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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
6
A collection of soil, poultry and livestock tips from American Agriculturist and Poultry World. Topics include treating chicken lice with kerosene and tobacco dust, building hay stacks, charcoal effects on turkeys, small farm poultry systems, record hog growth, feeding strategies, well protection, subsoiling benefits, gooseberry mildew control, and lime timing for soil health.
A Civil War reminiscence follows Colonel Bill Delaney with a young recruit who joins Virginia cavalry after a farmer’s warning. As Brandy Station looms, Pierce Young orders a decisive charge and the young man’s resolve is tested as the squadron breaks toward the foe.
A Civil War reminiscence recounts a Georgia youth in battle shouting dominicker as he charges the enemy and falls. It also tells of a gray officer risking his line to give water to a dying Union soldier and of a rebel prisoner’s poignant postscript about love and loss.
In Prussia a trained corps of state road workers maintains highways with constant repair and strict enforcement of regulations. Provinces or districts bear building costs, with 11 million dollars yearly for maintenance and strict rules on road use. The piece advocates road ornamentation, landscaping, and aesthetic streets resembling public parks to enhance traveler appeal and civic culture.
A Baltimore American editorial emphasizes that in Maryland not enough appropriated road funds reach actual work, calling for new laws and methods to ensure honest use. It notes road quality boosts farm costs, markets, and rural tourism, citing Professor F J Merrill on cutting hauling costs, enjoying pleasurable drives, and preventing labor waste on bad roads.
The text explains why writers use pen names such as Thackeray’s John Corks The Proser Traveler in London James Yellowplush and Michael Angelo Titmarsh Mark Twain Capt Isatan yet unused The piece also hints at misreadable sections about cleaning a Mackintosh cloak with soap and water and notes on garbled phrases from the source.
A segment notes name changes in poetry sketches by Cincinnatus Miller adapting the pen Joaquin. It lists innovations from automatic fire shutters on tracks to pivoting oil cans, tire patches with curved plates and springs, automatic fire lighting devices, spring back rests for riders, and stair carpet brackets securing fabric without damage.
Mining and Scientific Press reports on Prof Richet’s results from a British association meeting. He shows mental time for a musical note is about one eleventh of a second and that humans distinguish rapid stimuli differently by ear. Examples include 1,000 hammer blows per second as separate events, wheel clicks slowed by stereo hearing, and induction spark timing.
John Hook of Hampshire County admits killing a deer under a game law ban until Oct 15 1901. The justice fined him 20 dollars and refused to let Hook keep half the fine as informer. Hook sues the squire over the claim. The 204 pound deer was intended for meat.
A compact palm sized tally register counts up to 1000 with a side button. Visitors in public places could be counted discreetly using the device, which records each press on the dial. The tally method is not new and has long been used in shipping and receiving merchandise.
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