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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
2
After a painful separation the couple meets again by chance. Elsie falls ill, Jack searches for her, and when he finds her she recovers enough to reveal she is carrying their child, ensuring a future together despite years of strain.
The illustration describes a simple hoghouse using four eight foot two by fours as a ground based frame with a six by eight floor. An A shaped end frame and top comb strip form the roof, shiplap walls are painted for durability, and a two by two and a half foot wide door provides entry while a vent opening aids airflow. The design is portable on clover pasture and aids in spreading fortily by feeding in different spots.
A writer from Farm and Home shares experience on reducing salt for sheep. He notes excessive thirst from salt leads to overdrinking and bowel issues, with improved health after cutting salt use while keeping some access. The tale contrasts prior heavy salting with a sparer approach and winter sparing.
A writer in Farmers' Review notes horses differ in walk speed across breeds with slow medium and fast walkers. He says pace and trot can be sped by handling, but very short steps limit improvement. Inherited action dominates walk quality and a good rider can enhance it. feed quality affects only overall condition, not walk speed.
The article urges dry hog pens and drained, clean quarters to prevent damp conditions. Regular cleaning prevents manure accumulation and reduces disease risk, stressing dry environments as essential for animal health.
Growing colts need more than straw to winter well. Feed a grain ration with hay or roughage, oats, bran, and corn to maintain growth. Add dried blood meal or flaxseed meal for protein and include carrots to aid digestion and skin health.
The description explains a two pole windlass system with a wooden wheel windlass and a barrel to scald hogs. A bench supports scraping, a gambrel rope arrangement, and multiple hogs can be dressed sequentially. The illustration, from Prairie Farmer, shows a hog scraped and lifted to a hook for entrails removal and repeated operations with the same rope.
Stock notes discuss bedding, absorbency, and keeping animals dry and warm. It argues mixed farming benefits from five stock and highlights husbandry as the base of agricultural progress. It notes corn rising in human feed value and challenges curing sick hogs, with diverse hog diets preferred.
A Farmers' Voice writer cautions against feeding full portions of new corn to hogs. He advises a gradual transition by mixed stalk feed and continued old corn until hogs adjust, to prevent digestive upset and potential swine diseases. He claims no hogs have died from new corn yet, but urges caution.
A historical look at theatre production costs shows stage design evolving from Drury Lane innovations to modern realism. The piece notes early lighting shifts, famed set pieces, and compares expenses for Louis XI, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Gloucester Castle. Mantell recalls past bills and the high price of period accuracy.
Richard Carle shares a breezy after dinner tale about an insane asylum patient named Johnson. The joke centers on a stamp that slips away and a letter that can never reach home, prompting an unintended long stay and a punchy moral about disappointment.
In The Peddler Joe Welch treats every street seller with curiosity and kindness. He loses his temper briefly when a Yiddish peddler annoys him and warns of a police whistle. The peddler retorts with a sale pitch and Joe ends up buying a whistle.
William H. Crane will publish stage reminiscences while new works and star moves fill upcoming engagements. Fola La Follette joins a Cleveland stock company. Sophie Brandt shines west in The Waltz Dream. Wilton Lackaye joins The Battle in Washington. Daphyne Pollard replaces Anna Laughlin in Hamlet on Broadway. Mary Mannering to appear in Everywoman. Dainty Marguerite Clark returns with De Wolf Hopper and a Mark Twain musical. Ethel Barrymore stars in Lady Frederick. Paid in Full heads to Philadelphia. Maugham’s Vera the Medium praised and set for late season debut.
A New York Post writer portrays Cork as a bustling port city with proud locals and rising population, yet notes decrepit older streets and deep rural poverty nearby. He describes Drake’s Point harbor history and land purchase as a moving force, with southward land transfer to graziers and smallholders.
Rosy glows appear in the west after sunset near Bordeaux due to reflection from high, thin clouds. The same invisible clouds cause prolonged twilights, shifting last light by up to 41 minutes, signaling less favorable conditions for astronomical observations.
A playful exchange follows a phone call where a speaker jokes about language and flirtation carried by the wires. The dialogue imagines lovers cooing as if in an old fashioned parlor despite crossing signals.
A brief dialogue shows Willie questioning obedience as his mother insists on minding him. The exchange centers on authority and immature resistance within a domestic scene.
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