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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
3
A Boston Transcript poem fragment narrates a speaker sensing a bittersweet gift from the storm and wind. The speaker recalls visions of happiness hidden in veiled years, then laments despair as dawn arrives and wonders why the storm returns with a loved one held by the winds.
A weary man on a steamship contemplates life’s divide between the ease of others and his own hard future. Flashbacks to a rural childhood reveal his belief his fate was fixed, his longing for a greener land, and the lure of a simpler life contrasted with grim labor.
A sailor leans on the rail as a boy talks of the sea and knots. The mate interrupts and warns, but the man resumes guiding the boy in knot tying, while the boy reassures that the captain’s crew yell is not meant, and the pair share a quiet lesson before parting.
A man laughs and salutes the boy as he goes below to the stokers. The memory of apples and doughnuts softens his bitterness, turning toward a sweeter savor of life aboard the ship. The Springfield Republican notes this quiet moment amid change and departure.
The eggs of the lobster hatch into small swimming creatures with featherlike limbs. After about six weeks they grow legs and become walking animals, then descend to the bottom to hide from predators, often being eaten by fish before reaching larger lobsters.
A dosage guide for calf and milk cow diarrhea, listing two drachms chalk or one ounce magnesia with opium, tatechu, capsicum tincture, peppermint, and Dover’s powders as an alternate. Instructions include mixing with milk or gruel, administering twice daily, and a second regimen of starch or arrowroot with cinamon, kino and Dover’s powders. Chalk kept before calves advised to neutralize stomach acidity.
Cream of peanut soup combines peanut butter and milk with salt pepper grated onion celery seed or chopped celery tops. Cook in a double boiler ten minutes, thicken with cornstarch, strain, and serve with toasted whole wheat bread. Any nut mix may be used.
The piece explains that pounds sterling derive from Easterling money used in eastern German regions. German coins minted for purity were imported to England during Richard the Lionheart era, and the coins were called Easterlings. Over time the term evolved as Easterling money became sterling.
A stage aspirant asked an actor-manager for qualifications. The young man claimed he could go a long time without food, impressing the manager who saw the core talent and engaged him.
Acid soils harm beets spinach lettuce muskmelons and other crops. Applying lime corrects acidity and ensures a good crop.
The nickname Black water State is explained by the dark water of Nebraska streams, a description likened to bog waters from Ireland. The term reflects a poetic view of the region’s rivers and their drainage.
A village exchange notes the squire dislikes skating on the pond while the speaker declines as well. The brief dialogue preserves rural courtesy and mutual respect between neighbors.
An Ohio Farmer writer outlines a hand planting method for potatoes when planters are unavailable. Rows are marked three feet apart, furrows opened six to eight inches deep, and fertilizer added 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre before seeding. Seed pieces are placed 13 to 16 inches apart, covered, and ridges formed to shed rain and improve soil exposure.
An Ohio farmer argues clover seeding is reliable any time with ample moisture and proper tilth. He notes crimson and red clover thrive with moisture in spring, but sowing after August risks winter losses. June or July sowing requires soil cover for a stand.
Iowa Homestead warns roup is curable in none of its stages and highly dangerous, fatal when severe, and transmissible to offspring. It is a blood disease. the advised control is to kill all affected birds, bury them, and isolate sick fowls from healthy ones. Lightly infected birds should not be bred.
An Ohio farm named Linwood poultry farm sits three quarters of a mile south of New London and as far from Hereford, on a 165 acre hilltop site. It houses three residences, four barns and 25 poultry houses. After the busy season over, the stock count exceeds 1000 head including poultry water fowl and pet stock.
A writer from American Fancier describes a Linwood stock farm with hundreds of ducks and turkeys. The yard includes Toulouse Embden White Chinese Brown Chinese Pekin Muscovy Rouen Cayugas Call Indian Runner and other breeds with breeding pens. Turkeys number 250 bronze and 100 White Holland guarded by a ten foot stockade in a 40 acre timber tract. The flock roams by day for exercise and health.
A correspondent argues for ample daylight and air over airtight poultry houses. He notes damp, moisture from tight enclosures softens linings and suggests a scratching shed design with daytime ventilation and sun exposure, using disinfectants for better health and results.
Separator cream quantity for one pound of butter depends on separator adjustment and cream handling. It may range from one to three quarts. Gravity process cream in a creamer varies with water temperature cow breed feed lactation period and other factors and typically yields 15 4 to 24 percent quarta
Fragmentary church remark humorously speculates on Alderman Rivers becoming U S president and the coinage imagery, with garbled surrounding text suggesting a votive or local church setting. The readable fragment signals a political joke tied to Rivers and a coin heads motif.
The excerpt shows a speaker pondering the alleged misfortune of the number 137 and recounts 13 related anecdotes. A buyer recalls giving his wife a chair on her birthday, noting the date falls on the 13th and the item cost $13, with the speaker reporting thirteen mishaps involving the chair in the dark.
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