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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
4
A brief record notes a local governing board session addressing equalization and budget items with officials named in attendance. The proceedings outline discussion on policy adjustments and potential changes to assessments and revenue measures affecting municipal services.
Special correspondence reports rapid progress in fundraising to purchase a Washington site for a Hammerstein operatic venue. Prominent business and social figures back the project, aiming for a 2000-seat national institution in the capital. The Treasury building repair contract is awarded, with granite columns and a Dec 1 2008 completion target and an $800000 cost. Clerks gain travel expense signatory relief, creating an honor class for government staff. A notable art gift to the National Gallery includes 46 American paintings from William Evans, with the Freer collection also to remain with its donor Bamwe Frew.
President Roosevelt will leave Washington in late June for Oyster Bay, staying until late September before delivering a speech in Canton on September 30. He returns to Washington to begin work on his annual message to Congress. Discussions on pure milk for infants lead to proposed municipal dairies and distribution stations, while park costs across the city are projected to exceed $70,000 for the coming year.
Varl Schofield offers a method to produce corncob charcoal for hogs. Dig a five foot deep pit two feet wide at the bottom, five at the top, build a coal bed, dry cobs fill, seal air out, and bake twenty four hours. Feed with one pound salt per bushel of charcoal. hogs benefit from charcoal and salt.
Agricultural notes report that 4 000 pounds of ordinary stable manure exposed outdoors from April 26 to Sept 22 dropped to 1 730 pounds, with value per ton falling from 2 74 to 2 34. Six month exposure cut ash and plant food, leaving only 1 00 worth per ton of original 2 27. Russian clover shows promising hay qualities and later harvest suitable with timothy. A homemade stock food formula uses bitter components and salts for animals not gaining flesh. Fall pigs timing advised, aiming for early September arrival.
Recurring items include remarks on profitable hog rearing with December pigs, tree planting with dynamite use on rough Long Island land, and shifting from plank to cement hog house floors for sanitary reasons. Also described are Servian wedding customs where guests give cash, cigars, and drinks, with brides collecting substantial sums at weddings in Kansas City Star style.
The monkfish known by many names along the Atlantic coast ranges from googefish in Massachusetts to bellows fish in Rhode Island and wide gut in parts of Europe. It grows to about four feet and forty pounds, devours dogs, ducks and crabs, and swallows prey whole with powerful jaws. The bottom dwelling predator has fringe gills and sluggish movements but swift feeding bites, as described by Philadelphia observers.
In Fedora Missouri resident W. Pepper recounts a dramatic recovery from severe lung and throat hemorrhages after trying Dr King’s New Discovery. He credits instant relief and rapid healing, with coughing stopping and ulcers diminishing within three weeks, enabling him to work again. Trial bottle offered free at De Kruif and Lubbers drug store. Guaranteed for coughs and colds at 50 cents and 1.00.
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