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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
3
A young man aids Miss Robertson after tracing a fake Londoner card to Jameson the library clerk. He recovers a hundred dollars, returns Miss Robertson’s umbrella, and earns forgiveness, revealing a library theft scheme and the clerk’s motive.
Leila Derberi recounts Washington quietly slipping from Mount Vernon on August 30 1709. An artillery band greets him as citizens line the road to the barge, cheering farewell while he jokes of being found out. The scene highlights his affection for the people.
An exchange aboard a Philippine volunteers’ unit in San Francisco features a Civil War era style joke. A female member of a volunteers’ aid association asks a soldier if he was treated well in the east. He reveals he has never been east, born in California, and has only reached Salt Lake City. The dialogue turns to Manila being east, but he notes it lies west of here, declaring he will stay put rather than continue a westward voyage to satisfy the notion of east.
An anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts how the American girl has flourished and grown ubiquitous. It describes Mr. Conger meeting a Brazilian minister and his wife, who recalls a past wedding in Galesburg, illustrating the reach of American influence and social ties abroad.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader notes how time weighs on a man who pawns it and how barter arises from a desire to scrape an acquaintance. It warns that a man who thinks he is witty generally meets a poor outcome.
Nurse Norine defends a dying patient during a midnight home burglary in a great Chicago house. The intruder seeks jewels but pauses when the nurse reveals a cherished medallion of a girl, her child Bessie, linking past romance with present peril as the nurse signals for help.
A detailed description of a one gallon milk pot adapter feeding three lambs at once. Spouts fitted near the bottom with nipples, held by tin braces, fed by milk poured into the top, heated quickly in hot water, enabling multiple lambs to feed simultaneously. Claims include rapid growth and success in show rings.
A Honolulu writer portrays native Hawaiian women as uninteresting artistically, claiming they have become fat and lazy in Mother Hubbard gowns. She imagines a bicycle riding, bare-footed woman in black silk as the modern New Woman in Hawaii.
A dialogue from the Catholic Standard Times recounts Mr Kostique accusing Miss Primer’s governess of promenading with his husband. The governess admits the conduct and is told to improve company to remain.
John Case argues hogs are highly profitable with proper management. He cites one sow producing eight pigs in June and a second litter due in June, marketing six month old pigs at about 200 pounds for around 65 dollars each. He advocates rotating pens every six months and growing crops on hog ground to prevent disease.
F H Wiessing's dairy stock perished after rings were placed in their noses last fall. The California Herald notes the cold worsened sores, causing the animals to refuse feed until all died within December to three weeks ago. Kiessing claims rings caused the deaths as the sole explanation.
J. C. Clipp argues in National Stockman that farm poultry profits rely on proper management and diet. He advocates green vegetables and meat in feed, exercise for confined hens, and favoring pure breeds over cross bred mongrels for uniform eggs and carcasses.
A frugal design from Ohio Farmer shows how to build a weatherproof chicken coop using an empty grocery box with wood legs tarred paper roof and a front finger bridge for access. The project protects chicks from heat sun rain and predators and costs about 20 cents.
An English writer notes one acre of rich pasture yielded 500 pounds of beef in six months. In stall fed cattle the same gain required 3500 pounds clover hay 1600 pounds corn and oil meal 10000 pounds Swede turnips. The pasture could have yielded three and a half tons of hay if mown, making pasture feed cheap though economy here is uncertain. it suggests pastures can grow more grass than observed.
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