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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
2
A reflective survey of rural life and farming in a bygone era. It covers onion versus corn cultivation, road quality, dairy practices, and the role of experiment stations, with notes on grain prices, tithe history, livestock breeding, and hog nutrition to promote healthier herds and better farm yields.
A period column surveys farm life from irrigation and crop moisture to animal husbandry and labor issues. It stresses Jersey cows in dairy, the impact of hired men on farm boys, hog and poultry practices, and the need for cool dark quarters in midsummer. It forecasts strong crop prospects and rising land demand across the northwest. It also notes pest control, beets, and the value of engaging youths in productive farm work.
Twenty years ago the butter product from the rural community caused fierce conflict among locals. It varied in color scent and strength and terrorized merchants. Butter was stored in old barrels shipped to Chicago for scraps and sometimes dumped in the river. The creamery ended these practices.
Improved transport makes land values equalize. railways lift American farms to high worth while English lands fall due to cheap beef pork butter and cereals. Rent rolls shrink forcing gentry to work. churchmen sustain income from tithes yet face tighter living. In future soil fertility rather than location will set farm land values.
A sharp editorial contrasts urban day laborer wives with farmers wives, arguing the city wife bearing the family burden with scarce resources faces social isolation and daily struggles unseen by the public. She endures poverty, lags in social life, and confronts temptations and dangers amid moral expectations.
The piece traces how dairy and meat production replace grain farming as communities evolve. It notes natives and foreigners alike benefit as soils vary, debts shrink, new houses and barns appear, and prosperity grows. The article cites Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Kansas and Nebraska as examples of this shift and remedy.
A South Dakota farm owner sold his land last winter for 42 dollars an acre after contracting Pacific coast fever. He moved his family to the coast for three months seeking a new home, then returned to his old community to find the owner asking 12 dollars more per acre. The piece warns against selling the old place and suggests renting it until a better location is found.
A definite policy on livestock and crops is urged as essential for farmers. The piece promotes breeding a limited variety of cattle hogs horses sheep and poultry and a disciplined crop rotation. It warns against indiscriminate mixing of crops and stock which leads to disappointment and loss.
An Englishman is described as a voracious consumer who eats large joints of beef, prefers it rare, and values taste over temperature. He is portrayed as a top customer for American beef, likely fueling his roles as scrapper, fighter, and heavy meat eater.
In this Chicago Record excerpt the brain’s dreams are linked to stomach action and food quality. Overeating before bed and heavy animal foods disturb nerve channels, mix thoughts, and trigger vivid dreams, with examples of sounds and pain shaping dream content and duration.
The piece argues farmers wield political power illustrated by passage of the Obama era law and the oleo industry battles. It claims cowkeeping constituencies pressured lawmakers, proving agricultural interests influence bills when united. It notes that show of unity yielded favorable outcomes for farmers.
The agricultural department sent out missionaries last year to preach improved highway making. They toured areas with a rock crusher and road-building gear, laying a few rods of road here and there. Yet the great west asks how to convert a black gumbo soil into a good roadbed when there is no gravel or rock within fifteen miles.
A New York Sun snippet records two women joking about a maid’s cottage gossip. The maid praises a visitor as pretty, while one woman notes the charm may be overstated and the other declines to correct the child’s impression. The remark ends with quiet laughter as they digest the exchange.
Boston Transcript reports on the grave at the old horsing ground in Dorchester, Massachusetts for John Foster, almanac maker. The inscription says Stull was his cash, reflecting a grave tone about the burial place.
A Buffalo Express item explains broom corn as a first cousin to field corn and recounts a fairy tale linking Benjamin Franklin to the seed of broom corn. It notes broom heads, harvesting, and construction with basswood handles and twine or wire, plus uses for seeds in feed and meat.
A Rapid Transit official recalls being struck by lightning in youth. He describes a flash that left him insensible, with light enveloping him, and afterward his eyes enlarged and vision damaged. An ovalist diagnosed the condition. he remains alive and calm about storms, though wary of open windows during disturbances.
A strong minded young woman argues men must learn to say no and women to say yes in temperance discussions. He counters that many promising men drift when a girl persuades them to say yes. After brief reflection she admits she can say yes, urging self correction before urging others.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune describes Gwandu in Africa, a town of 10 000 to 15 000 people oval in shape, surrounded by a palisade of tree poles with skull tops. Six gates feature pavements of skulls, with more than 2000 skulls under each gate, the white polished pavement gleaming under daily foot traffic.
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