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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
8
An 1890s style dish of rural remedies covers horse care with a leather salve recipe using white wax and oils. It also reports on cattle dipping tests, orchard spacing for apples, winter tomato forcing, sheep foot rot treatment, and general farm advice including a milking stool design.
The article discusses farm practices such as using shallow streams to wash wagons, and outlines a method with planked walkways and a platform to keep wheels clear. It also covers managing farm accounts, keeping receipts, and paying as you go. Winter ration for fowls and suggestions from Gilbert at Ottawa experiment station are noted, including varying rations and keeping vegetables.
Instructions describe making a bucket and seat stool from two by fours about a foot long with inch boards for the bucket and seat supports. Three corner blocks serve as stays. A note claims the stool remains upright despite cow movement. Also included are ad hoc paint recipes for rabbits and poultry handling plus livestock efficiency opinions.
Fragmentary OCR of a Senate debate on imperialism and Philippines policy. The text references Sen Platt of Connecticut and Rep. Hour, discussing constitutional limits, annexation, debt, and armed forces, with passing critique of a Massachusetts senator framed as a straw man.
Senator Mason of Indiana spoke to an audience in the Senate chamber against expansion in the Philippines and urged hearing both sides before verdict. He defended the fight for Philippine independence while stressing the need for consent of the governed and criticizing taxation without representation as a future issue for the republic. Gov. Milaurin on Lynchings and law enforcement was also touched upon with calls to stop mob violence and ensure due process.
Fragmented report details a lawsuit by Filipinos against Wildman and the U S Consulate over a $37,600 deposit and terms. The filing cites alleged evasions, delays, and a broader claim of government actions against Filipinos amid international affairs. Other items note various unrelated incidents including a Tacoma strike, Confederate veterans badges, and New Jersey sugar beet farming.
State legislatures across the country face reorganizations and partisan contests. Wisconsin and Washington organized dues while Kansas and Indiana saw caucuses nominate senatorial candidates. Minnesota and Colorado moved bills, and Missouri and New Jersey pursued investigations and nominations. Local disasters report fires, accidents, and a lamp explosion in Amsterdam. Cuba prepares a police force under Gen. Ludlow.
The Senate debated territorial expansion and the Nicaragua Canal bill with speeches from Hoar Pratt and Mason, while the House focused on codifying the criminal laws of Alaska. A peace treaty discussion occurred in executive session, and a significant bill directed Paymaster General Stanton to retirement as a major general. Speeches opposing imperialism contrasted with defenders of treaty and expansion policies. The foreign relations and diplomatic appropriations progressed, with debates over aggressive action and constitutional powers in Congress. The era’s legislative pace covered naval personnel, Alaska codification, and treaty proceedings.
Proceedings and signals to determine the cause of the grounding off Governor's Island Massachusetts. Court notes the accident might have been avoided with better charts. Mentions Captain Lastow, pilot, and possible recovery of a broken neck without operation. Travy, a regular infantryman, sustained injuries from a fall two weeks earlier.
News notes mention Minor Nota and Driver Hughes of New York tire department at a tenement fire. It looks ahead to Tealard's 900th anniversary of Christianity on the island in 1900. North Carolina hosts forty five colleges and seventeen state Christian associations among Black residents. South Africa faces grasshopper plagues alongside rinderpest, disrupting rail traffic.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled plea about friendship and severity. No clear event dates places or names to anchor a concise news item. This record summarizes uncertain readership fragments without solid person or organization references.
A fragmented OCR piece hints at an 18th century court case featuring Dame Eleanor Davies and Eleanor Davies prophecy. The text weaves an anagram puzzle, aliases, and a trial where claims are contested and a daughter referenced, endearing the scene with a formal, antiquated tone.
A fragment discusses how reports and sounds of bombardment travel far, noting Prof. W. S. Sinclair’s claim that artillery can be heard at sixty miles. It contrasts old Bombay forts’ black powder cannon with modern powder, suggesting the audible “battle din” shifts with contemporary weaponry.
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