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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
3
Nursery stock grading lacks standardization with eastern nurserymen offering more grades than western ones. Prices often hinge on perceived age and growth, while growers debate whether heavier or lighter trees yield better results. Different heights from 2 to 7 8 feet are headed at uniform top height, affecting post-cut growth outcomes.
Plant sugar corn in succession this month and keep tomato vines off soil with stakes or trellises. Properly branched fruit trees yield more. avoid overfeeding pear trees. Thin soil after every rain to reduce evaporation. Space bush lima beans two feet apart and give climbing limas poles. Cross fertilization needed for plum blocks. keep asparagus clean and harvest peas only when shoots thin. Low wind protection for low-headed apples. sow turnips in early lettuce beds. Remove old lettuce stubs and rework surface to sow seeds. San Jose scale control: mild treatment advised if infestation is severe. mix one pound whale oil soap per five gallons water and repeat as needed.
The Bordeaux mixture is recommended as the proper remedy for all fungous troubles including mildew rust and blight on beans potatoes tomatoes melons cucumbers celery and other vegetables. A half strength mix of two pounds copper sulphate two pounds quicklime and sixty gallons water is advised for use in the vegetable garden, with potatoes excluded.
A reader describes methods to raise Metone, quillons, and squashes, noting it resembles a lottery. They credit eternal vigilance and sand plaster sprinkled on the Dantes after rain and dew. A neighbor reports success using moth balls placed on each hill surface.
The article warns fruit growers about common failures from inexperience and poor care. It discusses early tree losses, pests like the brown rat borers and San Jose scale, and mistakes in planning for picking, packing, and marketing. It notes huge profits some achieve but many fail, stressing learning the business from the ground up and maintaining vigilance.
Sugar beets respond to soil texture with heavier clay loams delivering higher yields and sugar percentages, while lighter sands give earlier maturity but lower sugar content. Proper stubble and returning pulp to fields reduce soil depletion. planting in spring benefits from steady May to August rainfall and dry September October.
Invect pest damage to crops is increasing yearly across farms orchards and gardens. The piece notes that remedies used for eradication can have other benefits, but stresses farmers must understand remedies and precautions to fight pests effectively as advised by Prof R Harcourt.
A Philadelphia baseball game draws 5,000 onlookers in a half‑moon of benches while bleachers overflow. A curious woman asks questions as a red‑headed youth explains the play. a friend guides the party through the national pastime amid lively street color and a comic outburst about spitting on the ball.
A Black and White writer argues that women cry less often and less openly than in the past, transforming the so called feminine luxury of tears. Display of tears now draws mixed reactions from men, with restrained sorrow sometimes inviting consolation.
A Frank statement from Justice of the Peace A M Licht of Rolla Missouri endorses Dean's Kidney Pills as a medicine of great merit. He notes personal experience with kidney medicines and recommends their use. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Buffalo New York.
The college president cites generosity from Mr Kraft as offering 5000 dollars for a new Kraft hall but the dean notes this will not cover the project. The offer hinges on securing 10000 dollars from ten other civic donors. The Philadelphia Press reports the exchange.
A satirical piece notes a soap millionaire and actor manager argue over poster use in promotion and how newspapers drive theater. It then discusses Switzerland prioritizing goats over people, detailing penalties for harming or hindering goats and a boy’s envy of Swiss goat status.
The text argues daily life habits mold character for both sexes. Selfishness is root of bad manners as true courtesy must be practiced at home. Social ceremony fades among friends, but genuine consideration should become second nature, inseparable like limbs.
An old food advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a pre digested starch source that protects digestion and boosts strength. It argues against excessive starch and white bread while praising Grape-Nuts for quick blood and tissue formation and brain nourishment through phosphate rich grains. It cites a ten day trial and mentions There’s a Reason and The Road to Wellville in the package.
In a dim dawn scene a lawyer doctor and a newspaper man sit among empty bottles and cards as a rat scurries past. After a tense silence the lawyer denies seeing a rat, insisting he did not think he saw one.
A vintage advertisement extols Allen's Foot-Hase and Root-Mise as the genuine, effective foot care products. It claims long standing testimonials and urges buyers to demand the original formula, noting many imitations with higher dealer profits.
A dreamy girl declares plans to vanish into the mountains to touch nature’s heart. A matter-of-fact man recalls a previous mountain retreat seeking nature, only to confront red bugs and insects. He abandons the woods for the artificial city in gloom.
The article notes that starches improved over 25 years, praising Defiance Starch for omitting injurious chemicals and adding a new ingredient for greater strength and smoothness. It also mentions large limestone deposits on the Tombigbee River in Alabama capable of feeding a cement plant for a century.
A brisk comical exchange between two Irishmen ponders heaven and hell with quick wits. The piece shifts to a promotional line urging Defiance Starch trials for hot and cold starching with a money-back guarantee. It closes with a remark on the evolution of languages tracing Latin to Oscan Etruscan and Greek.
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