Potatoes Prove Useful In Hog Feeding Experiments
Hog shippers in the Portland area report feeding potatoes instead of wheat and corn, with several trials showing gains similar to or better than grain. Experiments from Copenhagen Station and Henry at Wisconsin Station indicate potatoes can replace significant amounts of corn meal when cooked, reducing overall grain use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Union
Melvis Payne
Tikura
Ida
Idaho
Ford
Copenhagen
Henry
Wisconsin Station
Farmers’ Bulletin No
Portland Market Report Highlights Strong Cattle Run
Week receipts show cattle 1776 calves 131 hogs 1685 sheep 1283 horses 24. Cattle top 8.25 to 8.50 for best steers with some 6.50 to 7.50 on good ones. Dehorned cows and heifers 6.50 to 6.75, horned 6.25 to 6.40. Bulls 4.00 to 4.50, veal calves 8.75 to 9.00. Hog market weak with top 9.60 on one load, most 9.10 to 9.25. Sheep steady. Representative sales: 45 steers at 8.50, 30 at 8.25, 62 at 7.50, 73 at 6.50.
Livestock Auction Prices and Totals
The record lists multiple animal lots with counts and prices: 2 calves at 9.00, 135 calves at 8.75, 2 bulls at 5.75, 3 stags at 5.00, 22 cows at 7.75, 27 cows at 6.75, 50 cows at 6.50, 45 cows at 6.00, 385 hogs at 9.75, 87 hogs at 9.60, 103 hogs at 9.50, 113 hogs at 9.20, 251 ewes at 4.00.
Social Roundup Officers and Guests From Portland
Mr and Mrs John W Smith entertain Dr and Mrs Calbreath and the Misses Calbreath of Portland and Miss Coontz of Chehalis Washington Mrs W G Worden has gone to the coast H L Amoth and Lewis Amoth went to McMinnville on Tuesday Mrs Shervin and two children visiting in the valley for several months leave Saturday for their home in Montana Mrs Coontz visiting with her daughter Mrs J K Smith returned to Chehalis Washington on Tuesday Mrs Smith and Miss Margaret Smith accompanied her to Portland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Smith
Calbreath
Portland
Coontz
Chehalis
Wash
W. G. Worden
H. L. Amoth
Lewis Amoth
McMinnville
Marriage Licenses Reported For Esther Wallen and Sylvia Frank
Esther M Wallen aged 20 wed Walter Eugene Guyer 21. Sylvia Frank aged 17 married John Aaron Johnson 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther M. Wallen
Walter Eugene Guyer
Sylvia Frank
John Aaron Johnson
Lazy Man's Paradise in Madagascar Islands Sale
An exchage blurb extols Madagascar island life promising 25 workdays yearly, abundant land and luxuries at no price. It touts 16 000 islands with 600 inhabited, fruit, tobacco and coffee, fat-tailed livestock, and carefree living, urging readers to seek a life free from city labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieland
Madagascar
Englis
Islands
Sighing and Yawning
Sighing is a prolonged inhalation after a long pause following exhalation and may relate to gastric pressure. A yawn is an involuntary throat and tongue muscle opening, often imitated by others and not fully explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New, York World
Darby and Joan Style Tragedy Told By Suffolk Visitor
A Suffolk woman visits an elderly couple, Darby and Joan, and finds the husband dead. The widow explains he died while in the way of the oven, a grim, ironic twist in a short rural tale from Pearson's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Darby
Joan
Pearson’s Weekly
Minister Loses Overcoat on River Road
A country minister riding to church misplaced his fine overcoat, silk lined and dew scented, and announced the loss from the pulpit. A voice from the back claimed it was found and offered to return it, humorously blaming the river and a mistaken seeker before denying responsibility.
Gibraltar rock to rock candy in confection trade
A confectioner explains that Gibraltar rock was the original name for what is now called rock candy. Early writers describe jars of fragments and bits of the fortress used as a metaphor, and by 1848 price lists show Gibraltar rock as the trade name before the shift to rock candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar Rock
Hawthorne
House of the Seven Gables
Gibraltar
Oaepres
Hopkins the Witch Finder
The article recalls Hopkins the witch finder once employed by English officials to locate witches. It notes towns like Newcastle sending for him from Scotland and paying for his services. His method involved pricking suspects with pins and led to executions. Hopkins himself was later executed as a wizard after a harsh trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Newcastle
Scotland
Brigands Arrest Plot at Italian Ball Targets Sum mi
At Baron Remondini’s ball in San Vito Italy six men posing as detectives entered the ballroom to seize Alberto Summi a known brigand They announced a raid and seized guests valuables valued over 3000 dollars before escaping with the loot The masquerade involved the band tied to the chief they claimed to arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Remondini
San Vito
Italy
Alberto Summi
Elizabeth I and the Excellent Wash of Ale
A London Chronicle account describes Queen Elizabeth I demanding strong ale wherever she went. A letter from Hatfield to Lord Burleigh notes no good drink at the Earl of Leicester’s house and requests London and Kenilworth ale. The queen’s own beer is said to be so strong no man could drink it, with a breakfast quart lifting her spirits for daily work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Bess
Earl of Leicester
Hatfield
Lord Burleigh
London
Kenilworth
London Chronicle
Aim and accuracy as human traits in real aiming
Anthropologists note that real aiming is a human characteristic not shared by apes. While baboons show some skill, they rarely demonstrate true marksman accuracy in judging direction and distance.
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W. W. Hollingsworth & Son
Portland Market Report
Emma B
Dawson
Virto van Walters
Hurley & Large
Newberg
Flora Dielschneider Et Virto
Leonard
Daniels
Sheridan
Joseph N Miller
Kenneth Miller
C C Snow
A T Moore
D T Noonan
John K Fleck
Fisk’s
Ferdinand G Olsen
Wm & Anna M Tyndall South
Deskin
Summers
Alfred J James
Sim Cormack
A Bennett
Mary Simms
Robert T & Almeda
Ielands
St. Louis Republic
Rock Candy
United States National Bank
Sheet Metal Works
Fliat Street
F. H. Griffith
Oregonian
Graphic
M. H. Pinney
N. Main St
Newberg, Ore
The
Newberg Transfer Co
Zumwalt’s
the Graphic Office
E. H. Woodward
Newberg, Oregon
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