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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1906
Page
8
In a frozen battlefield scene Captain Eliot Noble saves Lieutenant Mark Preston with whisky and warmth. Preston, believed dead, survives and later learns Noble’s generosity. Both men reunite with families after the war, while Preston vows to honor his savior.
M. B. Ames argues fall pork prices favor farmers with hogs and urges diversifying feed. He cites corn at 5 to 7 cents per bushel, pigs fattening in seven months with milk and grain, and using waste vegetables, pumpkins, squashes, and unripe corn husks as valuable fodder. He recommends two litters yearly, ample bedding, and two manure piles to sustain future meat crops.
The fragment notes a dose of tincture prescriptions for asthma including lobelia digitalis and strychnine in water, given three times daily. It mentions Michigan Parmer as a possible source or signer.
Advice from American Cultivator and Farm Journal on horse care. Emphasizes daily thorough grooming using body brushes and friction, care of mane and tail to prevent dandruff and irritation, allowing horses to cool before evening feed, and cautious grain shifts from oats to corn to avoid digestive upset.
In a medieval tale Jacques Bonhomme, a poor man seeking status, sells himself to the devil. Jesus and Peter visit, granting three wishes. Jacques traps Satan and the imps with a cherry tree and a purse, ultimately freeing them after deceiving the demon. The tale ends with demons ashamed to appear before men.
In Charles II’s reign the Whig and Tory names defined rival factions. The 1681 parliament was moved to Oxford, Whigs rode there armed, leading to perjury prosecutions and executions. Shaftesbury was acquitted of high treason as Tory juries refused verdicts. Leading Whigs plotted a free parliament but faced treason charges and executions.
The article notes that healthy human body temperature stays near 96.6 degrees with small daily fluctuations due to food fasting and exercise. It highlights the body's remarkable stability, tolerating extreme heat and cold better than many animals, with Arctic and tropical examples.
Historical notes describe salt as money in various regions. Cosmas cites sixth century Africa, Marco Polo notes Tibet using salt as small change. Tibetan salt coins were boiled and molded with royal marks, each piece weighing half a pound, with eighty molds equaling a saggio of gold.
George T. Powell discusses careful handling from harvest to packing in a 13 by 4 foot packing table setup. He explains grading into A B and C with 40 to 50 pound boxes and barrels, plus evaporating waste, and notes labor needs and market penalties for poor packing.
The Practical Counselor for Fruit and Garden Culture in Frankfort awarded fifty eight competitors for the best lice control method. The winning recipe uses Quassia wood soaked in water and boiled, strained, mixed with water, petroleum oil, and soft soap to spray on infested plants.
The six states Illinois New York Pennsylvania Ohio New Jersey and Massachusetts contain 61 percent of all glass used for floriculture in the United States. Figures from Dr. Galloway of the bureau of plant industry list the breakdown across these states.
Japan chestnuts show little value at South Haven station in Michigan. Two European varieties Paragon and Comfort are promising with several notable crops. Mammoth clover as a cover crop in orchards proves especially valuable, particularly with oats or barley grown alongside.
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