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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1905
Page
6
Pauline Malling contemplates marriage offers while plotting to uncover a mysterious rival in the Kensington Museum, as Captain Pelling shelters Ethel from emotional distress and hints at a troubled past and future entanglements.
Ethel speaks aloud alone vowing not to delay her copy as her resolve wanes. She endures a headache and uses a basin of water and hat to shield her eyes while proceeding to the museum to copy diligently.
Ethel admires a richly furnished chamber with green walls Persian rug and gold touches. Mrs Crichton explains Captain Pelling’s curio collection and strict care rules as tea and quiet promise later. The scene contrasts London street noise with the serene interior.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt shows Farmer Foddershucks complaining about queer folks in the city and a store clerk reacting to a five dollar bill with shouting cash. A crowd of children gathers as he recounts paying for an item for Mandy.
In Cleveland, Maybelle recounts a quarrel between Maybelle Clarance and Jack over her presence. She says they waved pistols at each other but were sober and not loading them. Estelle finds the episode exciting yet alarming.
Fully Qualified Graspit voices anger about money and warns of bankruptcy. Mrs. Graspit responds calmly noting that life will be better than for poor women without experience in such matters.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption recalls a worker refusing a $5,000 a year job as too generous for creditors who would seize it. The line exposes labor tone and debt pressures in a period context.
A stranger asks about the verdict of a horse thief trial and the innkeeper answers that the defendant was left in suspense, implying an unresolved or hung jury outcome in a desert town setting. The exchange presents a laconic, Western courtroom mood with a hint of lingering doubt.
In the courtroom the judge asks if the prisoner has anything to offer before sentence. The prisoner replies he has nothing and states that his lawyer took the $13 he possessed.
Dialogue shows Edna and Ida joking about Mabel disappearing after an automobile gift. Edna wonders if Mabel will miss her friends, Ida quips that crossing the street might keep them apart.
G C Schneider of Ava Missouri describes a fence making device using 2x4s holes wires and weights to twist wire between pickets. He also provides a home made outside paint recipe using skim milk lime linseed oil white Burgundy pitch Spanish white and color additives.
Farmers' Tribune notes silage costs vary from about $1 to $1.50 per ton. Sam Schilling of Northfield Minn records 16 acres yielding 200 tons at a total cost of 285 dollars, or about 1 per ton, with 12.5 tons per acre. Even at $1.50, silage remains a cheap feed, though hauling distance affected costs.
A brief note describes a cheap two inch by ten foot plank loader with cleats and a wider cleat on one end. Tied ropes attach the rack to a wagon to create a stepladder allowing one man to load corn fodder efficiently, reducing time and effort.
The spring drive aims to cultivate vast unirrigated lands aided by government and other irrigation programs. A broader plan begins to utilize farm lands without water, a movement of historic scale in the country’s agricultural development.
The text advises delaying mulch around tree and shrub bases until ground freezes to avoid stimulating tender growth that cold weather can kill. It recommends using earth first, layered several inches thick around the trunk for three feet, then adding coarse manure later if needed for added protection.
W D Watkins of Athens Ohio describes a grindstone driven by bicycle gears. Remove sprockets and chain from an old binder remove the gear so the stone turns two revolutions per crank turn. The setup promises rapid grinding of any material with great speed.
Farmers report feeding swine whole corn on the cob until hard, then shelling or soaking, while grinding all other grains. They keep pigs busy with corn stalks sod squares and vegetables, provide pure water twice daily, and say the pigs thrive without slowing fat gain.
Cottonseed meal carries about 6.8 percent nitrogen 29 percent phosphoric acid and 1.8 percent potash. Valued at roughly 29 dollars per ton as a fertilizer by New England stations in 1905 but is often more economical as stock feed to produce manure that returns most nitrogen phosphorus and potash to the land.
Missouri station tests show hogs fed on corn and oil meal eat more, gain weight faster, and do so cheaper than other rations. The balanced ratio of corn and oil meal proved most efficient and profitable with superior pork quality and strong fat growth. One pound oil meal replaced 2.85 to 7.1 pounds of corn depending on accompanying corn amount.
The president’s message calls for federal control of railway rates, bribery prevention in elections, and insurance regulation. It notes ships of graft and open-door policy in Asia, with emphasis on safeguarding ballots from ward influence and extending federal oversight.
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