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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1906
Page
7
A Farm Field and Fireside writer notes the Percheron as a tall heavy draft breed with white gray or black coats, strong neck and shoulders, sound hooves, and a docile disposition. It discusses breed type, faults to avoid, and the value of continued inbreeding to produce practical, versatile horses for farms and cities.
Professor Spillman from the agriculture department explains Mendell's law of heredity as a method to breed horns out of cattle and control traits. He cites transmission of horns and color as key detectable characteristics and notes the law applies to plants as well as animals, referencing Luther Burbank’s plant breeding work.
Pretorian, the great Hereford bull, reproduced from the Orange Judd Farmer, is owned by F. A. Nave of Hereford Bull Pretorian. Indiana, a noted breeder with a reputation for high class stock of the very best quality. Pretorian is one of the world's famous Herefords.
Rev Father F X Wernz elected general of the Society of Jesus succeeding Father Martin. Born December 2 1842 in Württemberg he studied canon law and taught at the Gregorian University now rector. The Pope gave blessing and predicted a fresh life for the order with Wernz seen as progressive and energetic. An anecdote recalls a gypsy seer predicting his future as pope of the gypsies. Miss O Shaughnessy a social favorite left for Mount St Martin's Academy after distributing jewels finding motive in convent call.
Miss Celeste O Shaughnessy heiress daughter of a Newport distiller renounces society and vows life in Mount St. Martin's convent. Her departure marks a dramatic turn from wealth and social life to religious devotion.
The advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as open, trustworthy cures for women's ailments digestion liver and blood disorders and skin conditions. It touts honest ingredient listings no alcohol or habit forming substances and urges readers to consult Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York. It also advocates Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and notes their sugar coated composition.
The passage outlines three steps for breeders: recognize evolution from inferior animals, identify forces driving continuous improvement, and maintain those forces to ensure forward progress. With proper knowledge, breeding becomes as reliable as manufacturing, accelerating gains beyond past records.
Captain Dwyer reports Port Morgan at Mobile harbor inundated by a terrific storm. The entire post is under water with extensive damage to buildings including the pumping station water supply, ordnance and quartermaster stores, two primary stations, the dock and main water tank. No casualties reported.
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