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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
8
The bulletin outlines weekly crop conditions and weather impacts. It notes temperatures rainfall and soil moisture affecting corn wheat and soy crops. Reports may include forecasts, planting progress, and recommended farm actions for growers.
Waterloo man suffers a peculiar and very serious accident as eye ball is cut in twain. Des Moines Iowa September 15 weather report notes this period as the warmest second week of September since 1897 with mean temperatures above normal, no rain, and brisk dry winds aiding corn ripening while pastures suffer and rye and wheat seeding begins in southern districts.
Fred Beilke, a machinist helper at Illinois Central machine shops in Waterloo, suffered a severe eye trauma when a steel fragment struck him during work. The fragment lodged in his head until located, prompting transport to Chicago for eye removal. He is recovering with hope for return to work.
A medical ad urges prompt use of Foley's Kidney Remedy to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. It warns that delays allow kidney issues to worsen and cites Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source.
Agricultural tests at Tennessee show silage fed cattle gain 1.75 pounds daily versus 1.27 with stover. Slaughter yields favor silage with 8,683 pounds good meat for succulent fed cattle vs 8,106 for dry fed. Cost per hundredweight also lower with silage, and meat quality improves.
Dairyman John JD Nicholls insists on clean cows and barns, no feeding hay or silage before milking, and no disturbance of bedding. Disturbing the stable raises odors. air contamination from silage taints milk, detectable after 48 hours by neighbors using 48 hour old milk.
Partial paralysis in pigs may be treated successfully in some cases by dosing with epsom salts one ounce per animal followed by a dessert spoonful of cod liver oil ten grams of phosphate of lime and two drops of nux vomica as a physite given twice daily for several weeks.
The passage notes sheep are dainty feeders and will not eat hay mussed by other animals. It adds that refuse from sheep racks may be given to cattle but not vice versa, and sheep dislike grain from a ratty crib. It concludes that sheep are dainty and should be humorously catered to.
A public health note explains sheep scab caused by a tiny parasite. It spreads by contact and contaminated objects, with mortality up to 75 percent. Prevention relies on thorough dipping in approved solutions after shearing, disinfection of enclosures, and restricting movement of affected flocks.
Practical advice on dairy management from feeding to milk handling. Topics include liberal feeding to cows, remedies for swellings using turpentine oil and camphor, cleaning dairy utensils with sal soda, butter washing to prevent off flavors, silo packing to ensure quality silage, and salt addition to cream to boost butter yield.
The article advises pig ration palatability equals horses and cattle. Occasionally vary feed or offer light desserts. Wood ashes salt and charcoal are enjoyed by pigs and aid digestion. A box of these supplements daily helps. Lime in water aids bone building if not excessive. Some feed bone dust, but homemade charcoal and ashes are preferred. Place salt where hogs can reach it.
Romeo the big yellow cat with green eyes shows dramatic flair by joining a theater as chief rat catcher. He disrupts scenes, stages acts from the footlights, and even returns to his home after a final deadly prank with a live rat. The manager and audience recall his brief, comic arc in New York Herald reporting.
A riddle lists various personified misses: Miss-Chance Miss-Hap Miss-Take Miss-Give Miss-Trust Miss-Understanding Miss-Shape Miss-Rule Miss-Lay Miss-Place Miss-Behave Miss-Chief Miss-Guide Miss-Lead Miss-Reckon Miss-Spent Miss-Interpret Miss-Quote prompting humorous attributions about luck blunders jealousy quarrels dress making obedience tricks and arithmetic noting travelers advised to avoid certain Misses and a final note on quoting or repeating heard words.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, amused by a child's reply, tells a joke at a refreshments table. When asked if she is hungry, a girl says she has no fork, and she counters with Not my fingers, prompting a smile from the doctor.
A parent tests a first grader in geography asking for land surrounded by water and water surrounded by land. The child answers island and puddle, prompting a smile at the city literacy moment captured by the Little Chronicle.
A playful poem notes the baker’s pies described as 80 smooth round treats in small sizes with scalloped edges, plums and currants, doughy shells, smooth fillings, and sun browning by turning plates. The speaker imagines readers tasting the pies and hints at Bridget’s flour and lard in New York Tribune.
Eleven men arrested in Greenwood on insurrection charges tied to race friction. Intercepted letter indicated a secret plot by a group of negroes at Ninety Six to attack the town on September 6, but freight delays halted rifle delivery. Tensions trace to a 10 year old post riot and recent political expulsion of white Republican Joseph Tolbert.
E M Vail of Henry county claims to cured rheumatism by two weeks of complete fasting. After abstaining from food his pains vanished though he lost seven pounds and faced other adverse effects.
Police guarded Collinwood schools at the fall term opening after threats by some parents of fire victims. Despite protests, junior Hirther and a few burned school teachers were assigned to other Collinwood schools.
Chicago readers get daily baseball standings and scores across leagues. Highlights include Brooklyn vs New York 28 to 4 in ten innings, Philadelphia vs Boston 4 to 1, Cleveland beating Chicago 10 to 4, and St Louis tying Detroit 9 to 9. Indianap olis leads the American Association pennant race, while Sioux City wins the Western League title by two games.
Joan Beatty of Jefferson in Green county Iowa toured the city today to renew acquaintances with former service companions. He served with Crocker’s brigade and greeted his old soldier friends during the visit.
An old text argues women are cross irritable and hysteric and claims a remedy acts on the feminine organs to restore a healthy normal condition. It frames the issue as a medical mystery with a corrective treatment.
A Parsons Kansas woman from 315 South 21st Street describes two years of severe feminine ailments relieved only by morphine, crediting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and happiness to a once distressed life.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. It has cured thousands troubled by displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down feelings flatulency indigestion dizziness or nervous prostration. Mrs Pinkham invites all sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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