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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
3
A grain storage method using a thermoelectric Zeleny thermometer measures grain heat in a bin. A nickel copper wire runs down into the silo with taps to a wall gauge and telescope mirror for reading temperature from heated thermoelectric junctions.
A Popular Mechanics description details a mechanical substitute for a bumble bee to cross pollinate clover. It uses a platform with fibrous fingers that pick up clover pollen and transfer it between blossoms as the platform moves, addressing dwindling bumblebees and the brief two to three week pollen window.
A hired man describes profitable 160 acre farming with a four-horse plow, four-horse harrow, two-horse drill, and a riding cultivator. He notes efficiency, labor sharing with neighbors, prioritizing boss’s hay and grain, and storing wheat in stacks for longevity.
Beet sugar factories operate in 16 states with Colorado, California and Michigan leading. The largest plant handles about 3000 tons of beets daily. Growers receive 5.35 per ton, and planted acreage has grown eightfold in ten years. By products pulp and molasses feed stock, boosting cattle kept near factories and elevating farm land values.
On the farm the thresher man handles the work mainly alone as often only one crew member remains to inspect results while the other two work elsewhere on the property.
Consul General Richard Guenther in Frankfurt reports a German Practical Adviser article describing a method to prevent potato sprouting by placing them on a layer of coke. Dr Schiller of Brunswick says improved ventilation helps, but oxidation of the coke and trace oxides may slow sprouting. Treated potatoes allegedly stay good until next July.
The article cites high agricultural value in fertilizers made largely from santmal materials like animal bone dried blood and tankage plus nitrate of soda and premium potash salts.
The text prescribes using oif of servicus to prevent gapes and to cure it by dropping into the windpipe with a medical dropper. It also suggests placing drops on the head and under the wings to treat lice.
Overwork and illness weaken kidneys and the body, urging immediate use of Doan's Dean's Kidney Pills. Ted Hiatt of Oswego Kansas reports long relief after trials in Kansas City and Chicago. operation avoided as kidneys improved. Sold by dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Dialogue shows Eddie resisting a request while Jeanie is drafted to tempt him in a playful setup. The exchange hints at a lighthearted domestic scene and a game idea as they discuss who will participate. No additional names or settings are provided in the fragment.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for softening and whitening hands and preventing redness and chapping. It describes a home treatment of hot soapy baths, drying, ointment application, and light protection with old cotton bandages. Also notes wide availability through Potter Drug and Chem. and for workers exposed to corrosive liquids. A separate anecdote, How She Conciliated Them, features a rain shelter joke about a woman in a nickelodeon hat.
At a social gathering an eager guest meets Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan and claims the name Durrowa is familiar. Burrows replies he is the man who would have died at first in the Mudville ballgame before Casey came to bat, a quip noted in Success Magazine.
A dialogue about a women’s town group forming a secret society. Rivers mocks secrecy while Banks argues the women know how to keep and tell secrets, framing the society as a curiosity of local life.
Fragmented ad style text notes soothing syrup for teething and mentions gums and misery loves company. It appears to be an old medical or advertisement snippet with unclear full context and mixed garbled words. The readable entities include Winslow and references to children and marriages in a moralizing tone.
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