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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
7
A detailed guide on building a rhubarb forcing cellar 12 by 50 feet with beds for 500 to 600 plants, including wall and roof construction, heating options, and light control. It covers digging roots, spacing, humidification, two-stove layouts, and timelines for first picking plus seasonal duration and height considerations.
A Missouri Agricultural College Farmer article explains milk sours faster after storms due to abundant airborne bacteria thriving in damp weather. The pests enter milk easily and multiply, making thunderstorm conditions seem to accelerate souring.
A farmer is urged to invest in cheap land and plant walnuts, with timber value expected in 20 years and income from the nuts in the meantime. The piece stresses walnuts as a sound family investment and emphasizes future financial return.
A method suggests covering poison ivy with tarred paper or sheathing, overlapping joints, weighting with boards, to exclude light and air. Left for up to two years, the process aims to smother and kill the thickest ivy roots.
A traction engine pulled out old trees in a peach orchard using a chain fastened to the top. The engine walked off with them, likened to pulling up a tomato vine.
A reader describes a cost effective 30 by 40 foot shed built with 19 ground posts and a straw stacked roof. The design includes outside pen access, two inside stalls, removable siding for manure handling, feed racks and a salt box. Cattle stay comfortable year round, using the shed for milking and feeding with minimal cleaning.
A Farm and Home writer describes a stall device to stop a cow from urinating during milking. He nailed a board across the stall and built a hinged square frame that clears the cow’s back, designed to be hooked up when not in use.
Advice on dairy farming emphasizes bedding, cleaning, and brushing cows, keeping a full salt box, and feeding properly after milking. It notes the best looking cow tends to bring higher prices, warns against selling whole milk too cheaply, and stresses early taming and careful feeding to avoid odor and boost profits.
A heed crop is best for young orchards. Vegetables of any kind are good as they require cultivation, which the orchard needs. Do not feed it down. Sod will hinder growth and no later cultivation can undo the stunting.
Farmers are urged to scatter manure immediately when hauled onto the meadow in winter to prevent sod damage and preserve fertility. Delays allow heaps to harm turf and waste nutrients.
A historical note describes using strychnine dissolved in water with a touch of vinegar to soak corn and place kernels in gopher holes. The procedure is repeated every few days to eradicate the pest.
Washington reports say the war department again pushes to limit transport space to army officers and soldiers. Civilians and relatives, including wives and sisters, continue to crowd ships, sparking protests as officers seek exemptions and complicated nurse disguises.
The Northern Total Abstinence Congress held in Copenhagen attracted 1,200 temperance agitators from Scandinavian countries. The closing procession saw 45,000 participants with 1,357 flags and banners noted by a reporter who favors figures.
In a New York Sun item, Knicker-So Jones proposes a model apartment building with the janitor living on the top floor. The arrangement keeps steam on and the elevator running to illustrate continuous service and urban efficiency.
A Yarmouth clergyman attending a charity rummage sale laid his new straw hat on a stall and returned to find it sold for four cents to an unknown buyer. The vendor, a stall keeper, had acted without identifying the purchaser.
A humorous Magnolia quip cited by the Los Angeles Herald explains why a wife calls her husband the light of her life. She says he goes out so much, prompting the joke about his constant outings.
Price reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburg show gains for hogs and steady to higher values for cattle and sheep. Wheat corn oats and dairy items vary by city with several receipts noting declines or small advances in prices across the regional markets.
A narrator notes the house empties before the final scene of an opera as a dowager crowds out with Brit aristocrat indifference. A man, irritated by the rudeness, quips that the last bus remains and there is no need to hurry, implying a grim undertone of mortality.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt quotes Miss Sly claiming her grandfather was a butcher who slaughtered lambs on Wall Street. The remark prompts stunned reactions from the other girls during a discussion of ancestry.
Jesse E. Mitchell a telephone lineman and local resident says he once cursed patent medicines but Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his twelve years of kidney trouble. He describes back pain from stooping daily and says after four boxes he feels renewed with no back pain and greater strength.
Uncle Eben argues that public display and loud words prove little. a man’s worth is measured by actions, not shows of anger or volume. The Washington Star quotes him as reflecting on reputation and credibility.
Yonkers Statesman quotes Egbert on gilt-edge security attributed to Jiggins. The exchange muses if the security was a framed family portrait, hinting at a peculiar safeguard as a talking point in town.
Advertisement notes taking Laxative Bromo Quinine to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. E W Grove signature appears on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
A claim extols Dr Bayer's Penetrating Oil as a fast cure for lameness stiff joints rheumatism lumbago and backache. The ad notes a 25 cent bottle price and portrays the physician as a genius for selling a flattering lie to men patients.
A letter from J I Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana dated February 15 1900 argues against relying on Fees Cure for consumption as a universal cure for illnesses. It also notes a social observation that a difference between a man and a woman tends toward indifference if it endures long.
Mrs Austin's Quick Raising Buckwheat makes tender crispy brown cakes. grocer can explain. About the only taint to money for most is it ain't coming their way.
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