Molasses as feed gains support from French experiments
European agriculturists push molasses as a versatile cattle food after trials by chemist M Decrombecque and veterinarian M Mannechez at Arras, with others like Dickson and Malpeaux confirming weight gain, richer milk, and easier acceptance by animals though caution advised on overuse. The report notes other animal facts and a 1900 US agricultural census.
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Europe
M. Decrombecque
M. Mannechez
M. Albert Vilcoq
New Jersey
Germany
L’apiculteur
Department of Agriculture
Sugar Duty Repeal Demanded by Farmer Voice
A regional farmer speaker argues against the raw sugar tariff aiding beet producers. He notes many farmers grow little beets, questions the tax's fairness, and urges Congress to repeal the duty to lower sugar prices. He emphasizes cheaper sugar benefits all, especially the poor, and vows future lobbying to end the tax.
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Sam
Influence of Blood and Breeding in Polled Durham Line
A discussion on heredity in stock breeding notes that transmission of traits can help or hinder breeders. It cites H I Price and describes how polled traits were created from mixed stock, using pure bred shorthorns and hornless calves to develop a line of polled cattle with hundreds of descendants today.
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I'rice
National Stockman
Durham
Lorain County
Cattle Thrive Eating Elm Leaves In Drought
Robert M Graves of southern Macon county Missouri fed twenty head of cattle by chopping down elm trees for food during the drought. The cattle ate the leaves and tender branches and survived for over a month. When rains returned the stock were in better condition than earlier in the season according to Rural World.
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Robert M. Graves
Macon County
Bankruptcy Law Lets Debtors Beat Creditors
A Chicago Post item notes that the new bankruptcy law allows a person to beat creditors without hiring a lawyer. The casual caller and the lawyer discuss the law's relevance to business. The Philadelphia Record quip about gifted brides contrasts with a minister and tea.
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Rele
Chicago Post
Use and misprints spark a Salvation Army note
A Salvation Army captain notes a regular attendee missing meetings due to a cold and a running nose. The correspondent letters back that spiritual trouble is not the cause, just a nasal ailment. Nearby, a major railroad shifts to oil for locomotives while touting Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as proven for dyspepsia and related issues.
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Salvation Army
N. Y
Hostetter
Can He Cook Says Restaurant Proprietor In Mock Exchange
A pithy exchange in the Chicago Tribune quips about a man who could allegedly make four sub pies from one old pigeon. The caller defends a friend’s claim while the proprietor questions the cook’s skill.
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Chicago Tribune
St Jacobs Oil Cures Chest Ailments and Pleurisy Claims
The advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil for chest colds bronchitis croup and pleurisy claiming outward use penetrates to the root cause and loosens adhesions aiding free expectoration. It touts superiority for croup whooping cough rheumatic and other pains and asserts the product is safe non greasy and universally available worldwide.
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St. Jacobs Oil
St. Jacobs
A Matter of Effect Pauline How would you differentiate wit and humor
The Detroit Free Press quotes Imeline saying humor makes us laugh while wit makes us feel we are expected to laugh. The exchange contrasts playful amusement with a sense of social expectation in humor and wit.
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Pauline
Imeline
Detroit Free Press
Travel safe on Lackawanna Limited travel tale
A humorous note extols Lackawanna Limited service with claims of no soil on a white vest and comfortable travel for women thanks to coal only powering the train. Also touts Nickel Plate Road rates and amenities, plus a string of light anecdotes and a Cascarets health ad end.
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Lackawanna
New York
Buffalo
West
Lackawanna Limited
Nickel Plate Road
Atlantic
Pacific
Sized Him Up Town Topics
A brief Baltimore American column quotes a reformer and a heckler in a crowded speech. The reformer proclaims deeds define a man while a rude attendee forecasts a gas works. The piece quips about a self possessed girl yielding dignity when courted.
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Baltimore American
Opportunity Knocks Once For Any Man Says Brooklyn Life
A Brooklyn Life editorial notes that opportunity need not knock repeatedly at a man’s door and that regardless of how many chances one discovers, someone will be found. The remark emphasizes persistence and the inevitability of finding opportunity through effort.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Liltie Decenkolen
Brooklyn
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