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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
6
Silas Carston endures manipulation and threats from Judith Porter as she exerts overpowering control over him. He becomes increasingly haunted, physically declined, and morally bound, while Mr Porter tightens his hold and the town observers judge their fragile alliance.
The narrator recalls a hazy nocturnal dream set in a childhood room. He sees a pale child at the window and a perilous descent from a moonlit height, as a red staring eye in a pear tree branch fixes on him with unnatural focus.
A man posing as a flower doctor travels streets displaying house plants and offers to treat faded specimens. He examines plants and makes minor fixes, charging 10 to 15 cents per visit, sometimes treating up to twenty lots daily to earn lodging and a meal.
Young Fairbanks saved 41 by age 16 then joined Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware Ohio. He earned 1.25 a day carpentry on Saturdays and borrowed trousers after a spill, sending for his mother to sew new ones. He worked through college and harvests, graduating from the law course and later admitted to the Ohio Supreme Court at 22.
A fragmentary quip compares Korea and Panama recognition after the war. A Woman's Home Companion line notes that Panama may struggle to recognize Korea postwar while a man’s pride is described as hidden in civility.
The text advises on windproof but well ventilated sheep housing, daily exercise, ample water, and sunlit, attached sheds. It emphasizes dry, comfortable quarters, avoid overfeeding roughage, and using sheds to shield from wind while allowing sun exposure for health. It also notes efficient feeding up to six to eight months for pork, and that younger animals convert food better.
The article argues profits in raising light weight pigs from surplus dairy milk rather than selling milk by products. It notes demand for 100 to 125 pound pigs, low feeding costs with some grain, and higher per pound prices near large markets. If dairy farmers test costs versus milk by products, raising pigs appears favorable.
An Ohio man, Jacob W. Lafferty of Mechanicsburg, patents a novel leveling machine. The device rests on two sled like runners with a triangular leveler, a driver accessible lever, and a front cross bar, designed to lift and distribute dirt evenly for field leveling.
American experiment stations push for carriage horses bred from trotters. Colorado station starts selecting and mating to produce a heavier, more symmetrical horse with staying power and speed. The program aims to create a strictly American horse, a multi-year effort inspired by prior livestock successes.
A Birmingham Daily Mail paragraph reports Dr. Quesneville's experiments suggesting a hidden deception in milk adulteration. He shows fat deficiency can be masked by adding foreign greasy matter that dissolves in milk without altering natural fat, revealing substances like pork drippings and coconut butter in samples.
Franklin Rogers describes an ice house 16 by 20 feet with 14 foot studs holding about 100 tons of ice. It slopes the floor to a central drain and uses a lead waste pipe to the dairy room where a 16 by 8 foot area contains a 16 foot trough and 4 gallon cans. Temperature is kept 45 to 50 degrees with waste water, rarely needing ice.
Practical notes warn against keeping layers beyond two years and against excessive fatness which lowers egg production. Emphasizes breeding from robust laying stock, proper bone nutrition, level roosts, fresh eggs with rough shells, and varied grain. Improves eggs by light immersion in water before hatching and stresses range feeding over artificial supplements.
Early war developments include Havana port opened to American vessels, London stocks up 3 4 percent on peace overtures, Sweden and Prussia restrict corn exports, Gibraltar siege plan approved, Bonaparte allows papal invitation to re oath bishops, Mexican governor seeks Spanish aid, English ships seize a Spanish vessel with 200000 and indigo cargo.
A set of brief historical notes mentions Prussia cutting wine duties in half due to scarce vintages, General Bolivar calling a Colombian constituent congress in Bogota, Charlies Barbier inventing raised printing for the blind, the Philistines label used by German Liberals, Methodism spreading in Germany, General Guerrero resigning Mexico's presidency, and Bustamante stabilizing the new Mexican government after assuming power.
The French Chamber passes a loan act for 500 million francs. Brooklyn and Willamsburg New York merge into a single city government. A presidential veto on the river and harbor bill is explained in Congress. General Castilla defeats Echenique and enters Lima triumphantly. Admiral Fanshawe works to curb Cuba slave trade. Prussia opens its coasting trade to England.
Forty years ago the Juarez government of Mexico offered a large bounty to volunteers from other countries who would enter its service. Hood, forced to evac uate Decatur Alabama by General Stedman, was pressed on his retreat. Chicago citizens form a committee of thirty to devise ways to cleanse the Chicago river. Court martial trials of several Chicago treason suspects begin in Cincinnati.
A collection of 1911 era briefs notes Garibaldi refused pension due to Italy's weak finances. Other items include coal strike threats after a Hazleton wage conference, Illinois Central not renewing passes, Sheridan taking command in the Gulf to quell Louisiana unrest, and Spain naming Alphonso XII king. Earthquakes hit several regions and a Pittsburgh paper quotes Carnegie supporting socialism. Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph tolls begin a sweeping increase.
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