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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
6
In Nova Scotia oxen still herd and haul on farms and now help in grade work for the railway. The patient beasts draw loads in pairs or teams, facing long days before being fattened for meat. Their life ends with slaughter and consumption as revenge for labor.
In Passadumkeag, George Ranney and George Brann found a tobacco pipe embedded at the center of an elm tree near the old hotel while cutting stovewood. The pipe remained pristine and full, and locals offered a tale of a bent tree from a highway accident decades ago becoming a pipe rack as the tree grew.
Dr James Curtis Hepburn of Orange New Jersey plans to attend commencement in June marking the seventy six year anniversary since his Princeton graduation. He earned a Princeton diploma in 1832 and a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1836.
The New York World laments that cinematograph and phonograph tech allow complete dramas to be produced on screen. Dramatists and actors lose control as factories “can” the drama for bargain counter trade.
An ad pitched as health insurance in a vest pocket box. It touts Cascarets tablets as a non purge laxative that exercises bowel muscles, unlike salts or castor oil. Emphasizes long term benefit, diminishing dose, and authenticity of the genuine Sterling Remedy Company product stamped OCC.
A local request circulated for copper and stone relics with a simple plea to share what you have. Contact A. Hamilton in Two Rivers Wisconsin for details. Thompson's Eye Waie sore Eyes is mentioned in a fragmentary note.
Chief Galloway of the bureau of plants industy reports seed tests for alfalfa red clover and grass seeds from the open market. Red Clover 1217 samples show dodder in 405 seeds and yellow trefoil trace in 424. 135 originated in Chile. Alfalfa 399 samples reveal dodder in 191 seeds 135 with yellow trefoil trace 120 with sweet clover trace and 16 with bur clover trace. Bromus Inermis 55 samples show cheat in 15 and 2 to 3 per cent wheat grasses in 28 with meadow fescue also present.
The text observes that a horse avoids danger, never enters a burning building, and will race back to its stall when sensing danger. Once there, it can only be driven away by fright or shock greater than its fear of fire.
A compiled list shows germination ranges for numerous vegetables. Asparagus 20-30 days, beans 5-10, borecole 5-12, broccoli 5-12, Brussels sprouts 5-12, cabbage 5-12, cauliflower 5-12, carrots 14-21, beets 14-20, corn salad 14, corn 8-14, curled cress 3-5, water cress 12-14, cucumbers 5-10, eggplant 8-20, endive 8-7, lettuce 3-5, melons cantaloupe 56-10, melons water 8-15, mustard 3-6, onions 7-14, parsley 20-30, parsnips 8-14, peas 5-10, pepper 8-20.
Ashes from hard wood fetch higher value than soft wood ashes. Some soft wood ashes are not worth processing. Value largely hinges on which part of the tree the ashes originate from. The statement is declared by authorities.
A cross section of a thirty four foot wide piggery shows a stone foundation or concrete to match floors and piers. The two layer floor uses gravel cement mix and sharp sand cement mix. A central six foot alley has a crowned base to keep dry and pens slope toward outer doors. Partitions use upright boards atop a two by four. An eight foot high loft stores straw and crates. no meal feed stored there to avoid contamination. Ropes and pulleys control doors and ventilators from feeding alleys. Right side shown open, left side closed.
Of 429 Kentucky blue grass seed samples, 421 contained Canada blue grass traces. Only 8 were free of Canada blue grass. Mature Canada blue grass seeds were unlikely to be harvested with Kentucky blue grass seed. In 110 samples Canada blue grass seed exceeded 5 percent, and 32 were misbranded as Kentucky blue grass seed.
Practical instructions cover tire care for horses, feed value across stock, gradual work after rest, cutworm and bumble-foot treatments, hog cholera remedy, poultry hatch timing, axe handle removal, and cultivating medicinal herbs. Includes venetian red and kerosene cautions, but framed as traditional advice.
Chemists note that ashes from young twigs hold greater value than those from the trunk, and ashes from leaves surpass both in usefulness. This observation highlights the varying chemical yields across plant parts.
A grower explains rhubarb thrives in deep fertile soil and heavy manuring. He notes the plant is a gross feeder needing annual manure and shares a method of using soapsuds to boost growth. He sold 30 dollars worth from a small patch of two and one half rods in one season.
Lime as an insecticide is described as a dry hydrate formed by slaking fresh lime with minimal water to a fine powder. It remains caustic and fatal to larvae of asparagus beetles and other soft-bodied pests on currant, pear, and plum. Apply in the morning when leaves and pests are still damp.
A doubletree attachment to binder or sulky plow is described with adjustable dimensions to fit horses of different sizes. The plan allows slight variation in measurements to accommodate varying horse sizes and ensure proper harness setup.
The article advises proper drainage for garden and truck patches to prevent cold wet soils. Use underdrains and overdrains to remove surface water and warm the soil. Start very early plants in seed boxes or hotbeds, then transplant to small pots. Do not work wet ground. it wastes effort. Include two gates: a small one near the house and a large one near the barn for hauling manure and tools.
A sermon on 1 Chronicles 21 24 argues life has no shortcut to triumph. David refuses a free bargain paying full price to build an altar at Ornan's threshing floor. True sacrifice requires personal cost and shedding of blood rather than outsourcing virtue.
A thoughtful meditation on turning noble dreams into action. Ideals demand sacrifice and effort, not idle contemplation. Realizing high visions requires deliberate striving, investment of effort, and willingness to pay the price for lasting achievement.
A devotional poem in the style of hymn lyrics affirming unwavering faith. The speaker trusts God amid storms, guided by a shepherdly presence. Imagery includes green pastures and bright skies, with hope and treasure in the Savior.
A compact meditation on choosing true priorities over riches, urging that only by placing the highest ideals first and acting daily will one attain real greatness. It stresses sacrificing comforts, directing love into worthy channels, and earning the world’s welfare through consistent, costly effort.
A compact aphorism urging restraint in defending beliefs. It cautions against overjustified doctrine and urges honest doubt as a path to truth, while reminding readers not to equate God with a child of Isis or expect divine ownership without moral likeness.
A reflective piece argues faith should not be forced and that judging others often reveals self fault. Sacred things serve life well while loud candor masks guilt. It warns against hypocrites who condemn sin while tolerating its rewards and notes even angels may fail. Enduring trust lies beyond fear of divine failure.
Miss Sophia Kittleson of Evanston Illinois writes that a catarrh lasting about twenty five years and a severe cough vanished after using Peruna Her throat soreness and poor health improved significantly and she now recommends Peruna to friends Peruna tablets are available as a tablet form of the medicine manufactured in Columbus Ohio.
America’s Natural Resources warns that by 1898 fossil fuels moved from the traditional Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia core to a growing western input. Texas Colorado Wyoming Oklahoma and Kansas now contribute 100 million barrels versus 60 million from the old region. The text notes kerosene fading and electricity rising as lighting and power uses expand, urging prudent use of resources while optimistic about the continent’s riches.
On April 2, 1907, Freiburg established a city school dental service. By December 31, 2487 children had been treated: 36 teeth drawn, 1231 filled, and 102 inserted. The survey found two of every thousand children had ever seen a dentist, explaining widespread poor mouth health affecting mastication and children’s health.
A Board of Health president cites personal recovery from fever and malnutrition after using Grape-Nuts with cow's milk. He says the food stabilizes heart action, improves digestion, and boosts sleep, urging adoption within a scientific feeding system amid letters praising the product.
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