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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
6
The article offers practical hog care tips from Kimball’s Dairy Farmer emphasizing proper housing and sanitation to prevent cholera. It covers fencing troughs, breeding sow selection, year round use of the hochouse, waste disposal, and careful feeding during weaning with softened grains and warm liquids. It warns against sour milk and stresses clean, well ventilated yards.
Advice on fitting stock for sale, hog management, and general farm care from the Farmers Advocate. Topics include finishing animals, fencing, pig range, dipping mangy hogs, burning old bedding, starting with small flocks, sow grouping, horse feeding, heifer care, barn floor drainage, horse defects, manger cleaning, wood ashes, salt, corn and water for hogs, and recognizing rooting behavior as a financial signal.
A retired naval officer in distant Normandy burned all letters from Dumas Fils after the author’s death. He erased private passages even in letters with literary or philosophical discussions to keep personal matters from a publisher. This caution is presented as rare.
Mrs Blanche Amelia Klein Dimmitt wife of Rev J H Dimmitt died at midnight at her parents home 400 South Second avenue Born March 16 1878 in Ypsilanti Michigan she lived in Jamestown Belle Plaine and later this city She was active in the Methodist church served as organist Sabbath school teacher and Epworth League member The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 30 PM at the Lewis Klein residence 509 South Second avenue with Revs Elias Handy and W G Thorne officiating Interment Elm Grove cemetery
G A R post calls for good attendance at tomorrow night’s regular meeting. Senator J A Young will speak about his trip to southern battlefields. J M Thompson.
A bankrupt stock sale will remain open in the evenings through Thursday, offering shoppers extra hours to browse discounted inventory after regular daytime hours.
A message urges members to avoid lapsing and to file extension applications. Grand Master Cridder cites jurisdictions adopting supreme rates and merges with the supreme, warning double payments if suspended. Illinois and Michigan push an active extension campaign to grow lodge participation.
At Jamestown exposition the Virginia Red Men will depict Captain John Smith's landing on Red Men's day with three ships modeled after the Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery. Representatives of palefaces and redskins will appear in period costumes. A glee club is formed by Miramichi tribe North Attleboro Mass.
The article urges lodges to boost member recruitment during long evenings and notes Michigan adding 300 initiates. It cites a seven month 1906 insurance gain of 94 614 500 and a total of 783 271 members with 1 298 660 000 in insurance. It also explains ballot rules restricting repeated rejections within six months.
Community notes list Chas Mercer as Cedar Rapids passenger this morning and Hopping family trip to Oskaloosa. Miss Pearl Montgomery resumes school near Lexington after a day in the city. Seat sale for Christmas minstrels starts after Dec 20 at Columbia Pharmacy with rest room sales ongoing. Fern Brand chocolates promoted by Gardner & Gould with dealers carrying the product. Dec 17 to 21 violet sale offers a waterproof pot covering with each plant.
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