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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
7
Farmers weigh corn cutting and haystack errors while praising the fast mail train as a triumph of modern civilization. A Montana stockman recalls horses slaughtered after a waterless delay, and advice favors seed corn from local adapted varieties rather than southern stock. Weathered observations touch fence grape use and haystack mistakes.
A rural essay exhorts farmers to drain or plant unproductive acres, adopt seed corn day on Oct 14 15 for next year's planting, hire careful help, and pursue efficient practices. It contrasts city and country youth training, stresses diligent labor, and outlines plans to double income with drainage, clover, and proper stock management.
A western farming district struggled with poor yields and heavy mortgages until adopting dairy cows. After adding cows, acres of corn and oats rose, store bills dropped, mortgages improved, and the community’s fortunes revived with big red barns, better hogs, and renewed prosperity. The piece argues investing in twenty cows per quarter section guarantees financial salvation.
The piece argues surplus money should be invested in farm land. It highlights land in the Fourth West and the South with projected 5 percent rent and 25 to 109 percent value increases in fifteen years. Irrigated land could reach 160 dollars an acre, with cropland producing corn, wheat, burley, and oats yielding steady returns and long term appreciation.
A fragment discusses simplifying housekeeping and resisting social pressure about women’s work. It argues that mothers should train daughters and sons in household tasks, noting a mother who raised girls capable of all housework, yet many fail to train boys, burdening the next generation.
The notes cover counts of Knights Templars in Nebraska and the San Juan Muasonie association’s 1200 members, a New Jersey Masonic home cost of 271.04 per capita, a Rochester Illinois father and two sons receiving MM degrees, and death of Michigan past grand masters George W. Peck and William Dunban. Also mentioned are New Jersey grand master visits, a $7000 monument fund for Grand Master Tompkins, Fort Worth Texas plans for a girls and women’s antex costing about 825,000, lodge hospitality toward visiting strayers, and Virginia’s dual lodge memberships amid reasoning about keeping Uncle Masons active.
Charles Polaiz named grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Virginia and notes his long Odd Fellowship career. Born 1862 in Richmond, he joined Schiller lodge 139 in 1885 and has held multiple high offices through 1904.
The order shows strong progress since the start of the year with rising class initiations and growing membership. Long tent in New York leads with over 1 600 members, while Cohuehin District reports only seven deaths for a 2 400 membership. August saw new tents instituted and a large membership increase.
A Kansas Workman column urges members to pay assessments and support the order through broader membership. It warns against skipping lodge meetings and promotes distributing sunshine rather than thunder. Positive courage for August reports and praise for the Ancient Order of United Workmen spread across jurisdictions.
The Michigan Herald notes North Carolina holds 6700 members and South Carolina over 8000 as the Knights of Pythias fraternal bond remains strong. Major General James R. Carnahan, longtime commander in chief of the Uniform Rank, dies, and his death leads to a suspension of his saloon membership from the order.
The Independent Order of Foresters approves a 1 million dollar plan to provide homes for members in Northwest Canada. The scheme includes resettlement of some refugees to a new center and funds to ensure the venture's success. Re-elected Supreme Ruler Chonhyvatehna announces a salary rise to 1500 a year. overdue debts reach about 200,000 and rise yearly. The next supreme court session will be in Toronto in 10g.
Tribes of Red Men expand across Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. The Miami Florida tribe grows rapidly and may become the largest social fraternity in hunting grounds. In Alabama, Pocahontas council favors a strong statewide consolidation.
On July 1 the order had a membership in wood standing of SEATT. From July 1 1904 to July 1 1905 there was a net increase in membership of 8.195.
Fragmented OCR text shows Thomas TE Cin fon of Ch v re-elected as Chief Ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters amid notes on lodge activity and certificates. The passage emphasizes growing popularity and unclear phrasing about ceremonies and dues.
Men and women suffer from kidney and bladder issues that sap vigor and mood. Swamp-Root promises relief and is sold by draggists in bottles of various sizes, with free information by mail from a doctor in New York.
The narrative describes Venice’s early site choices and harbor protection. It notes a surrounding swamp elevated by drainage and a secure area called the RE alto. About seventy five other islets formed Venice’s periphery, many originally islets. Venetians built canals and stone works to resist the Adriatic sea while Venice grew from refugee communities in the fifth and sixth centuries.
Electric currents in plants stem from water movement in tissues not potential differences. Experiments show respiration drives vegetable electricity, while hydrogen atmosphere reduces but does not stop the current. The current returns when air is reintroduced, suggesting intracellular respiration sustains it.
A fragment recalls extreme heat phrases and notes historic sun cooking experiments. It mentions Herschel in 1837 in South Africa cooking eggs until center powdery and adds Sir J. G. Ross in New Zealand performing a similar test.
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