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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
7
The article describes a vacuum milking system with a pipe network above stalls, operating by air exhaust and a tight milking pail. It discusses bird and insects benefits, drainage improvements by Robert H. Kern, and summer egg production ideas for poultry, advising rest for winter layers and economical feeding strategies.
The article details intensive soil prep for hay crops, insisting on frequent plowing and multiple fertilizer applications each season. It also describes building a field leveler with a heavy plank, wings, cross pieces, and screw eyes to aid leveling and turning at corners.
The notice asks whether cruelty to cows harms milk production and animal well being. It questions if mistreatment reduces milk yield and questions the broader impact on the animal's health and mortality.
An advertisement extols a wall fly leveler as a universal soil implement that works perfectly on light to moderately heavy soils and provides better and cheaper leveling than other methods. The passage also offers advice on feeding horses, stressing the feeder's responsibility for appetite and digestion and urging regularity, keen judgment, and strict attention as the medicine for stock care.
Early tips urge spading finished vegetable plots to sprout remaining seeds and save spring work. Late summer and fall cleanups target weed seeds. Farm notes discuss using machinery, pig feeding, and mixed feed for hens. Danish co operatives weigh cow seed and milk returns to track performance. String beans thrive in warm weather and late varieties support ongoing succession planning. The Stow livestock exhibit at the world’s fair features 2,800 stalls across 37 acres with open and box configurations.
Postmaster General Payne dismissed James T. Metcalf after a long career in the money order division. An investigation will follow as documents reveal Tulloch charges and efforts to overlook irregularities in the Washington post office.
In New York, the corporation counsel prepares lawsuits against thousands of tenement owners for alleged violations of the sanitary clause. Expenditures could reach about 10 million dollars with estimates of affected houses ranging from 6,000 to 9,000 and remedy costs cited between 1,000 and 2,000 per building.
President Rameey of the Wabash says Gould lines east of Toledo will be consolidated within the year. No wool rate cuts this season. A rail and water associations agreement is reported. Big Four to start double tracking Terre Haute to Indianapolis. Soo line to replace light rails west of Minneapolis with heavy steel. American Railway Association per diem committee rules no per diem charges if cars are delivered. Chicago rail centers seek young men as stenographers to fill future management roles amid promotion prospects and East labor shortage.
Widespread rains eased vast forest blazes that destroyed millions in Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Long Island. Thousands fought flames in Adirondacksswamps and barren lands where soil charred leaving deserts. Firefighters cleared with axes furrows plows and evergreen branches as railroads ferried reinforcements.
The weekly crop report notes abnormally cool conditions from June 10 to 13 east of the Rockies, causing slow growth and late corn in central valleys. Frosts hit the upper Missouri valley, with some as far south as Tennessee, while drought relief arrives in New England and parts of the mid-Atlantic.
The President urged a citizenry trained by Lincoln to meet modern global duties without losing the spirit of 1861. He warned that a great nation must act boldly for liberty, unity, and justice, lest republics of antiquity and the Middle Ages fail. He stressed individual character as the source of national strength and the future of free government.
The article argues the Dingley tariff boosts imports overall to $975,283,037 in the year ending January 31, 1903. It notes tariffs lift national prosperity and raise consumer purchases abroad while shifting imports toward raw materials for U S industries. In 1902 manufacturers materials imports reached $453,000,000.
The speaker argues that a true government must be liberty under law and not rule by a mob or oligarchy. The law must be enforced impartially, and both rich and poor must respect it. He warns against stirring sectarian hatred and urges unity as in Washington and Lincoln era governance. The passage reflects civic duty and the dangers of perverting governmental principles. The excerpt references economic figures and trade imports from the 1893 calendar year and cites the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Des Moines Capital argues the U S must choose between protection and free trade, condemning reciprocity with Canada as a ploy of the agricultural implement trust. It accuses Mr Roberts of shifting toward a free trader stance and portrays tariff reductions as weakening domestic industry.
The President opposes a broad tariff revision before the race, avoiding political football. He seeks steady policy and public confidence that tariff adjustments, if wise and needed, will be pursued with bipartisan support during the campaign. Philadelphia Press notes this as a unity-friendly approach.
A few years ago New York streets were full of idle men due to lack of work. Today they are idle because of numerous strikes, illustrating a shift in national labor dynamics and political times.
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