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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
2
A Nome Trade league correspondent recounts a country merchant who adopted city style advertising with clear price notices. The result: higher sales, reduced clerical costs, and 28 customers shifting from Chicago catalogue houses. He argues small towns must use publicity to compete with catalogue firms.
An essay argues that the lure of free benefits corrupts leaders and citizens alike. It cites railroads, legislators, mayors, charities, and department stores as examples of the human craving to obtain value without cost, warning such greed tempts fraud and undermines virtue. The piece labels this impulse a pervasive fallacy guiding downfall.
The piece warns against crooked schemes selling baking powder and flavoring extracts with prizes and quotes a bond as security. It notes many users buy bulk to obtain premiums, receiving cheap, adulterated goods. If unsold, recipients risk payment via trusted endorsers and refunds. Avoid offers promising much for little.
The article urges merchants to improve street appeal with attractive signs clean storefronts and proper awnings. It notes that first impressions from exterior care affect visitor judgments and business success and urges ongoing care and investment.
Editorial note urges towns to maintain clean streets and sidewalks to create a good impression on visitors. Warns that overgrown weeds and neglected areas reflect poorly on the community and encourage civic pride and regular maintenance.
In Atlantic magazine Hashiguchi notes harakiri’s samurai heritage and its fading then resurfacing in the Russo-Japanese War era. Prof Akida of Waseda argues duty justifies saving life over ritual suicide, a view Maj Gen Sato counters as undermining patriotic fervor. Japanese press frames the debate as a clash over honor and duty.
On a scorching day at Camp Montauk in 1898 President McKinley and Secretary Alger visited 14 000 soldiers at the army depot. They received a grand welcome with trumpets and salutes as cannon fired and flags waved. McKinley asked Alger if the soldiers had enough water, showing his concern for the thirsty troops.
A London paper argues that when scandal arises who discusses it first. Men’s clubs spread rumors about society ministries banks and newspapers, while women are labeled gossipers for hearing and repeating what husbands heard at the club. Both sexes share gossip tendencies in country houses and social circles.
A shipwreck near King Island, Tasmania, scattered seed stuffed in sailors’ mattresses. Clover and legumes sprouted, nitrogen-fixing bacteria enriched the sand, transforming King Island from barren dunes into a prosperous grazing district with lush vegetation.
A capi tol grafter is informed that his reputation is gone and responds with a brightened mood saying it was his reputation that led him to tall Amber. He whistles merrily and starts studying a timetable.
An American Medical Association report cites Chester Mayer stating that 3000 of 4000 Kentucky medical graduates annually are unfitted to practice. Only 25 to 28 percent pass licenses. 58 percent of graduates across 28 states fail initially and few are corrected by reexamination.
A correspondent from the Valley Farmer describes a wire bit about telegraph wire thickness, long enough to pass through the cow’s mouth and connect behind the ears as a headstall. The device prevents the tongue from forming suction while allowing normal eating and drinking.
A Iowa station report advises butter makers to adjust salt by moisture content, ensuring uniform distribution. Salt should be added only after butter drains and gathers, with ¾ to 1 ounce per pound of butter as an approximate correct amount in medium soft butter.
Dairy owners learn to wash separators and improve profits. Denmark houses about 1300 creameries producing 100000 tons of butter yearly. Use sun for utensils, avoid metals in butter, and guard against rust. White skim milk sales, healthy pastures, and a single good cow outperform several poor ones. Avoid excessive nitrogen rich feed and avoid frightening cows to protect machinery. Fattening old cows is rarely profitable as corn prices rise.
Farm Journal warns that mean dogs in pastures spoil milk quality and price. It advises that only good intelligent dogs should be kept, urging careful yard management to avoid losses.
The note discusses breaking a calf to drink using a sweet disposition and sweet milk, noting success with both bucket feeding and hand feeding. It compares outcomes from feeding on sour milk versus other methods, suggesting similar results in early training.
A fragment noting that cow's milk is consumed by many beings but water remains essential for all life. It mentions infants and young animals like calves and piglets needing water in addition to milk to sustain existence.
The article argues that knowledge is crucial in dairy farming, shaping feed choices and herd management. It warns against costly misjudgments like choosing timothy over clover hay and buying low-value brans or shorts, urging farmers to study feed values and cow capacities to lift profits.
The Farm er discusses optimal breeding age for heifers. He notes dairy heifers may be bred earlier than beef, but recommends delaying to 18 to 22 months for beef stock and 10 to 20 months for dairy, depending on size, vigor, and raising quality. Early breeding can boost proficiency but risks stunting and abortion if the animal isn’t yet strong.
A simple woodworking project outlines a box made from inch boards 12 by 16 inches and 4 inches deep. It specifies legs 3 inches wide and 9 inches long to support the stool.
A correspondent from the Missouri Valley Farmer reports on makeshift solutions in Wisconsin farms. Three daily milking hours prompt use of grain sacks stuffed with cushioning material to create improvised comfort for workers and stools.
The piece notes that crops rarely winter kill on well drained soils and that excess water prevents drainage. It claims heavy water presence causes winter kill and cites under drainage by means of Ulela as the only remedy.
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