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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
8
Describes building a pole frame icehouse with horizontal boards, cake layers, sawdust tamping, and cementing ice with shavings and water. Emphasizes air exclusion, ventilation, and seasonal adjustments for preserving ice for summer use.
Rural Word notes the quirk of wet wood causing smoke and poor heat, urging dry, well‑seasoned wood for efficient cooking and farming costs. It explains green wood weighs more, raises hauling costs, and halves usable firewood, stressing energy and knowledge in farm economies.
A Farm Journal note describes nine shallow curved metal drains that form a row of stalls for horses. Liquid manure is led away to a convenient outlet, and the drains can be washed out with water. A narrow removable board at the rear prevents solids from entering the drain, and openings between plank ends should be kept small to stop solids.
Guidance on heifer calving age and winter rations. Emphasizes corn silage, mangels, carrots, sugar beets and bran for fattening beef and dairy stock. Warns against neglecting feed in spring and suggests gradual diet adjustments and stable temperature effects.
In the text John Howe discusses managing ewes during winter. He advises allowing grazing on pasture in suitable weather days, then feeding corn and hay at night. The notes emphasize freely letting sheep out when fences are open and using hay to sustain them through cold periods.
Farmers abandon idle sheep on farms as they shift to mutton and wool production. They discover greater earnings from sheep meat and wool, prompting renewed interest in livestock farming activities.
Miss Marion Cunningham of Emporia Kansas praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing years of womb trouble and severe cramps. She urges others to seek the remedy and grants permission to publish her testimonial. A stray note mentions G Marke resigning from St Joseph and departing for a new post.
The State of Missouri files a tax collection case in the Circuit Court of Putnam County against non resident Charles Howard. The petition seeks a decree for payment of delinquent taxes with interest and costs and a sale of described lands to satisfy the judgment. Publication in a weekly newspaper is ordered for four weeks to notify the defendant.
The fragment indicates a clerical entry labeled Martin Coleman as clerk with a true copy note. No further readable details or context are present to determine date, place, or the action involved.
The notice announces an Order of Publication in vacation by the Clreart Court of Putnam County Missouri. The petition seeks to obtain a decree and confirm title to lands described as the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 34, range 17, wit h Putnam county. Defendants unknown heirs or devisees are ordered served by publication with terms set for April 1 term at the Court House in Unionville.
C Davison reports Horace Darwin's long term experiment showing a large circular stone near Down sunk by earthworm activity. Measurements from 1878 to 1896 show seasonal vertical oscillations and a net slow descent, with greater early rates and slower later progress. frost, soil moisture, and tree roots influence movement.
Voean correspondent notes a tumultuous general election in Hungary with casualties and injuries, clashes at polling places, and reports of intimidation and violence. Descriptions include property damage, beatings, and an overall chaotic campaign period before and after voting.
An advertisement touts the Home Gold Cure claiming drunkenness is a disease and promises home treatment without work loss. It asserts thousands cured, sells at one dollar with full directions and optional physician advice, and offers worldwide confidential correspondence from Philadelphia offices.
A farmer oriented promotion offers three publications The Live Stock Indicator The Poultry Farmer and the Special Farmers Institute Edition bundled with our paper at a total price of 1.25 for one year. The package promises superior reading mater and urges quick action before the deal ends with sample copies available at the office.
The Bloomfield report notes several thousand dollars in stock missing from the Wabash. Officials rush to determine how the loss occurred as the local agent is not blamed.
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