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Newspaper
Algona Advance
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
3
An 19th century paper prints an employment notice seeking a versatile advertiser in Wimbledon England. The ad requests a churchgoing, well educated person who can drive a horse and cart manage melons and cucumbers milk cows and tend pigs and wait at table with a gentlemanly bearing. Wage is $50 a year plus personal gear and dinner.
The article laments the decline of traditional English farming and argues Britain must create a substantial peasant class with freehold agricultural properties of moderate size. It contrasts this with a modern shift toward smaller, specialized street trades and a detached urban market structure.
A recent edict prohibits sale of medium-rimmed spectacles except in treaty ports. The rule aims to curb use of eyewear associated with imperial color and to appease reformist members of the government.
The article notes Brazil's exports expanding with a total around 12.5 million, including 4.4 million for cities and coffee printers earning about 10 million more for their crops than in 1903. It mentions American capitalists seeking investments and a donation to the American Bible Society from a wounded veteran in Vicksburg. It also reports a Baltimore Sun money fee and a peculiar English bricked red mime hen incident involving Joseph S. Knapp. The piece ends with references to an Australian contestant's fortunes and a hint of travel plans to London.
A Vileunie eruption at St Vincent sent a cloud of volcanic dust drifting with the wind toward Barbados about 160 miles away. The ash deposit lingered for twelve hours over the island, reaching up to nearly half an inch in thickness and an estimated weight near two million tons.
Reportedly Highlanders lay wreaths at Culloden cairn as T Napier criticizes the Hanoverians' rule, while unrelated notes mention Paris butchers touring London, warm exchanges amid entente cordiale, and a string of quirky misprints about doctors, vegetarianism, and a Hamburg Zoo incident.
Diana narrates how the death of Ter ry and a created widowhood twist bring Katherine Fenthony to Penthony Court. Terry returns from abroad as his own widow clears the way for a hidden betrothal with Diana, while Dave faces remorse and Diana contemplates marriage to him. The tangled family affair ends with Terry alive and Diana united with Dave.
A narrator recounts a tangled inheritance and romance after Terrence's supposed death. Katherine, Terrence's widow, captivates the family while Kate's love for Dave clashes with grief and jealousy. A moonlit reunion reveals Terrence alive, shocking the household and reshaping affections.
Harper's Weekly asks why literary output often lacks distinction and vitality. It argues greatness is rare, critiques the push for popularity, and urges authors to endure long periods of obscurity, renunciation, and patient craft before producing enduring work.
Nikala Fesla recalls a Prague student tale in which a renowned professor forced students to rely on perception. He pours a brown pot with a strong smell, asks them to taste it, and reacts as the class grimaces. The punchline shows observation over senses, noting the professor deceived them.
Prof W M Hays discusses Minnesota No 169 spring wheat, its grand prize, higher yields by 3-5 bushels per acre, and plans to expand planting nationwide. He explains seed sale funding improved varieties via state stations and the goal of raising farmer quality and seed purity through market incentives.
The year long feeding trial compares beef and dairy type steers including Angus Hereford and Holstein Jerseys, measuring gain and final value. Beef type steers finished thicker on prime cuts and yielded higher selling value, though dairy types gained with lower gain cost per pound.
The article compares home grown oats priced at 40 cents a bushel to gluten meal costing $23 to 25 per ton. It notes oats have far less protein than gluten meal, so selling oats and buying gluten meal would be more profitable. It urges farmers to compare feeding values of crops before deciding what to do and suggests growing alfalfa to obtain protein cheaply.
Journalists discuss how 80 farmers are swindled by bunco men. Coakley questions the idea that farming yields financial success for the average man. Joukley notes that true farming success requires sharp oversight of costs and returns.
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