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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1895
Page
9
The preacher extols the Taj Mahal as a culminating symbol of human grandiosity and beauty, contrasts it with Elephanta Caves carvings, and reflects on idols, religion, and the quest for faith. He links Indian religious history with Christian mission, praising missions and martyrs in India.
The cabinet of Spain will not interfere further with Madrid's Protestant church after the Dublin archbishop's consecration caused a crisis. Liberal views prevailed in the cortes as the justice minister affirmed respect for liberty of conscience and divine worship, promising protection from civil authorities for the Protestant element.
The Philadelphia Record profiles Frank Deschamps, a 70 plus year old inventor living alone at 600 Marshall Street. He gained early fame with an artificial leg model created as a boy apprentice, patented by his master and profitable. Deschamps remains active, cooking, housekeeping, and pursuing new contrivances with youthful vigor.
The article describes the evolution of dairy and poultry instruction from lectures to specialized lab work, noting early efforts like Cornell building a dairy facility in 1886 and Wisconsin establishing the first practical dairy school. It highlights the rise of dairymen associations, past milk handling debates, and Pennsylvania State College’s new milk and cream pasteurization and dairy bacteriology course opening January 2 for six to twelve weeks, with enrollment via faculty approval.
A Poultry Keeper writer hails fresh market bones as prime poultry food. Fresh daily bone cuts provide nitrogen for new quills feathers and flesh, boosting egg yield and flock vigor during moulting. Using a bone cutter combines meat gristle oil and bone, offering cost effective nutrition and improved egg interior.
An English paper notes experiments on whether hens lay better without cockerels. Eight pullets without a male produced about 30 percent fewer eggs than a similar pen with a cockerel. Over eight months total yields were similar, though pullets without males began laying earlier. Feather eating appeared after extended feeding on a constant, nitrogen‑deficient ration.
A Canarsie clam farmer and his 250 pound wife aboard a Brooklyn night train amuse fellow riders with a comic exchange over ten cents and a dollar. The couple’s lively remarks and the ensuing fuss at the toll box drew laughter as the train neared New York City.
A reader describes a 10 by 20 foot poultry house built with matched pine, with specific studding, rafters, and a shingle roof. Improvements include perches, nest boxes, removable boards, straw insulation, and a system to keep thirty to thirty five chickens for winter layers. Plymouth Rocks are preferred. Feeding includes wheat, roasted corn, and spare milk, yielding winter eggs with past records of fifty dozen eggs sold from November to March at 20 to 33 cents per dozen.
An examination of terminal growth this year indicates the smallest growth in years, yet bearing orchards show more visible fruit buds than in 1880 and 1881. After surviving many dangers, the trees may yield an unusually large apple crop in 1895, aided by refreshing rains that revived soil conditions.
A London Truth piece argues a notable share of men and women cheat at games of pure chance, using small advantages of 2 percent or less to profit. It illustrates baccarat with £10 stakes per coup, suggesting £300 per hour exposure and potential £1,200 annual revenue from cards for frequent players.
A New Orleans Picayune quote recalls a naval bear named Wineska kept aboard a Revenue service ship in Alaska. The animal climbed rigging, swam to the yardarm, and stole sugar and butter from lockers. Friendly and mischievous, he sought messes of grog and bonded with crew, even boarding a native boat.
A Richmond Democrat story claims a hunter loaded, fired, and failed to hit any ducks. After the puff of smoke, ducks dived, and he then lit a cigar and rowed to drown the flock in the lake, a tale cited from American Field with comic bravado.
The Kailies or negroes of South Africa reputedly receive unusual baptismal names at arrival by their first employer. The native register shows entries with names like Shilling, Dollar, January, You, Heil, Bla and slogans such as Two For Sixpence.
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