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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
5
The author argues appetite guides eating but should be tempered by reason and digestion knowledge. He links overeating to auto intoxication and disease, urges balanced diet, air, water, exercise, and mental health, and previews a future report on personal experiments.
A two year old marble industry in Marble Colorado transforms a deserted mining camp into a 1000 resident town. Quarries yield solid white statuary marble with vast supply and high quality, supporting major contracts in Ohio and Denver while predicting output growth to 10 000 cubic feet daily within ten years.
The Wisconsin University dairy herd, established 1898, records feed consumption and milk fat for about 40 cows of multiple breeds. The study details daily barn schedules, pasture transitions, feed types, and a table of each cow showing live weight, feed cost, milk and butter fat output, product value, and net profit, as 1908 data.
An essay contrasts primal savagery with polished society, arguing love can morph into jealousy and murder despite civilization’s veneer. It claims elites are not free from base emotions, especially men and women who treat life as a casual dance while underlying savagery persists.
The earliest U S west of the Missouri printing press arose at Santa Fe in the early 19th century with proclamations dated 1821. It predates El Crejuseculo Dawn, a Taos tract of 1895. The first English paper in New Mexico appeared in 1847 after Gen Kearny's occupation, the Santa Fe Republican and Santa Fe New Mexican.
A uptown party in Little Italy enjoyed local color at a restaurant on Hilzabeth and Mulberry streets. A quiet Italian stranger sang operatic pieces to wild applause, later revealed to be the renowned tenor Caruso. He bowed and left, admired by locals who later confirmed the singer’s identity.
A record raft of 7,000 logs was rafted into a wall 400 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 28 feet deep. It stretched about 60 miles if laid end to end, with ten feet protruding above water and eighteen feet submerged.
An 1890s dairy schedule details grain mixtures for cows, noting distillers grains and oats in early feedings and a prior standard mix of wheat bran corn meal and distillers grains at a 4 to 3 ratio with a 1 to 4.6 nutritive balance. It describes feeding by butter fat output, milk, or milk and fat, plus silage and hay quantities varying by cow capacity. It adds a price schedule for feeds and a few farm tips such as keeping corn knives sharp and trying whole wheat as a daily ration to boost production.
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