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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
8
A fragment narrates music and a bold cry heard within a castle. Knights and squire drink as a siege tale unfolds, a princess smiles, and a prince’s demand shocks the aging king and council with the realization that a slave is a prince in disguise.
An elderly mariner recalls the tale of Little Willie the sperm whale trained by Jim Kearney for naval uses. After a freak accident caused by miscommunication, Willie attacks a target ship, destroys it, and vanishes, leaving the Kathleen’s fate tied to the whale’s errant voyage.
A Cour des Etats-Unis tale recounts Guy de Maupassant hosting a rabbit-warren in Normandy. Peasants taxed the land for damage, he taxed the rabbits, and conflict grew. After destroying the warren, a man with a bag appeared. it held rabbits, revealing a neighbor restocking to avoid further damages.
The article describes ventilation during alfalfa stacking to reduce fermentation. It suggests using headless barrels set upright as center vents or rails and boards, with a simple ventilator made from two one by three inch strips, as illustrated.
A description from Farm and Home explains building an open box of alfalfa hay with crosspieces and stake tops. Weights on wire end protect from wind. rainless regions benefit. Stack covers using brase string-eyelets provide long term weather protection.
The Kansas experiment station describes a cattle disease resembling lump jaw but with rapid gland swelling in the throat and head. Early signs include fever and eye and nasal discharge. abscesses may form and if untreated open wounds persist. Not highly contagious, avoid mingling. treat with liniment and blue vitriol wash. cases recover in a few weeks.
Rural World advises farmers to select long sided pigs over dumpy ones and avoid fattening excess fat in young hogs. Proper handling reduces food waste and improves breeding prospects. keep sows productive between breeding cycles and cultivate calm hog dispositions.
A Prairie Farmer note explains sows may eat piglets if fed on heating foods like corn during gestation. It links the unnatural appetite to feverish body conditions and suggests removing piglets as they are born and reuniting them after farrowing. It mentions maize and shorts diets as risk factors and offers a meat meal as a possible appeasement.
Texas Stockman notes nescosity spurs invention as farmers, including in Hamilton County, fatten hogs on soaked wheat when corn is scarce. The article says corn was long considered essential, but recent conditions show hogs can fatten rapidly on soaked wheat from prior crops.
Barnum's Midland Farmer explains that epilepsy or staggers in pigs stems from brain nutrition issues caused by overfeeding on cornmeal or tight housing. Symptoms vary, including frothing, collapse, or trembling. Treatments include dry bedding and iron tonics, while prevention emphasizes balanced diet, dry quarters, milk for young pigs, flaxseed, cabbage, grass, and oats.
A pasture feed rack built against a fence keeps each animal in its own place, preventing stronger stock from driving off weaker ones. The illustration notes a feature that ensures orderly feeding when pasture runs short.
Catherine Les Bates argues the freshman year is the danger year for college girls at Wellesley. She warns health decline and reputational issues from overstudy, but notes lectures on hygiene and supportive friendships help. Bates highlights the growth of executive ability and self-direction as women progress.
The article stresses that keeping farm teams free from runaway behavior is essential to their value. It argues that once a team runs away, caution must increase. two or three escapes signal ongoing risk. Trustworthiness is the key asset, with early years crucial to prevent habit formation even in older horses.
Eight experiments show keeping pigs on sows as long as possible yields better nourishment for pigs and sow. Pigs stay ten weeks with sow then seven weeks on own feed. Across trials, sow and pigs consumed more feed together, with gains tallied by weekly weigh-ins showing efficiency advantages.
Dr. Julia Howe's moral character is questioned as witnesses including Dr. Sparrow discuss a man named Connors involved with green goods. The exchange clarifies the term green goods, with references to Mrs. Howe and her friend. The Chicago Journal notes the testimony for Mrs. Benham's attorneys.
Law figures from Parliament report 1900 show that on average one person in England and Wales went to law each year. With 1,310,680 civil cases begun that year the London Express notes the cantankerous and debt‑troubled traders push the average.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote portrays Hixby as an overconfident sports authority. He is described as viewing himself as nearly big enough to wear polka links to fasten his shirt cuffs, signaling an inflated ego.
Read of the infamous Jumbo II the elephant said to have killed four men in India and later exhibited in the Pan-American exposition. The piece narrates his brutal acts, failed electrocution, and eventual chaining, with a claim of royal decoration and a high value, noting his age and status as the "very worst character" elephant in public history.
A Detroit Free Press account follows a Michigander who sought the famed Panama hat in Panama. He learned most hats sold there were made elsewhere. He found a genuine braid process in Panama but noted steep prices and the lure of cheaper imitations.
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