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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
2
In Bishopsville Doctor Haynes, a reclusive surgeon, wins trust of banker Parsons family through skill with Mary Parsons. When a dinner party brings secret to light, Parsons reveals a hospital prank that misled him about Haynes. The joke destroyed, the truth restores hope for Haynes and Gladys.
A London tale from 1797 centers on Sydney Fryer and Anne Fryer whose aid to a distressed woman leads to a fatal street crime. Witness Anne identifies two men, Clench and Mackley, as killers. Smith is acquitted. Clench prophesies a sign at the gallows revealing innocence, as an old execution scaffold at Newgate returns for the doomed pair. A moral about juror caution closes the piece.
Advice on horse dental health and plant control. Readers learn to inspect teeth two to three times yearly, file worn or broken teeth, and seek a vet for severe cases. The article also covers quack grass control by tillage, hand digging, tar paper smothering, and sodium arsenite spray, noting seed spread via manure and case studies of a Virginia mule saved by dental treatment.
A tall, hook-nosed woman confronts a cashier who mistakes her for Henry Smyth after identifying her as Salindy Spratt Smyth. He coldly confirms the name while she recalls school days and old sled rides, prompting a glare and exasperation. The scene ends with his apoplectic reaction.
A stranger in an Indiana village attends a church service hoping to improve his time. After a lengthy talk, the minister invites him to meet the board. The visitor quips that he has been bored by the sermon and would like to know who, if anyone, has surpassed him.
John makes a flustered excuse for missing an errand. His sister jokes that excuses are like umbrellas shielding him while others bear the blame, prompting a shared laugh from the family. The older sister delivers the pointed comparison, and John admits the gag.
A compact aphorism notes that a fool and his money are seldom parted, implying sharp irony about wealth and folly in everyday life.
United States circuit court of appeals grants $65.50 to each crew member of the Alaska fishing schooner Ray Somers for sufferings from bad food on a voyage to northern waters. The charterer faces charges for impure drinking water and shortages of potatoes rice onions beans salt pork totaling $65 in listed items. San Francisco Bulletin.
Charlotte E. Carpenter of Colorado Agricultural College reports alfalfa flour blended with wheat flour can substitute in muffins biscuits bread and cake. The flour imparts a green color but offers lower cost and greater food value with generally satisfactory results and some dislike of the flavor.
A Scotsman asks for a cheap remedy for a cold and a shopkeeper offers a sovereign cure, while the traveler hesitates and reveals a fear of the cost, with a light exchange noted in London Answers.
A playful exchange features a fair maid and a wise youth debating marriage to opposites. The youth quips that such pairing might be advisable but not for her, suggesting an ugly sour man would result. The humor hinges on sharp banter and social dating norms.
North Dakota experiment station trials show brood sows on good pasture with nursing litters perform as well with 1 to 1.5 lb grain per 100 lb live weight as dry lot sows receiving 2.5 lb per 100 lb. Pasture halves feed cost but needs grain supplementation for rapid growth to market before cold weather. Alfalfa clover Bromus rye cover earliest pastures. if missing, oats barley or rape help in spring seeding.
Prof J G Hutton of South Dakota State College estimates farm manure going to waste is worth 700 million dollars annually. He notes the 1912 wheat crop at 730.9 million bushels and argues the manure loss equals the value of the nation’s wheat crop.
The Scientific American describes an invention by E. L. Fosse and E. Robichaux of Raceland Louisiana. It claims a simple inexpensive farm vehicle improved to support cultivating mechanism and driven by the same motor as the vehicle.
The article states pigs gain profit on suitable pasture supplemented with grain. It notes pigs need grain even when alfalfa is used as forage and that pasture alone should not be relied on. It suggests one pound of corn per 50 pounds of live weight if forage is plentiful.
How many of what kind of sheep one should buy to start with depends on how one is situated and whether the idea is to raise lambs or feed out at once. For lambs, fifty or one hundred young ewes would be ample for a first trial. Western ewes offer a cheap start when bred to good mutton rams.
At the North Dakota experiment station manure and alfalfa sod before planting corn raised yields. Corn following alfalfa and manure produced 72.9 bushels per acre in 1915 and 56.9 in 1914, while corn after corn yielded 12 bushels in 1913 and 38.7 in 1914. The practice showed an average annual yield gain of about 19.5 bushels per acre due to preceding alfalfa and manure.
Angora goats prove economical under ordinary farm conditions and adapt well to grazing. They thrive on thin pasture but require ample pasture along with grain and hay supplements for best results. Mohair prices have been strong and fresh goat meat remains in high demand.
The guidance states buried deep to deter digging or burned as burial is usually cheaper. For infectious diseases, graves should be covered with a heavy lime layer before closing. Burning large carcasses like horses and cattle is difficult and fuel intensive.
Practical reminder for riders: tie the horse on the sunny side of a shed to avoid wind, do not tie to barbed wire, and remember to provide dinner and water. Emphasizes safety and care when leaving the animal unattended in town.
W W Robbins of Colorado Agricultural College recommends formalin as a top fungicide. The formalin sprinkle or dip provides an easy seed treatment for cereal diseases including bunt and covered smut in wheat and barley, all smuts in oats, kernel smut in sorghum, and all smuts in millets.
Farmers monitor pig tusks and typically crush or trim them with pincers to prevent interference with nursing and calm piglets.
Miss Arabella, a forty five year old unmarried woman at Miss Cross boarding house, accepts the attentions of Mr Jenkins who plans a beach dinner birthday. A mix up with dental teeth leads to mistaken impressions, a note of cancelation, and a reunion with matched teeth. Both reveal their affection and decide to live together, ending with happiness.
A playful paraphrase questions why certain men wear collars to conceal or reveal necks and why a bow-legged girl wears the shortest skirt, contrasting styles and appearances in a humorous tone.
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