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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
2
In a city tense after a failed revolt, Martin and Christina plot escape from McGregor and the President. McGregor pressures for back money while the Signorina schemes, prompting a risky plan to flee on a steam launch to safety abroad.
The Signorina reveals inner conflict between love and money as she contemplates whether to stay with Jack or pursue an arranged marriage with General Whittingham. She confesses she once offered her money to the general, and hints at past entanglements and secrets shaping their current dilemma.
In Marion County Florida a land feud persists after a sinkhole swallowed a potato patch and revealed buried potatoes. Neighbors Harry Redding and Oliver Vance claim ownership of wandering crops, while locals recount years of skirmishes, legal talk, and failed mediation. The Denver Republic notes the tale as a regional oddity.
A chicken house door design allows ventilation without drafts by an upper opening shielded with a screen. The cut shows a half door opening with poultry netting and a tight boarded shutter to control airflow while keeping birds inside.
In stormy weather and at night thorough ventilation of the henhouse is essential since hens need fresh air as much as water. Modern henhouses are built tight, so ventilation must be provided through flues openings or the windows and doors.
The article notes a surge in silo use from 90 to about 500000 nationwide since 1888. It credits silos with enabling larger herds, doubling dairy and beef output, improving soil fertility, and lowering storage costs, especially in the corn belt. The silo is described as essential for modern farming.
Field and Farm discusses plowing sod when opportunity arises and weighs early versus late fall plowing. Early plowing in September or October may require disk ing before frost to prevent excessive grass and decay. If time and power permit, blue stem sod can be prepared by early plowing followed by disking, though late fall plowing saves labor with minimal buckling and slower regrowth.
The winter 1904 05 devastated quail numbers though last winter was milder except February and March. Quail are scarce from Massachusetts to Indiana, making restocking necessary. Over 100 000 quail have been captured in Alabama and the southwest for breeding and shipment north, yet the supply remains tight. The bird is a popular game species and expanding production to 100 000 annually is proposed.
Instructions describe selecting a wide spreading fork three inches diameter at the butt and three feet to each crotch. Use fork branches to create a three feet spread for leverage and windlass, stapling wire on top and driving a large nail beneath to hold. The method claims to wind up and staple, capable of stretching eighty rods at once.
Argentina leads with about 74.9 million sheep followed by Australia at 72.2 million and Russia at 53 million. The United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Cape Colony, and Natal report smaller herds as lamb and wool demand shapes growth.
The article explains a method for driving a water well in gravelly sub strata using a 1 1/4 inch pipe with an iron point and brass gauze. Sections of galvanized iron pipe are driven in with a sledge hammer, with pitcher pump tests to detect water, though the method is often unreliable in quicksand and may yield no water after twenty or thirty feet.
Nebraska experiment station shows rapidly growing peach trees gain wood and fruit bud hardiness when dried ground is used late summer to slow growth. Surviving winter rye damages orchards by drying soil too much in spring. crops killed by frost better as they stop drying soil and retain moisture after fall rains and winter snows.
A farm gate design using a main post A and post B four inches in diameter set on a stone D ten inches thick half in the ground. Holes bored 14 inches deep with hardwood wedges. A 2 inch plank E with a hole holds post F as a brace from B to C. Built to last and swing either way.
Experiments by Prof Lem stroem of Heleiizsfors find carrots yielded 80 percent more the first year and 90 percent more the second year when electrically treated. Potatoes grown with galvanic current via copper and zinc plates and insulated wires above vines show yields up to 60 to 100 percent higher. Some scientists attribute large harvests in Spitzbergen and Finland to aurora borealis effects.
The article stresses airtight joints to prevent air entry and spoilage of silage. It warns that weak walls may bulge, creating gaps between silage and wall leading to decay. It urges careful choice of location size form and construction method per local needs.
When snow covers the ground rabbits struggle for food and may girdle trees causing damage beyond a farmer's repair. The article suggests protecting trunks by smearing with blood or wrapping with tarred paper or mosquito netting two feet high.
A compact timeline lists major military actions and political milestones from 1428 siege of Orleans through 1905 events. It includes naval battles, coups, assassinations, independence declarations, and notable political shifts involving powers like Britain France Spain the United States Germany and Russia.
A village school in Macon county Missouri tests pupil self governance. Older pupils elect officers and use a phonograph to dictate problems while the teacher only records solutions. Pupils copied problems and worked them out, with the principal tabulating results. No student fell behind, and the plan will expand to other districts.
The first real hotel for homeless boys opens at 355 West Twenty seventh street New York City under Miss Mary Laidlaw Proudfoot niece of the late Mrs Laidlaw. Eight patrons start with six vacancies and many applications on file. The hotel is not a charity. each boy pays according to means for a private room and the public may contribute to the expense fund.
An eleven year old freshman, Norbert Weiner, joins Taft College as the youngest collegian in the country. He is the son of Leo Weiner, Harvard assistant professor of Slavic languages. The boy learned to read at age three and was reading Darwin and Huxley early.
Echoo Journal notes the new school medical inspection law in Massachusetts will cost about 250 dollars per 1000 residents in large cities, and 11 dollars per 1000 in smaller towns where doctors visit only on request. The law lets each city or town appoint school physicians, with expenses paid from local appropriations.
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