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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
6
A Farmers' Review column argues against winter fattening and for steady growth through cold months. It cautions against high-cost corn feeding as fuel and advocates affordable roughage with some grain and bran to support bone and overall growth. Gradual gains from birth yield better profits than seasonal feasts or famine.
A farm notes manure practices in barns with heavy bedding and seasonal clearing by spreader, saving liquids and avoiding composting. It also cites William Smythe on California farming, contrasts gold hunters, and argues arid regions can become highly productive through irrigation, soil humus, and crop rotation.
The article argues for continual rotation including clover and legumes to protect soil, reduce pests, and improve water movement. It contrasts meadow and corn field ages, warns against long monoculture, and ends with a first person anecdote of a bull encounter illustrating respect for cattle and practical farm discipline.
Winter quarters should house colts before severe weather to curb excessive hair growth. Daily exercise in dry cold is fine for a few hours. provide a mineral nitrogenous ration of oats wheat bran oilmeal clover hay and carrots. Keep feet rasped and tied for handling. begin training in winter with kindness and firm guidance. Reinhold Clusen Manitowoc County Wisconsin and Adams County Indiana noted in Farmers' Review.
An expert notes winter feeding costs are offset by higher butter prices. Two cows fresh in spring yield milk April through June. Summer heat and pastures reduce output, while fall freshening with corn fodder clover hay and grain sustains winter milk. Spring pasture restores near fresh levels.
A fish makes expeditions to seize a small shellfish it loves. Its spines unfold as claws, aided by side fins and tail to move slowly along shore. It cannot stay on land long. when its gin dries or danger comes, it returns to the water.
An Iowa editorial and Des Moines Capital piece laud the Royal Union Mutual Life Insurance Company for publishing a full examination report of its affairs. They argue publicity strengthens trust, noting salaries and some auditor criticisms led to policy changes.
A music professor who published a successful composition enjoys new wealth and dons a high sill hat. Elder relatives view the change proudly, while younger family members gaze in awe. During a dinner, the professor recounts a frightening nocturnal episode at a bank building, describing a gleaming black object that spooked him as his guests listen. Little George interrupts, humorously suggesting the culprit was his father's high hat that night.
In early Cape Colony days captains of passing ships left letters under a stone at Table Bay for the next squadron to collect. One stone is in Cape Town’s general post office hall and another was built into a castle wall completed in 1679, recording English ships Lesser James and Abigail. A year ago New York saw the Widows’ and Widowers’ Society form to console and connect bereaved men and women, with fourteen marriages resulting.
A Harper's Weekly quote shows a visiting philanthropist soliciting for the Drunkards Home while Mrs. McGuire jokes about her husband joining the society blue book. The Philadelphia Ledger notes Nell criticizes an off engagement over who is more unworthy, highlighting social satire on marriage and status.
Philadelphia Feb 12 George J Baer president of the Reading Company issues a statement on the Pennsylvania house resolution to sue anthracite coal railroads for constitutional violations He asserts preexisting charters shield vested rights and that the constitution 1873 limits do not apply to older corporations He calls the strike wage claim by operators cowardly and false inviting legislative verification against the company books
Rear Admiral Chouknin in Sebastopol office was shot by a woman who fired four times and fled before being killed by an orderly. The wounds are not life threatening, the breast injury is most serious, and surgeons expect recovery. The attacker, linked to a Moscow terror network, arrived Feb seven, posing as a daughter of an old acquaintance.
Berlin reports from Kat towitz in Prussian Silesia describe a private house blown apart by a bomb. Local authorities count twelve dead with many more missing as ruins are searched. A fragmentary cartoonish dialogue appears in the report, highlighting confusion over the day.
Thomas W. Lawson met Governor Johnson in St Paul to form a committee of governors to probe New York Life and Mutual Life. Johnson agreed to stay on the committee, Broward Monnett and Older named among others, with Lawson seeking 50 000 to 75 000 proxies to influence the meetings in Chicago and later. Johnson said Lawson appears to hold proxies and a card up his sleeve may astonish observers.
Washington reports Prof. H W Wiley warns that over a million infants may have been sacrificed to soothing syrups and pain killers while impure milk killed more than twice that number. He denounces unknown milk sources, canned goods and condensed milk, urges better labeling and safer domestic foods.
Vice Admiral Chouknin, commander of the Black Sea fleet, was wounded yesterday by a woman who struck his office. A sentry who rushed to aid the admiral shot the assailant dead. No official statement on the injury extent has been issued.
London February report confirms from a reliable source that the Countess de Castellane seeks judicial separation from her husband on grounds of infidelity per the Paris Exchange Telegraph correspondent.
Emperor William plans a beautiful artistic place set for Miss Alice Roosevelt to mark her wedding in Berlin. The gift reflects German admiration and the close ties between the two nations during the occasion.
A long worn excerpt discusses childlessness and the strain on marriages, urging evaluation of causes and promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women. It touts safety, honesty on the label, and claims of many cures, plus mentions of his other laxatives and notes on medical endorsements.
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