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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
6
A lament on Indiana draft stallions misused in confinement. Owners bear blame for poor housing and lack of exercise, reducing mares settled rates. Advocates year-round work or large paddocks adjacent to breeding yards to maintain health and potency, arguing stallions thrive when given air, space, and reasonable handling.
Joseph Oskamp from the Purdue University Experiment Station and Agricultural Extension outlines the self boiled lime sulfur formulation. The note covers mixing ratios, application timings, and safety considerations for horticultural use.
A guide on using self boild lime sulphur as a summer spray for peaches. It covers recipes for the 8-8-50 mix, preparation steps to avoid foliage damage, and a four spray plan to control curculio, scab, and brown rot. It notes easier dilution dangers and advises buying the instrument through drug or hardware stores.
Colon Panama reports a surge of visitors to the canal with tens of thousands of Americans touring the Isthmus. The sightseeing train offers close views of Gatun locks Pedro Miguel Miraflores and Culebra Cut with guides and lectures on megaphones. Tourists include business families and farmers from many states. women dominate postcard snapping and dress for tropical heat and gala nights.
A Philadelphia common pleas court granted a new trial after it was discovered that a deaf mute served on the jury in an ejectment case. How he became a juror and why he stayed through the hearing remains a mystery to court officials.
Rear Admiral Robert E Peary predicts the United States government will send an Arctic expedition to evaluate use of vast unexplored lands. He declined to lead due to age, while Roald Amundsen contemplates exploring the Arctic in the Fram and risks a long drift if frozen in ice for years.
In Meriden Connecticut the Parker church of the A M E Zion denomination maintains seven regular members with about fifteen in attendance. W L Andrews a lay preacher from Providence serves as pastor while working six days a week at Meriden Gas Company and conducting religious duties in the afternoons and evenings without seeking publicity.
Samuel E. Mahan, a local poultry dealer, says hens need a gymnasium with daily two hours of exercise and occasional diet changes to raise egg production. He built a gymnasium at his chicken coop where hens work out, including an artificial garden bed that offers no nourishment.
Englishwomen increasingly take to smoking with a new slim cigar resembling continental cigarettes. The small leaf covered cigar offers a stronger flavor and a sense of boldness, appealing to women who usually stick to cigarettes.
Lord Knollys, retiring private secretary to King George and the late King Edward, has refused writing deals and mocked a US publisher offering a blank check for a 50 000 word memoir. He quips he would demand five million dollars and notes disclosure of all he knows would be priceless.
Police at the cemetery gate screened wreaths for the 1848 revolution dead. Hundreds of visitors laid red socialist and black anarchist ribbons on graves, while authorities clipped sentiments on ribbons with scissors.
In a Harper's Weekly quip Uncle Josh complains the female boarder’s singing “in feral practicin’” sounds like a fish with scales. Mrs Josh retorts, highlighting the humor of rural eccentricity and blunt assessment of talent.
A quirky reflection notes that some men speak to themselves for the pleasure of an appreciative audience, even when no one else is present. The line hints at self-entertainment and inner dialogue as a private performance.
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