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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1906
Page
7
Denver Field and Farm reports alkali poisoning as a danger to sheep, horses, and cattle on plains ranges. Stock fed in nonalkaline areas or driven to alkaline regions may ingest excess salts, causing fermentation, bloating, convulsions, and paralysis before potential death or recovery.
The article describes crafting permanent tree labels from zinc strips cut into narrow tags. It covers attaching methods to prevent flapping, wrapping around limbs, and using galvanized wire for a secure loop. It also provides a recipe for a durable ink from verdigris, sal ammoniac, lampblack, and rain water.
The article notes 216000 acres of fruit trees in England while English consumption totals 95000 tons of American apples annually. It cites Indiana station wheat tests with Rudy as top two-year average and Winter King second, and mentions a Percheron selling for around 8000 dollars. Dairy milking machines are used at Manhattan Kansas college. Australian egg contests show Hawkesbury College hens laying 235 eggs per year, Silver Wyandottes 217, and Imperials 208 eggs per hen per year.
Superintendent Huber pushes gradual Carnegie Roosevelt spelling reform in Saginaw schools. He backs phonetic versus traditional spelling though warns the president's order may be too sweeping. He says phonetics should originate in schools and, with metrics, could shorten the term. German usage leads in sound-based spelling progress.
Police report a dead Italian man found with multiple stab wounds in a Jamaica woods area near L I. The case parallels the Barrett murder and other similar Black Hand cases where victims are moved from the scene and dumped in secluded spots. In Chicago Johnson Tubbs fatally shot Alonso Farmer after a claim he wanted to kill someone.
Forecast up to tonight shows fair and warmer conditions across Illinois Indiana and Lower Michigan with Wisconsin fair and warmer in the eastern portion Iowa mainly fair.
Chicago quotes show Wheat corn oats pork lard and cash sales with mixed highs and lows. Hogs cattle sheep and veal receipts and ranges are listed alongside East Buffalo prices for hogs and lambs.
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