of 5 feet in front and 5 feet in rear, and a single sloped roof. A cement floor in the roosting area and a 6 inch square ventilator run from two feet above the roof to the floor. Two roosts span the rear, formed like a letter T.
The article describes a warm durable poultry house with nests and a rear entry, and notes costs under $50 for materials. It reports on hogs fed either ground or whole wheat, showing higher gains and pork quality from ground wheat but with greater feed use and cost. Ground wheat yielded more pork value per bushel than whole wheat.
Iowa station trials show fodder yields peak when dent kernels begin and blades start to dry, while grain yields peak at well ripened ears with partly dried blades. Harvesting by shocking in the field wastes about half the stover dry matter and over half its feeding value. grain remains largely unaffected. Wisconsin Cranberry Growers form a trading company to market stockholder crops and shield them from low Chicago commissions.
The drought and fierce winds push irrigation policy to the fore as the irrigation congress meets in Denver this September. Census data show California leads irrigated acres at 1,004,255 with 15,782 irrigators, followed by Colorado at 750,744 and 9,650, then Montana with 50,482 and 3,706. The piece notes California and Colorado dominate western irrigation.
The article reviews historical irrigation in the American West, noting ancient canal remains in Arizona and Utah's later development. It cites the 1893 Los Angeles irrigation congress data on acreages, values, and water costs, with figures for Wyoming California and other states. It discusses first costs of irrigation systems, water rights values, maintenance expenses, and debates on funding and policy.
Rural New Yorker details a homemade root cutter built from ash scantling forming twin X frames with a box hopper under a steel cylinder. It uses 12 diagonal cutters on a hardwood shaft, with about half an inch clearance to the hopper sides, and a bottomless hopper holding half a bush. Notes on poultry, grain storage plans, and assorted items follow, including a Brussels relic claim and advertisements for Ely's Cream Balm and Pain Balm.
Democrats of the Thirteenth district convened at 2 pm to choose a candidate after Charles Girard Conn declined. Balloting settled on Lew Wanner with Bernethy withdrawing. Wanner previously lost a bid against Judge Van Fleet by 1500 votes. The party vows a vigorous campaign.
Secretary Carlisle announced that he would not pay any unpaid sugar bounty claims when the new tariff law took effect August 29. The decision follows the repeal of the sugar bounty provision in the McKinley law and forbids future licenses or bounty payments for sugar production. He will send a formal letter to Senator Manderson outlining the ruling.
A call to readers about seeking female assistance for health troubles through Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. The writer cites letters from women worldwide praising her Vegetable Compound for relief, urging others to write for guidance and support from a woman who understands.
A grocer claims clerks are trained to push the most profitable items and warns that if they cannot, they should be dismissed. He notes a danger in clerks steering customers toward high profit but unwanted products like certain washing powders rather than trusted Pearline. Readers are urged to send back unordered purchases.
Alix trotted a mile in 2.04 at Terre Haute yesterday tying the record set by Nancy Haoks on the same track two years ago. Mr and Mrs B Fleming plan a permanent Hartford City residence next Monday with their house elegantly furnished and ready for occupancy.
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