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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1905
Page
2
Montgomery and Rodwell plot a murder like insurance scam to silence Judith and Clara. They discuss faking Clara's death, burning a manor and shifting blame, while the two men scheme to shield their secrets and secure debted fortunes.
The Likiebatol atoll in the Marshall Islands has become a real shipyard. Native craftsmen, guided by a Portuguese settler and an American trader, now build 12 ton schooners from kavoe timber with riveted joints. Prices differ by wealth, a chief paying more than a poorer buyer.
Sally’s father bans her beau from the house in Kansas. Her friend questions the need to give him up, but she reveals she still entertains him in the cyclone cellar. A quip on virtue ends with Hare’s reflection on courage and appearance.
An Illinois farmer patents an automatic poultry feeder shown in a diagram. A hopper with a pivoting diaphragm discharges at set times via a clock driven electromagnet and latch arm, enabling prearranged feeding for daybreak. The piece argues for efficient, warm, well-ventilated livestock farming over costly, exposure-heavy methods.
Simple farm implement guide from Farm and Home describes building a serviceable plow with a beam, handles, uprights from wagon tire, and a sharpened front edge. Two-horse use breaks hard sod. lighter single-horse version needs one upright and simpler clamps.
Observers who hatch both duck and hen eggs in incubators report lower hatch success with duck eggs. Moisture is likely a key factor as duck eggs need more moisture, and many ducklings die in shells. Despite this, incubators still produce enough hatchlings to justify use, though precise requirements remain unclear. Distinct note: ducks resemble fish in kinship and bring moisture to nests, yet their early vulnerability persists.
Advice on managing a horse's pace to protect the animal. Riding strategies warn against constant trotting, recommending level work and controlled effort on upgrades. Splitting trot into a run on hills engages different muscles, reducing shoulder strain and knee stress for longer, more sustainable effort.
The passage urges continuous growth in calves colts and pigs from winter quarters to spring. It stresses no cessation of growth during the season and underscores steady development of young stock through the period.
An Indianapolis News note argues all livestock need regular clean water. Experiments show sheep pigs and poultry yield 20 percent more and fewer stomach diseases when watered consistently. Troughs are kept for drinking and removed afterward to prevent contamination.
Handling sap requires keeping dirt out and boiling soon after it runs. A dark product is undesirable and quick clean work yields a clear light shade. Maple sugar sells when farm output is low and other tasks slow. Modern methods and utensils make sugar making profitable and worthwhile.
A remark from American Cultivator warns that relying on purchased fertilizers while neglecting farm practices harms long term soil health and future crops. The stance emphasizes sustainable soil management over dependence on external inputs.
A. D. Appletree Barnes of Wisconsin reports a 7000 bushel apple crop and, after careful sorting and handling, sold the yield for $1215. He touts systematic sorting as the key to profitability.
When the colt grows, the hooves should be locked occasionally to check if trimming is needed.
Advice notes emphasize that cheap food harms quality and flock health. It recommends quality feed, grit under cover for winter, ample nests, and separating cockerels and pullets until egg saving for hatch begins.
One hundred years ago a French reform ended pull dating amusement. Aaron Burr began a journey to Louisiana and Blennerhassett Island. Nine American seamen were freed from a British brig in New York harbor. Britain debated a US commercial treaty in Parliament. Two hundred fifty letters of marque were issued to privateers at Spanish ports. Congress ordered clearance of armed merchant vessels.
The item recalls seven US navy yards and reports on American Indemnity settlements with Denmark. It mentions a prize fight death in Manchester, Turkey paying 800000 in indemnity to Russian subjects, steam navigation starting in the Mediterranean with Venice to Genoa, and a peace at Buenos Aires among Buenos Ayres Santa Fe Entre Rios and Corrientes.
The State prison at Nashville Tennessee burned causing closure of the facility. Twenty three people perished in the fire that swept the steamer Bulletin on the Mississippi near Vicksburg. Castile Garden New York becomes an emigrant depot. Twelve men arrested in Philadelphia for enlistment in foreign service.
Reports from Mobile Bay via Cairo describe a Union monitor attack on Mobile. In Kentucky a bank heist yields $45000 as three men escape. Fort Stedman changes hands with 2700 prisoners. A North Carolina legislator says the body will swear allegiance and ratify the abolition amendment.
Gen Spinner to be succeeded as National Treasurer by John C New of Indianapolis. Kossuth loses Hungarian diet seat. Cook County Commissioners hire architects for a courthouse decaying. Ohio Senate approves ban on railroad officials or employees from involvement with fast freight transportation companies.
The Reichstag adopted a measure subsidizing steam ship companies. Chicago real estate men predicted falling rents as flats grew unpopular. France faced panic over reports of Chinese victories against French troops. News of the first bloodshed in Louis Riel’s rebellion reached Ottawa. A fast freight train service between Chicago and New England was inaugurated.
In Chicago the temperature held at 76 degrees and climbed to 90 in parts of Illinois. Li Hung Chang the Chinese peace envoy to Japan was shot in the face and seriously wounded by a Japanese marksman at GhiminosekL.
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