Purdue study finds soybeans boost hog gains and efficiency
An experiment at Purdue university station shows soybeans greatly improve feed efficiency. A mix of one part soybeans to two parts corn yields 2.2 times weight gain vs corn alone, with 310 lb feed per 100 lb gain. Other rations include middlings, tankage, and cornmeal, with soybeans often matching or exceeding their gains. cornmeal alone performs poorly and increases feed needs.
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Purdue University Station
Local residents depart on brief trips and visits
Local brief notices list numerous residents leaving for Davenport Nichols Winfield St Joe Arlington Ainsworth Brigh ton and other towns on business or to visit relatives. Several passengers are mentioned with destinations including Davenport Brigh ton St Joe and Ainsworth.
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H. F. Maass
Davenport
J. P. Thomas
Nichols
G. Miller
West Chester
Vienna
Frank Huey
St. Joe
J. Allen
Arlington
Mary E. Johnson
Excursion Fare to Minneapolis St Paul This Saturday
Iowa Central Ry offers a popular excursion to Minneapolis St Paul for return price of 400 cents or dollars with travel on Saturday July 20. See local agent for details and tickets.
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Minneapolis-St Paul
Iowa Central Ry
New England Homestead Praise for Low Down Wagon
A writer lauds a steel wheeled wagon for farm and road use. It handles loading grain straw manure coal wood with lighter draft and less field damage. The four inch tires with a brake resist sun and rain and outlast binding tires, predicting the demise of old wooden high wheeled wagons.
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New England
Soil amendments and potato scab: lime and manure do not cause disease
The Kansas Farmer argues that lime or heavy barnyard manure do not produce potato scab directly. The scab fungus only grows from its spores, and it thrives in alkaline soils created by lime or manure, so treated soil with spores favors the disease.
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Kansas
One Way to Destroy Red Ants
A tip from American Agriculture recommends placing fresh meat bones where ants gather in summer. The ants swarm the bones and can be killed by dipping the bones in hot water. Repeating the process a few times will eliminate the pest.
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R. A
Shadowettes Shadow Play Promises Constant Novelty
Shadowettes offer simple evening amusement with a lamp light and paper. Players shape shadows from a crumpled ball to create varied outlines, tracing the silhouettes as the ball’s position yields different images. No preparation or skill needed and no two shadows are alike.
Curious Candle Trick Uses Weight and Water
A Washington Star description shows a candle pierced by a heavy nail so the candle sinks to the water rim while the wick remains dry. As the candle burns the wick shortens and the decreasing weight makes the candle rise, keeping the wick above the water until it extinguishes.
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Washington Star
Dust in His Eyes Origin of a Military Saying
The tale traces the phrase to Epaminondas who sent 1,600 cavalry to raise dust that blinded Lacedaemonian forces allowing a tactical move. It notes Caesar using a similar tactic to defeat Pompey. The account links a common expression to ancient battlefield deception.
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Epaminondas
Caesar
Pompey
Riddles and wordplay from a curious verse mix
A compact set of playful lines with puns and questions. It ponders common expressions and clues about items we drop and pick up, hints about hens and hens stealing, and a line about sympathy found in the dictionary followed by an age of mystery tied to a sausage pun.
If My Papa Was a Dolly in a Child's Fantasy
A child's playful verse imagines a father as a doll and describes gifts cakes clothing and fantasy scenes. The speaker envisions buying a trumpet jelly cake and dress up outfits to dress the dolly father in bright colors and hold a shared pretend feast.
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Success Magazine
Wit and Humor in Women and Men
The piece argues women show wit more than humor, detailing Kate Sanborn’s defenses against the charge that women lack humor. It contrasts wit as swift and sharp with humor as a slower, sixth sense needing a unique perspective, enjoyed deliberately like fine wine.
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Kate Sanborn
A Good Complexion and Skincare Guidelines
Advice on maintaining a good complexion without beauty treatments. Emphasizes daily warm baths, rubbing upward, cold water to invigorate, rosewater or elder flower toners, and a simple diet avoiding pastry and pie while promoting hydration and regular sleep.
Household Helps From a 19th Century Guide
A kitchen wall can be cleaned with warm soapsuds ammonia and kerosene. Parboil sausages before frying and pierce with a fork. Refresh cool floors by turning brussels rug upside down and applying floor stain with varnish.
Asparagus With Brown Butter Method
Cut asparagus to even lengths and tie into bundles of five or six. Stand bundles upright in boiling salted water half a stalk height, cover and simmer until tender. Avoid flat immersion to keep tips from overcooking. Drain and serve on a heated rack or dish with brown butter.
To Keep Cream Sweet in Coffee
If cream curdles in coffee add a pinch of baking soda to the cream and it will not turn sour in the coffee.
Rural Carrier Examination Notice at Local Post Office
A Post Office notice states a rural carrier examination will be held on July 20 to establish a register of eligibles for vacancies. Six applications are required, and local boards will review them after July 10 when they are sent to the department.
Armory Co D Orders Drill and Uniform Turnin
Armory Company D of the 54th Infty, 1. N. G. recites orders for all members to report to the new armory at 8 p m on June 26 1907. Clothing must be turned in and stored. Drill will be conducted on the streets if weather permits with service uniforms worn under Captain J H Steck.
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Co. D
New Armory Co
Baby’s poisoning tragedy shocks Paradise Kansas family
Mrs J W Warner learned from her sister Mrs Stearns of Paradise Kansas that seven month old Kenneth Warner drank a small amount of carbolic acid last Sunday and died within minutes after the parents left for church. The older children found the bottle and gave it to the baby without understanding its contents. The case is described as extremely sad.
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J. W. Warner
Mrs. Stearns
Paradise
Kansas
Kenneth
Sunset Park Band Concert Thrills Local Crowd
A band concert is set for Thursday evening at Sunset Park. Organizers promise comfortable ice cream pavilion seating and encourage generous audience support. A separate ad promotes Dr Shoop’s Pain Tablets with a free trial offer claiming rapid relief from headaches neuralgia and period pains.
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Sunset Park
Dr. Shoop
Fresh local notices and travel in Vienna area
Local briefs report daily fresh rolls at the Vienna cafe and various residents' travel. Names include Dr. Quayle at the Methodist Church event on June 28 and several residents traveling to Muscatine Oskaloosa Des Moines Winterset and Columbus Junction for visits and family occasions.
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Dr. Quayle
Methodist Church
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