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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1902
Page
3
John Pugh narrates a Midwest water system showing a wind driven pump feeding a spring 476 feet away with a 42 foot rise. A cement cistern holds 59 barrels, plus a 6 barrel barn tank and underground piping to barn. The setup uses a windmill and float valves ensuring constant water delivery.
A letter from E. L. Vincent in the New York Tribune argues that ill tempered cow handlers provoke kicking cows, harming milk yield and herd value. Kind, patient handling calms nervous cattle, reduces losses, and improves calves, proving gentleness pays in dollars and sense.
The article explains that careful handling of nursery trees preserves moisture and roots through transport. Proper packing with damp moss and bagging prevents drying out, reducing losses and ensuring healthy establishment in the orchard. It notes past failures from exposed roots and poor packing and urges ample stable space for livestock comfort.
The excerpt describes fashionable linen gowns, hats, and accessories in airy spring tones such as brick red, green, and black lace. It also touts Sunshades, toques, and tussore silk styles, then shifts to a travelogue praising the Black Hills, Hot Springs, and regional sights from Buffalo Gap to Spearfish Canyon, with a humorous Finnish deckhand anecdote.
A method to extend fence post life uses quicklime saturated timber. In a three foot pit, lime plus water slacks heat drives moisture from posts set upright, then absorbed lime neutralizes acid causing decay, increasing durability. Posts should be seasoned for best results.
A New York Tribune account recalls a smoking room party on a steamer where an Irishman challenges feats of daring aloft. An ambitious mast climb ends with a risky fall but the sailor lands on deck and boasts of the feat as onlookers react with mixed astonishment.
A Washington Star report dated March 19 1901 recounts a farewell note from the United States Surveyor General's Office in Boise Idaho to Governor Andrew H Burke. The letter blends formal praise with playful farewell lines including references to Styx Rhadamanthus and the rose embowerd gateway of the fields elysian.
A frame device described by G. M. Powderly to stop cows from drawing milk by nursing themselves. Four hardwood sticks form a frame, with eight round sticks two feet long passing through for depth, secured with three quarter inch screws. The yoke can be adjusted to fit different neck sizes.
Notre Dame University at Notre Dame Indiana advertises free catalogues and course details for prospective students. Emphasizes preparatory school, commercial business training, and St Edward's Hall for under thirteen students. Highlights thorough academics, care of students, and fifty seven years of educational service.
A Detroit Free Press snippet features a visitor telling a father his son will comfort him in old age. The father replies that if the boy proves as promised, there will be no old age to endure.
A New York judge recounts a young minister teaching teachers in training to describe spring. He asks students what comes in the spring and a treble voice answers fresh fish, revealing the challenges of engaging pupils and scheduling services on Friday.
A stray anecdote captures an aspiring actor recalling a stage moment when he was to say Hi stealthily and launch into a line. He laments the unfinished sentiment and repeats the self critique in a rueful memory.
A late 19th to early 20th century collage cites quotes and ads from Milwaukee Sentinel and Chicago Daily News. It includes a claim about 00 pop eyes, Allen's Foot-Ease ad, a Scott quote on reason, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, Piso's Cure testimonial, and a warning about a schemer. Entities include Jersey City, Milwaukee Sentinel, Chicago Daily News, Minneapolis, A. 8. Olmsted, Le Roy NY, and 322 Third Ave N. The passage mixes legal, medical, and consumer notes with ad blurbs and proverbs.
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