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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
2
The fragment discusses a final action described as cutting someone out of a will. It centers on a namesake suspect and a legal maneuver surrounding inheritance, implying a contested estate matter. Further readable context remains limited.
A muddled exchange shows two speakers discussing tasks after an afternoon. references to tending grass and borrowing a cot hint at domestic routines. The garbled lines indicate casual rural conversation with incomplete names and phrases.
Aeml town mayor faces a domestic conflict allegation as his wife claims he mistreated her. The court questioned a witness who quipped about parental influence, reflecting a charged community mood.
In a strict Presbyterian home Ruth Tittle, the youngest daughter, vented her frustration at a swearing incident by exclaiming in her toddler slang that she wished she belonged to a family that did not swear.
An expert on military affairs, Mr Clotworthy visits the National Presgy club and meals heavily on eggs. After breakfast he writes letters while a waiter is challenged by the steward for not returning to his post. The waiter presents a check for the egg breakfast worth two dollars, insisting payment.
A housewife reports nervousness digestion and heart trouble from coffee improved after switching to Postum. Her husband, initially a coffee lover, tried Postum and felt better, with no more stomach spells after giving up coffee. They endorse making Postum per directions and note health gains and increased work capacity.
The writer describes preparing a pear orchard with sod paths in two-way rows, 26 by 20 feet, digging holes in fall, planting two-year trees, and shaping to an umbrella form. He favors Kieffer pears, details spacing, pruning, rejuvenation, spraying with Bordeaux, soil types, and fertigation schedules plus crimson clover cover crop and yields of up to seven baskets per five-year trees.
A diagram shows felling spruce trees by fire. A horizontal bore and an angled bore meet inside the trunk, hot coals ignite pitch, draft accelerates burning, and the tree falls toward the burning side.
The fruit farmer stays active with tasks in the orchard and around buildings. The trade suffers when workers loaf and fail to finish loose ends, so steady effort yields the best results.
The note states that heavy pruning tends to increase wood growth and stimulate the visor of fruit trees, indicating pruning effects on tree structure and fruit production.
An expert explains pruning fruit trees by species. Cherry and pear fruit on short spurs. summer pinching promotes spur development and flowering on young trees. Grapes bear fruit on last year’s wood. cut back or remove weak shoots to channel energy to desired bearing canes. Winter pruning trims strong canes and removes weak growth.
A simple ladder design praised in Farm and Fireside for fruit picking. It folds to fit tree forks without damaging bark and resists slipping in all positions. Easily made and useful beyond harvest season for various narrow-ladder tasks on the farm.
A writer argues the East holds a large market for well packed fruit in boxes. He cites five cent Baldwin apples in Ithaca and five cent Rome Beauty apples in the city market, urging growers to advertise quality and pack reliability to outperform Western competition.
Prune old raspberry canes after fruiting and prune sparingly after sap leaves trees. Layer black raspberries this month to set out new plants next year. Transplant early blooming wildflowers and plant bulbs this fall. A well managed 15 acre apple orchard near a big market can yield long term income.
Missouri farmer adds home remedy to prevent gapes in chicks caused by worms in the windpipe. Use crushed Jeruselam oak leaves or seeds mixed into feed or drinking water to check the disease in damp weather.
An automatic poultry feeder shown in a simple design uses a grain container with a bottom discharge, a pivoted scoop beneath, and a pendulumed ball. When chickens peck the ball the pendulum swings, lifting the scoop to release a measured amount of grain onto the ground.
Do not keep laying hens or raise young chicks without this necessary article. Place coops near shade and scatter three inches of coarse strawy manure to keep the ground moist. Watch chicks chase angleworms as they flourish at the bottom. Currant brush is a good place.
Bethel professor Beidler laments a money mad nation teaching children how to earn cash not how to live. A reporter cites Hindler’s quip that few boys reach millionaire status, and a washerwoman’s joke about funding an airship factory ends with her waiting for her husband’s return.
A Kansas City Star excerpt describes Ezra Toombs the undertaker muttering on the horse block about slow business. Locals report doctors given two weeks to live, a judge considering marriage, and tensions with a tramp painter near the church as Ezra contemplates moving away.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a young man named Algy presents a ring and asks which is the right one. The maiden responds with playful scolding noting she is nineteen and never engaged before this moment.
A survey notes a type of woman who takes pleasure in reading every item about the newborns of the idle rich, describing her as someone who consumes the printed chatter around high society babies.
A witty exchange suggests Mrs Cooke’s current predicament centers on her husband as the latest source of trouble or humor. The remark captures a light social moment, naming the spouse as the notable twist in her situation.
A collage of small advertisement blurbs and quips from a historical paper page. Product pitches include Cole's Carboni salve and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, with prices and taglines. Jokes on authors, editor rejections, and a reflection about comforts growing from crosses appear between ads.
Advice on maximizing hen numbers and profits through selective egg sourcing and proper feed. Notes milk supports growth of chicks, summer flock care, and avoiding vermin and diarrhea. Warns food scarcity harms flocks and stresses livestock welfare and customer trust. Mentions body lice as a persistent threat difficult to kill.
A Kentucky woman recounts two years of backache and female disorders followed by lasting relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and urges others to seek advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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