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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1902
Page
3
Machine described uses a simple wooden box with a hinged top and side, a back-mounted spool, a 12 inch balancing stick, and a baited trigger. When an animal sniffs the bait it dislodges a notched stick, releasing a cover to trap the vermin. A weight on the cover may improve operation. Farm and Home.
A rural post office debate features the chairman of the post offices committee arguing free delivery is not universally favored as some country residents oppose it in store meetings. He hints at reduced appropriations and questions the value of such service for farming communities and social change. The piece contrasts this with critiques and calls for reading and Grange meetings and cites historical cottonseed oil industry data and a note on good roads advancing rural trade.
The Atlanta Journal argues convicts could build a modern highway system and notes the need for a self supporting plan. It suggests using convict labor to construct roads while creating factories and a farm to supply the system and reduce competition with free labor.
Practical method for laying out square fields using two six foot posts and shadows at noon and six o'clock, plus a 1x4 board triangle to form 6 by 8 by 10 feet for building square corners, attributed to John Eckroat in Orange Judd Farmer.
The post office department will test and then extend rural free delivery after a successful local program. The trial runs in Peoria and Vermillion counties Illinois and in a Pennsylvania county due to even population and good roads. Farmers should maintain roads for year round passability.
The Midland Farmer urges farmers to start soil work early to allow long rest periods before planting. By harrowing and renewed cultivation, a crop of weeds is killed cheaply and the seed bed is finer and better prepared. On drought-prone land, extend preplant cultivation weeks or months.
A New Haven Copp pamphlet argues for broad highways to uplift virtuous citizens while condemning alleys slumways and cowpaths as havens for the vicious and lawless. Charles N. Day advocates a moral urban planning approach.
The piece notes asthma as a shifting medical concept, linked to emotional temperament and family history. It cites Johnson and Boswell to show heart-related misattribution, warns of permanent lung and heart changes in chronic cases, and urges early hygienic corrections to prevent progression.
Fashion writers note a trend toward refined reception gowns with sunset hues, drawing on oriental embroidery Egyptian tones and Chinese techniques. Walking attire shows revolutions with mohair and zibeline fabrics trimmed in tone, browns and reds lead colors, skirts shortened for practicality as women take to the air on foot.
A kitchen instruction detailing sauteing onion in butter for ten minutes, adding cream salt and paprika, then coating sardines with cracker crumbs and eggs for baking. The prepared sardines are laid in a pan and browned in a hot oven, served hot with parsley.
A New York Post note describes a year round chafing dish recipe using eggs with green peppers. Melt butter, add fine green pepper, grated cheese and tomato catsup for one minute, then fold in six beaten eggs with cream. Cook to a thick cream and serve on buttered toast.
Practical guidance on clearing clutter while cooking and cleaning. Tips include covering frying pans to cook evenly, washing dishes promptly, testing nutmegs, pre washing new stockings, using glass covers to retain heat, cleaning kid boots with a sponged mix, repairing scorches with soap and oil, cleaning black cashmere with borax blue water, and brightening gilt frames with gentle spirit or turpentine and air drying.
Roy W. Allen covered Porto Rico by car in 54 percent of an hour over 84 miles. The Paris Vienna road race faces doubt as the date shifts from June 15 to early July. Paris show displays 645 bicycles with 487 men 84 women 23 children 15 folding and one clerical. A Jersey City worker tried to fill a tank by kerosene lamp. loss 7000 with no insurance. New vehicles ordered. New York considers Coxe speed bill lowering city limit to seven mph and country limit to 20 mph. Automobilists cyclists and horsemen form a joint highway reform crusade in New York City.
A collection of quirky notes reports the coconut tree profit at one dollar per year a swallow covering 140 miles at 128 miles per hour in flight Geronimo as watermelons cultivation in captivity and Pullman cars swept by air from the airbrake compressor
The governor of Oregon praises Pe-ru-Na as the universal catarrh remedy and keeps it in his home. A letter from Governor William Lord testifies to its effectiveness for colds and related ailments. The piece urges all households to stock Pe-ru-Na to prevent and treat colds, grippe, and winter illnesses.
An Irishworkman near Cincinnati paints a telegraph pole bright green. A fellow Irishman asks with concern how he will manage a hemorrhage, an expression of fear for his colleague’s safety in a lighthearted News context.
In Stray Stories the tramp explains to a woman he climbed a wall to escape a bull and now asks only for food to feed the dog. The scene highlights human kindness amid peril as the man appeals for mercy toward the animal.
In Stray Stories Alphonso asks Gwendolyn to marry him but she delays, joking she is busy selecting her bridesmaids. The exchange captures lighthearted social wit as the suitor grows patient.
A Yonkers Statesman quote notes if eggs were shared equally each person would get 141. A light remark recalls a night touring out west. An Atchison Globe quip warns that honest work will beat self praise. Another Globe line jokes that everyone is accused of overeating, but it is not a joke.
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