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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1900
Page
8
New Jersey station reports 4000 orchard trees treated with crude petroleum since 1898, showing no winter injuries and improved vigor. Crude oil proves effective against pernicious scale in winter, superior to kerosene for slow evaporation, and usable undiluted or with 60 to 75 percent water in emulsion sprays.
The American Cultivator advises late fall planting of apple and pear trees, grapevines, and bush fruits. Cut tops to avoid drying, set in good soil with slight elevation to drain, avoid manure, and water not standing. Aim for alive, growing stock by spring with new wood formation and fruit buds, despite old age or variety.
Detailed farm guidance covers hog slaughter, cooling, trimming, and curing. Steps include humane slaughter after 24 hours without feed, boning, washing, splitting carcasses, removing fat and certain parts, and chilling to prevent spoilage. The piece then outlines salting, barrel packing, brine preparation, and long term preservation with sugar, saltpeter, and smoking for meats.
A farm owner who neglects sheep is ignorant or lazy. Sheep are quiet, hardy stock needing regular Led reg, wholesome feed not costly. Good hay, small corn, and summer grass sustain them. unobtrusive bushes are eaten for relish. Protect from winter storms and salt regularly for best returns.
News notes report seed shortages in America and England, experiments on hoof wear elevating agricultural relevance among women. New Jersey station finds crude petroleum kills San Jose scale on contact but harms nothing else. Onion sets appear not burdensome to harvest. Orange Judd Warmer reports large growers see no spring price rise for onion sets year over year. Iron and steel trust revives hoop pole industry as iron costs push back to wooden hoops. November corn yield estimated at 2,008,606,000 bushels, area not specified, slight year over year change.
A fragmented page of prose and anecdotes blending poetry on small cares with a fishing tale from Youth's Companion. It recalls tiny moments that shape ministry and memory, from delicate harmonies to a pike’s stubborn return and a child learning about tipping and public dining.
A clipped, fragmented OCR piece mixes a legendary tale of a maharajah and executions over idol desecration with a reader's anecdote about Oshkosh Wisconsin. It blends sensational myth with townsfolk reflections and classroom dialogue as published in a Chicago News excerpt.
The fragment suggests a sick person expressing unwell feelings and a companion offering a comforting toast. The dialogue implies concern and a plan to ease distress, with references to recovery aided by a small ritual or gesture. Names, places, or concrete events are unclear in the partial text.
A testimonial promotes Swift's Specific for cancer, claiming the remedy cures a hereditary, deep seated blood disease once thought incurable. The letter from Mrs. 9. M. Ipc of Winston, N.C. asserts eighteen bottles cured her cancer and urges readers to request the company’s book of cancer testimonials and information.
Reeder notes miners in the Klondike appealing for wives while two thirds of 1898 Gold hunters returned empty handed. Topeka Capital and Minnesota Journal cite a miner allegedly selling an $1800 prize nag in harsh Klondike winter.
A jumble of testimonial style notices extols electric bitters and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as cures for old age, coughs, croup, indigestion, and more. Names like J.C. Sherman, Prender & Muelk roft, and M. W. Wisher appear alongside claims of life-saving outcomes and drugstore availability. Also mentions a fundraising push by The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and a Norway slavery relief effort amid chaotic assorted clippings.
Curiously dated notes mention King Menelik of Abyssinia gifting two zebras to Queen Victoria and India’s vast population ratio. Other items include Belgium’s peat resin fuel vesuge, a dead French general’s admirer, a bamboo lighthouse in Japan, a tax on bachelors in the Heselian Diet, and a claimed Borneo petroleum strike. Wildlife reports claim giraffes near extinction recovered along the Sobut river, plus restrictive ads and dubious patent medicine claims from Hall’s Catarrh Cure and partner firms in Toledo Ohio.
A fragmentary feature mixes myth and grit as Rocky Mountain Len reflects on aging and time. The piece explores human hope through a faded, wandering voice and distant references to enduring beliefs.
The text presents a fragmented verse with garbled phrases about fortune, fear, a favored partner, and an unclear mountain reference. No coherent event or identifiable names emerge to form a standard news item or obituary.
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