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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
2
An article laments the decline of Idaho redfish due to gill nets pound nets and weirs in the lower Columbia and up river traps. It notes miners ranchers and villagers know spawning grounds and hawks for profits. Also includes multiple product adverts and seemingly random quotes about cures and remedies.
The article advises not to churn cream too long and warns against mixing old and new cream for inferior butter. It notes hens need grit and suggests safe materials, then discusses nest placement to avoid drafts and cold incubation. A beekeeper shares hive layout, painting, and record keeping to breed better stock.
A detailed description of a poultry house 64 by 12 by 7 feet with four nine by twelve foot pens for 15 Plymouth Rock hens or 12 Light Brahma, including roosts, nesting under roosts, and a 12 by 50 foot run per pen. Itemized expenses total 71.78 with gum lumber, netting, window sash, posts, and labor, as reported in Orange Judd Farmer.
A farmer explains a simple grain chute setup to move feed from upper bins to a basement area. He notes that steep pitches work best for bulky ground feed and warns against shallow angles due to clogging.
A historical note credits Joseph Jenks with the first American patent. A Hammersmith blacksmith who moved to Lynn Massachusetts in 1643, he minted the old pine tree money die and devised a primitive hand pump fire extinguisher. His water-power mine device patent was granted by the colonial Court, marking an early patent record in New England with a fourteen year monopoly and export controls.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes on courage endurance character and virtue. Notable voices include Simities Hooker Emerson Evans Eliot Richter and Taylor offering reflections on blessing affliction patience and purposeful living.
The article explains the postal card production process from paper mill to vault. Sheets 30 by 50 inches yield 90 cards per sheet at presses of 1200 impressions per hour, totaling 1,000,000 per day. upcoming forms with 110 plates will boost hourly capacity. Slitter cuts into ten card strips, then cutting machines operated by women process three strips at a time for eight cycles and one strip to yield twenty-five cards per run. Two girls collect bundles, twenty-five cards per bundle, into pasteboard boxes, then three young men box them into wooden cases for vault storage before shipment to post offices.
Describes early observers meeting fearless chase by birds on remote islands. Penguins albatrosses and doves showed little fear of humans, with nests photographed only after birds were pushed aside. In Kerguelen rookeries birds stood ground and pecked at intruders, not recognizing humans as enemies.
Three-tenths of a Belgian convict's earnings are given back at term end. Some inmates save more in jail than ever before, using the release funds to build financial security.
Mosquito eggs are said to hatch in four to seven days depending on air temperature. Warmer weather accelerates development, speeding the emergence of larvae into mosquitoes.
Awnless brome grass is recommended for drifting sands as a perennial forage, suited to light dry soils and resisting drought. Plant about fifteen pounds of seed per acre, as it spreads by underground rhizomes and won’t thrive on wet soils. Also notes on building arbor trellises for beans, whale oil soap as insect control, and careful, persistent fruit insect spraying for better yields.
Mrs. Esther M. Milner of DeGraf Ohio and Miss Mamie Groth Platteville Wisconsin share testimonies praising Peruna for curing chronic headaches backache and other female ailments. Dr S B Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium offers free expert advice and invites readers to write describing symptoms for guidance.
The piece argues Northern Canada has vast game reserves impractical to exhaust. It cites Labrador population density and compares it to dense urban blocks. It contends that few animals are killed relative to the land and predicts future dwindling game for fashion driven sportsmen.
Secretary Wilson laments the lack of interest in scientific agriculture among colleges and urges more emphasis. He notes 2,000 government staff in the field, shortages of fully trained personnel, and high demand from about 50 agricultural colleges and 60 to 70 experiment stations. Separately, Berlin patents a method to produce artificial marble by compacting asbestos dyeing materials shellac and ashes under high pressure yielding a durable polished product indistinguishable from real marble.
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