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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
3
William A Radford promotes a Gothic plank frame horse barn with a large hay mow, twelve stalls and two ox stalls. The 36 by 55 foot structure features a concrete foundation, lightning protection, carrier tracks, and extensive storage. experts advise separate barns for many horses and adaptable use for dairy needs.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports 1920 motor vehicle registrations and revenues. Total registrations reached about 2 146 motorcycles and 21 billion auto units in the U S with New York state revenue rivaling national totals. Road funding shifts show 66 percent of 1920 revenues applied to road work, under state highway department supervision, with plates and related costs included.
United States Department of Agriculture guidance outlines parasite prevention for sheep. It covers pasture rotation, drainage, proper manure disposal, quarantine, and dipping for lice and mites, plus internal parasites like tapeworms and flukes with regionally varying prevalence.
The article recounts Dante and 14th century Paris, noting the Rue du Fouarre street of straw where students, seated on straw piles, attended lectures. It claims a custom requiring proof of paying two sons for straw as a graduation receipt, with some straw lost along the way.
The piece notes how views vary by era highlighting John Evelyn who died in 1708 and argued women should not play female roles. It contrasts past bans with modern acceptance and questions a proposal to bar women from stage or screen.
The Megest booster for good roads argues farmers benefit from better highways as rural land gains value and markets ship faster. Improved roads shrink distance to cities, yielding quicker deliveries and less weather risk, turning farmers into hard-working advocates for infrastructure.
The article notes road costs rose about twofold from 1917 to 1920 due to U S Department of Agriculture officials and Bureau of Public Roads findings. It adds highway construction was hit hard by railroad congestion strikes labor troubles and material shortages. It also mentions stock beet crops and poultry feeding notes.
Jerome reports Pearlie Peterson cried at kindergarten while Miss Finn hosted a Washington’s birthday party. Pearlie brought a handkerchief for Washington and Milas Finn told her he was dead, prompting Pearlie to cry.
Brief opinion notes criticize misplacement of polar, grizzly, and brown bears to departments of Commerce Interior and Agriculture with a call for prohibition enforcement. Also mentions a Sacramento department store exhibit on profiteering foods. A parachutist’s risky stunt and a lighthearted social snippet close the column.
A garbled collection of maxims and aphorisms appears, mixing proverbs about pride love and integrity with stray lines about tennis balls and fishing. The text threads suggest a 19th or early 20th century tone with scattered names and phrases, but the readable material is fragmentary and disjointed.
The article notes buttermilk and skim milk are most valuable when fed with other feeds, and that feeding buttermilk alone on elevated feeds cleanses. It also advocates spreading barn manure directly on fields as best practice. Plus guidance on horse collars and investment knowledge and salary dialogue.
A garbled account describes an individual evading a landlady and slipping into a two week tent move, with hints of a larger property transfer and tentative outcomes. The fragment references Wayne and a bergy to new quarters in a muddy, unclear sequence.
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