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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
5
A lyrical excerpt from Margaret Ridgely Subott in Lippincott's Magazine echoes a lover’s voice amid sea images and gifts of nature. The speaker proclaims the beloved surpasses material treasures as stars and lighthouses symbolize enduring affection.
Mrs. Bilberry offers to bake and mend for the ailing Mrs. Petty and daughter Rachel. The plan backfires as Rachel quietly reclaims control, cleans the kitchen herself, and the family learns the limits of neighborly help while maintaining dignity and care.
The seedless navel orange transformed California farming and towns, drawing 13,000 workers from other trades and adding over 43 million dollars in direct wealth and 60 million more in taxable value. Seedless trees trace back to a Bahia consulate find, with initial experiments in Washington failing due to neglect before California adoption. Germination and propagation began in 1882, driving a budding trade where buds sold for high prices as demand rose rapidly.
A Boston physician recounts a remarkable spaniel story. Twenty years ago a dog with a badly broken right foreleg had its fracture reset despite pain. The dog remained calm, then returned with a companion dog bearing a nail through its paw. The physician removed the nail and sent both dogs away. No further sightings followed.
The Gladwin Record pays tribute to the last great Cedar River log run, a sweeping river scene that stirs pride and sorrow in old timbermen. It centers on camp life with Angus Macdonald and his team, and on Mack, a seventy year old veteran who may wish to die among the last monarchs felled.
Native Notes describes foxes avoiding prey on their hill, leaving nests unmolested. A partridge nests near a fox earth while cubs play nearby. Rabbits occupy holes around another fox den, and cubs ignore living prey, though they seize a dead rabbit shown by a passerby.
The Southern Division of the U S Office of Public Road Inquiries reports that North Carolina pursues European and American immigrants by showcasing good roads. Counties with macadam roads attract capital and labor, while poor roads deter investment and farm productivity. Good roads signal a prosperous county and are vital for farm land development and industrial growth. Prepared by Joseph Hyde Pratt with the North Carolina Good Roads Association.
Report claims the largest egg farm in the world is owned by Mr BE L Wayward in Hancock New Hampshire. It houses 8400 hens in 600 coops of eight by eight feet each, fed a beef scraps based diet, yielding about 100 eggs per hen per year with a high average of twenty six dozen per year. The farm also fertilizes an orchard from droppings and sells pullets after year two. In 1905 the Methodist Episcopal Church sent out seventy two new missionaries.
A Cleveland Treader verse recalls family scenes on the porch through an autumn wedding and a summer dash for the porch light. The speaker notes pride in the porch and modest finances as Clara marries Lt. and Amy accepts Jimmy, leaving Pa Ma and narrator to share evenings on the veranda.
A collage of lighthearted quips and cartoons from various papers includes jokes about painters, the sheriff taking interest, a sly miscue about profit from detings, and punchlines on autos and horses. It weaves humorous exchanges among characters like Miss Plane and a lantern-jawed pessimist with short, brisk gags.
An excerpt argues that horse condition hinges on driver handling and empathy. It contrasts two horses under identical care, one calm and well fed, the other nervous and thin, attributing differences to mental strain and lack of horse sense in the driver. It stresses attention to small, overlooked factors and patient, intelligent application of humane training.
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