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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
5
A detailed plan for a large sheep barn to house 50 to 75 animals. Includes timber sizes, framing method, rack design to feed and ventilate, doorway and window placements, and a self contained hay feeding rack system. Also brief notes on polishing horns and hoofs with leatherwork style care.
The article outlines a crop rotation plan with wheat after corn. It advises cutting corn early, using small shocks for quick drying, or larger shocks when sowing wheat, and highlights harrowing and disking to prepare the seedbed. It stresses thorough soil preparation for good germination and timely planting, citing St. Louis Republic.
A Prairie Farmer style guidance on winter pig feeding using ground corn oats and linseed meal. Soak ground mix to palatability and digestibility, avoid half soaked or overly thin or thick slop, ensure clean troughs and ample feeding space. Growth results claimed at 17.4 pounds per bushel of corn equivalent.
A pretty American bride in Paris recounts her battle with cockroaches and a mysterious “Father Cockroach.” The pest killer, once a baker, cures kitchens with a secret melange that destroys roaches in days, charging 50 francs and sparing no details on his method or recipe.
The St Louis Republic advises pounded oyster shells for hens and corn fed ducks, store road dust for winter use, darken nests, and push turkeys to grow quickly for profit. It urges small, well cared for flocks, exercise for non fattening fowls, and reducing winter stock to layers with Langshan as early maturing and Minorca Leghorn and Black Spanish as valuable egg producers.
W A Roberts notes in Market Basket that pigs convert feed to body weight far more efficiently than cows or ewes. He cites 100 pounds of dry food yielding 23.8 pounds of live weight gain in pigs versus 0.9 pounds in cattle and 1.5 pounds in sheep, making pigs the fastest growing ruminant.
A collection of vignette items notes the 100th anniversary of Field Marshal Moltke’s birth with a Berlin monument plan, traces the 260 year line of Samuel Packard’s descendants in Massachusetts, and compares Knowlton’s kin near Chicago with Hale’s family. It mentions Duran’s picks of beauty, a soldier’s courtship, and a Canadian butcher who found gold in a goose’s crop prompting him to buy a farm.
An immersive travel sketch portrays a Poe-like scene along a coastal road in Puerto Rico. The narrator basks in sea breeze and tropical scents while noting distant concerns about a friend at Ponce and his own uncertain fate. Persistent birds and flowering Sabino trees evoke a vivid, tranquil landscape.
An inked narrative from Detroit Free Press recalls a lively debate at a local meeting of credit men. Two elderly critics, veterans of the sea, spar over Spain, Britain, and a fabled harbor raid with sharp jibes and a near clash, ending only as bystanders intervene.
A Detroit Free Press note quotes a blue-coated veteran recalling his Santiago wound and the relentless nursing from his wife, mother-in law, aunts, and cousin. He laments being coddled and says war is needed to escape such kindness, while praising women’s love despite the pressure.
Adam Vangundy of Bluffs Illinois describes rheumatism relief from Williams Pink Pills for Pale People after trying doctors and medicines. He credits two boxes of pills started in March 1897 with complete cure and declares the remedy best he has taken. Notary Franklin C. Funk attested the sworn statement dated September 29, 1897.
In a playful exchange the two Mosquito figures discuss landing on a foreign nobleman and pie, capturing a whimsical moment from the Boston Journal.
Advertisement from Southern Texas Colonization Co offering fertile farm lands for sale in Chester ville Texas County Texas and requesting full particulars about excursions with a free illustrated booklet titled 4 Home in Texas. Includes a Chicago address and a snippet noting a humorous Cincinnati Enquirer quote about a rich uncle.
A Washington Democrat editorial laments squandered money in corrupt bargains, contrasting it with spending on whisky and urging reform. The remark reflects early 20th century concerns about government waste and vice.
The excerpt notes many inventors attempt to build flying machines and the key improvement is a device guiding the craft through air currents. It then praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe aid curing stomach liver and blood ailments, boosting appetite strength and nerves.
An interview excerpt outlines the writer's process. The author explains using a pad and pencil, seeking a quiet spot, gripping the pad and pencil, and then writing as the key steps to work. The phrasing imitates a newspaper quote style from the Philadelphia North American.
Several hundred thousand people in the United States and Canada suffer chronic asthma and could be cured by Dr. P. Harold Hayes of Buffalo New York. He offers free mail examinations and states his opinion on curability for any case.
In a local vignette from Chicago, Jack-Come worries over installments on the engagement ring as a threatened breakup looms. The old man taunts, noting no shortage of fish, while Tom insists the payments must continue despite the icy chill in the air.
About 1,000,000 acres of Government land in Northwest Florida are open for homestead entry, with substantial railroad lands for sale at low rates near the Louisville and Nashville line. General Land Commissioner R. J. Wemyss of Pensacola can provide details, and excursions to inspect the lands run the first and third Tuesdays each month at $2 over a round trip fare. Contact Mr. C. P. Atmore in Louisville for particulars.
In a humorous captioned exchange a patient protests paying two dollars per visit, while the doctor asserts the same rate applies to all. The punch line hinges on the patient claiming he introduced typhoid to the neighborhood, prompting the doctor to reply that the charge remains unchanged.
A reading notes a woman declaring her illusions are gone while a man demands she fetch more from the drug store, reflecting a brutal possessiveness cited by the Indianapolis Journal.
In a playful exchange Miss Bidsley weighs sudden plans and seeking papa's consent as Mr Willikins pushes toward annexation, the Chicago Evening News notes the flirtatious dialogue and evolving feelings.
A humorous exchange shows a shopper seeking ham unpreserved by any salting while a grocer offers sugar cured. The judge quips that the customer desires ham that never has been salted, highlighting thrift and stubborn taste in a staged scene.
An 1864 ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming cure for a cold with a money back guarantee. It includes testimonial style notes and references Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops. The collage cites Brooklyn addresses and various aphorisms from multiple papers.
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