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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
7
A survey of agricultural and rural life notes many topics. It cites sizeable crops and livestock figures, dairy and sugar beet insights, and innovations like a auto plow and silage. It also laments street fairs harming county fairs and urges practical farming, plantings, and wildlife protection.
The article warns stock raisers suffer heavy losses from fence dangers. It explains that a fence wire can discharge electricity over long distances, shocking cattle or horses nearby. Attaching protective grounding wires at intervals and connecting to moist earth can prevent such damage.
A 1900 summer cottage design by architect George Hitchings details a year round capable layout at 1900 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. The plan features a wide hall with an open staircase, parlor, dining room, kitchen on the first floor, four bedrooms and a bathroom on the second, plus decorative gables and moss green pine shingles.
The Philadelphia press advice outlines a modern home with soapstone tubs galvanized iron sink and boiler plus a perfect range. It specifies room dimensions for parlor dining room kitchen and sleep room and urges wavy drives, dry walks, porous foundations and ample air for building sites per the Mt. Louis Post Dispatch.
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