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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1906
Page
6
Old Iowa tips and tales join farming advice and odd anecdotes from Des Moines. Topics range from moon sign planting and horse recreation to a gilt edged butter contract, bird song imitation, road drag laws, and a DIY bathroom for homes.
A faded collage of practical notes on farming and home life. Advice covers watering gardens only when not sunny, incubator supervision, ginseng ventures, butter quality and the folly of bad butter, tomato plants repelling beetles, centralization of rural schools, shade trees, dairy and stock farming as wiser income, and farmer remarks on butter sales and creamery benefits.
A historical account traces Pagat s 1833 discovery of trichinae in a cadaver to the later recognition of trichinosis as the disease s cause. It notes American cases since 1842, German import bans from 1880, inspections, and ongoing debates over meat safety and pork checks versus US adoption.
A farmer should pair good seed with thorough cultivation to boost corn. Each pound of dry matter requires 200 to 800 pounds of water from the soil, so mellow, well aerated ground supports moisture during critical growth. Cultivation, not just weed killing, raises yields by enabling crops to utilize soil moisture efficiently.
A western congressman drew applause in the lower house with a long praise of the American hen. He claimed the bird could in a year produce wealth equal to all New York banks capital, the annual output of U S gold mines in sixty days, and enough to pay the nation’s debt in a year and ten months. The speech energized lawmakers and promises of more toasts follow.
Roosevelt and Taft endorse the Appomattox Surrender House effort to buy and restore the McLean farmhouse at Appomattox Virginia as a peace memorial. An association plans to raise fifty thousand dollars to acquire and preserve the site for government transfer. The project lists officers including Join R. King Ellen Spencer Massey and C W Dunlap and seeks private memberships to fund restoration.
The piece recalls Union and Confederate leaders meeting at the McLean house in Appomattox and their agreement on honorable surrender as the war ended. It envisions Appomattox surrender house becoming a lasting symbol of peace, to be handed to the government on General Grant's birthday, April 27, 1907.
Thomas A Edison touring Asheville reports new cobalt discoveries in North Carolina will cut storage battery weight by half and vehicle costs by more than half. He predicts rapid introduction of electric vehicles, directing crews to assess ore quantity and promising further investigation later in the summer.
In St. Louis county farmers now carry guns while planting to ward off crows. Otto Kempe, neighbor of Grant farm, wore a gun during his second twenty acre corn planting and saw crows attack the field when his gun was not present. He armed his shotgun with crow repellent pellets and the birds stayed away.
A New York Press correspondent notes mothers demand white dining rooms as fashionable and spotless. She says white conveys cleanliness and coolness, with some homes painting woodwork and furniture white. one home uses white with green ivy screens along a white backdrop.
Rev M B Eubank former Emanuel Baptist pastor Kansas City Mo returns from Hu chan mission in China with a vivid account of rapid changes since 1899. He notes booming press growth rail expansion military readiness and widespread education modernization and predicts China will soon become a world power.
A reporter recounts Oklahoma lawmakers in Washington upset by the proposed statehood bill. A New York World special and a joke by Raconteur Cowla han follow a schoolroom tale about Niagara Falls and a sobbing girl claiming a sister in Erie.
Two black plaintiffs sued the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway claiming equal access to seating on a boat. Witness Robert Syke testified they were barred from the area with a piano and the so called love chairs that let couples sit close. The suit was unsuccessful.
Copper jewelry pleases collectors as quaint and artistic yet frustrates salesmen. The New York Press notes copper remains modish for feminine adornment, keeping diamonds less in demand. A Newport matron displays a topaz necklace set in copper, a striking blend of burnished metal and sunlit stones.
The Anthro cruelty society and the Cab Owners association will establish a training program for would be cabmen. The plan includes instruction in horse anatomy and pathology, harnessing, feeding, driving, and police regulations. A period of instruction and probation will follow.
By late 1907 Hamburg Germany will possess the greatest floating dock in the world under construction. It will have a capacity of 35 000 tons and a length of 520 feet enabling use by the largest warships and ocean liners.
The Chemists' Club of New York plans a late September jubilee in New York City to honor Professor Perkin for the discovery of mauve the first aniline dye. Attendees include prominent judges diplomats university presidents and noted patent lawyers along with many leading American scientists. A Perkin medal prize and a national chemical library will be established as part of the celebration highlighting advances in synthetic chemistry and its medical and industrial impact.
Toledo meat inspector William Schurtz reports to Mayor Whitlock that every pound of pork sausage sold in Toledo by the beef trust is loaded with potato flour or cornstarch, bicarbonate of soda, small pork percentages, and breadmeal. He cites samples yearly and points to the marketed Berkfield pig sausage in gaudy packaging as the likely source of deception.
The Boston Herald notes summer equine hats follow last year’s shapes but with brighter color. A Cambridge horse wore a burnt shade bonnet trimmed with its own ears and a red and yellow quill, giving the rider a rakish air.
The excerpt shows a family tightening budgets by selecting vegetables and modest staples. Father reads the news with discouragement while meals feature carrots onions lettuce greens and rice. It notes concern about food quality and possible contamination reports from a Chicago revisionary source.
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