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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
6
A breeder argues horses thrive on a varied, well balanced ration rather than corn and hay. Grinding grain increases digestion and nutrient use, with five to six quarts of ground mixed seed outperforming eight quarts of whole grain. A proper mix from oats barley and corn ensures better performance and lower costs.
Hand Separator operation requires steady handle rotation with even pressure, avoiding extreme push or pull. Maintain tested speed, and if skimming lags, slightly increase speed by three to five turns per minute as directed by the Michigan Experiment Station bulletin.
Indiana experiment station tests show pigs gain more on dry grain than when grain is mixed with water. For summer herds, move pigs to grass and clean and lime wash empty piggeries to prevent odors near dairy. Protein feeds drive growth in 2 to 6 month olds. skim milk, clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, soybeans, and Canada field peas provide needed amino. Barley and oats offer protein. corn is mostly carbohydrates. combine with legumes for maximum pig growth.
The article recalls Paul du Chailly’s failed gorilla discovery tale and how gorillas shifted from ridicule to recognition. It notes the creature’s fearsome traits, including chest beating and tree-top ambushes, and contrasts boyhood hunting dreams with the gorilla’s dangerous nature. It closes with Charles Sumner’s playful autograph exchange on a public document.
In a short dialogue, a teacher asks about an extinct bird and a child mentions a canary that was wiped out by a cat. The exchange frames a humorous, early educational moment with a minor misstatement about extinction.
A New York man listens to his eight year old son recount his day and jokes about a plan to pay a ten cent fine to a teacher. The boy explains desks were polished and the teacher set fines for scratching them, though he claims he did not scratch.
Verse notes pansy blossoms with varied expressions in a garden walk observed by a speaker from St. Nicholas. Interleaved is a Harper's Weekly remark on a global naval voyage with an Englishwoman quipping that only Evans knows the reason, highlighting contemporary curiosity.
Special sleeping car service announced with contact directing passengers to inquire at the nearest railway ticket agent or write to obtain information on routes and train service.
The shipboard smoking room hosts talk of fire on shipboards and theaters. A famed dramatist recalls a Concord melodrama for humor with a cigarette causing a newspaper blaze and a panic. A fat man gallops to the box office demanding his money back, shouting theater's attire.
Advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy eases kidney and bladder trouble in seniors. It asserts the medicine stimulates urinary organs corrects irregularities and tones the body. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes immediate use for vigor.
Iowa residents are listed with patent numbers and inventors for devices including a marking attachment for corn planters, heating drum, lawn coaster, washing machine gearing, car door fastening, mail receiving mechanism, ore separator, fluid weighing machine, wire fence stretcher, rock drilling machine, medical cabinet, self cleaning boiler, disk support for plows, safety stirrup, railway signal, and a trammer. Also includes a sworn statement by Frank J. Cheney regarding Hall's Catarrh Cure and a note about Hall's Pills.
Margaret S. Smylie as executrix petitions in Washington County Iowa for sale of William Davidson estate to satisfy his will. Defendants Alvin J. Davidson William S. Davidson Marshall Davidson Norman Clark Davidson Lyman Davidson Mary Ann Davidson and Margaret S. Smylie are notified to answer by Sept 1908. otherwise default and decree will be entered.
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