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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
7
A farmer’s note describes a hog butchering setup using a fire box, galvanized iron vat four by two by eighteen inches, and a windlass with pulleys to move the carcass from vat to bench. The device aims to reduce hired help, streamline slaughter, and improve movement of heavy hogs from vat to work area.
Wallace's Farmer notes farmers may feed pigs on clover or rape pastures to finish them on new corn but warns of hog shortages early season and glut later. It advises limited grain, suggests supplementing with offal meal, and discusses economics of grass fed growth and market weights.
Winter and spring colt hooves often grow unevenly causing crooked feet and potential laminitis. Trim and level new growth before pasture turnout, preserve natural shape, avoid over cutting the soles, and do not trim too short to prevent permanent blemish.
This 1890s style guide on colt training advises gentle but firm handling to establish dominance without cruelty. It stresses early education, calm halter work, and consistent cues, warning against harsh punishment that fractures trust. It warns against overfamiliarity and outlines steps to teach commands like whoa and stand, emphasizing humane, steady progress for a useful horse.
An illustrated Prairie Farmer item shows an eight-link latch adaptable to any gate. The timber latch is trimmed at one end for a grain-drift spring to slide from shoulder to bracket. A catch secures the end and a lever lets the gate be opened from the opposite side.
Practical notes on horse care urge sponging under the tail to cool and pest, daily bedding changes, and removing litter. Water before drinking after long drives, curry the ribs and belly of a hare for tender areas, and avoid giving warm horses more than a few swallows. Warns of forthcoming feeder shortages and forewarns cattle feeding prospects next year.
A National Tribune account from Apalachin New York recounts Hinman Rhodes of the Twenty-eighth Infantry recovering ivory-handled pistols carried in battle with Forrest's cavalry. One pistol reached Col. Rhodes's contact in Mississippi, with others traced to Maj. Vaughn and Capt. Fouter in Natchez and Pasadena. The tale ends with a widow receiving the weapon as a sobering Civil War remnant while a call goes out for information on the remaining pistol. Also notes a proposed chief of cavalry role and a whale killed by naval gunnery near Magdalena Bay.
An unusual exchange notes a student asking for a favorite air as a professor answers with a request for more music and a cheerful morning greeting. The fragment hints at a light classroom moment centered on song and voice.
Mrs David Brown of Locke Ark endured two years of eczema with leg sores and relentless itching. After trying doctors and many products, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills restored her sleep and healed her ankles in weeks with no relapse a year after treatment.
A Bohemian couple, noted writers, live in New York with a four year old daughter. When asked if her mother can sew, the child admits uncertainty but says she can smoke a cigarette, a blunt remark that reflects pride in a claimed skill.
A York state woman recounts ten years of stomach trouble and weakness. She credits stopping coffee, adopting Grape-Nuts with Postum, and gained twenty pounds. She notes improved energy, ability to cook, and return to work, praising the product as life changing.
Two old muskets, dug from a dam at Tom's Brook Virginia, are exhibited in the window of Button Brothers in Columbus. They are believed to have been carried by Confederate troops in September 1864 during General Crook's engagement at Fisher's Hill, when the wearied soldiers discarded them to hasten retreat.
Chicago art dealer recounts New York collector William T. Byars’s fury over repeated fakes. Byars says his blood boils at each new duping, likening it to a luncheon scene where a waiter mutters about a dead fly in a dish as a sting for a two dollar bill.
In a fragment from Lippincott's Emily Rhodes notes two women conversing about eligibility and colonial ancestry. One asks why the other does not join the Colonial Damen, while the other recalls long descended lineage though forgets the ancestor's name.
An onlooker notes the wind blows where it lists while a spectator complains as a balloon fills. A drug ad touts Marine Eye Remedy On Even to strengthen weak eyes and ease eye pain. The quote underscores the era’s interest in education of the will by F W Farrar.
The Well Informed seek a simple pleasant efficient liquid laxative remedy. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trustworthy family laxative. Buy genuine California product only, price fifty cents per bottle, via druggists.
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