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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1897
Page
4
A collection of health and farming notes discusses objections to dehorning cattle with claims of reduced weight and welfare. It also describes summer henhouse sanitation using smoke and sulfur to kill lice, and offers salting of hay and butter making techniques with step by step guidance.
Change Visitor explains profitable corn farming methods. Fall plowing with green sword residue, barnyard manure, thorough harrowing, marking and using super phosphate. This routine yields 125 to 150 baskets per acre and follows with oats for a second year.
A reader argues machinery will replace multiple laborers and improve efficiency. The piece compares Eastern and Western farms, noting lacking shelter for equipment and shorter working lives. It cautions against improper buttermaking practices and urges stopping churn early to avoid wasteful results.
The article suggests mixing a small amount of sifted oats into water to prevent exhaustion from hot work. It claims oatmeal provides nourishment and easy digestion, notes horses were fed this way during hay harvest, and argues oatmeal with water is stronger than lemon water or beef tea as a restorative drink.
The piece defends a self supporting farm where home consumption covers basic needs and fertility is maintained locally. It suggests trading surplus crops like potatoes for corn, arguing market exchange can benefit farmers given current prices and fodder reserves. The author cites N. E. Farmer as the source of the idea.
Practical notes on plum curculio destruction using sudden jar methods, coopting fowls under trees, and white sheets for insect visibility. Cow drying times before calving and dairy trait notes follow, with farm labor guidance for corn and potato cultivation, fence durability in sandy soils, weed control methods, and cucumber pickling advice for July sowing.
The Chicago market shows a July wheat advance of 5 cents with a pullback to selling as traders expect new harvest movement. Analysts foresee higher average prices over the next twelve months as American wheat remains strong and world supply tight, while government figures on production appear unreliable.
Electric heating devices are expanding across shoemaking, silk finishing, leather work, and torch making. About 14 000 electric car heaters were installed in the past year and a half. Heaters are used in glue pots, pianos, clothing houses, and state asylums, with radiators offering convenient room heating and quick on off action. Coiling irons are popular with hundreds ordered for New York hotels and Boston hotels, plus liners on transatlantic steamers.
The text warns against overstimulation of kidneys and praises Hostetter's Bitters for renal inactivity. It mentions risks to delicate membranes from exotics and lists ailments claimed to be aided. It also describes a new ink feeder device with a reservoir and conical bottom for precise marking.
A dubious artifact promises a cure for drunkenness called Anti dag that supposedly makes alcohol tasteless. It urges secrecy and offers mailing details from New York and a prepaid package. The note also oddly references Jupiter’s distance and year length.
A 100 dollar reward offer for an incurable catarrh case highlights Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The ad boasts testimonials and wholesale endorsements from West Turax Walbina and Manvin while noting price per bottle and druggist availability.
A young woman discusses menstrual irregularity and its link to disease. She cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as helping her regain health after chronic tiredness pains and weight gain. The testimonial notes improved wellbeing after using the remedies.
A Washington Star retells a telegraph operator's long forgotten experience linked to the Charlie Ross kidnapping. He describes a Red Dirt mining town, a midnight warning from an accused kidnapper, a cut wire, bloodstains, and the failed relay to the main line, with authorities delayed by a drunken operator.
The article discusses warehouse fires and explosive backdrafts caused by smoldering stock in closed buildings. It cites New York incidents in West Thirty-ninth Street and a large flour warehouse, where air entering through broken doors triggered explosions. Additional notes describe Greek lodging practices and peculiar room arrangements.
A terse exchange in the Indianapolis Journal records a consoling remark where a woman asks if she is the first woman the speaker has loved. He responds that she will be the last aboard the lingering miliness of the attack, implying a grim fate.
A large ad promises a monthly sweep in Schilling s Best tea with a single guess per yellow ticket. It mentions Neapolitan cruelty concerns and notes Naples SPCA efforts including thousands of cart seizures, load reductions, and many cruelty convictions. Lord Kelvin is cited on earth age.
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