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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
3
A storied household in New York includes Rosa the sable cook who proclaims, for the good of the youth Pomp Leone, that she will marry him tomorrow night. The mistress laments but Rosa reveals the ceremony at seven, the couple’s honeymoon at ten, and a long Westward kinship ahead.
Velpin Indiana June 17 William O B Sullivan a Pike County farmer and brother of ex Representative Sullivan of Pike and Dubois Counties reports a remarkable recovery after kidney trouble rheumatism and heart distress. After using three boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he claims to be strong again and able to work hard daily with no pain.
A father predicts his son Thomas will later earn at least a million yearly as head of a major company. The reply notes Pirumas persuades others to keep fishing while they dig much larger Worths, reflecting a tale from The Commoner.
Travel offers low excursion rates to Denver and Glenwood Springs in Colorado Ogden and Salt Lake City Utah Hot Springs South Dakota St Paul and Duluth Minnesota Tickets on sale June 7 to Sept 10 with return until Oct 31 Contact nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or KR 4 Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne No 95 New York forms a Fifteen Minute Club of newspaper men meeting nightly at 10 and adjourn at 10 15 for purely business purposes
The article explains that a fine wire trainer fails to remove all impurities from milk. It advises straining milk through four layers of butter cloth in addition to the wire, using a tin ring to fasten the cloth to the strainer. Even with these methods some soluble impurities may still pass with the milk.
A small silo can store much ensilage for cattle. A ten by ten foot silo will feed fifteen head through winter. It should be strong due to lateral pressure. June is ideal for growing ensilage and offers cheap livestock fodder.
The article notes sorghum millet kafir corn and sunflower as possible seed crops that provide seed for food and stalks for bedding or manure. Seed is valuable for feed, while stalks offer usable bedding or manure value with little fodder use.
The Boston Cultivator describes a worm poison made by mixing one pound of Paris green to fifty pounds of bran with water for moistening. Some add sugar or molasses, or mix in clover. Spoonfuls are placed near worm centers before night, attracting worms to die by morning. Do not use where poultry can reach it.
The Epitomist advises winter yard work to prepare for busy spring farming. Prune shrubs and remove dead trees, repair fences and gates, and plant edge shade where lacking. Maples favored for shade and lush grass. avoid plum trees due to low, thorny limbs. Prune young trees so no limb extends beyond twelve feet to maintain view and airflow.
Farmers can ensure steady stove wood by using power saws in late winter or early spring. A mobile outfit, similar to threshing gear, lets one farmer serve many families, with tread power or a steam engine capable of cutting up to forty cords daily. Modern hand saws also speed work, replacing buck saws.
Ground raw bone, when finely ground and genuine, serves well as a fertilizer for specific uses. Much bone sold for this purpose is too coarse and slow to act, sometimes coating or glazing so acids in the soil cannot react effectively. The bone is
The passage notes fertilizer is not ideal for light soils but performs well when soil is strong with organic matter, feeding the grass as it decomposes over years. It highlights better results around grape vines and bush fruits, with spring application boosting fruit growth and quality, though it lacks potash. mixing with muriate of potash improves wood hardness. Application per acre depends on plant count and size, and liberal use is advised.
O A Southwick argues in New England Homestead that soil structure suffers when plowed wet, creating clods that delay crops. He recommends extensive fall plowing to improve spring work, aided by frost and air dynamics, to achieve better garden filth and soil readiness.
Practical advice on dairy work includes careful milking, cleanliness, varied cow feed, good bedding, testing milk, and using a separator to maximize butter fat. Also covers water quality, cooling, stirring, and proper handling of milk and dairy equipment.
In Hollaton, Leicestershire, Easter Monday includes a village game of bottle kicking to retain parish land. Two large meat pies and twenty four penny loaves are required beforehand. A heavy ale bottle is wrestled from Medbourne men amid frequent casualities before victors drink. The bottle has been in use for fifty years.
A short aphorism notes love as a disease without a vaccine. The line frames affection as an ailment lacking a remedy, echoing historical or literary sentiment about romance and healing.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalling the old band led by Schneider who played the drum. The author laments modern bands and praises the lively sound from Turner-pow Pete Jerome Jim Jones Mike Brown Hank Smith Jimmy Sikes Ira Sand Lew Trawks Joe Askins and the big bass horn, saying no current music matches that era.
A Woolwich arsenals worker fell into twelve tons of white hot molten steel. War Office officials decided not to reuse the metal for ordnance. The huge mass was buried and a Church of England clergyman conducted the burial service.
An old sales pitch touts Grain-O as a grain based drink that avoids coffee drawbacks. It promises easy digestion calmer nerves and better sleep while tasting similar to coffee and costing about a penny a cup. Available through grocers at 15 and 5 cents.
In Berlin Leipsic Cologne and other large business centers boys enter special schools for commercial life. They study ordinary subjects plus business correspondence in English French and German, different currencies, bookkeeping, typewriting, shorthand, and office work such as writing checks, bills of exchange, and invoices. London Mail.
A fragment from the Catholic Standard and Vimwes notes Hall's Catarrh Care sold for 75 cents. It includes dialogue praising a former worker Deters as an artist and Waters the milk dealer, who boasts about secretly sharing trade secrets and making money from chalk talk.
Nickel Plate routes offer a round trip fare of one and one third dollars to Buffalo for Pan American Exposition travel. Tickets available at all stations via telegraph or phone. Asterin and Hinm ilton local Fort Wayne agents provide booking details.
Sell date and return window unclear but tickets advertised for round trip at one fare. Travel restricted to within 60 miles. Contact nearest agent or C. Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or RK Hamilton, Agent Fort Wayne Indiana for details.
N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey advertises Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible remedy for coughs and colds dated February 17 1900. The fragment mentions a gas bill writer and a conversation about a fellow with extravagant statements.
An ad copy urges parents to switch children from tea and coffee to Grain-O a 'sew food' drink made from grains. It claims Grain-O is nourishing, tastes like coffee, coats about as much, and is sold by grocers for 5c and 2e.
The note suggests Dick and Fannie are married and that a peace commission has been proposed as a way to understand how they are getting along.
Round trip fare of one dollar plus a dollar to travel to Buffalo via the Nickel Plate Road starts June 1 and lasts through the summer with return within ten days after sale. Tickets through agents in Fort Wayne Indiana, with contact details for Asterlin and Mamillon. No further details in Coffee note.
In a Philadelphia Press dispatch from San Francisco a quarrel over a window blind escalates into a tense scene with oblique references to Ivy and irritation. The notice promotes low Nickel Plate Road fares July 5 to 12 with return until August, via agents including C A Asterlin, Fort Wayne.
The ad promotes Alen's Poor Ease powder to ease tight shoes and treat corns bunions swollen or sweating feet. It claims relief for teething pain with Mrs Winslow and lists druggists and sample offers. Also notes Fourth of July Nickel Plate Road fare and printer paper promotion.
An Alec Printing outfit advertises a variety of stamps including air cushion rubber stamps and date stamps. Customers are invited to describe their needs and receive pricing. Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne is listed for ordering.
A 1899 correspondence from Mrs. S J Watson and Mrs S J Warson praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for gynecological troubles. Watson from Hampton Virginia describes chronic ovarian pain and backache improving after trial. Warson also reports relief and urges others to write for advice.
All Kind of Stamps and Alco Printing Outfit prices listed with contact details in Fort Wayne. Des Preis Grieves creek site at Piarns exposition noted. Coach excursions to Buffalo via Nickel Plate Road offered at one cent per mile. Tickets on sale August 6th to 7th with return options and agent contacts including Asterlin, Fort Wayne, or Hamilton in Fort Wayne.
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