Washington Gazette short notes and local society
Local column from June 8 1900 reports Mrs Chilcote home from California visits and numerous social calls including Ashby family at Pilotburg and Letts family return to Chicago. Mentions Lost mare near Washington La and Masonic Grand Lodge in Cedar Rapids. Also notes Maple City soap promotions and Hammar Paint ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Chilcote
California
Fred Dupuis
Chicago
Wm. Randle
Springdale
Cedar County
Frank Rogers
Frank McKain
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank Martin Ane
Cecil
Lexington
Market notes and odd farm values from a May issue
A dry May yields short hay. summer eggs risen about five cents a dozen due to cold storage while fresh laid winter eggs drop. Corn husks fetch about seven dollars a ton for mattress making. Livestock ages mark common losses: hen two years cow twelve horse eighteen steer three pig one. War drives demand for top men and horses. one million horses required globally.
Onions Spur Higher Meat Demand Says Farmer
In spring cows and people crave onions and leeks found near premises. Milk output changes with diet signaling the shift. The country grows in population and prosperity, and meat prices rise as wages rise, with buyers willing to pay high prices. The western farmer is urged to meet this demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Farm prices and forage values in late June market notes
The article discusses butter and pork economics with references to butter storage at 18 cents per pound, June goods prices, and pork as a rapid money maker for feeders. It notes oleo profit margins for manufacturers and retailers, 4 cent tallow as a base, and surveys horse values and breeding costs with draft colts valued at 80 to 100 dollars and trained pairs at 200 to 275 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oleo
Corn Cribs in the West and Live-Stock Prices
The article notes that corn, once a staple at 10 cents, is now diverted to meat production due to persistently low corn prices and higher beef and pork costs. It predicts that 10 cent corn may not return in the corn belt for years.
Cyclone Season Brings Fear as Nature Offsets Strawberry Bloom
In the West the cyclone season arrives as strawberries ripen and roses prepare to bloom, with dark clouds spooking residents and delaying outdoor plans.
Portable flax straw press for fuel in the northwest
A portable press could convert flax straw into small compact blocks suitable for wood stoves. In treeless northwest regions soft coal sells for 6 to 8 dollars per ton. Abundant flax straw across the territory could be processed into inexpensive fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Ireland’s climate aids linen production and fiber processing
The text notes that fine linens are largely produced in Ireland due to a climate suited to rotting and bleaching fiber. It also suggests planting about an acre of sweet corn with space set aside for pumpkins to harvest by August, serving as a useful crop until field corn is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Atlantic
Pacific
Weekly Tribune
United States
Gazette
Denmark’s rise as butter leader hinges on education and milkers
The article credits Denmark’s ascent to world leading butter production to two factors: government instruction to dairymen and the recruitment of Danish girls as milkers. It notes that while education could be handled, America would lag in the “girls” element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Balanced ration quip at farmers institute ends in humor
A western agriculture professor advised farmers on beef animal growth and quoted scripture about not living by bread alone. He corrected himself to meat alone, prompting an elderly gardener to remark that a balanced ration is the answer, delivering a light moment at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Granger
Insects, Birds, and a Dakota Sheep Gamble
The piece notes hawks migrating in circular swirls high in the sky and bees aiding apple, plum, and cherry fertilization. It also tells of a young man who started with $300 in the Dakotas six years ago and, by careful flock care, sold out in April 1900 for $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakotas
Northwest Wire Grass Slough Now Selling For Seven Per Ton
The grass cut from the wire grass sloughs of the northwest is now ready for sale at $7 per ton for use in making matting binding twine bagging and other textile fabrics where jute was formerly used. Previously this wire grass was regarded as utterly worthless, unsuitable for pasture or hay, and slough land that was only waste unless easily drained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
No title provided in extract about regional labor traits
A Minnesota farmer relocating to Alabama struggles to adapt his work pace. He initially applies northern effort for about a year, then gradually adopts southern easygoing habits and postponement, influenced by climate and culture.
Jack pine expands role in lumber after white pine scarcity
The piece notes pine scarcity pushing lumbermen to explore jack pine for dimension stock and lath, a shift from its prior use as mainly fuel. It compares poor soil to an old man needing whisky to work and warns against untrustworthy medical quackery, urging caution with traveling cures.
Legal Swindle Tricks Farmers to Lose Farm Equity
A land speculator baits a farmer with a large partial sale, pays $50 as a down payment, then a second bidder arrives offering to buy the whole farm. The farmer accepts and pays $400 to cancel the first deal, but the second buyer vanishes, leaving the granger out $350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 1
Farm life and hired help on the homestead
The writer argues for preserving farm privacy by housing a married hired man with an acre for a garden and a cow, rather than allowing an open home to a miscellaneous, coarse workforce. A tenant house is proposed to keep women from ministering to unsuitable hired men and to maintain domestic boundaries.
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Washington Gazette
D. BH. Logan
W. Neal
Locasa & Nwan, Publishers
Washington
Sunset Park
J. A. Y. Ashby
Pilotburg
L. Z Mikech
Clarence Tripp
Monmouth
Schuyler Livingston
Harry Letts
Bert Dice
Riverside
Roy Esley
Mr. Dice
M.P. Miller
A. N. Albernon
Judge Dewey
Masonic Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
James H. Laughead
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. McCleery
Ottos Adams
Nellie Kower
Missouri
Obi Warner
Atu
Hammar
Academy
C. J. Wilson
Joe Davidson
Mazie
Arthur Sprague
Columbus Junction
Maple City
Gazerrk
Kansas City Journal
John Mauthe
Grace Hill
Muscatine
Miksch
Town City
Miss Katherine
U. I
Lytle
Grace
India
Citv
Tom Dupois
Alnaworth
Tow
Lette
A. E. Roe
Cedar Center
Leigh Schulty
Mela Shalla
Effie van Sickle
A. I. Davidson
Tarkio
Thompson
Hela
Mothers’ Manual
Boand
W. D. Crewford
Jane
Wilson
Mothers’ Congress
Elmer Gault
Eon Frank
Crawfordsville
Grant
Crawford Township
G. Logan Payne
West Virginia
APA
Iowa Territory
Des Moines
Dr. Burroughs
Peter McAvoy
M. Springman
John W. Lee
Trenton Township
Mr. Pleasant Republican
Ind
A. W. Chez
Oberlin College
Chez
Richmond
Iowa
Kalona News
H Vigor
Ayer
N. E
Hamilton
Norwich
N. Y
Lowell, Mass
Ss. Trigg
J. 8. Trigg
Rockford, Ia
G. H. Snyder
Louisiana &T
Lawrence
Kansas
Dr. Williams
Williams
Williame
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
NEW York Weekly Tribune
NEW York Tri-Weekly Tribune
Daily Tribune
St. Louis
Great Republican Paper of America
Globe-Democrat
Home Journal
Globe Printing Co
St. Bovis
South
Minnesota
Alabam
Gpegaggitin
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Gazerrr
Baker’s
Pictures Free Fesse
Windsor Grocery
Towa
BF. Dixon & Co
Washington County
B. F. Dixon & CO
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!