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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1904
Page
6
A Chicago Record-Herald critique argues that wealth cannot be guaranteed by intelligence and unlimited industry alone. It notes many hardworking people never reach modest means and stresses the money-making faculty is a separate gift, not earned by effort alone.
Students of American life detect a trend toward nature as a reach for competence wealth and a country place. The piece reflects on open air living as healthier and happier, suggesting a rural retreat as a lasting lifestyle aim beyond city life.
Sioux City Tribune argues medical schools have become get rich quick schemes that admit any applicant for fees, producing unfit doctors and harming public health. It calls for doctors to unite against frauds and for diplomas to be non purchasable by those unfit for physician duties.
The piece argues education should form citizens first rather than specialists or leaders. It asserts American schools aim to create capable citizens who choose their paths, with success judged by outcomes and comparing favorably to other nations.
A clergyman urges recognizing wider-minded and fervent faith in young men entering ministry. He argues life shrinks less when ideals are kept strong, noting middle age dulls only if ideals narrow. Harper’s Bazaar echoes that belief in life, love, friendship, heroism sustain vitality.
The Paris telegram claiming Emperor Nicholas donated eighty million pounds to Russia for war was dismissed as romance. The piece notes the Russian emperor has no civil list and draws from the imperial treasury at his discretion, with funds considered his property.
The article lists twelve pests causing about 363 million dollars in annual farm losses in the United States. The top offenders include the chinch bug at 100 million, grasshopper 90 million, Hessian fly 50 million, cotton worm and bollworm at 25 million each, boll weevil 20 million, San Jose scale grain weevil apple worm and army worm at 10 million each, potato bagworm 8 million, and cabbage worm 5 million. Albany, N Y Arqua.
The Saturday Evening Post notes a shift to wholesale banking where no small personal accounts are welcomed and only large corporations deal with $25 million banks. It describes billion-dollar trusts and big banks as modern wonders shaping industry through rapid loans and vast accommodations for railroads, syndicates, and foreign government issues.
The Boston Transcript argues that modern college women are healthier stronger more independent and better oriented toward the world than previous generations. It lauds self knowledge and improved education of both mind and body as distinguishing features in women’s colleges compared with men’s colleges.
Public opinion grows against the wanton destruction of shade trees by workers of phone, telegraph and electric light companies. The piece notes damages are hard to recover, and protests by women are dismissed, while companies fortify against subsequent damages claims.
A Canadian inventor unveils an electric block signal for railways that automatically displays danger in the current and next blocks and may show a rear danger signal. The system works on single or double tracks and aims for a simpler, more reliable device. A second signaling device lets the motorman alert the power house or following trains if trouble occurs, pinpointing the issue at its source.
A piece on personal neatness and trousers pressings. The article argues that wrinkle free trousers greatly improve appearance and notes various habits, including paying for frequent pressing or long-term tailor offers, and suggests an invention to allow men to press their own trousers at home.
A home garment tool uses two flat boards shaped like trouser legs with edge clamps. Pivoted cam levers tighten to press and smooth legs by drawing presser boards together. Bottoms clamp first, waistband pulled to tension, then remaining clamps tightened for use.
France conducts experiments to build flat bottom motor boats with shingles like hulls instead of toothpick frames. A 34 foot beam by 19 foot hull powered by a motor reached 17.5 mph, prompting further trials toward a major speed breakthrough for shallow water craft.
A German inventor patents a life mask with a valve that allows air intake from overhead while preventing water entry, aiming to reduce drownings when waves dash over faces at sea. The device is presented as a potential life saving tool for steamboat disasters.
A short dialogue features a red automobile described as restive by a father to his son. The boy asks why the car jumps and the father suggests the car notices people crossing the street ahead, framing a simple, observational moment.
A brief quip notes a newspaper canvasser’s effort to expand circulation, with a playful exchange about the campaign to boost readership. The item reflects local shop talk on marketing a periodical and increasing sales.
Nebraska farmer J. S. Peckham uses a home built windmill to pump water, costing $25. The 20 foot tower of 4 by 4 inch stock supports an 8 arm wheel with 54 percent long wooden fans, each about 16 feet diameter, yielding around 1000 gallons per hour in a typical 15 mph wind.
For a smooth clean edge grain fir floor staining is preferred to painting as it preserves the wood grain and wears well. Use a weak solution of permanganate of potash dissolved in water, test on a scrap, apply with a brush, air dry half an hour, dilute if too dark, then sand and clean before applying one coat of stain and one or two coats of varnish to protect and reveal the grain.
Do not cut the small shoots. let growth reach seed, then cut and mulch for winter. Do not cut all next year. only prune stronger sprouts. Prevent self seeding by cutting before ripening seed. Apply well rotted manure in fall and fork in spring. In bearing, top dress with nitrate of soda about 250 pounds per acre.
The writer explains wet potatoes come from soil moisture and storage conditions. He urges underdraining to reduce tuber sogginess, arguing higher store temperatures help slightly but soil type matters most. Initial drainage cost is offset by bigger crops and earlier, longer workable land.
The author prescribes puncturing an egg and rubbing it with a stick dipped in red pepper and mustard to impregnate the egg. The egg is then placed in the nest with the open side up for the hen to eat, which is claimed to stop the hen from eating eggs without harming the hen.
A. I. Roberts explains stock quality drives profit at two years old, noting only about 10 percent are high grade beef cattle. About 30 percent are unimproved or dairy-influenced, selling for half the price of top stock. He advocates pure bred sires and four to five generations of grading up to improve herds.
A USDA circular notes goat meat challenges including prejudice against goat names and strong mature goat taste. It cites that kids fetch better reception as kid meat, potential market viability if a $1.50 per kid price and reliable doe-reared kid yield exist, but currently no such market exists.
Lice on pigs, especially young ones, lead to frequent heavy losses. Death may follow directly, but more often occurs indirectly through illnesses like cholera that exploit weakened hogs.
Grow green manures on distant parts of the farm planned to be turned under so barnyard manure can be applied to the fields nearest the barns. This arrangement saves labor by reducing haulage and handling time.
The article argues that hit or miss breeding is common but unprofitable. It urges scientific mating knowledge, noting no universal rule exists yet. Breeders should study, collect experiences, and balance hard work with thoughtful inquiry to prosper in hog raising.
In Bulletin No. 77 researchers report experiments on digestibility of rice bran and polish. They found mills adultering feed by mixing hulls with bran, sometimes up to 50 percent, claiming minimal hull intrusion under new milling, injuring mucous linings of the stomach. Louisiana Station notes hulls have no nutritive value and are physiologically harmful.
The draft horse stands as the best breed for farmers, with roadsters and driving horses useful but secondary. A first class draft horse costs little to raise and pays off earlier, as it sells easily while requiring no more care than a poor horse. Quality animals yield a larger profit margin than inferior stock.
The article advises sowing rye for dairy cows in late August to early September to establish ground cover before winter. Use about three bushels per acre for finer stems, graze calves or other livestock in fall if rye grows too lush, and switch to pasture grasses in early spring as grasses emerge and cows prefer them to rye.
The article argues that feeding quality swine is crucial after selecting animals with strong breeding lines. It warns that poor feed, especially turning purebreds into scrub feedlots with little forage, degrades lineage after a few generations. Immediate parental nutrition also affects offspring quality.
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