Scarcity of horses and workers marks western boom
A St Paul dispatch notes rising horse prices from 49 to 300 with good draft horses selling for up to 500, wages for lumber work up to 76 a month plus board, and men paid 9 a day with a team. Other items report Sister Josefine of St Paul dies in Lemberg, petroleum oils shifting to Gulf and California fields, and various brief notes on royal, literary, and local curios.
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Poland
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Friedrich von Schiller
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Hedwig
When Marriage Splits Friendships A Social Dilemma
The piece explores why unmarried women lose close friends after marriage. It cites changed interests, unsolicited advice, social status shifts, and the pull of children as key factors. Some women maintain friendships by staying same old self and avoiding judgment.
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Gem
Growing Strawberries For The Home Garden
Guidance on soil prep and crop rotation before planting strawberries this spring. Prepare soil with plowing and a cover crop, use manure or artificial fertilizer, plant early varieties, space plants 18 to 24 inches in rows 42 inches apart, and cultivate to prevent crusting. Propagate runners by layering in lime and molar earth, then mulch with hay or straw to protect through freezes and thaws.
Friday Purchases and Market Framing for Rural Stores
In small country places dealers buy early fruits for Friday markets. Buying Friday evenings before fresh produce is selected helps avoid late Saturday purchases. Country stores rarely receive stock daily, making Friday purchases a wiser practice.
Practical bathroom design from a 1920s guidance voice
The article urges treating the bathroom as a key room in a home, favoring light, airy space with tile or wood floors, a porcelain tub, and a practical shower. It recommends cold showers, sanitary disinfectants, a medicine chest, and ample towels, noting many homes lack these essentials.
How to Wash Flannel Waists for a Neater Look
A practical guide for refreshing flannel blouses with a soap jelly wash. It outlines making a soap jelly from laundry soap, gentle bathing, repeated rinses, careful drying in shade, and ironing on a warm iron to smooth sleeves and shoulder gathers.
Crow's Feet Tiny Hair Lines Signal Aging Clue
The noted phrase describes fine lines under the eyes that emerge early as part of the aging process. It highlights how these delicate creases, or crow's feet, appear before other signs become obvious, signaling skin change with time.
Timely Hints On Simple Home Bathroom Upgrades
A newspaper sketch of affordable improvements for renters to brighten old bathrooms. Tips include white enamel paint on tubs, cheesecloth curtains, a decorative rug, repurposed wooden boxes as pressers, and keeping water cool by evaporative methods. Also mentions delicate skincare and the rise of a new domestic fashion fad with wallpaper motifs.
Character and the Hat declares a Woman’s hat reveals character
A millinery piece argues hats expose a wearer’s traits with audacious, modest, and loud styles signaling personality. The author claims self assured women resist fashion trends while morbid or provocative tastes mark certain individuals.
Fragmentary OCR item on Patt Helter sports event
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions Patt Helter and an event with Neers Inge ni Feiidbainear. Limited readable names and unclear context hinder full reconstruction.
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Patt
Mixing the Breeds Stirs Indiana Beef Dairy Debate
A Indiana Shorthorn breeder warns against using dairy bred bulls on Shorthorn cows to gain size and vigor. He argues beef and dairy lines should remain separate with emphasis on cream quality and rapid cream separation. He also outlines dairy calf feeding and substituting milk with care to avoid harming calf development.
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Indiana
Keeping Farm Help And The Year Round Workforce
The article discusses farm labor shortages and the need to retain reliable hired help. It argues for year round planning to offer steady work, better meals, and comfortable housing to keep competent men from leaving for cities or quitting after six to eight months.
Dairy Notes on Best Practices for Herd Care and Feeding
A dairy notes piece emphasizes precise management of individual cows, proper feeding, and clean utensil handling. It argues that high quality milk and profits depend on selecting productive cows, avoiding waste, and maintaining clean, well aired equipment. It cautions against careless milking and stresses proper disposal of weak cows and timely selling.
Farm Advice on Harrowing Lambs Hay and Crop Care
Practical notes urge clean fields and properly angled harrow teeth to avoid damage. Feed ewes clover or alfalfa hay with succulent foods for strong lambs, avoid overworking people and teams, let meadows recover, and coat ground with manure. Emphasizes care of young horses, school grounds, sorghum sowing timing, seed vitality tests, docking and castration care for lambs, and maintaining corn ground moisture.
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