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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
7
Georgia builder GEO A. W. KINTZ outlines a frugal house plan costing about 1400 dollars. Simple materials predominate with tin gutters tin roofing Star shingles and local timber. Rooms feature large closets two coat plastering double floors and a wide veranda with fieldstone walls and a plank coping.
A Breeders Gazette correspondent details a welded bolted self feeder for farms with 50 to 60 cattle. The 16 foot long frame uses 38x10 axk planks and 2x4 joists with a 1000 bushel trough, sloped bottom, and side doors for day or night feeding. Total cost projected at 50 to 60 dollars including lumber hardware and labor.
Water engineers face mortar disintegration in reservoirs. Stutzer and Hartleb find cement mud rich in nitrifying organisms. These microbes produce nitrous acid and nitrites, likely aiding cement destruction when oxidizable nitrogen is present.
Report from Austria states the practice of boxing soldiers ears has impaired hearing and hindered service readiness. The war minister issued a prohibitory order to end the custom and preserve recruit fitness.
In Alsace and Lorraine many men resist German army service. In the 99 Metz districts, 59 persons appeared before the court on January 1 for this reason.
A note on eye pictures recalls the duke of Sussex who collected portraits of eyes painted on ivory by a famed miniaturist. Each eye was framed with pearls and later parts of the collection ended up with Queen Victoria with others in private English collections.
A group of French capitalists, part of a syndicate with similar monopolies in Colombia Bolivia Guatemala and other nations, has submitted a proposal to govern match sales in Venezuela for twenty five years under a government set price system. The court scene concludes with a quip as Mrs Jones asks what Mary is eating and Mary answers with a joke about Nelly Black's divorce cake.
The piece argues that good farmers should stack and preserve straw rather than let it rot. Preserved straw fed to cattle adds value as rough feed and as bedding, warmer sheds, and a fertilizer when hauled to fields. Practical tips include using straw around a post framework for lean-tos and south-facing shelters for hens.
An Atchison man endures lifelong control by wife and five daughters. He was forced to take homeopathic pills instead of quinine, attend Episcopal services over his preference for the Bigs, and recently faced vaccination by a woman doctor.
Geographical brainteaser asks which state is as large as Maine and which is bordered by four straight lines. The boxy cardboard puzzle pieces form a complete map of the United States and are sent with a reply address to the Puzzle Department of the Chicago Great Western Railway.
A former commodore captain of a trans Atlantic line, friendly to passengers on duty, curtly told a lady who asked about favorable weather to ask the cook. The exchange prompted a quick, witty response from the woman. John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wis reports 6434 orders on Feb 26 and aims to double by mid March amid strong demand for onions cabbage peas and beans.
A brakeman and trainboy collapsed and died in a car aboard a railroad train as it passed Ha Ba Gees. Conductor Tsu expressed doubt about the circumstances, claiming the deceased had one of his cigars in his mouth at the time.
Rail passenger ads describe The Overland Limited from Chicago to California with dining cars and through service. The Pacific Express runs nightly to California with through sleepers. Also mentions ticket agents, pamphlet, and a Chicago address for information.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt recalls a D A R member and a Fortnightly club meeting about Gouverneur Morris, noted as financier of the American Revolution. Prof Sparks cites his loaning money to the government, sparking embarrassment among attendees unfamiliar with Morris.
A light humor piece recalls a couple trying a French restaurant with comic misfires. They mishandle dishes from soup to eggs to dessert ending with an ironic misreading of the waiter’s coffee service as toothpicks.
The piece notes warmer South conditions and budding nature while detailing rail plans. The Louisville Nashville Railroad offers round trip tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April to Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida at about half rates with inquiries directed to Pail Jones in Birmingham or Jackson Smith in Cincinnati. Also advertised are agricultural seed catalogs from John A Salzer Seed Co and low rate home seekers excursions via Missouri Pacific and the Tron Mountain Route with sale dates in March and April.
Women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham for confidential health advice about painful periods backaches and other conditions. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as a reliable remedy and Mrs Pinkham is described as always ready to help. Letter to Lynn Mass is requested.
Hon. Geo. Kersten says after 18 weeks on Peruna his catarrh, centered in the head, disappeared completely and remains cured over two years later. He urges others to use Peruna to prevent colds and catarrh, and to obtain Dr Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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