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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
7
A Farm and Home idea describes a roadside mail trolley. A reinforced post by the highway supports a bent arm and a horizontal wire to the house. A pulley box slides on the wire between home and road. a cord pulls the box to meet the carrier and back to the house.
A handy field device described by the Prairie Farmer uses two telegraph poles two guy ropes and an iron rod with a carrier to stack hay anywhere in a short setup time. It claims faster larger stacks with better quality.
An article recounts saving seven black ash trees aged 15 to 20 years from the oyster shell bark louse using a kerosene emulsion. After pruning dead limbs and scrubbing trunks and branches, the scale lifted in early June and new growth appeared. Owners paid for the treatment.
The speaker states that internal parasites cause the greatest losses in sheep, averaging about 12 percent from birth to maturity. They note lamb mortality peaks between four and six months, with roughly half of those losses attributed to internal parasites on their farm.
A farmer describes making inexpensive hog feed from greens such as sour duck and wild mustard, cooked with meat scraps in a large iron kettle. The recipe yields about six gallons daily with one gallon of corn meal and one gallon of wheat bran per hog.
The article extols Chickasha in Grady county as the garden spot of the earth highlighting Indian Territory land reforms drawing capitalists and manufacturers. It notes seven rail lines, cheap electric power, rich crops corn cotton wheat alfalfa garden trucking and a thriving commercial club answering inquiries about the nation’s interest in the area.
In a short exchange from Youths Companion a husband compliments his wife as a brilliant talker. An admirer jokes about sharing meals and the wife’s endless chatter. The husband bows and leaves as the wife arrives at tea.
Mrs Lillie Wilcher of 770 Eleventh St Chattanooga Tenn says Cuticura cured a running neck sore and a severe facial tetter. She details using two cakes of soap and one box of ointment along with prior remedies and notes two other cures in her family. The dated testimonial is from February 16 1907.
A conversation between two passengers notes a prolonged halt at the station. The first questions the delay while the seasoned traveler suggests no one is attempting to catch the train, implying a quiet, routine stoppage.
A well known English bishop long ago lost his third wife. A cler gyman who had known the first wife returned from Africa to visit the grave. He asked a verger at the cathedral where the bishop's wife is buried. The verger replied that he does not know for certain, but he mostly buries them at Brompton.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a kindly man recalling a disastrous barbershop moment. Rambling Rupert asks about the worst scrape and a barber college student jokes about the time he was shaved, prompting laughter and light banter.
Mrs Gadder objects to no running about and mockingly questions mail order shopping. Mrs Ascum counters, noting that mail order is a method to buy goods, prompting a humorous exchange on shopping by mail.
The Sweet Singer of southwest Georgia says he is not running a ten acre farm and aims to publish poems in a book. He plans cotton and corn for his family while awaiting sales and takes well-digging contracts as side work to fund his literary ambitions.
Mrs Gaddis questions her husband about a woman's attire at a hop and whether the morning paper says she was dressed entirely in black. The exchange, cited from the Philadelphia Press, suggests uncertainty over the full details of her outfit.
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