Domestic economy notes on pork and farm life
A century old household column discusses breakfast pork choices and cooking methods, including salt pork, bacon, and ham tips. it extols cream gravy and fried pork with contrasts to Jersey farm fare. It also offers stain removal, can care, lime freshness, and practical domestic hints for housekeepers and farm families. It concludes with reflections on farm youth staying home, urging young men to value honest labor and farm work as the path to success.
Stock Ranch Shelters for Sheep and Livestock Care
Shelter design for sheep to endure storms stresses high ground dry floors roofed shelter with ventilation and light. A stone basement design is praised but avoid overheating. overcrowding and open wells must be secured. Livestock notes advise shod hoofs, breeding from improving stallions, gentle handling, ample space, careful pasture use, and safety around wells and pens.
The Farm Telephone By Cigar Box Wiring
A guide for farmers to construct a simple telephone between farmhouses using two cigar boxes, a hole in each box, five pounds of stove pipe wire, and a basic setup. The method involves threading wire through the holes and securing with a knot, then stretching the line to connect the houses as an improvised communications device.
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Northwestern
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Sioux City
Omaha
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Portland
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Otaha
Freemont
Kikhorn & Mo
Valley B’ys
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Lake Superior
J. W. Teasdale
St. Pacl Res
Mitchell
Good bulls aid stock, says farm field reference
A brief advice echoes that sound cattle breeding hinges on sires. Good steers follow strong sires, and breeders are urged to grade up stock through the use of proven bulls as recommended by Field and Stockman.
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Ilinois
Poultry in Orchards Boosts Fruit and Egg Shells Vital
An orchard view shows poultry yarded in limited spaces aiding pest control and improving tree vigor. The American Poultry Journal notes fruit trees like cherries laden with fruit when poultry are present, suggesting joint fruit growing and poultry-raising. Oyster shells aid lime for egg shells best given in water or with diverse feed.
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American Poultry Journal
Nature
Tiel and Stockman
Beekeeping tips and kitchen notes from Langstroth era
Practical guidance for beginners on beekeeping including robbing behavior, hive management, feeding in scarcity, and equipment like bee-smoker and veils. Also contains kitchen recipes such as steamed pudding celery soup doughnuts scrambled eggs and general household tips attributed to Langstroth on the Honey B ee with period voice and instructive tone.
The Sunday School Lesson on Luke and Ascension
A compact review of the final instructions of Christ to His apostles as He ascends. It highlights the ten post resurrection appearances, the opened understanding of Scripture, the need for personal witness, and the promise of the Holy Spirit. Also notes future return and a call to active faith rather than passive gazing. Discussions on marked biblical phrases and the Salvation Army bonnet statistic wrap the piece.
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Christ
Jesus
Mary
Magdala
Peter
Emmaus
Thomas
Lake of Galilee
Glee
James
Lake
Tischendorf
Nazareth
Galilee
Figures Agreed Upon Satisfactory Adjustment of Indebtedness
Sioux Falls reporter describes final session of the North and South Dakota joint commission. Settlement totals include about 65000 due North Dakota and 81000 for South Dakota, with 162000 in outstanding warrants. Madison claim for 11000 bonds, and a balance of 16000 favoring South Dakota if warrants are handled with bonds. Commission members report cordial, mutually beneficial terms and South Dakota gains on several doubtful questions.
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Charles B. Melviney
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Joint Commission
Two Dakotas
Bismarck
North Dakota
Commission
Madison
State Normal School
Board of Trustees
McKinley
County Auditors Term Question Referred to Attorney General
Attorney General Dollard issues an opinion on when county auditors are elected under South Dakota law. He notes the first general election after state admission and two year terms, with auditors affected by the ex officio county clerk role of the register of deeds. He suggests the office is not vacant until January, and the auditor may hold until suspended.
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Prenne
Dollard
W. B. Burr
South Dakota
Pil
Register of Deeds
Judge C S Palmer Granted War Department Certificate
One of South Dakota’s happiest men, Sioux Falls judge C S Palmer, won an honorable discharge certificate after decades of questions about his World War II era enlistment. Palmer served under his brother S M Palmer’s name to shield their family, then sought help from Senator Edmunds and Secretary of War Proctor. A war department certificate now confirms his service under his own name. Dakota News notes other regional items: Yankton county reports seventy artesian wells, Fort Meade cavalry posting, a Christmas wolf hunt at Blunt, a coal vein found at Winnebago agency, and legal actions in Clark county against usury with one conviction. Ben Arnorn, the Bad River philosopher, traveled to Pierre with dispatches claiming Indians stole the Nebraska line for lariats.
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South Dakota
C. S. Palmer
Sioux Falls
S. M
C. S
S. M. Palmer
War Department
Grand Army
Vermont
Senator Edmunds
Proctor
The
National Tribune of Washington
Dakota News
Yankton County
Fort Meade
Blunt
Winnebago Agency
Clark County
Brotherhood of Purpose
Ben Arnorn
Pierre
Ben
Seat of War
Nebraska
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Illinois
Wisconsin
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Missouri
Ceures
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pau Railway
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A. V. H. Carpenter
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Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul Railway Company
H. G. Vaughn
C. R’y
Twin Cities
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Ashland
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Orgarsa
Rode
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N. Ve
Impri
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