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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
2
Practical notes on keeping a single poultry breed, cleaning separators, and boosting eggs through painted hen houses. Includes advice on machine incubation, early hatching, and careful management of sheep, lambs, and dairy cattle for healthier flocks and more efficient farming.
The Drovers Telegram interviews C B Stovall of Peabody Kansas noting work horses are in short supply despite prosperous farms. He explains demand exceeds supply, buyers prefer Kansas City market, and suggests few invest in horse raising while sore grasses like sorgum gain attention for feed and potential dairy benefits.
Wall Street Journal summarizes a broad upswing in industry led by United States Steel with about seventy percent of normal capacity and growing prices. Major firms including Standard Oil General Electric Westinghouse Rubber and Copper saw improving orders and sustained activity across steel, machinery, textiles, chemicals, oil, and agriculture sectors.
New York City editor Edwin D Metcalfe of a harvesting machinery firm, at the Manufacturers' Association convention, predicts a strong 1910. He cites good crops, cautious buyers, tariff questions, and price signals as signs prosperity will return after delays in farmers’ cash flow and farm acreage.
Pittsburg dispatch notes shifting views on when business activity will fully recover from the post panic downturn. If crops are strong, first half of 1910 may show a sharp rise in iron and steel demand, with 85 to 90 percent capacity in use, potentially reaching near 100 percent versus 1906 1907. Congressional action and a Democratic House next year could alter conditions.
The Treasury and Commerce and Labor departments report a revival in immigration, noting an earlier panic caused by departing foreigners with their earnings. Washington awaits detailed figures from the New York Immigration Commissioner as officials confirm the tide has turned.
The piece notes Hills Island immigrant station and buoy, contrasting prosperity with looming fiscal strain. It highlights the Treasury Department’s first signs of hardship as Internal Revenue and customs receipts decline, warning of a large deficit looming at June 30 while Treasury officials grow more optimistic as receipts rise and deficits fall.
In New Orleans a man claims a wireless operator at station five hundred miles distant can explode magazines in battleships of any navy with his invention. He has taken up the matter with the United States Government. He refuses to disclose details until the government acts on the proposition.
At a Cincinnati dinner, Prank A. Vay darup president of the National City Bank New York declared the United States stood on the verge of the greatest industrial boom once the new tariff schedule is argued by President Taft. East financiers attending the event backed the projection amid talk of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway links and city mercantile ties.
The sermon argues that faith must be proven by works and not by belief alone. Real faith governs thoughts and conduct, aligning with Hebrews and Galatians, and contrasts living faith with dead faith praised by no works. Abraham and Rahab illustrate justification by faith that leads to action, preventing anti-nomian and legalist misreadings.
Fragmentary text argues about government affordability and selection of ambassadors, contrasting wealth and duty with national prestige. It mentions residences abroad and paying for diplomat services, with unclear references to Utica Presa and Otterd. The passage is garbled and lacks clear names or dates.
The note discusses how the expression thank you is more current in England than America and often serves as a general apology. It cites examples of everyday use when someone steps on another or jostles them and says thank you as a form of I am sorry.
A Milwaukee reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female troubles and back pain after doctors warned of a tumor and operation. The ad claims thousands of grateful letters and urges sick women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts.
Fragmentary OCR shows an old advertisement promoting Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething and ailments, along with various patent remedies and warnings against injury. The text references Bob and Howni Pepianiaas AL Deaggiowib and Bo, and pricing around 23 cents per bottle. The mis-spelled lines imitate a period tobacco or patent medicine era sales card.
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