19 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
1
The Breeder's Gazette features a DIY movable fence using four 66 inch by 12 foot boards per panel laid flat with 4 to 6 inch gaps. Cleats and notches in Fig A join panels to form a across the field barrier. Barb wire on each side adds durability for larger stock and quick removal. The article also includes a short, unrelated column about a Mysterious Sund and a local Sunday service note.
The piece laments extreme heat and arid conditions as a burden on farmers while noting a stubbornly resilient crop outlook. It cites the July 15 1901 Weekly Crop Bulletin reporting 100 to 108 degree heat and damage to raspberries blackberries and apples. It also stresses the farmer as society’s essential laborer sustaining clothing and food for the world.
The Commercial Travelers' Association of Buffalo forms a side degree titled the order of Dont Knock. Its creed condemns speaking ill of others and urges concealment of imperfections, warning that even small unkind remarks can cause harm and ruin lives.
Rail agent C. W. Jacobs announces sale of one way second class settlers tickets to many western and north western points on first and third Tuesdays. Round trip Home Seekers rates are valid for 21 days to south, west and north points during the season with daily service from Clear Lake and major cities.
The Fair runs September 4 5 and 6 and a premium list is available at the offices of Pres Scanlan and Secretary Wapole. Obtain a copy if you have not received one.
The Rock Valley area reports no new smallpox cases after prompt measures. Officials say rapid response and containment efforts ended the outbreak in a short time.
Notice to Gem Rebekahs by order of the district deputy all members are notified to attend the next regular meeting Saturday evening duly 20 for transaction of quarterly business or the charter of lodge will be revoked.
Practical tips for home care include hanging brooms to keep them pliant and tips on lamp wicks, floor cleaning with turpentine to freshen rooms, making lamp wicks from felt hats boiled in vinegar, airing bedrooms for two hours, and securing mantelpiece ornaments with weight and stability checks on bases and bottoms.
The article recalls the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York installing the first passenger elevator. A screw-driven carriage moved by a large screw drew visitors, making it a local sight. Modern elevators are much faster and smoother, with many New York homes now featuring button operated, nearly automatic systems.
Chicago Tribune notes Sharp faced many advantages yet rose to notable success as a lawyer. The editorial argues his affluent background gave him resources, contrasting with stories of others who toiled for education and opportunity.
The wizard meets a hare pursued by a fox hunter dog and peasant and grants a transformation. The hare asks to become another animal and the wizard turns her into a fox expressing gratitude.
A fragment recounts the Hare fleeing predators and mobs while appealing to the Wizard to revert him to a Hare. The Wizard replies with a moral about hard times and the perils of envy, implying hardship can be greater for others.
Two hoboes, hired for a 10 cent loan story, pumped water from a cellar onto a sidewalk and into the Nepperhan river. Spectators laughed as they watched, while the employer fled to New York after the prank escalated.
The article explains price differences for chocolate across regions, noting high prices in Italy France England and the U S while South America averages about one dollar per pound for better grades. It cites adulteration as a major cause of lower prices in America and discusses Venezuela as the finest source of cacao beans with two annual crops.
After Thackeray’s lectures on the four Georges in London Willett Beale sends a £250 check. Thackeray refuses pounds and insists on guineas saying the lectures have caused losses. Beale, unpersuaded, complies and sends the shillings immediately.
A veteran observer notes the steady rise of eye painting as a trade. He recalls a simple sign reading Black Eyes Painted that evokes memories of a once flashier era and the famed Barnum style once advertised on a western avenue.
The Sun reportedly contains vapors of diagnostic iron silicon and carbon possibly dissociated into simpler substances in its atmosphere. Hydrogen and other known elements may also be present, with solar and stellar surface heat far exceeding that of an electric furnace.
For tin roofs gutters spouts and metal work use plumbago and raw linseed oil with a tablespoonful of drying japan per two quarts to make durable roof paint. Also dry genetian red oxide iron paint and Prince's metallic paint mixed with oil and a little Japan work well. Apply thinly with a brush and avoid surplus at edges.
Abigail Adams writes from December 1797 noting plans to modify an outhouse into a dairy, hoping completion before spring, and commenting on winter conditions, frozen rivers, and the Vice President. She observes Congress in session, political debates, and a sober view of Southern resilience, ending with remarks on a peanut crop valued at $12 million and lingering skepticism about its impact.
A garbled extract discusses old common field practices in Kent including rotation of crops, shareholding among villagers, and the decline of common rights under early modern rule. It weaves in references to Yale football, feasts, and bits of family lineage, but the text is incomplete and jumbled.
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