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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1896
Page
7
A collage of humorous anecdotes from various papers. The Chicago Times-Herald recalls a stage finale about Napoleon and a girl or boy heir triggering cannon salutes. Detroit Free Press notes a stone designer's name joke. Other items joke on misread signs and a recruit’s homely misplacement, with quips on neighbors and bachelor reflections.
Montana produced 21,580,018 pounds of wool and leads all states in wool production. The Iowa Homestead notes irrigation and moisture conservation are not pressing for farmers east of the Missouri, who focus on drainage. At Indiana station wheat tests, Michigan amber yielded most, followed by velvet chaff and willits varieties.
A Kansas contributor to the Ohio Farmer describes shredding corn stover with a thrasher and cylinder spikes, noting rapid, thorough work and better feeding fodder. Dry autumns suit the process, storage racks are built with posts and fencing, and a feeding manger is integrated.
An Ohio farmer outlines a simple yard crane used to haul in corn shocks. A 4 by 4 inch post twelve feet long supports a 3 by 3 inch hoist arm eight feet long braced as shown. Two pulleys and a single pulley at the top form a hoist with a 75 foot rope, enabling lifting of 20 to 80 shocks and reducing fodder usage.
A Washington Star item notes a playful line about a telephone girl who would ring in the narrator's car. The excerpt weaves multiple quoted phrases from various sources including Town Topics and Truth with brief, humorous exchanges and musings on romance and fate.
D W Fuller of Canajoharie New York says Dr Kings New Discovery in his house yields the best results and he would not be without it. G A Dykeman a Catskill druggist says it is the cough remedy he has used for eight years and it never fails to do all that is claimed. Trial bottles free at Emmett Burrells Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and 1.00.
P. E. Cox & Co. advertise a large holiday stock with many novelties for Christmas. Leather music rolls, pocket books, jewel cases, mirrors, frames, handkerchiefs, embroidered motifs, aprons, gowns, fabrics, and linens are highlighted at bargain prices.
Schulz promises a busy week with a long list of unprecedented bargains. The store touts wholesale prices on staples from corn meal and sugar to canned fruits, lard, salmon, and crackers, plus candy, nuts, candles, and Christmas trees, emphasizing low prices and full stock across departments.
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