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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
5
Indiana station experiments on steer feeding show timothy and clover as roughage boosting gains. Younger cattle use feed more efficiently. corn silage improves growth and profit. Clover hay delivers higher pork output and better finish. clover hay outperforms timothy hay in cost and gains.
A pair of memorable items from the period notes two themes. First, practical cattle feeding tells how 32 steers were fattened from February to May with shock corn and ear corn while 12 added in January and achieved strong gains. Second, a biographical sketch recounts Daniel Defoe’s tumultuous life, his failed ventures, prison, and ultimate triumph with Robinson Crusoe.
The poem recalls a parish priest at Austerlitz climbing a tall steeple to deliver God’s word. He writes sermons he believes divine, spreading them to his parishioners twice daily. God calls him to descend and die, and the priest asks where the Lord is, receiving the reply that the Lord is among the people.
From the Carnegie Foundation annual report the text notes several states contribute about 1,000,000 dollars yearly to their state universities. In some states funds come as a mill tax rising with property revaluation, funded without legislative action. The passage argues even a million dollars yearly is modest for large states like Wisconsin Illinois or California to spend on higher education.
Mr Wiggins performs a fake palm reading for his wife while six year old Ruth eavesdrops intently. The finale promises a long life and a granddaughter for Ruth, eliciting joyous exclamations.
The piece argues that rising female participation in stores and factories stems from economic need and wage competition, not moral decline. It suggests re organizing industry and special training for men, with policy favoring employed husbands to support families.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell holds diverse qualifications in abundance for Harvard presidency. The article notes the national importance of selecting Eliot's successor and Lowell's superior equipment, highlighting his scholarship, executive ability, public speaking, alumni confidence, and student loyalty.
A string of humorous vignettes and quips about marriage, cars, flying machines, creditors, and wartime mishaps. Exchanges include jokes about henpecked husbands, portraits, a four cylinder car, a flying machine, and a soldier recalling a battlefield incident.
The New York Evening Post notes Missouri's push for play grounds under Dr. C W Hetherington at the University of Missouri. Plans aim to provide athletic fields and kid corners in 12 towns with 3 600 children to benefit from playground activities and the psychology of play.
Boston scientist William Henry Pickering proposes a daylight signal to Mars using a network of mirrors on a shared axis to flash Morse like signals by modulating sun reflection. He estimates a distant area of glass and a motor driven axis completing a 24 hour cycle to keepMars aligned for daily observations.
Sir Charles Wyndham recalls a young man who pursued a lady despite her father’s warnings. The father warned he would eject him if he returned. The suitor appeared again, not for the daughter but to see the football club president. England reports 17,000,000 acres available for forestation and Japan sells dress materials by weight.
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