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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
2
A palace courtyard scene shows a prince facing a beggar. The prince refrains from striking and pledges to live nobly, declaring he is the son of the King and must uphold honor. The poem ends with a broader moral about virtue and rightful station, spoken by Isabella R. Hess in the Jewish Messenger.
A tall engineer tells of a haunted Missouri mining town house tied to Jacob Garland who died a miser and left no kin The tale centers on the old house near a graveyard and a mysterious入住 stay as new owner Luenshy witnesses a stranger at the door and the story unfolds with hints of lingering secrets.
Jacob Garland is found dead in his Bronxville home after a night with a distant relative from a quarrelsome branch of the family. A whisky smell on a tumbler and a dagger marked trunk hint at a theft motive, but no trace identifies the culprit. The case unsettles the town as rumors of hauntings surround the old house.
In a tale from the Buston Globe, a haunted house once sold to new tenants. A blacksmith stays with a lantern and gun, discovering a rattlesnake in the attic where Jacob Garland’s ghost allegedly resided. The ghost story ends with the creature slain and the mystery lingering.
A Philadelphia boardinghouse tale reports an eight year old reader who claims the Bible is fiction after comparing Balaam’s ass to a human throat. The prodigy, noted for voracious reading, died in early youth.
A customer questions the plan to build greenhouses close to a baseball park. The respondent cites a brother in law who proposed the site, claiming he is a glazier and praising the carnations as finest on the market.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Sweller asking about employing a private chortterrr while Mrs Gotrichthwick responds she always does her own hair. The Ohio State Journal notes the self styling in a light domestic sketch.
The Farmers' Review notes the U S produces over half the world’s swine, mostly in western states. It stresses the need for education to curb hog cholera on small farms and among many handlers, to improve the industry and spread benefits locally.
Farmers increasingly value balanced rations and regular feeding. The device helps determine how much hay a cow needs to eat to maintain proper weight and health.
A simple hay weighing platform design is described to speed weighing on farms. The device sits at the feed floor side and uses weights made from wooden boxes filled with sand or stones to balance the cut hay or ensilage after determining the proper ration.
C L Petters argues in Prairie Farmer that the horse industry must abandon mixed breeding. Breeders should select a single market class such as road, carriage, cab, draft, or trotter and raise horses to meet that class’s standards. Promiscuous breeding fails. premium prices go to top examples within a chosen discipline.
Illinois Agricultural College Professor Fraser compares milk and beef nutrition using 25 cents worth of each to buy five quarts of whole milk eight and nine tenths quarts skim milk or two pounds round steak. Skim milk yields more protein and overall food value than beef at market prices. Milk best with bulk foods. sole milk diet impractical.
Farmers can use well cured clover hay as the basis of a moderate work ration for horses and cows, supplementing with grain to balance digestion and energy. Early cut, bloom stage hay preserves leaves and value, while overripe clover lacks feed quality. Farm and Fireside notes combine clover with grain, noting potential to displace about half the usual grain for farm teams.
Willard Sheaf describes a three quarter inch steel whiffletree used with cultivators to prevent injury to tall corn. The design allows the plant to slip by the bent end of the wire trace without being knocked down.
Farmers, truckers, fruit growers and dairymen unite to sell through cooperatives. A tobacco growers association forms in Kentucky with each grower posting a bond to deliver crops to the association managers. Eleven counties join to secure better prices and avoid outside dealers. In Germany researchers tested yeast as cattle feed, finding pigs refused it when used alone. soaking or mixing with fiber-rich feeds improves results, and it is not suitable as a sole diet for young cattle or hogs.
A Farm and Home column urges hog farmers to clean pens twice weekly and provide ample water and charcoal to prevent disease. It notes disinfectants like slaked lime, vaccines, and starting hogs on potatoes improves gain. recommends feeding strategies and target market weights of 200 to 250 pounds, warning that poor farming leads to poor outcomes.
A early verse depicts Mr Grumpy a small stout figure with rosy cheeks and a constant sour mood. The poem contrasts his cantankerous nature with playful children and warns of his sour visits when meals or toys upset him. It ends with a playful jab telling him to begone.
A fable from Sulu tells how the Cat and the Tiger alliance ends when the Tiger’s pride leads him to demand help down from a tree. The Cat refuses, the Tiger leaps to ground, nearly crushed, then flees to a house for safety and never dares descend. Capt. C E Hampton, in Boston.
A reader explains a mental math trick using three dice. Double the left die, add five, multiply five, add the middle die, multiply ten, then add the right die. Subtract 250 to obtain the three original dice spots.
The coconut palm yields oil from the kernel used in cookery and soap making and provides milk and commercial coconut for confectionery. Other parts give wax resin ropemats paper and even a delicate palm wine Taps of the tree provide useful products and shells serve as cups and dippers in the tropics.
A well known hunter recalls a personal South Africa experience that counters a long held ostrich slander. He describes spotting two ostrich heads, stalking, and a clever escape as the bird moves behind cover, debunking the myth of sand burial.
Mr Gladstone, traveling with a basket of grapes, faced a customs officer who claimed them dutiable. He refused to pay, took the grapes from the basket, and ate them all, declaring defeat as he returned to his seat on a train bound for Brussels.
A clever mouse triggered an alarm in the church organ when its main stop failed to sound. After much trouble, workers discovered the hidden device. Restoring the organ cost a neat sum of money.
English is taught in Japan's public schools while in commercial cities youth seek mastery of English as essential for securing jobs and wealth. The push reflects a belief in English as a key qualification for advancement and opportunity.
A terse dialogue shows a mother noting a walk solo and an apparent confusion as the daughter returns with an umbrella and a cane. The exchange reads like a short, cryptic journal fragment.
A humorous exchange in the New York Weekly notes a poet who writes verse about a soap earns $10,000 annually, prompting the customer to buy a dozen bars. The brief amusements reflect light, witty newspaper humor of the era.
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