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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1903
Page
3
The article explains proper anchor post setting to resist strain and reduce fence failure. It details post size, length to four and a half feet, two inch blocks, brace placement, and screw and wire tension to allow movement and prevent decay. It also advises on caponizing timing and benefits, citing Prairie Farmer and Orange Judd Farmer endorsements.
Advice from Farm and Fireside on starting a small hen flock with pure bred varieties. Highlights include profit from waste consumption, stable home egg supply, and choosing breeds for confinement or foraging. Cautions on feather pecking and the need to keep birds active to avoid vices.
A farmer describes a 9 by 18 foot poultry house with an 8 foot front and 6 foot back, open hither end, and a four foot extension serving as a storage room for feed. The design includes a 28 inch wide dropping board, a two-compartment interior for roosting and sitting hens, adjustable nest boxes, south-facing construction, and board-and-strip walls with doors for access and feeding.
The Midland Farmer notes fowls greatly cut worms and grubs on farms. It cites hens in gardens and tobacco fields where large numbers of birds, including leghorns, clean up pests. The report highlights poultry as a valuable investment for pest control and crop protection.
Beekeepers clip a queen's wing by holding her thorax and removing a segment of one wing. This prevents swarming with the colony. During a swarm, the queen may be found wandering and is then captured and caged before a new hive is placed on the old stand and the queen returned to the bees.
The Commonwealth, largest battleship afloat, leads four sister ships of the King Edward VII class. Displacing 16 500 tons, 440 feet long, 78 feet wide, 26 feet 9 inches deep, it carries 755 men and a heavy gun suite plus four 18 inch torpedo tubes. Krupp armour and 18 000 indicated horsepower engines propel it to 18.5 knots. Other vessels mentioned include Connecticut, Louisiana, and several 16 000 ton class ships planned by Russia.
New Haven residents join a Yale trend with hundreds of students and many adults going hatless. Trolley riders to the shore resorts, society girls shopping bareheaded, and streets filled with wind driven hair and pins indicate a citywide shift to hatless style during warm hours.
Lillier, a Frenchman, is trapped between civil and military authority in Paris. He was arrested for theft and sentenced to one month in a Paris jail. The civil court may imprison him again for residing in the city, while a country prison would trigger military prosecution.
The Oswego NY debate over Rev C H Jones advertising his church services hinges on whether ads deliver promised value. Chicago papers weigh in noting public sympathy for a bride who discovers a false foreign title translates to a waiter or untrustworthy husband.
Lop don Tis Vits recalls a morning after a mischievous night when a man admits feeling love and recalls being the jolliest member of the party. He confesses staying out until four and missing an important train ride for his wife, then laments his lack of an affidavit from the guard.
Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of Valley City North Dakota shares how Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her dizziness and treated a January sciatic attack. She reports relief within three weeks and has stayed well since, promising to recommend the remedy to others.
A traveler rests in a nearby town and asks to bathe at the hotel. The proprietor summons Tom with a cake of yellow soap a towel and a pick. When asked about the pick tor, the proprietor replies you will have to dam up the creek.
A parent asks what the college offers for further education. The president replies vaguely about the standard half mile of cinders and similar activities, reflecting a casual remark in a Philadelphia Press item.
An advertisement promotes Mien' Foot-Ease as a remedy for swollen, sweating, hot, aching feet with trial packs and a call to Druggists in Le Ruy New York. The piece also includes a clipped Philadelphia Press quote about a draft of a will and a Baltimore American fragment.
An OCR mash of patent medicine pitches and railroad promos from 1900. It touts Piso’s Cure, Laxative Bromo Quinine, and a B. M. Woolley medical pitch, alongside three daily Chicago to California trains and miscellaneous quips.
The article argues Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound surpasses all other medicines for women due to its proven record of cures. It claims a quarter century of success and warns against druggists selling inferior alternatives.
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