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Newspaper
Laramie County Times
Location
Wheatland, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
3
An article by A Radford in Chicago outlines a practical 29 by 28 foot two story house with eight rooms and an attic. It emphasizes solid construction, family comfort, and especially children's bedrooms with space for their belongings, toys, and activities, arguing for sensible design over flashy exterior decoration.
A dialogue notes belief that new journalism colleges will produce many journalists while an elder reporter doubts the supply. The exchange ends with a wary joke about ongoing scarcity of newspapermen.
A Maryland swine breeder recounts over 30 years of trial with Essex, Chester White, Jersey Red, Poland China, and Berkshire lines. He concludes crossbreeding Berkshire boars with Poland China and supporting feeds yields early maturing, lean yet large hogs, with 199 to 178 percent live weight at eight months to seven months.
A concise guide lists alfalfa meal beet pulp bran buckwheat middlings and other feeds. It notes digestibility energy protein content and relative costs, warning on handling adulteration and the need for balanced mixes in dairy rations.
The article notes four ranches exceeding one million acres and many over 600000 acres in Texas as large tracts decline. It states land bought for around 20 cents per acre is now valued at 4 to 7 dollars, with vast areas being subdivided into large farms. Last year over a million acres were sold to small settlers for farming.
The text notes leftovers from combboney production suitable as baits for late flow and suggests distributing them through supers over strong colonies.
Those starting cattle on full feed should allow about a month for adaptation. Begin with grass and small fodder corn, then shift gradually to snapped corn, then husked corn or other grain. Make every ration change slowly, especially in early weeks and late in the feeding period, to maintain steady gains and avoid losses.
The article explains a Smithfield ham curing process detailing saltpeter application to whiten meat, bulk curing for days, salting again, and final smoking over 30 to 40 days with hickory or red oak bark. After smoking, the hams are repeppered and placed in canvas bags to guard against vermin and improve with age.
Miss Jess, appointed Daly City city recorder, acts as judge in local cases and confronts officials including the marshal over delays in enforcing warrants. She demands swift action to apprehend a swindler and asserts authority in a male-dominated county court setting.
A courtroom clash ends with a marshal ordered to pay $60 or spend a day in jail after a judge known as the first woman in Daly City’s court asserts contempt. The story recalls Judge Jess’s rise from stenographer to justice after marrying in Daly City.
A Bond Street cigarette shop boasts a playful window notice: burglars 2, suffragettes 1, after another break in. The sign jokes that burglars remain ahead by one point, reflecting ongoing tensions between burglars and suffragette activists.
For forty five years Hugh Kenney and his seven sons collect discarded wire frames from New York area cemeteries. They remove, process, and resell cleaned frames to florists while cremating remaining refuse and recycling metals. About 1,800 floral styles exist from over 200,000 designs used annually in Greater New York.
Boston report describes Mrs. Lizzie Fee, a wealthy woman, struck by delusions of pursuers and attacked during a disturbance in her home. Police report unclear on outcome.
A bulldog derailed a tram from Jesmond to Newcastle Central, mounting the driver's platform and warding off the crew and passengers. After the driver retreated, the dog remained on the tram until water cooled its stance and coaxed it from the vehicle.
John D. Rockefeller spends mornings on golf and afternoons driving around in his car to North Tarrytown High School, inviting four or five teachers for rides and showing his estate while sharing plans to beautify the place. The excursions usually last about two hours.
Berlin reports growing alliances between German titled men and American brides. The recent marriage of Roy McElwee of Indianapolis, now Berlin, to Fraulein Ellen Mohlan, daughter of Adolph Mohlan a wealthy Düsseldorf businessman, exemplifies the trend. Mohlan’s status and connections underscore parental approval of the union. Mr. McElwee, son of a Indiana Methodist minister, studied at Columbia and is now a private secretary to Andrew White in Berlin.
A 2 year old man completed a remarkable horseback journey in Hot Springs Virginia attributed to Frederick Ayer of Boston aged ninety. The ride is described as possibly the longest on record for a man his years with an undetermined distance noted as four a mile.
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