Bracing a Sagging Fence with Top Rail Support
The illustration shows a brace method for fences with a top rail using two wide boards crossed at the top and fastened with heavy nails. Notches can fit under the top rail or boards may be spiked to the rail, with bottom fastened to ground stakes and nailed to the stakes. The lower brace can be spiked to the bottom rail for added support and a picket fence appears in the design.
Picket Fence Usefulness and Weed Control Discussed
A New England Homestead excerpt urges removing invasive perennials from pastures and reseeding with clean seed. It notes heavy winds require sturdy fencing, stresses weed containment, and suggests plowing and three years of cultivation. It also covers farm building painting, brush quality, and best timing for exterior paint. Breeds of cattle are summarized with Jersey, Ayrshire, Holstein Friesian, Devon, Shorthorn traits and beef or milk yields.
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New England
Jerseys
Devons
Gulf
Fall Plowing and Feed Practices for Better Crops
Agricultural notes discuss feeding regimes when green feed is scarce, favoring corn silage or root crops. Fall plowing should be deeper than spring to surface frost- disintegrated soil, with split plowing common. Testing wheat varieties shows Mealy leads Velvet Chaff in yield by about 4% bushels. A brooder attachment protects chicks from cold wind. Emphasizes use of scales and Babcock test for dairy profitability and careful recordkeeping. Mange treatment outlined with carbaryl acid and tar oil mix. Cautions on onions and pasture management highlight data-driven farming and restraint in pork production.
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Stubbie
Ohio
Atock
Lemon Custard Cheesecakes and Household Tips
A long collection of kitchen recipes and home economy notes. It opens with lemon custard cheesecake instructions using puff paste and eggs, then shifts to domestic life experiments in a Lancashire town with two bachelors running a house. It ends with practical advice on refrigerated handling, tomato vinaigrette enhancements, Saratoga chips, chicken stews, almond cake, and a beef heart stuffed recipe.
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Liverpool
Lancashire
Saya
Philadelphia Record
Republicans Must Keep Promises After Winning Congress
The piece argues that with Republicans controlling Congress into 1904, they must honor pledges to curb bad trusts. It cites the meat trust case and calls for ending the coal duty, while noting prior denunciations of the steel trust and a proposed tariff revision led by Republican figures. It frames administration actions as political pressure to reform tariffs and trusts.
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Congress
Meat Trust
Steel Trust
Babcock
Republican Campaign Committee
Roosevelt
Hanna
Old Guard
Tariff Commission
Conena
Hoar
Boston Post
Louis Post-Dispatch
Andrew Carnegie
William of
Germany
United States of Europe
United States of America
Wiliam
Duty and Chinese Labor in Philippines Debate
A discussion on tariffs including a 2 percent duty and a cent countervailing duty cites higher costs for Nova products and potential profitable markets for jams and fruit products if duties rise. The article notes Prof. Jenks urges allowing Chinese laborers in the Philippines per War Department findings, with Secretary Root expected to support expanded Chinese labor, framed as furthering exploiter interests.
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Jenks
War Department
Philippines
Root
Iee
Which Will Come Down The Tree Or Henderson
The piece debates tariff reform and trust regulation, arguing Republicans risk failing to curb steel and borax trusts. It cites Roosevelts and Harriman era factions, a proposed tariff commission, and critiques on sugar and Philippine policies, plus remarks on Denmark and reciprocity.
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Henderson
The Time of the Judges in Hebrew History
A compact study of the period from the Exodus to the monarchy focusing on the book of Judges. It outlines the military chronicle, the cycle of apostasy and deliverance, and the social and religious life of tribes. The piece discusses worship of Baal and Ashtaroth, the nature of the term Baal, and the period’s chronology and regional isolation.
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Pheouh
Mixodus
Namvers
Egypt
Cannau
Solomon
Joshua
David
Judge
Samuel
Ruth
Israel
Sante
Sani
L. Sanuel
Fund
Palestine
Greece
Isted Kidney Pills Victory Tale From Galveston
Mrs. M Isted of 1207 Strand Street Galveston Texas a boardinghouse keeper recounts a near fatal kidney complaint from 1900. After months of pain loss of appetite and weight loss she credits Donn s Kidney Pills with restoring health and strength following a dramatic recovery from 118 to 155 pounds and renewed sleep appetite and vitality. A free trial offer from Foster Sillburn Co of Buffalo New York is included along with price 60 cents per box.
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M. Isted
Strand Street
Galveston
Tex
Inet
City Hospital
McGound
Donn
Lake View
Foster-Sillburn Co
Buffalo, N
Gale
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