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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
7
A collage of anecdotes and quips: Gaston asks Alphonse to witness a marriage proposal, a dream about death on the eve of sailing, a pastor and a mat as a bed, and comic exchanges from sports and politics. The collection blends humor, memory, and salon banter with pointed one liners.
Mrs Parks laments Eleanor Parks lacks practical skills while Eleanor bursts in raving about Madge Richards who has returned from marriage due to inability to manage the home. John muses on performance versus potential as the talk shifts to hiring and cooking lessons in a tense family scene.
A strange New York Times account tells of the Matoppo a British freighter from Calcutta to Dalny with rails for the Trans Siberian railway. A Manchurian tiger stowed aboard killed chickens and a sheep and hunted crew until it fled into the sea. The second officer was wounded but the tiger escaped.
A melodramatic scene unfolds as the hero bound on the track, the villain Tarbox menacing the heroine, and an express train rumbling toward danger. A dramatic wind shifts a hat, tangling the train and allowing rescue, ending with lovers reunited and Tarbox fleeing into the night.
A humorous Victorian exchange shows a lady thanking her stout husband as he kneels to adjust her overshoe. He replies it is kind yet notes his relief she is not a centipede, in a courtly, ironic moment.
A brief child scene from United Presbyterian features a woman telling Alice she should not cry. Alice sobs and asserts her own method of crying, replying that she will cry in her way regardless of advice.
Analysis notes 21 194 000 milk cows in the United States averaging one cow per four people. Despite per capita milk use rising and cows per person falling, dairy quality has improved. From 1890 to 1900 dairy cow output rose by 1 000 pounds per cow, equating to a $211 000 000 gain, yet many dairies still lose money. To judge profitability a dairyman must include labor, feed, interest on investment, and depreciation as fixed charges deducted from gross receipts to leave a profit.
Instructions describe building a cabbage cutter with two 12 inch boards, a wheel, four 7 inch slanted slots, two 4 inch circles, a frame, hopper, and 8 inch knives sharpened from an old saw. A square center hole accommodates a shaft and a bearing is formed to guide the rotating wheel.
A study finds 1000 pounds of lime per acre nearly as effective as 2000 pounds for oats while clover prefers the larger rate. Carbonate lime yields more dry matter than nitrogen and burned lime and overall fertilizer additions boost nitrogen fixation. Carbonate lime most favors fixation compared to burned lime.
A revived comparison argues the United States can produce limburger cheese as good as Belgium’s. The method described starts with calf stomach tissue placed in warm milk, curdled in about forty minutes, then pressed and drained. Salt is rubbed on the exterior and the cheese ripens in a cellar for a month or two to develop flavor.
Practical farmers note rapid exhaustion of fertile soils from constant cultivation. Tobacco lands in Virginia and abandoned New England farms illustrate decline. A soil acidity test uses blue litmus paper to indicate need for ground limestone at about one ton per acre mixed with soil.
The Union Tobacco Society, representing growers in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, with about 30 million dollars in assets, has formed to shield farmers from a minimum price and aid the tobacco market.
The growers in the E csg named will pool their interests under a Board of Directors. The arrangement aims to streamline control and decision making for the tulinem fold.
Advice from the dairy column stresses strict feeding hygiene for calves, warning against feeding milk at improper temperatures or from dirty pails. It warns that sour milk causes digestive illness and stunted growth, and urges delaying pasture turnout until grass is ample and weather warms.
A combined corn crib and feeding shed features a 16 foot wide lean-to feed bank with two foot spaced doors above the manger for automatic dispensing. Placed on the south side in a sunny location, the design saves labor and helps in bad weather, with ends inclosed for protection.
The Crop Reporter notes in 1899 total corn crop reached 2 666 000 000 bushels. Of this, 241 000 000 fed flour and grist mills, 8 000 000 for starch, 9 000 000 for malt liquors, 17 000 000 for distilling, 40 000 000 for glucose, 190 000 000 for export, and 13 000 000 for seed. Only 19.3 percent used in these, most remaining for feeding. The piece highlights corn as a growing food source and employer.
The Chicago hygienic laboratory reports that of 153 wells on nearby dairy farms, only eleven are safe for domestic use. Safe wells are cement lined with cement covers and protective cement flanges extending outward. Some milking and utensil washing wells show high colon bacteria, detectable manure, and odor.
The Ohio station recommends millet as a fallback crop if corn fails or cannot be planted. Early varieties can be sown through July to yield fair fields. Millet serves well as hay and compares with timothy in digestibility, suits cattle horses and sheep, though overripe grain should not feed horses. It also provides pasture seed silage and acts nearly as a soil cleaner as a summer fallow.
A German patent describes preserving milk by removing dissolved oxygen using ferrous carbonate. Freshly precipitated ferrous carbonate in oxygen absorbs oxygen and releases carbon dioxide, requiring one part ferrous carbonate for 50 000 parts milk. The addition, made before boiling, does not alter milk properties.
Prof. W. L. Carlyle of the University of Wisconsin argues that a successful herdsman must possess an inherent love of animals. He says this feeling inspires the trust and confidence essential for effective breeding and management.
The article argues for a diversified farm system adding cattle brood stock breeding hogs sheep goats and poultry. It asserts diverse livestock complement crops and do not conflict with each other on the modern diversified farm.
The corn crib should be narrow with slatted sides and ends to allow air to circulate in all directions. Farmers place hollow crates in the crib as it fills to prevent heating and spoilage in the center, since heating destroys the corn germ.
Natalie Joyce enjoys a birthday spoiling with bracelets gifted by Dick Marshall Ralph Dixon and Brent You. Pen Darlington frets as Natalie pockets the jewelry Rob Darling ton admires, while Natalie questions Rob’s visits and longs for attention from wealthy suitors.
Mr Clark and his wife discuss dismissing their office boy for theft but debate whether to reform or rehire the youth. They reveal envelopes and postmaster deception, a $20 loss, and the boy’s illiterate handwriting exposing him. The wife urges supervision, while the husband considers giving him another chance.
A quotation argues that moral responsibility will grow around marriage rooted in love rather than money, rank, or convenience. It predicts future disapproval of cousin unions, like-minded partners, and unions driven by wealth, while praising natural impulse as a guide to happiness.
The 1802 half dime, once worth only a nickel to Washington treasury officials, sold for 715 at the James B. Wilson collection sale in New York. IL W. Granburg of Oshkosh, Wisconsin bought the prize, the finest known 1802 half dime, part of a record-setting auction that also saw top prices for a 1827 quarter, and several early cents.
Over three thousand Des Moines schoolchildren were brought into savings through the Penny Provident Association. About 1500 hold deposits around ten dollars each, with 4 percent interest after six months. The program, run by the Mothers Congress of Iowa and a bank, uses stamped folders and weekly reports, aiming to teach saving and basic business habits.
A Washington Star quote captures a light exchange over fashion, as Mr Growcher asserts women are fickle while his wife playfully responds. The couple argues about seasonal hats praised then derided, illustrating domestic wit and fashion chatter.
In a Washington Star excerpt, Farmer Countes sel declares his range arrangements are set to run for sheriff. He argues chauffeurs are bad enough and he won’t sit on a cloud to prevent aviators from violating speed regulations.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet notes discussion over naming an airship after Thaw. Greene questions the idea and Redd argues the craft’s flight duration remains unpredictable once launched.
A brief editorial fragment argues the idea that only saloons breed sin is mistaken, asserting that folly and wrongdoing occur beyond taverns as well. It challenges a narrow moral stereotype.
The片 collection lists per capita wealth at 1310.11 dollars and shifts through industry strikes, lands, and ships in Glasgow, then notes women prisoners in London wearing hats. It covers auctions of grain at Omaha, new welding methods, Japanese electric growth, immigrant Jews to New York, Washington state pride, Persian justice imagery, Chicago journalists, and a New York Museum solar display.
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