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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
6
A late sale of coach horses in New York brought forty four head to a total of 5750 with a four in hand oudie selling for 319 750. The report mixes market results with a series of rural anecdotal observations on farming stock and farm life.
A rambling column covers farm life topics from ornamental amphitheater venues to cow and hog farming figures. It notes bees paying taxes, milk bacteria counts, long English leases, potato and seed prices, earthworms boosting soil fertility, weather watching by wild fowl, and cautions about timber waste and forest fires.
A discussion on separating farm home grounds from barnyards to boost appeal and value. It explains layout ideas, such as placing home lots away from stock, and notes a home’s value can rise $5 to $10 per acre. It also recounts a tale of land once wet and unproductive becoming two strong western farms without artificial drainage, now worth $75 per acre.
An editorial discusses men with families shirking household duties of meal preparation and serving. It contrasts wives who cook with husbands who avoid responsibility, noting the impact on home harmony and suggesting better shared duties and manners improve daily life.
The article warns investors from the Mississippi Valley about western lands near Iowa and Nebraska. It notes men moved to claim farms to escape debt and create a profitable security, but many face poor returns. Some lands are too wet or semiarid, misvalued as arable, leading to mixed outcomes.
A discussion on how debt motivates workers to save and work harder, with cautions that debt can erode satisfaction after fifty. The piece suggests that young men may benefit, while older workers should prefer contentment over new borrowings to avoid burdens.
An excerpt describing snail diversity and behaviors including shell repair, dormancy, and unusual attachment of shells. It notes tropical snails forming leaf nests and a Philippine snail that can shed its nail when seized. The text also explains spider silk varieties in garden webs and the protective enveloping mass used when large insects are entangled.
A compressed exchange notes a wife throwing a poker at a stray dog and hitting her husband by mistake. He accepts blame, saying he should not have stood behind her at the moment. The brief item captures a domestic incident recounted in the Ohio State Journal.
L. C. Overstreet of Elgin Tennessee recalls his wife’s cough near collapse from consumption. A friend urged Dr King’s New Discovery, which the doctor claims can cure coughs colds bronchitis asthma and throat and lung diseases. 50c and 1.00 at 4 T Balizy’s trial bottles free.
Mrs. LB Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced a dire stomach illness and jaundice. After coal stones formed and doctors failed, she used Electric Killers which cured her stomach liver and kidney ailments and restored appetite. The ad claims the remedy costs 80 cents with a guarantee and is sold by ZT Baltaly.
An OCR fragment describes a patent or folk remedy promising to relieve corn pain and stomach issues. It references a person named Robin sen and a product called New Life Wills. The text claims cured sufferers and mentions ingredients and effects on bowels and kidneys, with age references and dubious authority.
Inability to sleep haunts many, but Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills claim to restore restful sleep and ease morning languor digestive issues and nerves. A Massillon Ohio testimonial from Mrs J Yost praises renewed strength sleep appetite and work ability after using the 50 cent boxes from KE S Craig's drug store.
The notice asserts that Chamberlain’s Cough Ready has prevented pneumonia in tens of thousands over ten years with no pneumonia cases reported. It promotes the product for influenza and grippe and claims it provides prompt recovery and prevents pneumonia. Available for sale by KE. S. Craig, Baltzly, and Rider & Snyder.
Handsome cloth bound 115 page history of Northwest settlement with engravings of Black Hawk Sitting Bull Red Cloud and other chiefs. Includes Custer battle ground and ten color map plates tracing tribes back to 1000. A valued library addition priced 60 cents postpaid by W B Kniskern Chicago Illinois.
Travel schedule for Sunday May 24 1901 shows passenger trains west of the Pennsylvania Lines at M sillon stallion with departures at 8 03, 9 65 a m, 10 10 a m and additional times. For further information contact J A Shoemaker Licket Avent siten Ohio for details.
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