This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
7
All the machinery in the machine shop of the late Thos. McClean is in fine shape. It includes an iron turning lathe a circular band saw a shaping machine a jig saw a 4 horsepower gasoline engine a 1½ horsepower engine a 3 horsepower engine and many tools shafts belts pulleys and a feed mill.
An advertisement promotes Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets promising quick relief from indigestion and belching. It claims meals will taste better, with no after effects, and that a few days of dosing will restore a strong stomach. A 25 cent box is available, with a free trial box offered by druggists.
Practical guide from M. W. Harper of Cornell University and W. Purdue outlines collar fitting and care to prevent sore shoulders in draft horses. It covers soaking collars, adjusting to each horse, using sweat pads, cleaning routines, and recognizing slobber and mouth issues in colts and sloppiness related to teeth, feed, or drugs.
E M Bacon in Forto and Fire side recommends a saturated solution of strong vinegar and saltpeter to rub the boil twice daily. He says it reduces size in a few days and can vanish with short continued use, noting it safer than lancing or blistering.
Don’t stint the cows on salt as it is cheap. The sale of thousands of young calves yearly alarms the dairy sector. Profit hinges on equipment like the cream separator and manure spreader rather than a few top cows. Cows in late lactation produce less cream and the most profitable dairy cow helps maximize winter butter.
Advice on selecting a ram, Merino ewe, and mutton ram to boost profit and growth. It emphasizes pasture timing, clover use, sod quality, and keeping land fertile with a sheep flock as the best path to efficient feeding.
The article stresses selecting prolific sows and a strong boar to maximize litter size. It warns against overservice, advises limiting a mature boar to two sows daily with rest days, and recommends using boars after twelve months. Poland China breed is praised for vigor, ease of handling, and rapid fattening.
The fragmentary column bundles anecdotes and quips from various sources. It mentions a Milwaukee Journal reference and anecdotes about editors, Greek marriage jokes, and a Pennsylvanian student, plus a stretched tale of a man chasing a ball amid thorns and a rebuke about bird nesting.
The article advises breeders to keep sows fit with pasture and muscle building feeds, record breeding dates for farrowing, and avoid under feeding to ensure strong birth weights. It warns that corn heavy diets produce poor mothers and undersized piglets, and recommends diverse feeds like peas shorts tankage skim milk and alfalfa for sow development. It also notes salt distribution in butter should be even whether added in granulated form or during working.
The diet for a dairy cow is 24 pounds of dry matter per 1000 pounds of body weight. The mix must supply 24 pounds of digestible protein and 134 pounds of digestible carbohydrates and fat.
A new remedy for rheumatism from Meritol Rheumatism Powders is offered as easy to take and certain in results. Compounded by the American Drug and Press Association from a special formula and recommended by physicians. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy with local representatives.
Fragmentary times appear in a dated schedule or timetable line with unusual values. The readable bits suggest early morning hours amid unclear formatting. No complete event details or places are stated to identify the item.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.