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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
8
Mixed timetable text outlines arrivals and departures for Freeport and Rock Island routes, listing train numbers, stations, and times. It notes east and westbound connections, parlor car services, and freight restrictions, with agent credits to H. W. Rowley and J. B. Sweatt and references to Chicago, Rock Island, Davens Port, Milwaukee, and Madison.
Train arrival notes show Denarts East reaching Forreston at 10:00 then departs 1:20 pm daily except Sunday with a 10:10 pm return.
Weekdays cars depart Freeport from 5 08 am and every 8 minutes until 9 35 pm last car 11 00 pm. Rockford departures start 6 00 am on even hours until 11 00 pm. Travel time Freeport to Rockford 1 hour 20 minutes. Sunday times same after 6 35 am Freeport and 00 8 m Rockford. Connections in Rockford to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora Chicago. WM NEESE, Agent.
The Farmers Advocate explains the difference between breed and variety in poultry. Breed covers classes like Plymouth Rocks and Brahmas while variety denotes divisions within a breed such as Barred or White Plymouth Rocks and Buff Cochin within the Cochin breed.
The column argues dairy breeders should phase out hard milking cows and focus on high producing cows with strong dairy temperament. It stresses maintaining high production from freshening to dry off and aligning breeding with peak butter fat value, plus a two month rest when butter fat is lowest.
Advice notes success in beekeeping depends on the keeper, selects orchard sites as ideal for bees, and warns that visitors should be kept away by full hives. It states worker bees live only six to eight weeks during honey season and that prime swarms boost surplus. It warns to store honey dry to prevent moisture absorption and spoilage.
The article warns of waste in poultry handling and on farms. It urges better management of broodiness to prevent hens from starving or eating eggs and stresses daily egg collection and clean water. It notes twelve eggs equal a bushel of wheat in nourishment and advises proper feeding and milk use for growth.
Classified notice seeking a competent girl for general housework for a family of three. Contact Mrs John Hea at 6 2 Stephenson Street, New Pee a 1 27.
A Pennsylvanian experiment shows dry ground grain fed in hoppers improves hen weight gain egg production egg weight hatching power and overall health and profit versus traditional ground grain with water. Wet grain ration lowers cost per dozen eggs slightly. Bulls require early handling with firm consistent discipline per Henry Ford Alford advice.
Data from four stations shows skimmilk feeding produced 24 pound average for twelve month steers, nine heifers at 564 pounds, eight calves at eight months averaging 548 pounds, and seven eight month steers at 5385 pounds. At Omaha exposition the top Shorthorn steer came from skimmilk feeding.
The Farmers Advocate argues that large farming is risky and that small farms with diversified crops and livestock offer the best chance of success and happiness for the farmer.
A blend of one part castor oil to three parts tallow, well mixed, forms a suitable axle grease for summer use.
The Daily Journal offers home delivery to any city area for 106 a week, indicating broad coverage and a fixed weekly charge.
John Mitchell cites a past labor struggle as unfair, narrating a tale from Harvey Barr of Braidwood. Harvey’s wife receives $15, and Harvey gives a pipe costing $15, leaving the couple even in a fable from the St. Louis Republic.
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch excerpt explains that a thumb set close to the wrist signals compassionate and liberty loving traits, while a higher thumb indicates weaker will and overanalyzing planning that hinders action. It cites monkey-like intelligence as linked to closer-to-fingers thumbs.
At a Richmond dinner during an Episcopal convention a young lady near the bishop of London asked if the butterfly could eat the tomato. The bishop laughed. A young Englishman then pressed the host for the joke’s point, seeking clarification on the humorous line.
Major Hayford Thorold, deputy to the Duke of Wellington’s First battalion, arrives in Gwelo Matabeleland in 1896 to restore order. He localizes the ex-storekeeper acting commandant who nearly slips into delirium, then locks him up. The commandant escapes to send a telegraph to Chamberlain in London asking who Thorold is to avert bloodshed.
The passage recalls Johnson starting a dictionary with six assistants and three years per plan but taking nine years and paying the team from a 7500 payout. It notes Webster toiled twenty four years before his dictionary appeared and praised his meticulous definitions. It mentions the difficulty of tiny Saxon words and their ever twisting meanings.
A judge recalls a scene where a father asks if his son should take one or two spankings. The father suggests letting Wille Slimmonds lick him instead, and the judge notes that would still result in two licks, highlighting the consequence of sharing blame.
A dialogue reflects social norms of entertaining a visiting uncle in New York with wealth and status, highlighting expectations that he be treated with the finest hospitality money can buy. The exchange implies a culture of lavish hosting tied to influence and social standing.
A New York Mines quip notes that while a fast clock can be corrected, a young man’s ways are harder to adjust, reflecting a witty play on time and youth.
The Metropolitan Magazine suggests county fairs as a tool to spark good roads reform by gathering local talent and field experts to discuss road needs. Public forums at boards of trade granges and chambers of commerce can mobilize support for faster transit and better access to rail and river systems.
Officials of the agricultural department report successful tests using calcium chloride as a dust preventive on a Washington road. A solution mixed from 300 pounds of calcium chloride and 300 gallons water was applied in two passes, totaling 1200 gallons per 1582 square yards, eliminating the need for the water wagon and yielding a smooth, compact road surface after the second application.
A Kansas City Newsbook item notes oiling macadam roads greatly improves durability in rain, while dirt roads become nearly impassable and rock roads stay dusty or muddy. Oil penetration locks in firmness regardless of weather. The piece contrasts road types and ends with a quip about Jonah and the whale.
A Kansas farmer reports large gains in steer feeding using cotton seed cake. Six carloads of steers marketed show a daily gain of 3.4 pounds over 140 days with three pounds of cake fed at the finish.
The quip notes matrimonial stages with humor as the husband learns restraint after early years. It contrasts fond treatment of wife in year one with awkward handling of a baby and then steady self control in subsequent years.
Hardrum jokes about a 20 dollar loan for ten days to test a reader’s talent in a light hearted Smart Set exchange. The fragment hints at a humorous literary banter between Gillespie and Hardrum.
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