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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
2
A clergyman cites personal practice of bending rules to get work done and warns against overreliance on neat maxims. The piece argues women must understand broad economic ideas, balance thrift with quality, and avoid blindly applying old saws in home life.
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York, founded in 1901 by John D. Rockefeller, stands as a leading government-supported center for disease study. Its staff pursues preventative and curative research free from clinical duties, with organized facilities optimized for productive experimental medicine.
Government geologists investigated the coal field noted for blanket veins running nearly parallel to the surface. Some settlers have leveled hilltops to hide outcropping coal under a legal dispute over what counts as coal land and withdrawal from homestead entry.
In Portici and Resina a government plan to excavate Herculaneum raises clashes over land ownership. A pending law would seize subsurface rights from current landowners to access buried treasures and the city beneath the modern area.
A researcher estimates Earth’s carrying capacity at about 5.994 billion people. With current trends the maximum population could be reached around A D 2072, roughly 180 years from now, according to the scientist.
In Taft era Washington, Mrs. Meyer leads cabinet wives as social hostesses. Alongside Mrs. Knox and Mrs. MacVeagh, they shape official society with homes and entertaining that attract diplomats, foreign visitors, and prominent nationals. The piece profiles several wives, their origins, and their families.
A late congress debate on raising the president’s salary examines White House expenses for entertaining and staff. The budget shows state dinners exceeding $2,000, cabinet and diplomatic dinners around $400–$1,200, and a $25,000 traveling appropriation for security and staff travel.
Helen Taft joins Washington society as the new president’s daughter. Generals Bell and Edwards are key figures in her social circle alongside Miss Ayleshire and Miss Webster. Taft seeks an early White House debut while maintaining Episco pal roots and schooling at Cathedral School for Girls. The Tafts plan to occupy the presidential pew in St John’s church near the White House, with Ethel Roosevelt and others in the social circle.
The Farmers' Voice argues winter poultry success depends on a mixed ration and ample water. It notes green fodder like clover or cowpeas boosts nitrogen, with cabbage beets or turnips as alternatives, and stresses careful age and egg market timing for profitability.
A simple beekeeping device uses an inverted fruit can filled with syrup and covered with a thick rag. The rag allows syrup to seep slowly around the edges, providing a steady feeding source for bees as described by Farm and Home.
Thomas I Mairs of Pennsylvania notes hens over two years rarely stay good layers. Lighter breeds like Leghorns and Minorcas may perform in year three or four, but Plymouth Rocks and similar fowls lose laying usefulness after the second year as they tend to gain excess fat. Summer egg production favors lighter breeds and late hatched pullets. A well fed hen in winter should not be expected to lay unusually well in summer.
All grain diet is costly but green food lowers feed costs and supports health. A winter ration should include at least a third green feed. Litter inside a hen house has little value without rewards for hens scratching. A midday grain feed and an early afternoon cracked corn feed keep hens busy and content.
The Michigan experiment station recommends a thorough approach to mite control in poultry houses. Clean coops completely, burn litter, fill cracks, apply whitewash or prepare insecticides, and use a spray pump for deep application. Mites feed on fowls at night and hide in daytime cracks, unlike body lice.
Prairie Farmer offers a plan for a poultry house roost using four 2x3 pieces five feet long for the frame with 45 degree ends hinged on top. Seven 2x2 strips seven feet long form roosts set 15 inches apart from the top, plus an 8 foot 4 inch 2x3 support and a 3 foot 4 inch 1x2 stay brace. The design allows one side to lift for floor cleaning.
Breeders describe flock mating as suitable for eggs or carcass meat but not ideal for show specimens. Free range mating yields more fertile eggs, best when males are uniform and full brothers. Alternating sires may improve fertility, though overlapping attention can reduce fertility.
Frozen eggs regain flavor only with 30 minutes hot water immersion before thawing in cold water. Ground bone does not replace grit. keep shell and coarse sand or gravel for hens. Skimmed or buttermilk feeds support laying stock. milk provides protein and minerals. Occasional raw meat feeds supplement summer forage. ground bone and tainted meats must be avoided.
A correspondent from Orange Judd Farmer describes currant cultivation practices. The grower plows and hoes in fall and spring, applies a hand-spread fertilizer with 2 percent nitrogen 8 percent phosphoric acid and 10 percent potash at 600 to 700 pounds per acre, and manureing occurs every five to seven years. The fertilizer costs about 28 to 30 dollars per ton.
A reflective note contrasts contented speckled hens scratching for corn with a tired heart, recalling a line about endurance and simple labor. The narrator invokes George Eliot in a meditation on patience and solace found in small daily tasks.
A brief notice urges homeowners to prevent paint troubles by avoiding adulteration and re painting. It promotes a free National Lead guide with color specs and an adulteration detector, and highlights the Dutch Boy Painter trademark as a purity guarantee for white lead.
Sir Archibald Geikie is mentioned as a future Royal Society president in a capital book of Scottish Reminiscences. A farmer tells of a strange pale man who writes, smashes rocks, and teaches that Scotland was once Greenland, an entertaining yet terrifying figure in Caithcart’s account.
A teacher confronts Joe the only Mexican boy after a girl claims he struck her. Joe denies it and Mary points to another boy, claiming he did it, noting the boy is very tan.
In a Delineator tale Dora the dog tows a large oyster to her mother at the sewing machine. The mother blushes with affection and compliments the dish while Dora proudly claims she licked it clean from the kitchen.
A Canadian town suffered a morning fire at a dry goods store. In the afternoon a rival firm ran an advertisement expressing sympathy for the competitors loss by fire and hoping for prompt business recovery without undue delay.
A New York man credits his physician for advising less meat and greasy foods. After two years on Grape-Nuts as the cereal part of meals, he claims improved health surpassing prior medicine. He says his wife and children are healthier, and the family is very happy now. The letter, attributed to Postum Co. with Battle Creek, Mich., ends urging readers to try Grape-Nuts.
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