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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
7
Instructions describe drilling holes in wagon tongue irons and fitting a narrow iron brace under the tongue to prevent tongue detaching when tugs release or equipment breaks. The method uses a half inch thick iron piece with aligned holes to secure the tongue.
The article describes a guard for neck yokes with a tapering end in front of the neck yoke and a one inch shoulder to allow the neck yoke ring to pass under if tugs loosen. It claims the guard reliably catches the ring and remains removable in ordinary cases, comparing favorably to springs or bolts that bend and cause trouble.
A farmer describes making cement bricks using two second-hand molds and a improvised mixer built from an old vinegar barrel. Sand and cement are dampened and fed into the barrel as a boy turns a crank. two days yield enough bricks for a 16 by 16 foot shed, at far lower cost than lumber. He notes the bricks work well and a bricklayer calls them the best he has seen. Saving Choice Seed. The piece also advises saving own seed for vegetables to ensure quality and vigor, noting tomatoes cucumbers beans cabbage beets radishes and turnips are planted early with stakes to prevent ground contact and promote seed production.
A compact reflection on perception of life as a comedy or tragedy. The quote explores how inner outlook shapes human experience and emotion.
To treat seed wheat from a smut attacked crop use formalin. Mix one pint formalin in 40 gallons water to cover 50 bushels, spread on a sterilized floor, wet every kernel, and repeat until three quarts of solution are absorbed per bushel. Cover pile for two hours then turn and dry before sowing. Disinfect all bags and shovels used.
A domestic scene from the Houston Post shows a couple discussing placing a new safe. The man plans to use a fulcrum this morning to inch the safe into position while noting a precaution about not smelling garlic on his breath at home.
Reports from Kansas experiments show applying heavy crude oil to dirt roads creates solid dustless surfaces that withstand wet weather and frost. After grading, spraying, harrowing, and rolling, roads opened to heavy traffic remained firm with minimal dust. costs ranged $500 to $1300 per mile plus oil at about 1.5 cents per gallon.
A handy low truck is built from the front of a wagon with a strong oak reach replacing the longer piece. An iron elevis supports a crosspiece at the rear, two 15 foot poles form the platform, holes bored near the top ends and pinned to the crosspiece. Rear wheels are 16 inches in diameter on an iron axle.
Farm notes advise protecting birds by reducing ram numbers if raising sheep and investing in a strong animal. It urges clean stables, screened barns, sunlight, air, and proper disinfection. It warns against pests and disease like flies and black knot and stresses pruning, spraying, weed control, grain distribution, and cleaning poultry houses before frost.
The guide advises placing the straw stack near the barn with a fenced stack yard, cleaning around the stack so cattle can feed at night, and preventing nightly sleeping in the stack yard to keep the stock yard clean for morning. It claims no straw waste and conversion to feed and manure with no extra labor. It also urges extensive spraying in 1909 and burning all orchard trash to combat scab.
An assertion from the Dublin Irish Homestead celebrates imagination as the defining Irish quality, contrasting it with English peers and underscoring a national self view rooted in creativity and spirit.
A home remedy suggests placing cut onions in saucers in rooms to absorb lingering odors. The onions draw away disagreeable smells from closed spaces, fresh paint, and turpentine, leaving a fresher environment after about a day. Replace with new slices if odors persist.
The article explains a traditional Scotch method for Seville orange marmalade. It details soaking rind, cooking until soft, extracting juice, then cooking with sugar for about twenty minutes. Test readiness on a cold plate and storage in glasses or small jars, with a night of uncovered setting followed by paraffin sealing.
Recipe details for crullers including ingredients such as eggs sugar milk lard lemon extract cream of tartar soda and flour with precise measures and method. Steps describe mixing rolling cutting frying puffing browning turning and draining. Finish with cinnamon sugar dusting and storage in a stone crack for up to ten days.
Wash ten pounds grapes and cook until tender then press through a sieve to remove stones and skins. Add five pounds sugar, two quarts vinegar, one tablespoon cinnamon, one tablespoon all spice and one whole nutmeg grated. Boil to thick cat soup consistency and seal while hot.
To remove burned edges on layer or leaf cake use fine sandpaper after the cake is set but before it cools. A paraffin paper shaped to the cake prevents sticking to the plate when the cake is set away.
A simple peanut salad mix combines shelled peanuts soaked in olive oil for a few minutes with celery and ripe olives chopped, served on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing for a light dish.
To clean bottles when a bottle washer is unavailable, thread a piece of twine about a quarter inch thick and two yards long through the bottle. Shake vigorously with a suds and soda solution, then remove the twine and rinse in clear water. This method cleans any soiled bottle.
A fragment describes mixing cream with coffee by adding a yolk of one egg to a pint of milk and heating until thickened, forming a creamy blend. The text lacks full context or final instructions.
A four year old examining a pond discovers tadpoles and asks what they are. He suggests taking them home to populate a pond. A father explains they cannot, and a frog crossing their path prompts Clyde to wonder aloud if there is much difference between himself and his father.
Dialogue hints at a playful past as Arabella complains you could not see enough of her. John retorts he can see plenty now, implying a shift in visibility or intimacy between them.
Little Dorothy tells her father she would marry him if mamma died, a candid moment captured by Delineator expressing a child’s naive affection and a family dynamic. The comment reflects social mores of the era and the tone of a moral magazine.
A brief medieval style maxim by Gurdon urges speakers to chose words that edify when speaking is lawful and expedient. The fragment conveys a moral emphasis on purposeful communication.
Pettit's Eye Salve restores eyes and cures diseased or injured eyes, advertised through Howard Bros. druggists of Buffalo New York. The ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigars from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. A humorous aside notes big ones getting away in fishing for compliments and a remark on meatiness of the bone of contention.
A letter from Mrs. E Hanson of Columbus Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during menopause and nervous symptoms. The ad touts the remedy as a standard treatment for female ills and invites sick women to write for advice from Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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