Oklahoma to push statewide good roads under education plan
Muskogee hosts December meetings to launch a statewide road program with model road building lessons from the Good Roads Association. The plan seeks constitutional change to authorize state funding covering 9 percent of road costs with county and property owners bearing 60 percent. state supervision required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma 13
Young
Nationan Good Roads Association
Muskogoe
National Association
W. H. Moore
The
Union
Oats In Rotation Improve Yields In Tazewell County
A Tazewell County farmer argues oats yields rise when rotation is used, noting 30 to 65 bushels per acre, little rust seen, and practices like sowing April 1 to 15, feeding oats on farms, and returning fertility to land. He urges alternating oat ground with pasture and cattle, then corn for two years before returning to oats, with ground prepared by cutting stalks, discing, harrowing, and rolling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Farmers’ Review
Water Barrel On Wheels Sketch From Prairie Farmer
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a wheelbarrow style water barrel cart suitable for garden orchard or farm buildings. The design uses a barrel with a hanger above midline and a T shaped support for the axle. Handles are mortised ends with curved braces and a rear ground support rod.
Farm Work For Stormy Days And Tools Repair
This record lists a long set of rural tasks including sharpening salt edge tools filing saws fitting tool handles restoring teeth in rakes husking and shelling threshing and bean cleaning building fences gates and heocoops overhauling engines and boilers cleaning houses mending pumps windmills making fertilizers cattle feed grafting labels for trees and plants sealing stoves and saving fuel salvaging refuse from cellars and vinegar soft apples mending tools and blankets making hotbed sashes shutters and seed orders staging cuttings trellises raising stakes beef cutting bone grinding grain market study and cattle ration adjustments seeking work for wired men and faxing farm accounts.
A Kettle Support Convenient Contrivance for Use
A simple hoop with three or four legs welded on saves time at butchering and when heating water. Any blacksmith can make it for a few cents if you supply an oil cart tire for hoops and legs. Order the legs to hold the kettle high enough. easily moved between house, barn, or to a neighbor.
Farm Notes Warn On Spring Pests And Spraying
The fruit grower who skipped spraying last season may see a weaker winter balance and face upcoming pest pressure. San Jose scale lice survive winter, so prepare to fight them in March with an apray pump. Control brown-tail moth by collecting and destroying wild nests after leaf fall, a conspicuous web from October to April per American Cultivator via Farm Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Farm Journal
Corn Stalks for Horses Usefulness and Preparation
Bright sweet corn stalks help wintering horses and may be cut into half to one inch pieces. Steam or sprinkle in advance and let them slightly beat before feeding. Save Farm Journal notes and use bran or middlings as needed. Alternate stalks with other feed rather than mixing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
The Round of Nature at Rockford Field Study
At an experimental field near Rockford Ui a group of farmers discuss ecological links. W L Frisbie notes seed shortages in clover tied to predator loss, citing mink weasel skunk squirrel owl and hawk decline, field mice rise, and harm to bumble bees and honey storage. He emphasizes interdependence in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Rockford
W. L. Frisbie
Ooturg
A Good Word for the Hens in Winter Rest
Farmers are advised not to push hens to lay through winter. A rest period during part of winter helps eggs hatch better and strengthens chick vigor. Resting flocks leads to healthier offspring, even if immediate income lags.
Japanese Sake and Its Effects at Banquets
The writer describes Japanese sake as quickly intoxicating yet briefly lasting, comparing it to opium and hashish in mood. At dinners, modest exhilaration is preferred, while large banquets encourage careful drinking with tiny cups. a military officer’s banquet showed immense portions, tested by a friend’s guidance to pace oneself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafcadio Hearn
Mountain guides fail heroine in Andes ascent
Miss Annie Peck returns to New York after failing to reach the Andes summit. Her guides and porters proved unreliable, with desertion and drunkenness harming the expedition. She reached 18 000 feet on the first attempt, about 2000 feet short of the peak, and plans another try with Swiss guides. The piece also notes Dr Morrison’s view of the Chinese army and a May Irwin story about a dirtied New Yorker pupil and a curious sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Peck
New York
Peru
Andes
Coffee quitting saves a Kansas woman’s health says Postum ad
A Kansas woman reports severe heart palpitations morning sickness and fatigue tied to coffee. After abandoning coffee for Postum Food Coffee her sleep digestion and energy improved dramatically and rheumatism faded. The ad urges reading The Road to Wellville and promotes Postum by The Postum Cereal Co Battle Creek Mich. There’s a Reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Pryen
Posomm Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Yale President Recalls Prank On A Professor
Yale's President Hadley recounts a student prank from his college days. A professor, ill with a cold, left a notice saying he could not attend class. Sophomores altered it for humor, then the professor returned and, with humor, corrected the board by erasing one more letter to reveal a new muddled message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Yale
Dr. Dash
Asane
Ailing Women Seek Back Cure With Kidney Pills
A garbled 19th century ad claims women suffer from back aches plus spells and headaches. It praises Dean's Kidney Pills for gravel stones relief and improved health, naming Mrs. W. G. Davis of Groesbeck Texas. Also promotes Catarrh Cure by Fr. Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with testimonials and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Davis
Groesbeck
Texas
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Fr. Cheney Co
Toledo
Ohio
P. J. Cheney & CO
Chia
At the marriage altar he vows worldly goods to her
A whimsical old note questions if a marriage vow to share wealth and honor will endure. It contrasts a groom’s pledge to endow his wife with her promise to love, humor, and obey, hinting at the test of lasting partnership.
Nervous Headaches and Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Cure
Nervous headaches and neuralgia blamed on nerve nerve nutrition. Dr Williams Pink Pills advertised as feeding nerves through blood and curing many cases. Testimonial from Mrs Addie Merrill of Arburn Me describes relief after using pills. pills sold by druggists or by mail for 59 cents per box or 2.50 for all boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Tau
Dr. Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oklahoma
Hingis
Lafescho Hearn
Mina Pack
Dr. Morrison
London
Peking
Chang-te-fu
Morrison
May Irwin
Profssor
La&t
Btudente
Meep
Icant
Derotentai Dor Boc Ie
Pocibe
Wash
D.C
Lydia E. Pinkham
James Chester
W. 35Th St
Abs. Pinkham
Lydis E. Pinkham
Sloans Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
State Street
New York City
Buffalo Ol Paint & Varnish Co
Weater
Pao
Neta Negie
Qiality
Prion
Wermate Matyion
Vebiche
Souvienot Harneed
Freeaishegta
Wages Ethmact Corringe & Darness Ail. Co
Merweat Pg Elidart
Indien Etre
Victor
Valvaran
Waalhey
An.kellocg Newspaper CO
Adaons Stren
Chicago
Gregory’s Seeds
Thampaen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!