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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
2
The narrator confronts Judith and John Rodwell over a tangled plot of money, power, and revenge. Clara remains in peril as the conspirators scheme, while the narrator and Clara secretly reunite briefly, risking discovery by the implacable adversary.
A narrator recalls being trapped after a drive to a large house where a kind servant keeps her from leaving. Clara explains her cousin John Rodwell, once favored heir, plots against her through a new will. The story reveals a frightened heiress to a fortune and a threatening family dynamic.
A Texas woman describes a practical chicken house built from 1x12 boards with three ventilated sides a latticed front and outside nesting boxes. Roosts hang on heavy wire and vermin are kept out with tins holding machine balls.
Alfred James of the University of Virginia visited a friend in Baltimore County. In the barn the cow sniffed at smoke as James joked and watched, but farmhand and host interrupted when the cow refused to yield milk. The incident notes humor and a morning without cream at breakfast.
Eggs should be gathered daily in summer and more often in winter unless the coop is warm enough to prevent freezing. Use a basket with the small end down, then pack in boxes with cardboard separators to keep yolk from settling and air from touching the shell. When prices are high, selling eggs is wiser than raising chickens, though raising is profitable when prices fall. Prolific layers include the Black Spanish, Leghorns, Poland, Hamburg, Creve Coeur and La Fleche.
The article explains cleft grafting as a standard method for renewing orchard trees by removing the old top over several years and growing a new one. It notes the best time is when the leaves are just pushing out to ensure successful union.
The text explains that graft wounds heal quickly but large projects may require starting one to two months earlier and continuing several weeks past the ideal time. It notes the complete cleft grafting process is illustrated in the accompanying figure.
J. J. Blackwell warns that hogs on an acre can skin trees or tear a pigpen for wool like sheep. He advises giving hogs room and some corn to keep them from destroying enclosures or walls, noting lime can deter digging.
The guide describes training a colt by first riding it a few times then loosening the reins and using a strong but soft rope. A twenty foot long rope is tied to hobble the horse’s front legs to teach standing and restraint.
A barn closet stocked with witch hazel vaseline and muslin was used after a horse bruised its eye and a calf suffered a raw eczema. Witch hazel helped reduce swelling with daily applications while a flour of sulfur batter mixed with carbolated vaseline healed the calf. The note urges keeping such a closet with hazel vaseline and muslin handy.
The bowline is a highly useful knot favored by sailors for its security and ease of tying. The illustrated guide shows laying out the parts, crossing b over a, then bringing the end up and through to form the loop.
A historic note describes a secure loop knot that does not slip when properly tied. Carrying b around and through the loop prevents slippage, making it useful for emergencies. Four men can hoist someone safely, and farmers can use it to lead animals without choking, even under resistance.
A farmer swindled by a fruit tree agent greets a law from the last General Assembly setting fines from fifty to five hundred dollars for fruit tree fraud. The bill linked to Representative Shively of South Bend involved Notre Dame University trees not as represented and originally carried a year in prison before that clause was removed.
Sheep are more economical meat producers than steers and should be kept as even as possible. Breeding ewes should be two years old, with higher profits from wool, mutton, and lamb when all contribute. Use caustic foot rot medicine, keep parasites down, and grade sheep into even lots for public sales to improve returns.
Gathered in the Garden offers advice on pruning plum and cherry trees, when to trim cherry trees, best times to bleed grapevines, using bone meal and ashes for peas, and how cold frames help lettuce and cabbage. It notes currants yield high crops per area.
A sketch of early century European maneuvering notes Sweden yielding to Prussia over a subsidy, Lübeck besieged by French forces to block English trade, Amsterdam host to eighteen American vessels, and France shaping policy with pensions for Santo Domingo emigrants. France sends troops to The Hague and Santo Domingo to quell uprisings while Portugal, aided by England, accepts French neutrality terms.
Fragmented report notes Yucatan proclaims independence. Other items claim law bans on Boston common grazing, Sioux defeat of Sac and Fox near Dubuque, first light at Blackrock Lighthouse in Liverpool, boundary plans between Louisiana and Arkansas, Kentucky petroleum with medicinal sales, and Georgia gold reaching the U.S. Mint.
The item notes Don Carlos being housed at Triest, Niagara Bridge completion, Illinois establishing a free public school system, Atlantic and St Lawrence RR lease to Grand Trunk for 999 years, Nassau Hall at Princeton burned in 1756, fatal floor collapse at Meredith New Hampshire, and Vienna plenipotentiaries exchanging powers toward Russo Turkish peace terms.
The text notes a gold panic pulling quotations from 175 to 189 to 220, with three days of decline. Quebec Parliament backs confederation. News of Sheridan and Sherman boosts gold. The Confederate Congress authorizes arming black soldiers. Richmond papers report a Davis and Stephens ouster plot. Lincoln orders arrest of Confederate traders as prisoners of war.
A summary of varied items notes that the Hawaiian treaty faced Senate opposition from sugar interests. A Vatican consistory made Archbishop McCloskey of New York a cardinal. France passed a military reorganization bill after constitutional adoption. A tornado struck Rienzi Mississippi. Northwest river bottoms flooded. The Mordaunt divorce case in England caused a sensation with Lady Mordaunt found guilty.
Sedalia and other Missouri towns saw militia mobilized to quell riots linked to the abroad strike against the Gould system. London papers noted strained England Rosala relations over Afghan frontier actions. President Cleveland barred the boomers from Oklahoma by proclamation. Pittsburg coal miners increase wage demand as ten thousand of twelve thousand go on strike. Powers set conference in Paris on Suez canal status.
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