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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1902
Page
2
An ex-sport recalls a money making scheme with a homely trotter that hit 2:22 when pushed. They toured small towns, won about $500 per race, and built up $10,000 before a Kansas season. A final $12,000 loss came when the horse suddenly fell dead, with a cowboy offering a curse and a gun threat.
A leading novelist of Billville submits opening chapters of a historical work. The sample begins: three miles from a Great City a man might have been seen re-
A noted bridge near Tokyo called the Full Moon appears as a perfect semicircle from the river below. Built from solid marble blocks, it features a gentle ascent from its zenith to the shore guarded by an elaborate balustrade and fine pillars, preserving the graceful arc.
The exchange at a club in South Africa shows Gen. Tucker’s blunt critique of officers. An Australian captain, visiting from the 3d Victorian unit, awkwardly identifies two officers and earns the general’s blunt rebuke for misreporting.
The Senate debated a memorial from Kentucky residents on isthmian canals. Senator Blackburn asked it be referred to the committee on isthmian canals, but the president pro tempore and reporters repeated the error, prompting confusion over the correct committee name.
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt recounts a spring morning turned stormy as a blizzard roars from Chicago or St. Louis at forty miles per hour. The scene shows a man perched on a log beside an alligator, discussing weather shifts, overcoats, and snowshoes, hinting at the hero's future trials and a towering six foot two stature.
A folk tale from Home and Flowers tells how a Lombardy poplar stood upright to reveal it hid no treasure. Iris seeks a pot of gold, Mercury asks trees who point to the poplar. Dawn reveals the gold and the poplar vows to stand upright to inspire honesty and respect.
A compact reflective aphorism notes that true happiness comes from inner worth and chosen associations rather than a large circle of friends. The line frames salvation as something beyond measurable social reach. Ben Johnson is invoked as the attributed source.
A reader spotted an error in the Congressional Record where Blackburn and the president pro tempore were shown as referring to the committee on interoceanic canals rather than the never existing committee on isthmian canals. The Washington Star notes the commission led by Admiral Walker is described as isthmian, prompting mistaken senate references not seen before last week.
Authorities will measure every child to resolve age disputes for steamboat travel. Children under two feet travel free, those between two and four feet pay half fare.
Professor Kekels at Iowa Agricultural College showed that centrifugal separation removes a large share of bacteria from milk. Of eight samples, 47 percent of germs were in separator slime, 29 percent remained in skim milk, and 24 percent in cream, making cream richer in bacteria.
A Virginia agricultural note reports a season of sheep sickness in pregnant ewes with wasting appetite and death. It attributes the problem to a modular intestinal parasite, orsopha gastoms columbianum, seen as green nodules in the small intestine. An Arkansas correspondent advocates using acnoleum as a drench to prevent losses, with two doses timing before parturition, plus succulent forage and hay.
Surgeons in several London hospitals now use the telephone to probe for bullets or metallic objects. The receiver rests on the operator’s head, with a plate contacting a saline soaked sponge as the general medium, linked to the patent device.
A medical technique describes inserting a probe into the body linked to a telephone wire. The vibrating circuit helps locate needles bullets grains shot and steel or copper pieces once contact occurs between the metal and plate.
The Washington Star notes that the eighty seven senators reflect diverse careers across professions and industry. Twenty six served in the House, fifteen were governors, including Warren who led Wyoming then became governor of the state. Several served in Confederate and Union forces, with Pettus and Bate in the Mexican War.
A Brooklyn magistrate seeks to curb the rogues gallery by threatening to arrest officers who photograph prisoners before arraignment. He calls the practice illegal, questions the custody of photos after acquittals, and condemns the third degree as a relic. Police reply they destroy negatives if acquitted, but the magistrate doubts this. Giovanni Branca’s steam engine is noted. Ex Speaker Reed appears content with prosperity, wondering why he stayed in public life. Arkansas Governor Davis faces charges of heresy in a Baptist convention inquiry.
Patrick William Carey and his four sons of San Jose measure thirty one feet eight inches in total height with the tallest at six feet six and one half inches and the shortest six feet two and a half inches. The father stands six feet four and their combined weight is 1055 pounds. The Austrian actress Kathy Schratt is rumored to visit the United States next year due to ties with the Vienna stage. Rhode Island society plans a gold medal to the composer of a new tune for the national anthem America to honor the effort.
Cooper Curtice of Rhode Island Experiment Station discusses worm remedies as non preventive and notes that parasite exposure can be reduced by farm practices. He advises on laying hens, pen rotation, nesting and feeding layouts, and handling old turkeys to curb tapeworm spread. In a separate item, Mr Johnston redesigns a poultry house with double glazed windows, sand floors, oil barriers, adjustable roosts, and nest-box arrangements to minimize moisture, pests, and water access for hens.
The Oregon station reports analyses of silage made from immature clover. Moisture 79.44 percent, exudate at silo bottom with 1.13 percent protein. Adding water increased acidity and dry matter loss, most with moistened silage. Immaturity and compact silage promote organic acid formation.
Witness from New Zealand reports a curious incident where a woman’s hat pin, placed on a post, was swallowed by a cow after a handkerchief was moved. The cow later recovered overnight, avoiding a loss for the owner. The mystery of how the pin left the cow remains unsolved.
The findings show cows with ordinary milk and butter fat yields do not require the standard protein level. Milk output and fat content determine extra protein needs beyond maintenance, with a production limit at any time. Feeding excess protein beyond production and support provides no advantage and may cause weight gain and reduced milk flow.
The text notes con temperaries discuss octagonal silos and suggests builders visit Champaign to see old silos from the agricultural college used as an experiment. It states the silos will be torn down after years and new forms will be constructed. It also remarks that a man may startle the world but cannot keep it startled long.
Agricultural guidance notes mating age for sows based on size and individuality. It emphasizes early farrow timing for leggy sows and delaying for undersized ones, with focus on feed and care. A quoted observation compares avoiding a lover to resisting a girl’s preferred partner, highlighting dated sentiment.
The bulletin warns feeders about cheap milling byproducts claiming feed value and urges economical, not minimal, purchases. It cites Cornaline and Rice Meal comparisons, then shifts to rising rabies among domestic animals, noting DC dog cases and bites, urging isolation and muzzling to curb spread.
H N Maxham of Lake County Illinois describes winter hog feeding using separator skim milk with corn supplement and occasional sugar beets or mangled wurzels. He notes beet seed failures from a dry spring and higher corn costs affecting mill feed. He also urges dairymen to salt cattle and keep rock salt available.
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