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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1899
Page
2
A collection of editorials discusses German views on Admiral Dewey, U S currency growth, and protectionism. It criticizes The Cleveland Press for promoting strikes and boycotts while praising cautious journalism. It notes Democratic leaders explain rising business health and falling failures amid trade concerns.
An article discusses July trade resilience and a demand for wool and pig iron, noting the Dingley tariff's role amid prosperity. It laments political shifts, mentions Dewey and John Paul Jones, and highlights British tariff rhetoric praising free trade while collecting heavy duties on tea, wine, spirits, and tobacco as revenue.
Our Dumb Animals cites a pigeon shoot in New Jersey where an escaped bird was shot by an outsider and found to have nine pins in its feet and leg. The piece condemns such torture and urges legislators to pass laws ending barbarity, noting George T. Angell’s earlier success in Massachusetts and Maine. It also promotes Allen's Foot-Ease as a popular remedy and toilet powder with free sample offers.
The Young People's Christian union pledged a $50,000 offering as assured funds for its tenth anniversary. Marion Lawrence of Toledo gave the address on the Right Hand of the Church. A praise service opened the third day of the convention with meetings at four churches and discussions on Sabbath schools and evangelistic work.
Hon Ferdinand W Peck, commissioner general to the Paris exposition, was asked to grant space for a Christian Endeavor building at next year’s expo. The structure would display Endeavor literature, photographs of conventions in the East, Europe and America, and Endeavor souvenirs. A meeting of national presidents is planned, with an auditorium featuring an echo of the 1900 London convention.
A war department report from Major Kay in Alaska notes distress at Cape Nome with 1000 to 1500 men and local friction over positions. He sent Captain Walker and 25 men to assess and warns would be settlers about the desolate area lacking timber and depending on imports for food fuel and shelter, warning that wintering there could spell disaster.
Appointed by Bishop Shanahan Harriscore August 5 Rev Dr J J Koch vicar general of the Harrisburg diocese Rev Henry G Gansa chancellor and Rev John J McCloskey secretary were named to church offices.
Practical tips on dairy feeding, crop choices, and garden care. Highlights include feeding ensilage from August to September, using cow peas to boost milk, salting cabbage for worm control, and bisulphide of carbon for grain storage insects. Notes on sorghum, late cabbage cultivation, nitrate of soda fertilization, horse care, strawberry bed timing, August seeding, and seed selection for vigor.
A historical note recalls the introduction of the gypsy moth to Medford Massachusetts by a French savant over 26 years ago. The insect spread rapidly causing massive tree and garden damage, with egg clusters and pupae littering homes and streets. Despite large scale egg destruction in 1491 six weeks yielded 760,000 clusters, authorities warned that a single moth pair could over eight years devastate United States vegetation.
W H Jordan of the New York agricultural experiment station at Geneva issued two pamphlets. One details amended fertilizer laws lowering the exemption limit to five dollars per ton and licensing each branded fertilizer with a twenty dollar fee. The second outlines regulation of concentrated feeding stuffs including required statements of analysis, branding, and licensure with penalties from twenty five to two hundred dollars for violations.
A historical note extols root-fed mutton as thrifty and flavorful, compares roots to oats for horses, and recommends combining roots with linseed meal or similar feed. It emphasizes highland pastures, clover hay as best feed, and warns against parasites with dipping and timely shearing.
North Dakota College of Agriculture bulletin explains using water glass silicate of soda or potash to preserve eggs. Soak, cool storage, avoid washing, use fresh eggs, scald containers, and pierce a pinhole to prevent cracking.
A historical essay extolls homekeeping as an art not a duty. It recalls a couple in a modest kitchen morning routine, the sun in the windows and the tea kettle singing, and urges that the kitchen be the cheerful, memory filled center of a home. It argues women translate bare necessities into a palace of art and order.
A decorative postal card issued for the Peace Conference travels from The Hague. It features a house in the woods, a portrait of the Czar, and a frame of olive branches, described as a very pretty keepsake.
Analyzes eye health among students, citing lighting and seating as controllable factors and pointing to small print and cheap paper as a major, less controllable cause. Warns that poor publishing practices threaten vision across ages and calls for sanitary science progress to address this issue.
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