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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
3
A farmer education note asks how many pupils can solve mental arithmetic when farm context is used. It cites ex governor Hoard and cites a Pennsylvania Agricultural College bulletin with ten farm problem examples and advocates parents and teachers testing children with farm Math for practical thinking.
A short essay condemns farmers who abuse animals including kicking horses and throwing pails at cows. It argues kindness boosts productivity and warns that cruelty harms income, noting rushing cows with a dog is as wrong as stone throwing and that gentleness pays in farming profits.
Central Park in New York City is assessed at 215 million dollars not for tax purposes but to display the extent of real estate value exempt from taxes.
Prof A D Hall of Rothamsted explains how nitrogen hastens leaf growth and delays flowering while risking disease. phosphorus speeds flowering and root formation. potash boosts sugar and starch production. He notes beet yields doubled with potash and warns excess nitrogen harms grain quality and disease resistance.
A wheelbarrow runner board is prepared by securing a board about six inches wide and three feet long. The ends are rounded into a sled-like shape to form a sturdy runner.
Instructions describe cutting an arc at the board’s top and middle using the wheel’s radius, leaving one inch to the bottom. The wheel sits in the cutout with cleats nailed on each side, then the under edge and rounded ends are clad with old tire iron. The text also notes fattening undesirable sheep and turning them into money, applies to other stock likewise.
President Theodore Roosevelt’s youngest daughter Ethel Roosevelt made her formal society bow at a White House ball in the East Room attended by about 400 guests. Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Roosevelt hosted in the Blue Room before dancing to the Marine Band. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. returned from Connecticut for the event with other notables attending dinners prior to the ball.
An old tobacco ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder Straight 5c cigars with a 10c price for cigars not so good. It mentions Lewis' Factory in Peoria and includes a quoted aphorism about belief and mind.
At a Monday night registration committee meeting six prominent athletes were suspended for alleged professionalism. The names include Melvin W. Sheppard Charles Bacon Harry F. Porter George W. Bonhag of the Irish American Athletic Club F G Bellars of the New York Athletic Club and J J Lee formerly of the Boston Athletic Association now unattached. The charge centers on accepting or soliciting excessive expense money.
Great Falls Montana reports nine men killed and others injured in a collision between a freight train and a work train at Mid Canyon on the Great Northern line. The dredge crew aboard the work train were mostly carpenters, with one exception. Details are scarce following the late Monday accident.
A collection of quotes on farming discipline crop rotation and cattle care. It contrasts agrarian roles, notes milk is mostly water, and argues cows need ample water and cool milk to maximize production.
Circuit court rules a strip 12 miles by two miles adjoining Fort Smith becomes no man s land. Once Choctaw nation allotment ceded by Congress to Arkansas, Arkansas constitution amendment not accepted keeps 1880 boundary in effect. Oklahoma claims the strip.
A fragment discussing gender equality, contrasting women's reactions to a sister's misfortune with a call for self reflection and social change. The tone cites the need for empowerment and critique of complacent attitudes among women in relation to male-dominated standards.
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