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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1891
Page
4
A Jamaica farmer cites a widow and her children earning 20 to 25 dollars weekly at piecework during the busy season. The piecework routine, field tasks, and rural women’s work across New York and New Jersey reflect a shift toward truck farming while urban areas see fewer women in extended farm labor.
H. Galen Wilson argues sheep sheep income can exceed dairy returns. He cites a farm with twenty cows and ten sheep producing $7.50 per sheep equivalent to $30 per cow. He notes wool sales, lamb values, and higher labor relief for households, urging more sheep and fewer cows in New York dairies.
Hog care notes urge balanced feeding for sows and pigs, warning against excessive grain and sudden dietary changes. A winter clover store and overhead feed bunk improve management. avoid feeding before slaughter to prevent sour meat. Western Rural laments adulterated American cheese and calls for domestic production.
A.W. Colson of Predell county North Carolina sends a sketch and description of a cast iron trough with a curved bottom to heat and soak wheel felloes with oil. The device, not patented, saves oil, heats efficiently, and reduces shrinkage by treating rims as the oil penetrates during rotation.
A Cor. Country Gentleman excerpt advises farmers to cultivate crops shallow to protect roots and soil. It recommends running furrows and drills lengthwise along hillsides to create natural water dams, reduce erosion, and prevent gullies by minimizing disturbance every tenth plant row.
BresnwWuHeEAT and corn are fattening, wheat is best for errs, oats come next to wheat. Eye, sunflowers and sorghum can be used to make up a good variety. Ground bone and oyster shells help form egg shells and sand and gravel help the wizard to grind the food.
The Detroit Free Press recounts peculiar Egyptian practices venerating sacred animals such as ibis hawk cat and dog with executions for killing sacred creatures and rites around sacred bulls crocodiles and beetles. It notes beliefs about reproduction sun moon Thoth plants including lotus teach trees and sacred herbs.
Promoters offer excursion fares from Chicago and Milwaukee lines to Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Colorado Utah Wyoming Montana and more with Geo H Heartorp as General Passenger Agent. Details at coupon ticket offices. A reader notes South Dakota crops are large and a gentleman reports sea bathing on several beach mornings.
The article touts the last public viewing of Paris's Last Days of Pompeii with fireworks in Cincinnati and a return excursion on September 19 at one cent per mile. It also mentions Harvest Excursions by the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway on September 20 with tickets valid thirty days and multiple routes west and south.
The city of Hamilton Ohio marks its centennial September 17 to 19 with a procession of events. Gen Arthur St Clair founded Fort Hamilton at the site a century ago. Celebrations include a flower festival, concerts, orations by notable speakers, fireworks, and a 500-voice chorus. Gov Campbell and other governors to review a mammoth parade. Round trip tickets are offered at one cent per mile from Cincinnati and other points for September 10.
The Washington Star quote depicts a guest addressing a colored server about the long delay in serving soup. The line frames social tensions and impatience in a moment of dining.
A Columbus Post note cites The Dr. Harter Medicine Co publishing weekly 3 inch ads with a single word each time. Readers are asked to name the word for free lithographs or samples. The Crescent mark appears on all their ads.
The Burlington route C B and Q R will sell from principal stations on its lines on August 25 and September 15 for Harvest Excursion tickets to principal cities and farming regions of the West Southwest and Northwest. For tickets and details contact your nearest C B and Q ticket agent or P P 8 Eustis General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago IL.
A collage of ad snippets tout Syrup of Figs for kidneys and bowels, Carter’s Little Liver Pills for indigestion, and Piso’s Remedy for catarrh. Various quips reference sheriffs, photographers, and a weather bulletin, with prices and druggist offers.
The heading notes a one fare round trip sale on September 23 for travel from the territory south of the Ohio river and west of Indiana to Ohio Indiana and Michigan via the C H D lines. Tickets are valid thirty days from sale with agent inquiries directed to BE O McCormick G P T Agent Cincinnati. A closing adage laments the knife grinder’s prospects in dull times.
Advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the only guaranteed blood purifier. It promises year round cleansing of the system and a money back guarantee if it does not benefit or cure. It cites conditions from dyspepsia to scrofula and asserts it is the cheapest option since you pay only for the good you get.
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