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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
2
No universal laying type found for hens
A state college experiment tested hens of different sizes to see if a single laying type exists. Photographs and egg records showed the top and bottom layers were alike in form, concluding there is no scientific laying type. The study advises continuous monitoring and breeding from the best layers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Magnitude of Swift & Co slaughtering tens of miles long line
An estimate shows livestock slaughtered in a day at Swift & Co would line up into a fifteen mile cattle line, twelve mile sheep and twelve mile hogs, six mile poultry, totaling over fifty miles. The display would take two days to pass a point, highlighting the industry’s vast scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Caring for the Bull in Rural Livestock Care
The article advises placing a ring in a year old bull, teaching lead handling when healed, and daily grooming to improve looks. Keep the bull in a light, airy stall near cows, with clean stalls and daily watering. Be firm but not abusive, avoid playing with young bulls, and beware that gentle bulls can be dangerous. Careful handling protects Garrymen and breeders from losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Hill
Papered Walls For Warm Winter Poultry Houses
The article explains papering the interior of poultry houses to conserve heat and cut costs. It suggests heavy building paper or felt, pasted to smooth boards, with a second layer for a smooth surface and optional whitewashing to seal cracks. Irregular structures may need extra boards to provide a pasting surface.
The Up to Date Farm Garden Plan
The article urges farmers to start planning early, save fine manure in fall, and apply it late in fall or early winter. It emphasizes a large garden with proper ground, ample space, up to date implements, and forethought to make gardening enjoyable rather than labor.
Cold storage urged for local growers and markets
The piece argues for local cold storage to meet rising demand, especially for fruit and vegetable producers. It proposes cooperative construction of regional plants near orchards to stabilize winter supplies, improve prices, and benefit consumers, urging discussion at horticultural meetings and farmers institutes.
Weed control measures for late season crops
The article urges farmers to cut down and destroy the final weed crops before seeds ripen. It recommends re mowing ragweed infested pastures and stubble fields, and using scythe or sickle where needed. Destroying each weed crop reduces soil seeds and eases next season’s labor while protecting overall yields.
Disease Costs and Tuberculosis Threat to Livestock
The piece notes foot-and-mouth disease costs to New England reach 250000 to stamping out. It argues that tuberculosis silently destroys many herds, causing enormous aggregate losses and criticizes breeders opposing stronger disease control measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Feeding Poultry With Grain and Soft Feeds
Grain feed is pure but not ideal for poultry. Soft feeds require trough feeding to prevent sour residues. Fermented seeds are hard to digest. Cleaning feeding and watering troughs is essential to avoid disease, as spoiled food breeds illness.
Inoculating Soil for Legume Crops in Kentucky
The reader asks when and how to inoculate soil with bacteria for crimson clover and rye on a seven acre plot. Advice favors spring inoculation as clover begins growth, applying soil from a well performing field into drills, and harrowing into new seedbeds. Green manuring requires potash and phosphoric acid alongside legumes to improve poor soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Autumn Scene on Hill and Woodbine Gleam
A compact verse paints autumn by a hillside with blood red honeysuckle woodbine and a red wahoo gleam. The maples turn sere while pine sways, wind chills the air and dawn fades into night.
Fall sown onions and spring sets compared
A correspondent argues for late autumn onion planting with ground prep in November, mulch over winter, mid March mulch removal, and liberal manure. The method suits seed onions. for button sets, spring planting could work if mulch is thick, though March removal may be premature in this climate. Freeze lightly harms young plants. seed stock favors trying the plan.
Visit Neighbors Orchards For Practical Fruit Lessons
Visit nearby orchards this season to assess fruit varieties and their keeping qualities. Invite a neighbor, tour multiple sites, and ask experienced growers about location, soil, and protection methods to learn the secrets of success and avoid common failures for amateur fruit growers.
Canada Aims Butter Cheese Exports Of 30 Million
Canada plans butter and cheese exports totaling 30 million dollars this year while bacon exports reach 15 million. The government promotes creameries across the far northwest to boost production and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Far Northwest
Rheumatism Healed by Williams Pink Pills, Dubuque Man Says
Mr J G Moakel of Dubuque Iowa describes severe rheumatism in knees ankles and elbows and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a full recovery after three months. He and his family now endorse the remedy as a household cure and urge others to obtain the genuine product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Moakel
Jackson Avenue
Dubuque
Iowa
Srain
Robert Yates
Kiauor Manufacturing Co
Dr. Williams
Mr. Menkel
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schouuctady
From Moment 9 to Moment 1 A Saint’s Devout Claim
The quotation expresses a steadfast reliance on God as the guiding force in all times, citing Saint Athanasius as the authority. It reflects a theological stance of constant faith and divine aid.
Strange baby debt tale from the rich uncle's hush money
A wry quip in Harper's Bazar notes a baby not named after a wealthy uncle because the uncle offered to pay $10,000 to keep silence. The exchange underscores social wealth and discretion in a sharp, humorous frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunicker
Bocker
Harper's Bazar
Defiance Starch Promises Flexible Lasting Results
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as superior for lasting stiffness and resilience, claiming it outperforms rival brands and offers about one third more value for the same money. It emphasizes durability, less shedding, and stronger fabrics under regular use.
How Soon a Man Learns to Change Terms of Endearment
A lighthearted rumination on evolving romance as a man shifts from calling his girlfriend saucy to addressing his wife as sassy, signaling growing familiarity and affection within marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saucy
Sassy
Changes in Wabash and allied railroads reorganize key posts
The Wa bash and Wheeling and Lake Erie railroads announce traffic department changes and new appointments. C H Newton becomes joint agent for Wabash Lake Erie and Wabash Pittsburgh terminals at Toledo effective December 1. The Wabash abolishes its general freight agent post in St Louis with S B Knight named industrial agent. Horace Clark resigns Western Maryland era. Alexander Robertson named new Gould tidewater line general manager. Fred H Tristram moves to Chicago as assistant general passenger agent. R F Kelly becomes Pittsburg’s industrial successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafic
Wabash and
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Gould Line
Maryland
B. A. Worthington
Wabash Ines
Toesdo
C. H. Newton
Pittsburg
Toledo
St. Louis 'S
S. B. Knight
Horace Clark
Western
Central lines executives face top posts shuffle
OG F Daly and Warren Lynch were summoned to New York for talks with President Newman over a broad reorganization. Daly may become passenger traffic manager for the New York Central, Lynch could take the Chicago post, George Daniels to retire as general passenger agent, and H J Rhein to become general passenger agent of the Big Four. Daniels confirms retirement. he will become general advertising manager of the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OG. F. Daly
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
Warren Lynch
Big Four
New York
Newman
Mr. Daly
New York Central
Lynch
Chicago Post
George Daniels
H. J. Rhein
Lake Erie
Defiance Starch Offers Higher Quality at Equal Price
Advertises no chromas or cheap premiums while delivering better quality and about one third more Defiance Starch for the same price as other starches.
Smithsonian-Led Bird and Butterfly Collection Donated by Prof Schurr
A vast display of over fifty thousand dead birds and butterflies, gathered by Prof Theodore A. Schurr, is left as a legacy after his death in Baltimore. The collection is valued at one hundred thousand gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Schurr
Baltimore
Feats of Printing for Missionary Work Abroad
The American Tract Society prints tracts and native African language works in Mpongwe Bulu Umbundu Benga and Fang. Translating spoken words into phonetic print poses many obstacles due to unfamiliar languages for both printers and editors. Missionaries copy and proofread to achieve accurate renditions, aiding literacy and moral elevation with dictionaries primers and woodcuts cited by the New York Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tract Society
Pilgrim’s Progress
New York
New York Sun
Too Thirsty to Stay Alive on Guard Duty
A Massachusetts regiment shared a near comic incident when Private Faught, on guard at 11 p.m., drank multiple glasses of rum punch and slept on post. Col Bancroft scolded him sternly, noting the penalty in war would be death, but Faught asked to be shot for his thirst. He was reprimanded and returned to the guard house amid suppressed smiles from officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Bancroft
Fifth Massachusetts
South Farmingham
Faught
Col. Bancroft
Cleveland and the Women at the White House
A Cleveland guest at the White House during Grover Cleveland’s presidency pressed radical reform views at breakfast. The president calmly folded his paper and replied that while the women could outdress him, he must do his own thinking at the end of the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
White House
New York Tribune
Suzannah Middletons Lipincotts Tyout Verse
The text appears as dialect verses about Suzannah with romantic yearning and night imagery. It resembles a lyric fragment mentioning a bundle of love and the night wind. It references Middleton Tyout in Lippincott's, suggesting a period verse collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzannah
Lippincott’s
What is chatain color in old Creole tale
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note recounts a Creole elder explaining chatain as the color of her hair in youth. The exchange shows language lapse and pride as she recalls hair color and corrects the curious young man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Satisfied, Can't See Why You're Omitting With Her
A fragmented line shows tension as a speaker questions why another person is being omitted in relation to a woman, noting age and presumed sentiment. The text hints at social or personal exclusion within a stated timeframe or context.
Notable Health Claims Amid Wild Weather and Cures
A fragmented notice cites a Parke ereburg West Virginia man recalling decades of back pain and urinary issues from bad weather. He credits Dr. Dean's Kidney Pills with relief for eight years, plus a 70 plus active life despite age. Also referenced are ads for Kline's nerve remedy, a Lewis' Single Binder cigar promotion, and a detective interest in a collar industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, fHerchant
Parkeereburg
W. Va
Aya
Trow
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Milk crust on baby cured by Cuticura treatment
Mrs H P Holmes of Ashland Oregon recalls her three month old baby severely affected by milk crust. She applied Cuticura Soap and Ointment under a cap and reports rapid improvement with hair regrowth and no recurrence.
When a Girl in Love Needs Whiskey and Quinine
A brief humor line from Judge features Mike and Pat joking that love leaves a hunger between meals and malarial woes require whiskey and quinine, with Pat asking where to obtain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Pat
Judge
Hyphen Lesson Sparks Bird Cage Joke at School
A classroom discussion on hyphen usage included the word bird-cage. A pupil quipped that the hyphen is needed so the bird can sit on it, prompting the teacher to explain hyphen joins words into a single idea.
Terrier Returns Home After Cab Ride
A small Skye terrier in London wandered during a stroll, jumped into a Hansom cab, and the cabman used the collar address to drive the dog back to his mistress, who rewarded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Patent cough remedy tale ends with boot rubber mix
A man bought a patent cough medicine advertised to cure coughs and colds for 26 cents. After three days his throat closed and he could barely breathe. The druggist exclaimed to drink it. The man replied that he had, only to learn it was an India rubber solution used for boots.
Coffee Heart Ills Linked to Tea Drink Change
A Oregon woman recounts chronic heart and digestive ills blamed on coffee, noting rapid pulse after drinking. After switching to Postum Food Coffee, her liver function, complexion, and heart action improved, with husband also benefiting from the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
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Peoria, IL
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