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Newspaper
Humeston New Era
Location
Humeston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
12
The article describes a wood wagon assembly with two by four pieces forming the back and front gear, iron plates and bolts, a center reach, diagonal notches, and iron rods with hooks securing the tongue. Wheels are fiat log sections drilled with a center hole, and snatch blocks allow rolling logs over the end during use.
When only a few pieces of meat are to smoke an improvised smokehouse uses two empty barrels. A kettle of smoldering chips or corn cobs sits in the lower barrel with an opening cut to feed fuel. The upper barrel is inverted to hang the meat from hooks or rods through its sides.
Fragmentary notes discuss farming tips on manure for wheat surface, root crops stored with damp sand, clay lands as hive stock, and an institute talk on farming. Mentions at home Zin, barley mixtures, skim milk feeding, and dry pens. The text is incomplete but outlines practical agricultural guidance.
A farmer narrates how installing underground piping from a spring to the house and barn eases water access for family and stock. A son secretly plans and installs the system, faces parental resistance, and demonstrates how natural laws favor practical improvements over old habits.
The writer explains a simple contrivance using a rubber tire wheel skeleton from a discarded buggy, a plank with rope grooves, and a sand sack as a counterweight to balance a water bucket, noting it works satisfactorily.
An experienced person with a dog and ferret can control rats where they are numerous, while amateurs struggle. In fields where rats burrow, fumigate barrows with carbon bisulphide by soaking cotton and inserting it, then cover with soil to trap gas. Tree planting should be encouraged where 10 to 25 percent of land is forest, as timber removal leads to quick disasters. Prevent disease with plain common sense, sunlight, fresh air, clean water.
The FL Mayer Boot and Shoe Co of Milwaukee dominates full vamp shoe manufacturing for the great west from the Mississippi to the Pacific. Milwaukee's plant and Seattle expansion have driven capacity beyond 9,000 pairs daily, outgrowing earlier facilities as western demand surges.
A Montreal woman credits Cuticura Remedies with curing a 25 year eczema battle after doctors advised leg amputation. Swelling receded after two treatments and new skin appeared in two months. The doctor reportedly praised the remedy. she has remained cured for over seven years.
Levi P. Brockway of Anoka Minnesota says after five months in a hospital he was discharged incurable with six months to live. He suffered heart distress smothering spells and fainting. Unable to use his arms and with poor eyesight and kidney trouble he began taking Dean's Kidney Pills and improved steadily. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A humorous clipping recalls a New York clothing house receiving a farcical Southwest letter asking for proper afternoon wedding dress. The livery chief suggests attire while promising prices and a later note asks for simpler options. The piece then shifts to a Georgia moonshiner case and a Scotswoman’s last fee, ending with a doctor’s quip about being sensible to the last.
The Lutheran church shows remarkable growth with 95 000 communicants in 1870 and 1 850 000 in 1905, now ranking third among Protestant bodies. A human-interest aside notes a married life lesson about a woman’s hard but successful attempt to wed a man who later proves uncertain. Featured ad copy promotes Hides Pelts Wool by the old reliable N W Hide & Fat Co in Albert, Minn.
A mix of quips on crime by married men versus bachelors from a Baltimore Sun column, plus an Irish judge anecdote about an inkstand and a sobriety quip. The page also advertises sheet music offerings with prices and a Washington publisher contact.
A diffident lover reveals to Practical Girl that he dreamed he proposed last night. She dryly replies that this shows he is more sensible asleep than awake, underscoring their playful dynamic.
A cartoonish dialogue features a debtor lamenting inability to collect money from Mr. Jones. A sign on a mailbox declares Post No Bills. The scene shifts to church giving, noting average members donate 54 cents to foreign missions, with the United Presbyterians leading at $1.77 per member.
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