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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
6
A rambled column cites fines for shipping cholera infected hogs, discusses bran blocks, the beef cost from pasture, and the value of Christmas turkeys at 3,000,900 dollars. It warns about sant cars on corn being poisonous, laments oleomargarine, and extols salt as life’s elixir while touching farm management, labor, and marketing tactics.
An editorialish meditation contrasts simple rural living with modern farming progress. It extols meat and corn prosperity, notes U S grain leadership, praises science in farming, and laments labor and plant export issues while envisioning a more empowered farmer through technology and knowledge.
A choppy mix of agricultural musings cites beech nuts as favored pig food, warns of horse losses from overripe hay, and reports U S wheat production for 1900 at 522,229,575 bushels with yield 12.29 bushels per acre. It touches on candy from ghicose, nutrient loss from potatoes, Danish pork branding, sheep farming, wood quality, apple crops, and feather bone as whalebone substitute.
A garbled description notes farmers pooling milk and paying for it, with no standard dairy breeds like derseys or Holsteins present. It mentions widespread education among farmers, a test plan being abetted, and a winter revival of religion in the same community.
A reader urges action over cholera hogs and the sale of diseased carcasses. The piece condemns criminals who traffic sick and dead hogs for profit, notes laws require quarantines and burial or burning, and calls for prosecution as a public duty.
An analysis notes a land boom in western areas driven by cheap money and crop reports. It warns that where native buffalo grass prevails, tillage for crops is unsafe, though land may profit stock raising. Unreliable rainfall and desert winds threaten cereal crops and grazing profits.
A recent gathering by a tree enthusiast urged planting rows of trees along all country highways in the Northwest prairie region. Critics warn such spacing could hinder timber culture and block snow drift protection while noting past removals of willows along public roads due to maintenance and soil drainage considerations.
A historical note praises decorative improvements at depots and station grounds as a model for owners, highlighting floral development and timber work. It mentions the Kansas and Port Scott railway in connection with picturesque curbs and fences, noting a broader prairie region aesthetic potential amid estimated values and design ideas.
In the central west, women helped gather the great crop this year. It was not a question of permission but necessity to prevent waste. Many earned one to two dollars daily, gaining strength without harming their modest standing, while a male critic argues a wife should not work in the fields.
Benjamn Brown of Wedlington Ark and associates design a versatile farm implement described by the Chicago News. A coal or wood fired firebox heats via a rotary fan mounted on a two wheeled carriage for easy transport. The hood adjusts for stump burning and weed control while a fertilizer feeder option expands utility.
A British Columbia coast safety note discusses wrecks near Cape Beale and Vancouver Island and highlights an automatic signaling system tested at Southend-on-Sea. The device uses a shore sensor and submerged gear to warn vessels within seven miles, recording approach data and requiring no operator. The inventor Edwin Dudley promotes the device as a major safety advance for northern waters.
Preliminary estimates from The Railroad Gazette show 4 041 miles of new railroad completed across the United States in the past year, covering 280 companies in 43 states and territories. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy leads with 218 miles, followed by several others including Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Illinois Central with notable builds across multiple states and regions.
The uniformed rank of the Knights of Pythias in Ohio vows to break from the supreme lodge if recognition as a higher rank is not granted. Brigadier General Minshull leads the push, with 109 companies and about 5000 members at stake, aiming to amend the constitution at the next session in San Francisco or form an independent lodge.
George W. Hulett, a former One Hundred and Fourth Ohio regiment soldier who was mortally wounded near Cleveland, married Flora Wiggins of Chattanooga after years apart. Flora nursed him back to health in Kentucky then North. He later sought news of Miss Lowe, now Mrs. Flora Lowe Wiggins, and their marriage followed.
Bob Green of Lancaster says chronic indigestion troubled him for years until nervous debility faded after electric Bitters. His wife also reports excellent health from the tonic, praising its invigorating effect for weak run down women. Try them.
Li Dazzles the World claims a medical breakthrough with Li King's New Discovery for consumption. It asserts tests on hopeless cases of consumption pneumonia hemorrhagic pleurisy and bronchitis restored health. The ad touts quick cures for coughs colds asthma croup hay fever hoarseness and whooping cough, sold by Dr Baltzly with a money back guarantee in large and small bottles.
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills gently stimulate the liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the system, and cure constipation and sick headaches. Available at Balizly’s drug store.
Local notice touts Bucklen’s Armies Salve as the best cure for cuts burns sores and skin ailments with claims of world reach. Also invites readers to hear the South African Boy Choir at the First M. B. Church next Thursday at 7:30.
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