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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
3
Geo W Brown describes a DIY stretcher for coiled steel wire fences. He explains building a six foot high stretcher from a 15 foot oak scantling, with uprights, holes, a crank shaft, rope pulley, and wire clamp. The device stretches both smooth and barbed wire and can be removed after use.
The Livestock Journal advises small hog houses with shade and shallow feeding troughs to encourage early eating. Breed sows to a vigorous, thoroughbred boar. avoid overfeeding and sudden diet changes to prevent diarrhoea. Market pigs should grow to six to eight months without stopping.
The article advises limiting flocks to 20 hens per room and dividing the henhouse into compartments. Each hen should have six square feet of floor space, and birds should be minimally disturbed to maximize egg production. It stresses proper design for comfort and productivity.
A detailed plan for a lengthwise east west henhouse with a south facade. Includes a separate north attendant passage, nest boxes projecting into the passage with a top lid, a roost platform above, a swinging door, and flatwork under the nests. Troughs for soft food and water are outside to minimize disturbance. Floor straw litter with scattered grain, north dust boxes under south windows filled with earth or ashes and sulphur, plus shells and grit in each compartment for hens.
A Massachusetts Experiment Station report details a stump destruction method using saltpeter and water, followed by kerosene and heat. Trials from Nov 1895 to mid-1897 showed stumps of maple, hickory, hemlock, white pine, yellow birch and elm remaining intact despite repeated attempts and use of low test oil. The method is deemed a complete failure.
R S Smith of Sherman Texas urged in a Texas Farmers Congress address that alfalfa is the premier grass. He claimed it spurs an agricultural revival, boosts livestock feeding, and even as a mortgage lifter.
In the Delaware river basin between Trenton and Belvidere, eel fishermen target snappers for bait from September. Large numbers of turtles are caught with eel bait and bridle methods, selling mainly to Philadelphia markets at 75 cents to $1.50 each. The piece also includes a brief note on W. E. Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson.
At a religious meeting a South Sea Islander offered a prayer urging that truth remain with people like a tattoo on the body, ineffaceable till death, rather than fading away with Sunday clothes.
Russia remains the world’s top egg supplier with sales to foreign countries climbing each year. In 1896 exports reached 1.475 billion eggs, then 1.737 billion in 1897 and 1.831 billion in 1898, totaling about 1.5 billion dozen annually.
Authorities report last year at least 174 tons of fresh and smoked reindeer meat shipped to the northern interior. Reindeer skins are mainly sent to St. Petersburg for tanning and processing.
The Audubon society in North Carolina operates eight branches including Raleigh and Wilmington with 280 members paying five dollars yearly. It hires coastal wardens at 45 to 50 dollars a month to enforce laws protecting birds.
The Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine in London, led by Lord Lister, changes its name in his absence to Lister Institute.
In Philadelphia a customer coughs and argues with a barber over displaying liberty. The man vows to cough anyway, the barber warns he might cut him. The customer escapes unharmed. The boss reminisces about Colorado shavers fearful of coughing consumptives.
In a tender scene the widow views a damp clay bust of her late husband. The sculptor offers to adjust the sculpture and she credits the likeness while lamenting the need for a larger nose to match the man’s goodness.
A fragment titled Stray Stories presents a dialogue about sharing and strength between a victim gracious man and a barber, with a brisk exchange about a razor and resolve. The readable line hints at a playful or ironic domestic vignette from a Prospect setting.
In McCormick Illinois on September 28 Miss Ethel Bradshaw published a letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing her kidney trouble. She urges suffering women to use the remedy as entirely satisfactory and within reach. Doctor Dunaway of Benton Illinois endorses the pills as best for kidney troubles and even claims they cure late stage diabetes.
A Chicago Post remark records a man asking about flirting and confessing his confidence faded when his approach failed to lead to marriage. The dialogue captures a skeptical view of courtship and social expectations of relationships.
Round trip tickets via the Mobile and Ohio Railroad are offered on October 20 from Chicago and vicinity to New Orleans Mobile Montgomery and other Southern points for 16 dollars. From St Louis Cairo and intermediate points the fare is 12 dollars with liberal limits and stopovers. Write Jno M Beall A G O R B St Louis. F
A humorous exchange defines the game of authors as selling their books. The clippings also cite various quotes and adverts including Piso's Cure and a tip about Putnam Fadeless Dyes, with references to Chicago sources.
A reader testimonial from Brooklyn praises Peruna as a summer tonic that wards off weariness and malaria while keeping mucous membranes healthy. Additional letters from Nashville and others tout relief from headaches and backaches after six bottles. The notice urges writing Dr. Hartman for free medical advice.
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