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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
6
A humorous quote from the New York Herald defines a vacation as going to an unknown place to spend money you will need later, reflecting on practical considerations of leisure and expense. The remark uses a wry tone to critique getaway planning and personal priorities.
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Arkansas describes months of unbearable itching and inability to walk due to eczema. After trying two doctors and various ointments, three applications of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills brought first restful night and rapid healing with no recurrence a year later.
A Yale story from a century and a half ago describes student Holmes on a Sunday travel with a burden beyond Walford to Yale, fined 20d sterling, who afterward confessed and became a respected gospel minister. Higginson notes Holmes was a grand uncle of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Harper's Magazine July installment.
The volume of cast iron expands with heating and cooling. Tests show swelling up to 40 percent. After twenty seven heat cycles in a gas furnace to 1450 degrees Fahrenheit, a one inch square bar grew to 1 1/8 inches square and 16 1/2 inches long. This may explain problems with cast iron fittings in superheated steam due to repeated heating and cooling.
John Sanford's Mohawk Ir broke down while leading at Saratoga. Spanish Queen won the 10000 M. M. trot at Detroit with best time 2.07. Beals C Wright and W J Clothier won at Seabright lawn tennis. Sheppard of America set a Scottish half mile record in Glasgow. Vanderbilt Cup course to be guarded by 1200 troops. Lipton hosted sixty American athletes aboard Erin. Jack Gilday swam 1 hour 22 minutes for 5.5 miles through Hell Gate. Leander Boat Club and Belgian eight reached Henley final. Garman and Sonderklasse yachts slated to race off Marblehead next year. Haggin leaves Elmendorf Farm to disclose sale plans in New York. Parley Giles set world amateur mile unpaced record at Saltair 1 551 5. Davis Cup hopefuls to Australia are Beals Wright and Alexander Stig eald. A Chicago Record Herald note ends with a boastful line about a gossipy man.
Farmers can profit from turkeys with careful management to reduce early poults’ deaths. Keep coops dry and draft free, locate on drained sunlit ground, and limit mother hens initially. Vermin control and hen dusting help poults. The article shifts to dairy cattle, stressing high grade milking cows, careful wintering, and thoughtful stock selection for sustained production.
Advice on rearing poults with vigilant summer checks for vermin and recommended feeds including bread and milk, egg, oatmeal, cracked corn, and green cut bone. Emphasizes frequent small meals and constant grit. Dairy section discusses milk quality in young cows, ideal milker age, and aging effects on fattening and feed efficiency.
A Holstein Friesian Register writer urges farmers to use home produced feeds, emphasizing economy and careful rations. Feed heifer calves six months on sweet skim milk with small corn meal or oil meal, then rely on pasture, then prepare protein rich mix before calving and increase gradually after birth.
Professor W. P. Brooks of the State Agricultural College spoke to Greenfield farmers about poultry keeping as a strong option for New England. He urged sheltered sandy locations, avoid glass fronts, and open south sides with curtains for winter. He reported corn as a better egg producer than wheat and highlighted the value of animal foods over vegetables, noting rye as productive but costly.
A reminiscence recalls a young Leonard Wood in grammar class. The teacher tests mood by asking for an imperative form and the boy responds with Get up. The anecdote highlights early wit and discipline in the future general.
Dun's Weekly Review reports brighter signs in commercial conditions with rising fall trade preparations and a revival in structural work. Retail remains quiet while wholesale markets and outside buyers pick up. cotton goods auctions hold prices steady. hides and feathers stay strong, easing footwear production. Iron and steel interest grows though railways hold back. Domestic rail purchases rise for export contracts. dress goods auction yields strong results. woolens focus on higher men’s wear grades. mills buy raw wool to curb Eastern stock buildup. Footwear producers report conservative jobber purchasing to cover immediate needs.
Instructions from the New York Press describe removing old paint from wood using wash ing soda and ammonia, cautioning against contact with skin or clothing, plus a method with hot water turpentine skimmed milk soap for cleaning painted wood. Glass paint can be removed with hot strong vinegar. The piece also notes a quip about Carolinal Logue and John D. Rockefeller.
A miscellany of industrial, agricultural, and social notes from Marseilles to New York. Topics include peanut prices, fig cultivation near Niagara, illiteracy rates in France, market abbreviations, a Coopersburg apple tree, a giant whale’s bone frame, a Caribou blossom, Ohio Dunkards tent conferences, telephone use among Brethren, the California blackbird, Delaware triplets, ancient Japanese iron, Boston waiters unions, parasol gunfire in Northampton, Smyrna coffee, Arabian coffee affordability, and Manhattan housing statistics showing low title ownership and high land value.
The Cleveland Leader argues that as American heiresses wed foreign nobles the failure rate rises for marriages abroad, yet such alliances persist. It contends American men share part of the blame for attracting international suitors and warns of broader social decay if trends continue.
A Youth's Companion recount describes a man who prides himself on perception watching a witness with intensity. The observer nods at closing words and asserts the witness is guilty of something, noting the suspect's bold stares as evidence.
The Iowa State Dairy Commissioner report shows economies of scale in butter production. Creameries producing 40,000 pounds pay 4.10 cents per pound, 50,000 pound plants 2.4 cents, 160,000 pound creameries 1.45 cents, and central plants over 200,000 pounds 1.4 cents. The figures indicate larger creameries lower costs and that about 400 cows tributary to one factory are needed for profitability.
Lev P Brockway of Anoka Minnesota describes five months in a hospital and a prognosis of incorrable health. He details heart weakness smothering spells and fainting. After using Deans Kidney Pills his condition improved markedly and he reports continued health. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a bottle Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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