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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
3
Dis Moines December 30. Iowa forms the Iowa Beef Cattle Producers' association to boost breeding feeding improvement and production of cattle. Founders include Charles Hscher Jr George Burge and Professor Kennedy who filed incorporation papers with the secretary of state. Legislature recently appropriated seven thousand dollars annually for beef cattle work.
The Retail Grocers' association of Des Moines pleaded guilty to operating gambling devices during a pure food show. Judge Charles Bredshaw fined the group $100, a payment promptly made. The indictment charged wheels used to dispose of candy and other merchandise.
Des Moines officials announce the annual Iowa and Des Moines dairy show at the Coliseum January 10 11 12 and 13 BE. L Beck president of the local association leads preparations with the show linked to the state association convention. Exhibits are larger than before with feature attractions including egg laying contests.
Des Moines reports Charles C. McClaughry, newly named warden of the Andriosa reformatory, arrived and met with the state board of control to learn the institution. He and his family planned to travel to Anamosa for the week, staying with Warden Marquis Barr.
A suffragette debates an African traveler about women’s suffrage. The hunter dismisses women’s public roles as suited for home life while noting a facial scar from a previous fight. The exchange ends with a sarcastic remark about “the lady Hot” as the crowd reacts.
Mrs G A Selby of Redonda Beach California reports eight year battle with itching eczema on hands and chest. After trying remedies with little relief she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and says she was entirely cured by the second day and now keeps Cuticura at home for shaving and washing. A free sample offer is available from Cuticura Department 24 K Boston.
A brief excerpt features a speaker asking about eating a peach with the skin on while another character replies with a line about Klasing and an ear with a mustache, interjecting that they hear mother calling.
A playful exchange features Maud and Tithel joking about lineage and looks. Ethel cautions against echoing a flirtatious comment, warning that others may misread the family背景 as improper.
A fragment from a religious paper notes a kite incident and a humorous exchange about legality or propriety. The garbled OCR hints at a Sunday rule or caution, with a boy and a reference to religious guidance.
A English reader, a long-time sufferer of dyspepsia and giddiness, recounts twenty years of tea dependence. After reading The Road to Wellville and trying Postum, her symptoms improved. she stopped tea, felt better quickly, and regained appetite and digestion with foods she previously avoided.
Iowa State College expert Bert Hyzer presents five practical winter rations for a thousand pound cow, detailing specific feeds and daily costs. Rations cover production levels from 22 to 80 pounds of milk, with varying mixes of bran, oats, gluten, oil meal, silage, and hay, all noting individualized feeding needs in the herd.
John M. Evvard of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station offers home made hog tonics and a government remedy for worms. For hogs mix sal soda copperas Glauber's salts and sulphur. provide via trough. For immediate hog treatment use a charcoal sulphur salt bicarbonate hypo sulphite sulphate and antimony solution dosed by weight. For cattle advise free salt and bone flour supplement.
A fragmented note hints at a dispute over extra feeding with an extended one week period. The text references a nearly certain payment by a user and a plea for favorable rates. Specific names, dates, or locations are not provided in the readable portion.
Farm notes discuss feeding beef scraps and table scraps, recommending sand in the hen house floor to dry before cold weather. It suggests a dry resting place for cattle, a one-third higher feed to gain standing, and adding blood meal to feed to prevent belly troubles. The piece praises diligent work and advises imitating profitable neighbor practices with clear profit aims.
The Iowa agricultural college will award eight scholarships to self supporting young men. Each scholarship ranges from 250 to 800 dollars and honors the best performers in two judging contests during the Ames short course from January 1 to 13. Seven awards of 250 dollars each will go to the top contestants based on the judging results.
In a troubling trend, calves suffer from overfending incidents that outpace other causes of calf deaths. Farmers report rising casualties as calves are injured during handling and enclosure. Experts urge stricter animal welfare measures and better supervision to reduce harm.
Fragmented quotes describe flirtation and flattery, a reference to buck fever and a bishop, and a confused response from an older man. The text notes a friend praising a man as fine and handsome while questioning Bellicore’s party, with a brief description of a tall slender past appearance.
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