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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
3
Jacob Riis notes in Century that the first census under the tenement law found 361000 dim rooms in unfit housing, with over 60000 windowless rooms still in Greater New York. Lighting improvements reduced fire deaths, as life in tenements becomes more bearable and safer overall.
The text traces stamp use from England in 1840 to Russia 1845 Switzerland 1846 and the United States 1847 with the first 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington stamps. It notes later rate reductions in 1851 introducing 1 3 and 12 cent values and subsequent changes as rates shifted.
A brief comic exchange notes the two ages of woman as the age she claims and the age she truly is. The quip about money in opera boxes underscores social satire in this Youngstown Telegram item.
Fragmentary items note Tripoli population 57, British Columbia land area about 253 million acres with 1.6 million inland lakes, Marseille slum demolition plans, rising U S animal prices boosting Guadeloupe purchases, and airmen covering more daily distance in 1913 than all Merits in 1909.
An industry in Europe has advanced rope making from wood pulp. Thin chemically treated threads are forced through fine tubes with water, forming pliable elastic filaments spun into silklike fabric. French and German inventors have expanded uses and waterproofing for these paper based textiles.
An extensive survey of grape varieties across the United States notes Concord Delaware and California Today as popular for home and market use. State stations list favored varieties for table, wine, and raisin grapes by region including Virginia Georgia Texas Missouri Wisconsin New York California and under glass by European types.
In a crowded smoking room a debate on marriage unfolds with views on long versus short engagements, gender roles, and a claim that large women tend to marry smaller men. A small man counters that it is big women who marry little men, provoking further discussion.
The piece traces Tanoa as a villainous Bau king son Cacobau who strangled five wives including his mother. Cacobau later embraced lotus Christianity and ended major outrages, leaving one wife baptized. His son Abel avoided foreign ties and cannibalism allegations were not leveled at him. The current Ratu Dadavu is educated and studied at Sydney University with cousin Ratu Pope.
A man asks a doctor what to do if he has smallpox. The doctor says go to the detention home. The man replies he already has one and blames his mother in law for visiting. The exchange plays on a pun about detention and family.
Practical hints urge continuing lice control in cold weather and culling runts to protect flock vigor. Advice covers feeding potatoes to hens, keeping runs clean, supplying bugs and seeds when confined, stressing utility stock over fancy birds, and wider turkey range. Leghorn eggs noted larger than Game and Hamburgs with equal market price.
The article describes the French poulterer killing methods by a swift neck dislocation near the head, rapid dressing to prevent cooling, tucking legs and wings, placing the body breast down on a board, and spreading a moist cloth to impart a fine-grain flesh appearance. A weight is used to flatten the carcass, then the birds are cooled, packed in crates or cases for sale.
Calf stomach ailments are linked to overly rich milk. Moderate or low butter fat milk suits young calves. Indigestion in older calves stems from unclean milk or feed, dirty vessels, tight dark stalls, and irregular or excessive feeding. Sometimes fatigue and weariness hinder digestion.
Professor Herbert Mumford analyzes feeding cattle in six grades fancy selected choice good medium common and inferior. The talk invites farmers to identify which grade they apply to their herds and discuss implications for stock quality and market value.
A Paris public sale offered a cigarette case claimed to belong to George Sand. The item contains the charred end of a cigarette she smoked at Doctor Lallemand s home. A note signed Cauvert the engineer accompanies the relic.
Farmers report pumpkins now sold by the pound instead of wagonloads at a dollar per load. The crop change reflects broader shifts toward ready cash value for produce and a move away from bulk sale.
A Philadelphia hotel waiter faced arrest for complicity in stealing a collection of coins after trying to dispose of a $50 gold piece. He claimed the coin was a tip from a hotel guest. The case centers on the suspect's assertion amid questions of receipt and ownership.
A muddled excerpt from Brownings Magazine features oblique lines about a woman who knits stockings, threads a needle, and ignores streets. The text cites an old philosopher and hints at finding someone who could "hit" a target, in a fragmentary search context.
A historical note lists fifteen leguminous field crops grown in the United States in approximate order of importance. Red clover alfalfa cowpeas alsike clover crimson Canada peas are named among others in the obscured text.
The article notes a mental approach or concept described as a plan or method that is not yet cultivated or developed into actual crops. It highlights the gap between idea and tangible agricultural practice without detailing implementation.
Preparations start for the new year as the garden yields its harvest and plans form for ongoing work. The period marks a pause before new tasks, inviting renewed effort and orderly setup for upcoming seasons.
The early Sierra Leone settlement faced hostility and hardship. London hosted free Black paupers. 400 Africans and 8 whites formed the first shipload. The colony moved from multiple sites to Freetown by 1794. Governor turnover and harsh conditions marked its infancy. fertile soil tempted few whites to remain.
A Buffalo News excerpt shows a post office scene where duties seem informal and humorous. Joe Henderson and Mr Morley discuss a neighbors favor involving a shoat, cheese factory runs, and chores, revealing light local color on routine mail time.
A Maitland Nova Scotia farmer found three newborn skunk kits in a nest and carried them home instead of killing them. His cat had drowned three flour kittens, and the cat later adopted the skunks, raising them with the cat and neighborhood children delight. The farmer hopes to build a skunk farm akin to Maritime fox ventures, noting skunk fur value.
A veteran liner captain laments the shift in power from sea to shore arguing steam and rank no longer define authority. He recalls captains bowing to owner expectations once ashore while fearing career uncertainty if they quit the ship. His tale contrasts naval stature with impudent office gatekeepers.
Local doctors praise a sealing wax cure for anemia among young women employed in Tesia Department sealing wax factories. The text claims these workers are healthy, with anemia rare, except among those who join to cure their condition, sometimes offering labor free in hopeful cures.
A medical lecturer notes printers ink has a curious medicinal odor. He mentions factories where it is made, and a belief that printers in tropical countries often escape yellow fever, though outbreaks can still occur nearby.
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