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Newspaper
Stromsburg Republican
Location
Stromsburg, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1890
Page
5
An agricultural column stressing care with poisonous plants and the need for skilled labor on farms. It urges thorough farm tasks, practical household tips, and disciplined routines to prevent hazards and improve efficiency.
The article explains how domestic animals suffer from eating poisonous plants found in fields and pastures. It notes horses and cows are at risk, mentions loco weed as disputed in its toxicity, and highlights ongoing Experiment Station research to classify harmful plants and develop destruction methods.
The article argues successful farms achieve large yields across corn potatoes fruit and fat stock through thorough care in soil prep planting cultivation harvesting and livestock management. It emphasizes doing each part well to limit costs, beat competition, and secure ready sales. It also advocates condensed, thorough work over sprawling, shallow efforts.
The article argues that modern farming requires many machines and skilled labor. It notes crops use multiple implements for hay, potatoes, oats, and wheat, each needing mechanical skill and scientific understanding. It concludes farmers need substantial preparation akin to businessmen or mechanics.
The text argues that land seen as cheap costs farmers more effort because it yields poor crops. It suggests focusing on improving soil fertility to reduce labor hours, proposing eight hours when land becomes rich. Market gardeners work shorter hours than farm laborers due to richer land and higher wages.
Farmers should focus on one strong breed and study its traits to double profits rather than chasing new varieties. At Oxford Farmers' Club, Mr. Linter cited geese as a steady source of feathers and income, while noting fashions and labor limit goose picking. The Amercian Agriculturist recommends cotton seed meal for meatless feed and suggests mill as a meat substitute with varied rations for poultry.
The guidance emphasizes tin pails, immediate straining of milk, milk from healthy content cows, milking with dry hands after udder cleaning, ample wholesome feed, daily access to salt, thorough cleansing of all milk vessels, and cleaning with tepid water and soda followed by boiling for sanitation.
Manure may flame up when heap size is large and should be turned over to stop ammonia loss. Level cultivation suits all crops. deep planting adds soil depth without ridge piling. Grow crops aligned with local market demand. the rule continues beyond the visible fragment.
The article discusses shipping goods to distant points at low cost and advises observers to monitor markets and note prices. It cites Professor Storer noting bone meal and wood ashes as barnyard fertilizer substitutes, with suggested application. It covers water content in plants, a barley acre’s water uptake, and uses for pine tar as a farm grease and pest deterrent.
Practical advice covers cooking quick biscuits and potato soup, cleaning wallpaper with boiling water, and safe fire restoration with sugar. It also notes handling choking incidents in children and explains why mixed carat rings discolor fingers due to fit and friction.
Geologists note if continents and seabed were leveled the world would be beneath water a mile deep. Descriptions include jelly fish wrapping around prey, star fish turning stomachs inside out, woodpecker with a three barbed tongue, clams and oysters feeding via siphons, and tapeworms absorbing nutrients through skin. A locomotive shop showcases a nine foot driving wheel intended to push a train over ninety miles an hour using bicycle-like axles.
A new grape vine disease in southern California threatens the industry. Leaves and fruit fail to show cause after inspection by state and national agriculture departments. Grapes turn yellow and shrivel by morning with new plantings dying before bearing. Reports place impact in San Bernardino valley and possible spread to San Joaquin valley.
A rapid penman writes thirty words a minute and must draw the pen through a space of sixteen and a half feet. In forty minutes his pen travels a furlong and in five hours and a third a mile. The article claims many millions of pen strokes yearly, with averages of three to four pen strokes per letter and forty-three curves per second at thirty words per minute.
The Wordsworth cottage and garden, preserved close to its historic condition, will be purchased and placed under a trust as a permanent memorial to the poet, similar to Shakespeare's birthplace.
A humorous country vignette follows Sam Mudd and Mandy Mudd as prosperity changes them. Sol Jones recalls Sam’s shift from brick yard work to stylish living, Mandy’s pampered visits, and a final roast of Sam’s pretensions at the town border.
The narrator expects Sam to recover after leaving town to work and pay debts. He notes that people who move to town from the country often rebound when they return after a year or two due to financial strain. Solomon Jones remarks on this cycle as he foresees Sam's fate on the farm.
Scientific notes discuss an overhead electric mail and light freight line between Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, about 180 miles apart, contrasting dynamo energy with battery energy and suggesting high efficiency for electrochemical storage.
Intimate tale recounts General Lew Wallace meeting Colonel Ingersoll on an eastern bound train. The exchange spurs Wallace to study theology, then write Ben Hur as his reply to the agnostic. The story frames the novel's inspiration as a personal resolution.
A reminiscence quoted from the New York Sun recalls a beloved nurse who urged a child to imagine burial attire as respectable as church dress. The speaker frets about dignity, modesty, and the shame of appearing in front of a heavenly assembly in stockings and an ill fitting outfit.
Emerson Waldo from Boston denounces petty personal remarks and urges discussion of lofty topics. Miss Platte from Omaha agrees yet notes Mrs. Laker’s walk as a humorous aside in a cultured social scene.
A man on a Michigan Avenue car pressed politics on riders asking for Americans first duty. An ice cold passenger retorted that the duty was to drop politics change shirt hair cut and eat limburger cheese to refresh breath. The patriot finally muttered a single scornful excuse saying you’ve been drinkin’!
A fragment from Figaro shows a Sunday school scene where a teacher asks about Golia h and Freddy Fangle replies with a humorous mispronunciation about rocking a child to sleep. The exchange captures light comic dialogue.
A vivid look at the mining belt from Carthage to Kansas shows how the once dismissed jack ore or zinc waste has become highly valuable. Mines near Joplin Webb City and Galena rely on primitive methods with deep shafts from forty to two hundred feet and a growing eastern investment interest.
A Memphis letter reports crawfish burrow damage in rural Mississippi reducing farming output. Holes reach two to three feet, keeping hogs from feeding and hindering fields. A planter, Adam Carlisle, tried paying negroes 10 cents per hundred for night hunts, spending $20 for two nights before ending the effort. He considers raccoons as a last resort. Owls once protected crops but are now scarce. The pest remains a serious issue despite its odd image.
A historical note suggests catching a rat and dressing it in scarlet to terrify others into fleeing. If dressing is hard, a Harvard student could paint the rat red to achieve the same effect.
A Washington zoological garden monkey gained notoriety by using a mirror to flash sunlight at a rival cockatoo. The tail injury occurred when the cockatoo grabbed the monkey’s tail during play. The scene ended when a cloud shaded the mirror, leaving the two animals again facing each other in mutual frustration.
An Australian settler loses two mares to fleas and the herd roams westward. Over time they multiply to eleven as strangers join, surviving as civilization expands. The herd becomes wary and faster as hunters close in, with foals and a foal-filled line continuing the wild tradition.
A census enumerator questioned a Fifth Avenue cook in her backyard about naturalization and marital status. The man claimed illness and a stammering memory as he evaded answering and then vanished from the scene.
In a Buffalo saloon described by the New York Sun, a stranger asks for aid to drink a dollar's worth of beer. Twelve to fifteen men sit inside as some slip away or turn away, but finally all shout I will and surge to the bar.
An aged army cook recalls frying pancakes for three thousand men during the war. He describes a giant twenty foot diameter sheet iron griddle, a massive fire, and a humorous method using two large Black people with bacon on their feet to keep the griddle greased.
Brooklyn physical education teacher Edwin Chockley argues current child training is flawed. He urges focus on standing breathing and mindful use of muscles and joints, not routine calisthenics, to develop grace, vigor, and durable strength in children.
The text recalls Wordsworth's conservative stance in church and state yet liberal sympathy for radicals. An anecdote with Sir John Coleridge shows Wordsworth defending an ancient footpath against Lord Lonsdale's land purchase, vowing to maintain the people's right of way.
The account recalls a Philadelphia Congressman and a Kentucky Mr Beck during a debate on the Alabama constitution. Judge Kelley meets Beck in the Public Printer’s office and learns their origins as they exchange formalities about native birth and Scottish accents.
Dr Gatling at 86 in Hartford is celebrated as the sulphur shower bath gun inventor. General Johnston at 84 remains buoyant and active. Bret Harte, Louise Michel, Sir Julian Goldsmid, Kowalski the Polish tailor, William Dean Howells, Archbishop Ryan and Irish laborers are mentioned alongside anecdotes on journalism, politics, and self harm.
In a humorous anecdote, John C. N consul general recalls showing white duck pants to the White House and President Harrison whispering that his drawers were visible. The exchange ends the spat by affirming loyalty to official attire. The item also notes elk hunting data from Norway with rents to the government.
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