Hints for Stock Owners from December Farm Journal
Practical guidance for winter stability on farms. Shelter cattle in barns with windproofing and sunlit windows, ventilated sheep pens, and careful feeding. Use lard to clear choking cows, promote exercise, and store fodder properly. Hog fattening with alfalfa hay and corn. avoid sour feed. Calves and horses need tampered handling, proper halters, regular feeding, and salt placement to prevent misfeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Notice to Tax Payers by City Collector Kirby
Richard A. Kirby City Collector announces location of city tax books at the Democrat office and hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm after November 18. This public notice directs taxpayers to attend at the stated office and times for tax matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat Office
Richard A. Kirby
Fertilizing the Meadow For Better Hay Yields
Farmers neglect meadow fertility. Top dressing with manure or phosphorus and potash fertilizers boosts yields and quality. Reseed thin spots, harrow, and cover seed. Use complete fertilizer on badly run down land. Wood ashes also help clover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arule
Different Kind of Zeal in Political Times
A discourse on zeal in politics urges neighbors to respect differing opinions, noting campaigns pit distant residents who vote rather than know each other. It argues for practical zeal, endorsing principled belief without offense, followed by a local note about Paul Adams and wife hosting a turkey dinner with guests C. L. Drescher, Peter Cooper, William Reichoff, and Peter Werner of Hannibal, at Economy Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bose
Paul Adams
Near Warren
C. L. Drescher
Peter Cooper
William Reichoff
Peter Werner
Hannibal
Missouri Editors Split over Roosevelt Taft and Depew
A battlefield of editorials from multiple Missouri papers weighs in on Roosevelt Taft and Depew, praising Dockery, lampooning missteps, and noting political shifts. The round of reflections includes calls for calm after campaigns, mentions of local figures like Alex M. Dockery and Chauncey M. Depew, and observations on state governance and prosperity. Holiday notices and local society snippets from Quincy Hannibal and surrounding counties follow.
Christmas Cards Free Not Cheap Trash, But 10 Beauti ful Ones
An advertisement offers 10 free beautiful imported embossed Christmas post cards to readers of the Democrat with no advertising, requesting 4 cents in stamps for postage and listing Rochester New York as the address. The rest of the text is a jumble of local notices and short mentions of visits and travel across Missouri, Illinois, and nearby towns, naming several individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
South Missouri
Sountheast
Missouri
Howell, Co. Gazette
the Democrat
C. T. Johnstone
Rochester
N. Y
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December Farm Journal
Depew
St. Louis
Teddy
New York Sun
Col. Roosevelt
Carrollton
Booker
Booker T. Washington
T. R. Chillicothe Constitution
Billy
Macon Times-Democrat
Chauncey M. Depew
Platte Co
Landmark
Dockery
Alex M. Dockery
Livingston
Chillicothe
Couglx
Roosevelt
Annanias Club
Memphis
Taft
Hitchcock
Dickinson
Rock Port
Republican County
Worth Co
Lee Bell
Quincy
Bert Whitten
J. R. Leake
Hunnewell
H. C. Fuqua
Leonard Sparks
Shel‘bina
Carl Garner
M. D. L. Graham
Wm. Hamilton
Mary Kendrick
Roy McFarland
Lula Hays
Paris
Ray Handley
Fulton
Monroe
M. E. O'Daniel
Bernadeta
Anna, Larson
Hus
Caroline Larson
Mime
Noticr
Worth Co. Times
Hadley
Hopkins Journal
Schott Vineyard
Madden
John Roth
J. E. Poor and Wife
Springfield
Ill
Charles Schank
C. W. Settle
Madsen
Finday
Ennis Tooley of
Ely
J.J. Dimmitt
L. E. Emery
Hiss
Michigan
Spalding of Hume
the’ Miichf Monroe Frieuale
Laura Boulware
Lamar
Edna
Bouly
Ty ¢ Ware
Mesciames Vesper
Buell
Max& Smith
Miss Marian, Coulber
Momre
John McGlassom
Louisiana
Ne Leake
Huntiewell
Dr. Guilford
Thomas Montgomery
Mark Hawkins
James Whaley
Mary
Dr. Noland
Palmyra
Agnes Fitzpatrick
Mondey
Albert Buishk
Samuel Pollard
New York
George McClough
Hal Green
E. J. Dawson
Cameron City, Colo
L. A. Kelley
Silex
John Green
Charles Smith
Orville Brown
Strean & Soh's
Cc. F. Dierks
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