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Newspaper
Warsaw Union
Location
Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
6
The piece reviews Republican splits over tariff policy to curb trusts versus preserving protection. It cites Congressman Babcock, President McKinley, Senator Hanna, and the distrust of tariff tinkering via reciprocity. It notes fears of imperialist shifts and GOP internal maneuvering.
Chicago American notes Secretary Gage continues buying 4 percent 1 MinT bonds while opposing offers to sell new 2 percent 18h bonds to the government. It argues that delaying purchases of short-term bonds may force long-term buys at higher holder prices, potentially hindering rapid debt reduction.
Expansion by Republicans is blamed for possible open doors to China, while protective tariffs are said to shield against this. Hanna is pressed to define positions, with talk of McKinley third term and a Democratic challenge. Market signs hit Wall Street and Chicago as bonds buy calls rise. Census fraud indictments in Maryland are noted, though primary culprits evade arrest. a state census aims to correct frauds and ensure fair apportionment.
Article advises prioritizing carbon rich feeding stuffs and soil derived nutrients like nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. Highlights cow peas as a nitrogenous feed for cows, sheep and swine, noting grinding methods, yield of about twenty bushels per acre and the dual use of vines as hay or for plowing back into soil.
The best door for the poultry house is clean earth slightly filled above ground, with earth replaced from garden or fields to use droppings as fertilizer. Earth floors minimize filth contact. cement floors cause worry if not right. board floors harbor rats and lice, stay damp, and decay if too close to the ground. The dry natural earth is favored by those most successful.
Instructions warn against feeding wet cornmeal to chicks and stress keeping feed dry. Recommends dry grains, rolled oats baked into crumbly bread, and a mix of cornmeal bran and ground oats for male chicks. Suggests pin head oatmeal millet cracked corn wheat and access to grit and charcoal. cautions against whole corn until birds are larger.
Professor Jones notes Vermont grows three potato crops each year early medium and late. Early is profitable only with warm light soil and strong local demand. late requires a vigorous long‑lived variety and careful cultivation after May 10 in Burlington. Medium ripens in August and is dug in September, but yields are uneven.
A Massachusetts Ploughman excerpt by W E Edwards argues that corn yields fall when seed loses vigor. Soil fertility matters, but seed degeneration from repeated use erodes quality. Replacing seed with fresh, vigorous stock and new blood is the key to sustaining high yields and resisting pests.
A summary of why thoroughbred cattle outpace scrub and high-grade stock. It notes farmer shifts toward registered, well-bred herds, supported by official tests, market demand for quality milk, and superior care. Benefits include disease resistance, steadier temperaments, better form, and profitability.
The text stresses studying local conditions to grow fruits and vegetables that can be produced to perfection and sold at a profit. It emphasizes choosing crops best suited to soil and site, and notes that market changes over the past twenty five years have altered marketing dynamics, guiding what to plant for maximum advantage.
C L Allen argues quality trumps quantity for最高 price in agriculture. Focus on districts and farms famed for specific crops like celery and lima beans, and select varieties to meet local market demand. Maintain constant soil work, avoid idleness, and rotate with spinach as a valuable, saleable cover crop when spots are vacant.
A discussion in Everybody's Magazine explains why incandescent lamps seem inefficient for heating. Twelve bulbs at sixteen candle power need a full horsepower for maintenance yet provide minimal heat, while central plants waste vast heat through boiler rooms and exhaust. Even with free capital, electric heat remains costly relative to furnace or stove heat.
A Hawaiian physician quoted in the Washington Post remarks on Japanese workers in tea fields, noting their bathing habits and modesty, but arguing they are prone to typhoid due to reckless habits. He claims they avoid drinking water by preferring tea made from boiled water, and says deaths on plantations after heavy rains reached four to five per week.
Dozens of camels landed on the steamship Pocahontas, among them two Bokharan mail carriers famed as picturesque postmen of the Khanate. They wear red service uniforms, green turbans with gold embroidery, and carry curved entrainments. Camels boast gay trappings and bells, as riders endure rapid trots up to eighty miles daily.
Charles B Murdock recounts in the Marshall County Kansas News how Topeka earned its name from a Otoe chief’s phrase meaning white breast or missionary at home with a missionary father at the Otoe mission in Marshall County in May 1857. The tale is joined by a comic aside about a character named Doctor Bill boasting profits from broken bones amid a joke about a tree shanty article.
In a compact exchange the New York Journal compares Washington as the father of his country to the Constitution’s adopters with Willie-Pa noting his status as father and stepfather. The passage also mentions Mrs Austin’s dress and Tasmania’s rivers stocked with various trout fry.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls a fat pug taken on an Euclid car at the square. The car filled, riders clung to the rear platform, and at Lake View the narrator discovered the pug had been squeezed into a dachshund after emerging from the car.
A truncated vintage ad offers a free sample of Allen's Foot Fase powder from Olmsted in Le Roy New York. It claims to cure tired sweating damp swollen feet and to ease new or tight shoes. It also markets itself as a remedy for corns and bunions and notes druggists and shoe stores sell it.
A brief dialogue exchange shows a wife and husband discussing a breakfast scene. The wife suggests the cook overheard their quarrel, prompting a surprised denial from the husband. The line mirrors a humorous domestic moment typical of Life magazine’s voice.
Mrs. Austins new dress is fine as silk. The Nickel Plate Road is the shortest line to buffalo and the Pan American Exposition. Rates effective April 30, 1901 on any one of our Peerless Trio of Daily Express trains either going or returning. Write wire phone or call on nearest agent C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Ind or R J Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Ind.
An advertisement from Fort Wayne Indiana offers stamp supplies and a printing outfit with daters. It asks readers to write their needs for pricing and lists LockBox 210 as the contact.
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