09 May 1903
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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
1
A fragmenting meditation on youth leaving, paired with a local tale of illness, crime, and personal loss. Mrs. Hardy’s illness, Weston’s assault conviction, and a ransacked home illuminate a community struck by fear and change as a poet’s reflection on youth’s departure lingers.
Oscar Erf describes an Indiana dairymen method to create a starter by selecting the best sour milk from several jars, heating skim milk to 175 F for twenty minutes, cooling, mixing, and maintaining 75 to 80 F for twenty four hours. A wooden tank keeps uniform temperature. starter matures to a consistent flavor and can be propagated by daily additions of 7 to 3 percent to fresh pasteurized milk for up to eight to ten days.
The American Royal Live Stock Show will be held in Kansas City Missouri from October 1 to 24 with expanded breeds. Sheep breeders and draft and coach horse exhibitors join cattle swine sheep Angora goats and multiple horse breeds. Prizes total 25000 and special prizes may be added. Breeds to show include Hereford Shorthorn Galloway Angus Berkshire Poland China Duroc Jersey Ohio Chester White and Angora goats. Swine breed associations invited to enter by July 1 with likely participation from major groups.
Perry S. Hall of Summit County Ohio recounts his Pekin duck trading misadventure and poultry experiment. He details an exchange, losses from illness and predators, incubation attempts, and eventual modest success with 24 ducks grown and 75 hatched overall. The piece closes with a note on perseverance in farming.
Greene argues poultry success depends on the person not the industry. He notes few turn to large scale, many start small and grow as they learn. Expertise in fowl management is crucial, with risks from weather, curing losses, and market fluctuations. children and invalids are not suited, but determined adults can prosper.
An Osceola Missouri attorney tale recalls a land suit involving nonresidents and publication notices. The lawyer Nesbit Ferguson advises the farmer that preparing the notice to summon nonresidents costs more than expected, and warns to avoid lawsuits rather than pay for legal steps.
A tale of spiritualist obsessions, romantic rivalries, and a dramatic cold night. Weston pursues Daisy through a blizzard, aided by a vision of danger that spurs him to confront a burglar at Mrs Hardy's house. Daisy and Mrs Hardy foil the crime as Weston battles the intruder in the snow.
Miss Martha Havemeyer recounted a childhood tale of Alice Roosevelt walking with a nurse in a park. An urchin loses a balloon. the child consoles him by saying the balloon has gone to heaven and he will get it again when he dies. The anecdote highlights Roosevelt’s alleged early religious convictions.
Mrs. Susan D. Crossman marked her 10th birthday surrounded by five generations near Beloit Wisconsin in a gathering of fifty relatives. Born in Cheshire Massachusetts she traces lineage to Earl Clapp a Revolutionary War major. Her parents settled on government land near present Afton Wisconsin in 1848. Four of seven children survive including Helen M. Chandler a long time Siam missionary.
The piece argues against high butter prices, urging that butter should stay affordable for consumers. It links price to cow quality, saying good cows enable profit at 20 cents per pound while very poor cows raise costs. It notes regional price caps and calls for improving dairy cattle to lower production costs nationwide.
A Maryland audience member told Senator Gor man she was unable to hear because the crowd was so large and she was wedged by Black attendees. The senator replied with a gallant bow and apology for the seating mix up.
H P West urges Wisconsin farmers to provide a shallow trough with oat meal soaked corn and a little milk for pigs. He advises placing feed where pigs can access it and keeping sows with four pigs in clover pasture. Do not wean pigs early if fed properly. they will wean by eight to ten weeks. Green feed turns into pork and supports health. barley is proposed as a quick reliable green feed once frost danger passes. Swine breeders lacking rye pasture seek early forage options.
Prof R S Shaw of the Montana Experiment Station discusses hog shelter options from hillside dugouts to straw covered poles and log buildings. He warns against poor designs as dark damp and drafty, favors well planned frame pens, high dry sites, nearby fields, and directed water to yards to protect stock in winter. Smut disease in grains is noted as kernels darken with affected plant juices.
The Yaian bureau dictates that Lo the Poor Indian, deprived of lands, must shed his native cognomen. He is renamed from Lo to Jobe Smith, per the ruling.
A bronze memorial tablet was placed in the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue on Seventieth Street, New York, commemorating Rev. Gershom Mendez Seixas, a key figure from 1766 to 1816. During the Revolutionary War he led his congregation to Philadelphia until after the evacuation.
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