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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1894
Page
2
A historical account outlines Swiss cheese production from fresh cow milk to curd thickening at 90 degrees, cutting and breaking, heating to 120 then cooling, draining, pressing with a heavy wooden beam, and aging processes. It notes laborers could benefit from shifting diet toward cheese and describes traditional breaking tools and copper kettles in factory settings.
An article recounts life in Java under Dutch rule, detailing wages on tea, coffee, and sugar plantations. It notes persistent poverty for workers, women earning small sums, and high yields yet low tea prices, with coffee and sugar crops growing and growers amassing wealth while much labor is Japanese and labor policies push government sales.
The passage notes a large cone shaped cement oven behind Bahaman homes used for baking bread. It claims Bahamans are physiologically starved with thin forms from a fish and fruit diet. It describes white Bahamans as homely and sallow, sometimes burnt, and black Bahamans as strong but deceitful beggars and liars.
The readable fragment describes items made from leather such as tall curves, covers, saddle-cloths, and gear for horses. It mentions preparations or fittings for a group or event, with references to tail, skin, and provisions for riders. The text is incomplete and lacks clear dates or names.
A large Ashwood potato plantation in Maury County Tennessee grows 125000 bushels annually on 125000 barrels with crops raised without fertilizer. Clawson Stevens employ about 100 workers, including many women and 85 adult men, and run a on site barrel workshop. The crop outlook is strong due to higher Kansas and Mississippi shortages and planned sales to markets. Irrigation experiments in California wheat fields show improved yields and profits, with the Woodbridge system cited as proving irrigation's value and changing farmer attitudes.
A fragmented report notes a rider escaping a dismount during a timed cycling event. The garbled text hints at a bicycle race where the rider completed a lap without leaving the saddle, with timekeeping devices mentioned in the confusion.
A column surveys United States farming potential noting vast untapped arable land and the chance to double yields with improved methods. It highlights Kansas irrigation efforts led by G. M. Munger, detailing a 160 acre reservoir project and 500 acre orchard, plus a $15,000 build cost and steam pumps. It also includes opinions on when to stop advertising, warning against complacency and urging continual opportunity searches.
A 19th century treatment argues fruit diet promotes health and longevity, reduces intoxicant use, aids mental training, and supports social reform. It claims fruits provide the heaviest returns per acre, regulate climate, curb luxury, and could diminish crime and violence by tempering passions and improving wellbeing.
The text traces early anchor origins to Tyrrhenians and Midas son of Gordius, noting ancient types of anchors made from stone or wood with lead, bags of sand or stones, weighted to hold ships. It mentions iron anchors evolving from a single fluke to two, credited to Eupalamus or Anacharis, the Scythian philosopher.
A practical tip explains that thousand shingles with four inches exposed cover about one hundred square feet, and five pounds of shingle nails secure them. With a simple rule and five minutes of calculation a person can estimate a roof expense.
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