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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
7
A collage of humorous vignettes from a train station to a monastery, plus a tale of a New England jokester and a juror. The piece then shifts to farming, detailing a cucumber grower’s orderly layout, two crops per year, and potential profits from a 10 000 square foot operation, noting risks from hail and pests.
L G Mackenzie and Q O Willis from Fulton Missouri establish a cucumber farm in a 200 by 50 foot glass and iron hot house at Olathe Kansas. The structure cost about 87000 and features soil beds, extensive irrigation, and wiring with bees aiding pollination.
The article notes sixteen priests leaving the Anglican communion for Rome, arguing such convert actions are individual matters not solving broader Christian problems. It contrasts modernist Roman aims with ongoing devotion and warns against sectarian pride and mutual hostility within Christendom.
A Boston inventor Paul B D Collins aims to harvest tidal energy with a scow like craft moored at East Boston. The paddle wheels drive gears and a deck shaft powering a generator to feed electrical output. Maine’s Bowdoinham hosts a near unique tidal wheel mill on the Cathance River connected to a bridge and rail access.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes Roxley survives in Paris not by speech but by wealth. The comment highlights language barriers in the city and the role of money in navigating social life abroad.
A quip about a fiancée and inheritance appears in a Philadelphia Press item. The joke notes the fiancée acts independently and the speaker half regrets being sole beneficiary.
A skeptical observer notes that a single eyeopener cannot reform the taper. change requires deeper reflection and consistent action to address underlying errors.
A Newark Delaware man describes seven years of severe eczema and claims complete cure after two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap. He notes initial partial relief before full recovery. The item ends with a dated testimonial from March 28, 1907.
A jumbled 30 year tale recounts Dmi tri Koszton of Bistritz slaying 285 wolves with lore of hypnotic stares and a Grenoble restaurant famed for cheap meals. The piece then shifts to hair loss, wool decline, US honey output, fear-driven living, and resilience against misfortune.
An advertisement promotes a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Olmsted Le Roy New York claiming it relieves tired sweating hot swollen or aching feet and eases tight shoes with a powder for shoes. It notes a 25 cent retail price at druggists and shoe stores. A government reference in India describes a plant poison mixture and arsenic sugar solution for cutworms. Dr O P Bennett in Macon Illinois grows artichokes in poultry yards for shade that require no cultivation and resist frost.
A steamship for the Canadian Pacific Railway will include honeymoon cabins to accommodate Canada’s growing marriage rate. A New Jersey farmer notes wood chopping improves when struck with the inside corner of the ax. The love of a child gives a woman inspiration and strength to endure hardship.
Sylvanus O Verrill of Milford Maine recounts a five year battle with a paralyzed kidney and severe back pain. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for strengthening him, reducing pain, restoring kidney function, and enabling him to walk unaided.
A Me girl recalls years of indigestion and near starvation from overwork and irregular meals. She credits Grape-Nuts with restoring appetite and health, consuming it as a principal food for months and later including it as part of her regular diet.
The article outlines dam construction options using crock-fill methods with wood, masonry, or cement, and advises bed rock preparation, a ten-foot dam width, upstream batter of 1 in 4, downstream upper batter 1 in 3 and lower 1 in 1, and a concave upstream face. It details wasteways, sluice gates, a 15-inch turbine to yield 9–10 horsepower, and notes curving the dam to resist water pressure.
The passage explains that cultivation alone cannot sustain crops. soil plant food is essential. Manure replenishes this stored food, improves soil chemistry, warms the soil, and helps retain and draw moisture from below, increasing crop production.
The passage discusses repeated cultivation to suppress weeds, urging careful soil preparation before deep plowing and frequent cultivation. It notes crops should be planted when the soil is ready and roots should not require deep grounding, with cultivation adjusted after rain events.
A Michigan inventor develops a feeding bucket for farmers and dairy workers to deliver slop and fluids without spills. The bucket fills by pressing down a bottom receptacle and releases contents via a hinged section controlled by a rod and handle.
An article fragment discusses proper fruit sorting to maximize prices, detailing grading, layering, color and size uniformity, and careful heading of barrels. It then reports nitrate of soda trial results at a Newiteeg experiment station with acre yields, cost and net gain calculations for barnyard millet and oats forage.
A series of agricultural observations notes the Clairmont ranch in Clark County Kansas to be parceled into small farms from 21 000 acres. It highlights a 139 cow herd yielding 941 pounds of butter last year and mentions a legacy grist mill in Denmark Michigan. Also described are innovations in wool from jute, Dutch crop rotation practices, and a Jersey-influenced cow giving birth to triplet calves.
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