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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
4
Senator Tillman warns Cuba is four million in debt not thirteen million in surplus and urges sharper judgment and farming sense. Secretary Bonaparte calls trusts hogs in a pen though getting them in proves difficult. Some critics shift view of the President after dismissing a battalion of colored troops amid dining with Booker Washington.
Uncle Sam runs a flag factory costing $60 000 per year employing at least fifty women. Each navy ship must have 250 flags receiving a new set every three years. A set is valued at $2 500.
The article notes Mr Bryan completed a world tour and was accompanied by his wife who typed all his articles. It highlights Mrs Bryan’s legal studies and admission to the bar soon after marriage and her proficiency with the typewriter as a practical aid to his work.
David Rankin of Tarkio Missouri at age 86 tours his fourteen farms totaling 22 000 acres. From cattle hogs and land he cleared over 100 000 in 1905 and expects similar profits this year. Rankin is described as the largest farmer in the United States by earnings.
The article urges thorough tillage in spring before planting corn. Dish, harrow, and roll to a firm mellow bed. Do not plant until soil conditions are secured. Northwestern farmers expect about seventy five bushels per acre this year due to intelligent farming and careful observation.
The Mexican government fought meat trusts with practical action by selling meat undercutting trust prices while offering better quality. As prices rose beyond reach for the poor, the state entered the market on a large scale and plans to expand again if the trust becomes too greedy.
Farmers advised to dry onions completely before cribbing and store in a cool well ventilated area. Maintain around 12 degrees Celsius to prevent rotting, use slatted shelves to allow air flow, avoid piling more than two feet high, and keep in darkness if temperatures fall near freezing.
The article prescribes bringing the affected animal to a barnyard, feeding on substratal foods, keeping a bucket of clean water in the manger, and using borax or elderflower potash solutions to rinse the mouth. It recommends daily swabbing with peroxide or chemical solutions to treat mouth sores in cattle.
The text discusses breeding strategies for horses, noting that crossing English Shires with Clydes may produce stronger foals if done at the right age, preferably not before two years. It argues waiting an extra year generally yields better colts and mentions feeding practices, mare conditioning, and work before foaling. It also cautions on silage, fattening, and the Arab mare’s five mile run prior to breeding, with emphasis on regular work for mares in heat.
A local advisory urges men to keep the kitchen wood box full of dry well split wood. It argues men should deliver wood daily to ease burden on wives, noting even children should help or men should do it themselves.
The agricultural press urges farmers to favor wheat over corn for hens. It warns that excess corn empties the egg basket while adequate wheat supports profitable egg production during winter.
With cold weather here, all poultry should be carefully culled and only the best kept for winter. Late hatched pullets and young hens will not lay now and should be disposed of to free space for more productive stock. Agricultural Epitomist notes the goal is to retain desirable birds for spring laying.
Early stage windgalls may be removed by tight bandaging over a pad. If not, apply a drain of mercuric biiodide and lard, leave twenty four hours, wash and grease with lard. Repent every second week. Keep the animal’s head tied up during blister drawing.
Mange in hogs is caused by a parasite under the skin and is contagious. Cure is simple with washing the pigs in soft water and soap, then applying dry sulphur. repeat weekly. A third treatment mentioned is saldam naceagary, though unclear.
Clean and scrape ten to twelve pigs feet then soak, simmer four hours, and pack hot with onion in a stone jar. Make a vinegar broth with cloves mustard sugar peppers and bay leaves, pour over feet, and cool for several days to mature. Pigs feet may be split and broiled with butter and crackers or served with sauce.
A list of medieval to early modern kitchen items for roasts and cold dishes. Includes meats such as fowl and pig, various pickles and preserves, herbs like mint and parsley, capons, oysters, prawns, salmon, snipe, and pigeon. Directions mention garnishes and serving notes like peppered ham presentation and sliced eggs for chicken salad.
The text advises cutting carrots into slices rather than cubes to use the darker outside portion. Soak carrot slices briefly before frying to reduce fat runoff. To prevent milk from burning, rinse the sauce pan with cold water and rub with fresh butter before adding milk.
A Mississippi inventor patents a guard to protect hands while using kitchen utensils. The device fits forks spoons cake turners and other utensils and can be attached to one item or swapped to another. It offers a free process and preserves ease of use when handling utensils.
A historic household note explains dissolving one half dram of nitrate of lead in a pint of boiling water and two drams of common salt in eight to ten quarts of cold water. After mixing, use to fumigate rooms by cloth or pour down drains to neutralize fetid air and offensive matter.
A note warns that sweet cider should not be converted with vinegar due to acetic acid formation. It cautions against improper fermentation practices and highlights taste and quality concerns for beverage makers.
A farming note warns that using vinegar will prevent cider from turning into alcohol and result in very poor watery vinegar quality.
Porcelain ware can be soldered as easily as tinware by braching over the edges of the holes with shellac on both sides and then applying melted solder. The solder will adhere firmly to the repaired edges.
Verdier a French florist finds china peonies the most enduring kept flowers. Some have remained preserved after five months in the refrigerator. In new trials he cuts peonies with sixteen inch stems and keeps them in water trimming ends every three weeks and renewing water each month.
A traveler narrator from Sweden recalls a Christmas day disturbance in a hat band area. He describes sights of a lake near Gothenburg and mentions eerie scenes of improvised displays and a disturbing procession. The text suggests conflict, fear, and unsettling imagery without clear names.
The text describes a dialog about a desk item, a bill tile, and a device. It suggests questions about a heater arrangement and keeping a bill tile on a desk.
A guide on extinguishing flames with water and a strong solution, using weak ammonia for bronze items, and polishing nickel on steel ranges. It advises lining woven wire mattresses with brown paper to prevent wear and provides tips for keeping dust from collecting in fine lines.
The report notes high density with 128 residents per acre in Paris, about 700 000 affordable apartments, and 17 000 luxury lodgings. It cites horticulturists growing dwarf trees for dinner party fruit and mentions Mme Mowret, a Paris cook, who swallowed sublimate after a complaint about a luncheon’s rayon naise.
Notice to creditors of the estate of William T Diller that claims must be filed in Lang County Court, Nebraska, before May 1, 1907 at 1 PM for examination and allowance. Six months allowed from October 6, 1906 for filing. Failure to file by May 1 1907 bars all claims. Publication planned in the Wayne Record for four weeks prior to May 1 1907. Judge GC Boye presiding.
At a county court in Fairbury on November 1, 1006 the petition of Jennie A. L. Bisby executrix for final settlement and discharge is set for December 4 at 1 PM. The order requires notice by publication in Fak Dir LeR Record for three weeks prior to hearing and directs interested parties to appear.
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