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Newspaper
The Perrysburg Journal
Location
Perrysburg, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
7
A fragmentary 19th century article describes extraordinary boomerang performance with circular paths and height, plus a New York Herald account of dual types and rotation. It then outlines a new method for drying wood using electrochemical treatment and a battery bath, followed by notes on pneumatic paint spraying machines for large-scale surfaces.
A New York World account describes the wasp’s mud nest building in detail. Workers carry mud to walls near ponds, rise with the load, then fit it to form a smooth cylindrical nest. The wasp steadily examines the interior, smoothing any rough spots, and returns to the site with precise flight.
A bizarre report notes the nose of a Borneo nose monkey, described by Prof Wiederchelin, grows from a tiny snub to a large appendage that can obstruct the mouth. The evolution mirrors human nasal development, ending usually before monstrous size.
A winter pig trough with a simple cover prevents freezing and contamination. Attach a wide board trough with a leather hinge, hasp, staple, and a peg to hold the cover up during the day, then drop it at night. Keeps feed unfrozen, saves meat, and reduces cleaning labor. Frederick O. Sibtes notes in the N Y Tribune.
Wintering fowls safely requires limited light strong roosts a sunny warm room with straw or fodder litter kept dry and clean. Build a winging roost with three boards and No 0 wire balanced above the floor. provide lime dust weekly and busy birds with scratching or cabbage topeck at. Also notes on hog feeding warn that younger pigs gain more with better rations and that silage swill fail together. suggest corn-based mix with peas oats to balance rations and prevent skinny cattle.
A Manila Free correspondent reports San Fernando in La Union as fertile with a good harbor and proximity to gold regions but notes resistance by locals to leasing or selling land to Americans. He suggests inviting 75,000 Tagalog settlers from Manila to transform the province into a garden spot of the archipelago.
The list offers Moran paintings reproduced on calendar sheets issued by the General Passenger Department of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Purchases require twenty five cents each, with inquiries directed to F A Miller, General Vanmonger Agent, Chicago.
A distressed girl tells a doctor she suffers a terrible nervous strain from constant ringing of "Hello" in her ears and in prayer. The item flows into a string of unrelated ads and quips about health products and everyday hilarities from various papers.
John D. Rockefeller Jr was guest speaker at a Young Men's White Class dinner. He told a long mother-in-law joke about a couple living with the wife's mother. The coffin scene led to one more death reveal years later and a warning to beware slips. The item ends with older readers urged to laugh at letters to advertisers.
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