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Newspaper
The Watertown Weekly Leader
Location
Watertown, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
7
An excerpt from Westchester County Magazine reviews Sierra Leone nicknamed The White Man's Grave noting lethal climate and deadly snakes. It recalls regimental funeral parades at 6 30 am and the high fatality rate among soldiers, with emphasis on the yellow jack snake and its rapid bite.
A London Times correspondent contrasts Pekin a decade ago with today noting three railways reaching the city, modern police, paved streets, electric lighting, and new government buildings. A Chinese botanical garden and public discourse on constitutional government reflect social progress and modernization.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of J. Cheney & Co., sworn to pay one hundred dollars for each incurable catarrh case, Toledo, December 6, 1886. Claim states internal cure reaches blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials promised. product sold with accompanying pills for constipation.
In a London News feature a schoolteacher asks girls to write the names of their favorite hymns. A student interrupts curious whether to record surnames or Christian names, prompting a brief exchange about naming conventions.
An advertisement promises cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with Pazo ointment or a full refund. The claim guarantees relief and refunds half a dollar.
In a brief Smart Set vignette, Miss Gushington steps onto a streetcar and asks the gentleman Mr Manhattan not to rise. He insists on stepping out at the next corner, illustrating social manners in transit.
An ad for catalog 105 N. W. Hide & Fur Co Minneapolis announces gun and trap sales and fur buys. The text briefly references Ye-jing-yang and a 13th century pearl formation method in Chinese river mussels, noting mussels opened and clay pellets inserted. It also mentions Alaska fish candles being shipped as curiosities.
An analysis highlights that heat in the United States stems from heated air transport rather than direct sunlight. Prof Bigelow notes solar increases raise tropical heat but draw in polar air, cooling middle latitudes, with Pacific states acting as a tropical enclave. The Beta Tau Delta sorority invites members to a December 23 dance at the Athenaeum.
A historical overview notes the rising importance of veterinary science in agriculture. It cites national livestock values totaling about 4.33 billion dollars and discusses European and British investment in veterinary education, state livestock inspections, and the shift toward higher veterinary standards. It also offers practical notes on sheep housing and pasture needs as drawn from Practical Farm Buildings.
A two story sheep barn plan measures 40 feet by 60 feet. First floor at 9 feet, second floor to eaves 6 feet, sills 6 by 8 inches on stone foundation. Doors four feet wide, sheep doors sliding. Windows eight by four and a half feet. Center has 10 foot double doors. removing center post allows wagon access for manure removal. Permanent feed racks form a wall for central passage. Loft provides fodder storage.
A collection of brief items covers Austrian rail losses, Haroun al Rashid trade, British Honduras labor, New York Park valuation, restaurant alcohol ties, Mexican oranges, Palestine wells, Brazilian docks, Chinese umbrellas, Norwegian fishing boats, Prague labor, Morgan cigars, Waterbury school tobacco, Barker the checkers champion, Goetterdaemmerung complaints, salt purification, Hedjaz railway mosque carriage, and tobacco health debate. Read as a panorama of early 20th century global affairs and curiosities.
An Agricultural Epito mist argues for diversified farming and balanced farm management. It contrasts soil skimmers who profit by continual extraction with farmers who invest in land improvement and community value, urging selection of beneficial branches within a coherent farming scheme.
The Boston Transcript imagines a future where farmers subirrigate land to overcome droughts and floods, produce wood, wheat, and fruit, with per acre outputs multiplying. Women join outdoor work as horticulturists, schools align with farms, and home and school form a garden farm coalition. Eggs appear cheap at five cents, yet poultry remains underdeveloped with demand outpacing supply.
Arkansas researchers report anthrax outbreaks among horses continue despite vaccination. The Arkansas station finds vaccination ineffective for prevention and emphasizes isolation, quarantine, disinfection, and carcass cremation, with vaccination advised only under official supervision.
The old style unclean dairy is fading as modern dairies offer uniform feeding and cleaner facilities. Major milk and creamery firms include clean dairy clauses in farmer contracts, while reporters monitor farms and demand for pure milk grows. Canadians Move Homes by Train and Boat in Northwest frontier.
A set of kitchen instructions features multiple recipes and tips. It covers eggplant and squash dishes with cream dressing, pear dessert with marshmallow filling, a cheese omelet with cheese and a milk sauce, a nutmeg scented raisin dessert, beef and carrot stew, peach jelly and gelatin preparation, beating eggs to froth efficiently, molasses brittle with nuts, pork and griddle cakes, and an apple snow cake filling ready to spread between cake layers.
Prepare as for other omelet but turn into a greased bake dish or custard cups. Fill half, set in a pan of hot water and bake covered until firm. Serve hot with any preferred garnish.
Cutting onions, turnips and carrots across the fiber makes them more ten der when cooked. Cheese is an excellent substitute for meat, and there is infinite variety in the ways of preparing it. For a rusty stove sprinkle lemon juice liberally over the rust before blackening and polishing the stove. Thin brown bread and butter sand wiches are the most appetizing accom paniments for fish salad of any 307T. Mix pastry several hours before it is to be rolled out and much labor is saved and a better result obtained The housewife should never allow her floors to be painted, they should be stained, shellacked or waxed. Whole cloves scattered plentifully among clothing in dresser drawers will keep away moths as effectually as cam phor. A dozen grains of rice in a salt cel lar will absorb dampness and keep the salt in powder. It also breaks the lumps that there may be in salt. A flat brass button sewed on the cor ner of a dish cloth will be a great help in washing dishes. It can be used as a scratcher and will not injure the finest chima. When recasting meat in an open pan, wet a clean white muslin cloth and lay over the top of the meat. It will keep from getting hard and does not require basting so often and the meat is much nicer.
Thomas Butler, a early nineteenth century U S colonel, died in New Orleans in 1805 amid a quarrel with Gen Wilkinson over wearing his queue. Pierce Butler cites a biography claiming Butler ordered a hole bored in his coffin head so his pigtail would protrude at burial, a tradition the family holds may have occurred.
Mrs Algy Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio recounts her son Clyde worstly covered in eczema for a year. Physicians failed to help until Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent were used. The first night sleep returned and in six weeks he was perfectly well per their leading physician. June 11 1907.
The London Standard notes rats and squirrels huddle for warmth in cold weather. It describes how rats surge from a single hole in winter raids, with twenty or more rats sharing a burrow. Rats block windward holes to guard against drafts and hint at hidden infestations when new soil or plant matter seals a hole.
A 13.5 foot boa constrictor shot in South America was scientifically dissected revealing two rudimentary legs beneath distorted scales. Each leg measures one and a half to two inches, with joints at hip and knee. Such legs are known in pythons but this is likely the first boa constrictor identified with legs.
A sale offer for sixteen post cards at 15 cents in stamps featuring Washington Park zoo views and Ringling Brothers animals, with samples available for 5 cents in stamps. An inquest into Dean Forest collier of England notes he awakened his wife stating a dream of an accident involving machinery.
An old advertisement mentions Bromo Quinine laxative for a cold sold at 25 cents and notes signature by E W Grove. It cites international shipping subsidies and totals for Canadian fisheries in 1907, plus Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup at 26 cents. The fragment includes a remark about widows.
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