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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
Spring brings heavy work for horses and careful conditioning is vital. C H Glover of Colorado Agricultural College advises gradual training, consistent feeding, and gradual diet changes to prevent colic and disease, with tips on water, grooming, shoeing, and avoiding sweeny and founder in young horses.
This guide stresses common sense in pig farming including breed quality feeding shelter and water. It warns against overfeeding to prevent paralysis in young pigs urges careful post farrowing feeding for sows and recommends humane slaughter practices. It notes Poland China hogs have been developed over 35 years and advises patience for improvements.
Historical agricultural note warns farmers about the risk of bloat and death when turning cows onto young wet alfalfa. It advises gradual access, with limited daily grazing, and outlines emergency remedies such as soda and, rarely, throat relief methods, while stressing close observation for early distress.
A German consular report cited by the Department of Agriculture compares indoor stalls with daily outdoor exercise for cows. Over ten days of three hours outside, eight cows averaged 1161 pounds of milk and 58.5 pounds of butter daily, versus 1349 pounds of milk and 50.6 pounds of butter when housed indoors all day. Health and appetite improved with outdoor time.
A stern-visaged woman confronts the Baltimore Sun editor with a clipping questioning a reviewer’s phrasing of her recent book as a History of Female Suffrage by a New Historical Writer. The editor deems the error unpardonable and insists the word should end with a Y.
New York reports Aero Club of America president Courtland F Bishop announced plans to form a women’s aeronautic club affiliated with the national body. Skeptics doubted enough interest, but Bishop and supporters expect American women to soon rival French flyers in passion for air navigation. In New York several women already voyage above city streets, inspiring others to join the pursuit of aviation.
New York American reports aero planes and kites dominate the Tuileries crowd. The Diabolical Bird, looped and wind-responsive, soars with diabolo sticks. Handfuls of planes imitate Farman machines, priced from 1 to 10 dollars, while soaring eagles and dragon-fly toys draw crowds as German and American buyers push demand.
Guglielmo Ferrero argues in New York World that modern civilization in America fosters peace by uniting interests of people, classes, and families, demanding labor for wealth, and expanding middle and lower class political power. He contrasts Europe’s lingering warlike spirit with America's growing optimism and avoidance of upheaval.
Spokane special profiles Mrs. R. H. Tucker an expert aerogrammist and teleg rapher claimed world’s first female wireless operator stationed on the steamship Indianapolis between sound points. She recounts dangers, training, and a shift from wire to aero gram service as she supports the Pacific coast network with husband Mr. Tucker as manager in Portland.
A physician declares a patient dead to his wife yet the dying man utters a rebuke and the wife coolly notes the doctor’s authority. Separately the Union Steamship Company proposes an 18 knot service linking Vancouver New Zealand and Australia pending government subsidies.
In Chile most engineers architects and salesmen are Europeans, aligning with European products. This explains why America captures about eighty percent of the country’s business.
Builds a dual box ice chest with sawdust insulation and casters. Provides a simple rice pudding style dessert: rice simmered with milk egg yolk sugar and flavoring, folded with stiffened whites for light texture. Serves warm and appealing to children.
A recipe describes browning round steak then making a dressing with fried onion in olive oil, adding tomatoes and a chili pepper, seasoning with salt and pepper, and adding water if needed. Cook until nearly done, then drop in dumplings and simmer twenty minutes.
A collection of kitchen instructions describes making tripe stew with lard butter onions garlic greens tomatoes mushrooms pepper salt and potatoes plus boiled tripe. It also covers homemade marshmallows with gelatine sugar water lemon vanilla and whipping until stiff, then drying and dusting with sugar and arrowroot.
A simple home recipe outlines browning bacon, making a flour-thickened gravy with water, then seasoning with vinegar to taste. It adds finely chopped onions and sliced potatoes, combining all ingredients to create a hearty dish.
Two cups sugar and two cups butter with three eggs one cup raisins one cup currants chopped one teaspoon for each cloves nutmeg and cinnamon one teaspoonful soda dissolved in three tablespoonfuls whisky or milk four cups flour. Do not rub in but drop on tins.
A Washington man develops a kitchen can opener touted for hotel and restaurant use. The upright device uses a knife with a circular recess to cut the can top, aided by a handle and two spurs that grip the can rim, allowing quick opening.
Knicker explains his wife suffers a nightmare at bargain sales as she pulls the bed covers off in a bid to inspect dress goods. Bocker asks what she does and the punchline reveals the humorous misinterpretation.
Gossip aside, the article notes the first household use of electric heating began with the electric flatiron. It marks the rise of electric iron appliances now widespread in homes and laundries.
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