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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
3
Hoards Dairyman presents a calf barn floor plan with essentials for calf housing. Keys include a dry bedding floor, warm pure air via ventilation, ample windows, a four foot feeding alley, and dividable pens to group calves by size and strength for better growth.
A detailed hog breeding guide compares Poland China, Duroc Jersey, Chester White and Berkshire types, stressing individual quality over breed superiority. It covers fecundity, litter size, conformation, bone strength, and the importance of selecting brood sows from fruitful litters, plus equipment for breeding stock and practical feeding notes. The piece emphasizes uniform front and rear lines, strong pasterns and backs, and purebred boars with early maturing traits, while noting crossbreeding can work if stock quality is high.
Design outlines a large hog pen split into sleeping and feeding zones. A dry bed is created by flooring one half, improving comfort and hygiene. Overall dimensions described in feet by tons, with the floored section occupying the specified half to maintain dryness.
A reader seeks wardrobe guidance for an afternoon party for a young girl between two and five, suggesting simple wool or silk frocks with hats and wraps. The piece shifts to New Year party planning for 18 to 24 year olds, inviting ideas on invitations, games, and favors, with sample advice from OL YMPIA and CLARA.
The article sketches a Pierrot themed pincushion using a linen cover and an old handkerchief, with a white alno coat trimmed in black pompoms, a ruffle of white ribbon, and a small head. It also notes fashion shifts toward Renaissance Botticelli influence with Florentine patterns, lavish jewelry, and Botticelli inspired dress and accessories.
The article urges constant fresh air in cold weather. Open first floor windows for at least 15 minutes each morning and after meals. In bedrooms keep windows wide until breakfast. Manage gradual air change in living rooms while avoiding scented waters. Smoking families should air thoroughly to reduce odors.
Readable snippets suggest a set of old fashioned cures and home tips. Claims include stopping nosebleeds with salt under the tongue and a hot bath aiding sleep. Other lines mention apical complaints from high heels and a yolk plus rosewater as a shampoo.
Describes the Ming emperors grave complex near Peking in a marble paved processional way. Grey sculpted figures line the avenue from a red pagoda entrance through a landscape of dynamic stone animals to the mausoleum of Yung Lo, amid plains and distant hills.
Samuel A. Donnelly of Brooklyn N Y former president of the International Typographical Union has been appointed to succeed John F Leech as public printer in Washington Roosevelt has approved the move and Leech will return to service in the Philippines Donnelly born 1866 in Franklin County Pa began as a teacher then printer and held key union and civic posts in New York and national labor commissions
Washington reports Daniel J. Keefe appointed commissioner general of immigration succeeding Frank P. Sargent. Born near Chicago, Keefe grew up on a Cook County farm, led Chicago longshoremen, helped form the first longshoremen union, and held AFL and arbitration roles. He has led the Longshoremen’s union and resided in Detroit and Twin Place.
At the Queen's theater in London a matinee hat ban caused embarrassment as a lady refused to remove her headgear and a companion retorted. The pair left the theater after a whispered insult about hats fixed to her cart.
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