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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
2
Phineas Harlowe is awakened by a burglar in his room at Rorewater Hall. The intruder pockets valuables, tries to flee, and is pursued by a chorus of street voices while Phineas secretly aids the burglar’s exit before returning to bed.
A New York Sun report quips that bearskin hats worn by Old Guard soldiers are surprisingly light while describing a parade on Decoration Day. The piece adds a fanciful note about plans to bring 10,000 goats to Chicago to provide fresh milk for children, a mockup of fashionable life.
Researchers in Copenhagen have found that ether and chloroform, when properly administered, accelerate bud and blossom growth in flowering shrubs. They joke that a suitable opiate to put weeds to sleep would make farming even easier.
Sedalia lines of Missouri Kansas and Texas and Missouri Pacific will run open fare trains to the state fair with extra coaches and frequent service from Sedalia. Electric streetcars will extend to the fairgrounds. Freight and livestock move at one fare with return to origin. Wreck and accident notes, political meetings, and other local items fill the page.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes a rise in beet sugar factories from 1900 to 1908, with about 50 operating during the campaign of 1900. The 1909 crop neared 2,000,000 tons from 220,000 acres, yielding around sixteen tons per acre. Prices around 8 dollars per ton, averaging five dollars, gave farm returns near 40 dollars per acre. Irrigation raised profits. the average per-acre profit varied with water availability. Past results show wide swings in cost and yield, with some farms earning two or three hundred dollars per acre in high years. Sugar beets now show higher sugar content, and new factories are expected. Beet pulp is increasingly used by farmers for feed.
The passage describes simple devices to speed sack filling during harvest. It notes placing hooks at bag corners to hold the sack, using strong iron hooks to secure the bag, and a method to manage the sack as prairie soil is shoveled into sacks.
Practical guidance discusses pit foods, diet balance for lambs to reach maturity, olive stock care, fattening methods for sheep and deer, and the aim to convert feed into milk and butter. It emphasizes welfare of domestic animals and notes advice from Soldier’s Tribune.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt cites David Francia arguing that convict labor on highways would be profitable, with lower costs than freeing prisoners and potential tax savings. The piece contrasts governor prospects and positions work programs as a means to employ inmates, claiming it could yield greater public benefit by keeping them occupied.
An unclear 19th century discourse discusses dairy cow feeding and safety concerns. It references fermented toads, whey from distilleries, brewers grains, and sauerkraut, noting potential contamination and regulatory attempts to stop using waste foods in dairy herds. The text is garbled but centers on dairy feed safety and inspection debates.
A fragmented recall details a child saved from a dire medical crisis, with references to treatment and clinicians, and mentions a community gathering and a national encampment. Strong entities include Medina and Beatton. The rough OCR hints at intervention, prognosis, and public sentiment surrounding a life saved through medical effort.
A garbled account reflects a halting speaker railing at tariff policy and Congress. Amid frayed lines a New York senator and others trade jabs on duties and economic tone, with scattered names and phrases surfacing in a fractured municipal transcript. Hard to parse but centers on tariff rhetoric and political theater.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions unclear names and terms with misspellings and garbled phrases. It lacks a clear event, date, or identifiable persons, making precise reconstruction impossible from the readable bits.
A testimonial extols Postum as a superior alternative to coffee, claiming improved health and complexion after months of coffee abstinence. The speaker describes chronic stomach and digestion issues resolved by switching to Postum, noting relief from tremor episodes and a happier household with better overall wellbeing. A ten day trial is recommended, and reference is made to the Road to Wellville book.
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