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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
8
The article urges dairymen to use milk scales and the Babcock tester to accurately judge herd profitability. It praises using portable testing boxes from the New Hampshire Agricultural College, with daily one minute per cow record keeping to detect feed and health issues early.
Professor Shaw emphasizes careful weaning of young pigs. If slop mixtures of shorts and skim milk are readily taken, pigs may be weaned as early as eight weeks. otherwise, delaying to ten weeks on the dam yields better growth. Do not urge weaning before pigs ingest food without the dam, and provide nourishing feeds to support growth.
The breeding manual advises halter training for young colts and fillies and teaching them to pull light loads before age two. Start in early spring with an old steady horse and a front bobsled, then introduce a three horse evener as spring work begins.
Chicago police captain credited with preventing crime during the Republican national convention by arresting every known suspect on sight. One hundred fifty of about 160 officers detained 150 men, most of whom were released with orders to leave town within two hours.
Louisa Ferris fell in acquitted of murder charges in Butte Montana after a jury deliberated less than an hour over the Overland Burlington train dynamiting near the city on May 1. Ferris a 23 year old youth confessed to the act while his defense argued the confession was extracted by third degree methods.
Henry M. Flagler, railroad owner in Florida, resigns as vice president of Standard Oil in New York. Officials say the move carries no special significance and stems from his wish to gradually relinquish business duties. He is seventy eight years old.
Benjamin H. Richardson known to Harvard graduates as the bookseller of Harvard square and landlord of President Roosevelt during his college years is dead at age seventy six. He had been in the book business for more than sixty years.
City of Mexico reports American soldiers who fell in the war with Mexico will be honored by the United States. A plot at the Saltillo interment site will be purchased, made a national cemetery, and a monument erected.
Rev Dr W S Bovard formerly dean in theology at the University of Chattanooga has been elected president of Moore's Hill college in Indiana. He is expected to leave Chattanooga around July 20 to take the post.
Representatives of retail and wholesale lumbermen and manufacturers form the Lumber Trade Congress in Minneapolis on June 22. A new trade association is created with temporary officers led by President John A. Bruce of Strader Louisiana and secretary treasurer A. B. Washell of Portland Oregon.
Flood along the Mississippi near Raddle destroys 3000 acres of fertile farmland. Korando levee broke on June 22 forcing workers to flee. Estimated flood damage to the farms totals about $200,000 in Murphysboro district.
A bitter quarrel ends in tragedy as a man commits suicide after a cruel taunt. The piece warns that harsh speech can wound deeply, drive loved ones to despair, and equates motive with crime, urging gentle words and soft answers to avert lethal anger.
Paris reports the banns for Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan published. Age details list Mme Gould at thirty three and Prince de Sagan at forty nine. Wedding date and venue remain undisclosed but planned within a fortnight with few family and friends, including George J. Gould.
New Albany Indiana June 20 The third district Democratic congressional convention re nominated W E Cox of Jasper for another term.
Madame Wu Ting Fang, wife of the Chinese minister at Washington, has arrived in San Francisco aboard the Pacific Mail liner Mongolia.
John Graham, a Black man, sues Dr. Pratt Institute for $1,000 damages alleging a smallpox scar removal altered his complexion to coal black and yellow black. He filed in municipal court after paying $40 for treatment.
Panama June 22 arrangements to move US marines stationed on the isthmus to Corozal camp so they can be brought to Panama in minutes if needed as political tension in the republic continues to mount on the isthmus ongoing tensions persist amid military precautions and civil uncertainty.
Governor Frank Handy of Indiana collapsed from heat while speaking at the Ottawa Chautauqua in Ottawa Kansas. He received medical attention and was assisted to his train, then started homeward.
Rev. William Humlin, aged ninety three, preached at Antrim Presbyterian church, likely the oldest minister to do so from a New Hampshire pulpit. Rev. John L. Scudder of Jersey City quips on joy in life. The Second Congregational church in Falmouth, built in 1821, was turned end for end to honor a $10,000 bequest from a dissatisfied member, now commemorated with a monument detailing the act.
Harry Collins, supreme treasurer of the Independent Order of Foresters and a leading Mystic Shrine figure in America, died at his Toronto home on June 22 from acute indigestion.
Wilkes Barre Pa June 22 Theodore Shultz of Reading Pa was killed while riding at about sixty five miles an hour on a track when his motorcycle crashed into a fence Joseph H Price of Wilkes Barre who was following was seriously injured The accident occurred during the speed event at the track
In Hammondsport New York on June 22 an attempt to fly the sredrome No 3 known as the Curtiss June bug ended unsuccessfully with no flight achieved.
The Creamery Journal of London predicts a bright future for milk powder. It notes practical processes reduce water in milk, yielding powder about one tenth of milk weight, with low packaging costs in bags for wholesale use. Prospects include heavy use by biscuit makers bakers and confectioners but the main question is market demand and long shipment viability.
Wisconsin state veterinarian Dr. David Roberts warns drenching cattle is dangerous and often fatal. He advises hypo dermic or feed administration, or dry powder on the tongue, and demonstrates safer technique by approaching from the cow’s right side with the mouth opened to place medicine on the tongue.
A New York dairyman describes a hay and grain rack device that aids feeding. Hay is placed in space a and grain is poured in at b, allowing cows to eat both feeds together efficiently.
The section of the rack holding the hay may use slats to simplify cleaning. Both racks are secured by 2 by 3 strips running along their length, holding the components in place.
George M Rommel notes a mature boar needs ample exercise and feeding to maintain health during breeding. He limits service to two sows per day to avoid drain and ensure strength, with one sow in morning and one in afternoon, enabling fifty to sixty services per season.
The Shawnee Alfalfa club is described as the only one of its kind on earth in the Kansas Farmer. It holds monthly meetings on the last Saturday afternoon each month and discusses topics such as Alfalfa Pests.
The text warns caretakers to keep young horses’ feet balanced to prevent soundness issues and long toes. It notes ringbone can stem from long toes and urges stables to stay well littered to avoid slips on wet floors that could ruin a valuable colt.
Explosion aboard the Hamburg American Line freighter Arcadia at Washington Avenue Wharf Delaware River killed three negro stevedores and injured twenty others. Fire broke out, ship heavily damaged. The cause is disputed with theories of bomb or machine possible, but many say gases from dampness caused spontaneous combustion. The injured are expected to recover.
Chicago June 22 standings show St Louis and New York leading the National League and several doubleheaders with results across major leagues. Scores include Chicago 7 Boston 9 and St Louis 10 New York 7 with numerous city matchups and district results.
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