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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1898
Page
12
Daily arrivals of clothing hats furnishings and shoes boasting top makes and latest styles. Satisfaction guaranteed with money refund if not satisfactory. Call before selecting to see New, Nobby and Nice styles available in stock.
The article praises the Cotswold breed with notes on its long wool, weight, and history from Spain to England. It includes an accompanying guide on building a wood hog crate, detailing dimensions, materials, assembly, and loading practices for safe shipment.
A rough crate can be built with tough boards but creating a crate that keeps a swine perfectly comfortable during transit requires careful design. The article notes the need for sturdy framing and proper ventilation to ensure safe movement of the animal.
A fragment describes feeding water at intervals to a hog in charge of an animal in a trough. The hog travels in a straw bed crate toward a destination labeled OK, indicating a step in transporting livestock.
If you plan to plant soybeans for stock feed or other purposes this year, send for Bulletin 58 from the United States Department of Agriculture. The bulletin provides full information on how and where the beans will grow.
A compact collection notes witty lines about romance and nightlife. It cites the Somerville Journal remark that a man who asks first often loses courage, and the Chicago News quip that the darkest hour comes just before dawn during a night out.
A terse exchange notes a kitchen tool set including rolling pin meat chopper egg beater potato masher cake cutter churn and biscuit cutter. Bridget rejects the gift joking that no bicycle came with it.
Town Topics notes Virginia Creeper comments on Wall Street as intemperate. A. U. Lamb calls it intemperate, while money tightness and a bad stock purchase are described as causing a drop in value.
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