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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1907
Page
7
The article outlines feeding horses with green meat during green soiling to keep them healthy and reduce feed costs. It advises gradual dietary changes to avoid digestive issues, starting with small greens mixed with straw, then increasing greens while reducing dry fodder, and finishing with full grass forage after about two weeks.
The text emphasizes strict cleanliness to prevent infections in pregnant mares. It notes foaling boxes should be distant from drains and manure heaps, and that attendants must maintain purity. It highlights navellill as often caused by unclean umbilical cord handling, and recommends dry wheat straw bedding kept short to help foals rise and move easily in a large, roomy box.
A guide on managing mares and colts around foaling time, weaning methods, proper shoeing, and building organization in the stable. Advice covers feeding with linseed and wheat middlings, carrots in spring, limited hay, and water timing after feeding. Also outlines tack storage, grooming, cooling overheated horses, and dental checks to prevent colic and indigestion.
A collection of wry maxims on human nature and success. It pokes at rapid men swift kicks, talks of pretended views, and notes how courage, income, and living drive behavior. It frames common foibles with sharper wit and social satire.
A morning mishap leaves Jones with only the ten commandments broken, as witnesses report a slip on a banana peel along a stone sidewalk. The event is described as a minor injury with no major damage.
A poem narrates frugal habits as a path to wealth. A man should trim expenses, avoid vanity in clothes and tobacco, drink water, skip treats at meals, and rely on cheap living. It warns that even small sacrifices can grow a fortune, while fake friends may steal the spoils after death.
An eastern publisher hands out a new book titled Man, Visible and Invisible. The note jokes that if it teaches a poor man to become invisible it would meet a long felt want. It suggests avoiding bill collectors and restless crowds, even joking about escaping a wife’s floor.
A brief clash of quips features a sharp insult about a man being “lower than a horse thief” followed by a retort and a sly remark about preferring a natural death, illustrating crusty dialogue and dry humor.
A light échange of quips about a man described as extremely slow. The speakers joke that he is behind the times, unable to catch up even a snail, and farther behind than another uncle who outpaces him in a humorous contest of slowness.
A playful exchange likens a chaperon to a fender that protects a young man who blindly rides the track. The dialogue uses a humorous metaphor to discuss caution and safety in eager youth.
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