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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
5
An older advertorial claims Peruna improves digestion and nerves, describing stomach issues relieved by the tonic. A testimonial from Mrs. J. Jamison of Wallace California cites six years of stomach trouble and nervous dyspepsia, noting improvement after using Peruna.
Mrs. Jones recalls a chat with a fishmonger noted for original ideas. She said she once remarked that a man becomes like what he most associates with. He replied he’s been a fishmonger all his life and cannot swim a yard.
A short proverb-like item notes that a man who pays as he goes tends to stay at home. The piece emphasizes thrift and domestic stability as guiding behavior.
A Des Moines page details a court martial at Fort Meade with Major George presiding and 13 officers in full uniform. It notes press access, judge advocate Edward L. King, and court rules. Additional items cover an Industrial Trust planned to pool capital, Morse investigations into meat inspections, a new Des Moines business club, railroad tax efforts, and May weather totals with rainfall highlights.
The readable fragments show mixed letters forming possible names like Ma Saeed Rae and Per RG BR RO, with references to locations or entities. The text appears heavily corrupted, offering no clear event, date, or identifiable subjects beyond scattered proper nouns.
State leaders including Governor for Chautauqua Mentey and John A. Johaiket threaten political alleles as Midland chautauqua opens at the Des Moines bid grounds on December 24. Web of platform attractions has just been completed with department workers to be announced later.
An inexpensive irrigation system using long pipes and two inch lines is described. Dig trenches, place pipes, insert corks, and drop hoses into boxes to evenly water a 24 foot wide plot. Watering sequence uses staged on off to avoid baking soil. Cost cited as one cent per foot for long pipes and two cents for two inch pipe.
Guidance for establishing a hillside apple orchard advises selecting the sheltered slope, deep plowing across the hill to prevent erosion, and leaving unplowed strips on light soil. It recommends heavy manure or substitutes in furrows, slow adoption of uncertain varieties, and low headed trees to reduce losses. Where slopes are steep, avoid other crops and encourage quick sod formation.
Garden notes advise starting tomato plants early to ensure size before spring transplanting. They warn fruit is often picked immature for market and recommend spraying currant and gooseberry bushes with white hellebore to deter worms. Remove blossoms from new strawberry beds to restrain growth.
A didactic note on growing asparagus from seed or roots, advising two-year growth before harvesting, bed setup, soil preparation, and spacing. It covers choosing ground, sun exposure, manure, deep plowing, row spacing of four feet, and rules on not cutting until year two to protect root life and long-term profitability.
In Prairie Farmer a writer recalls a daisy of a pole ladder from a 40 year old issue. The design uses a sawed pole with an iron band from the top, a wooden step to spread the foot, and rungs of half inch iron set 16 inches apart. Testing method: lay ladder flat, stand mid span to judge safety.
Ireland spends five million dollars yearly on imported timber while only 144 percent of land is forested and much of it is poor quality. A long standing objection that forests reduce jobs is rebutted by an 80 year old plantation yielding four times the labor of similar agricultural land and higher profit. In the past year fifty thousand dollars worth of timber has been sold from the plantation with more timber remaining to be felled.
The article notes that fresh fruits became key in commerce only in recent years, shifting beyond lemons oranges and apples to include export fruits. It highlights the rise of great world storage arrangements and steamers enabling transport of perishable fruit across distant markets, fueling competition and widening markets worldwide.
Readers are assured that a decade of cases attest Catarrh Cure’s effectiveness. The ad claims a constitutional remedy that acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation. Proponents offer $100 for anyone not cured and invite testimonials. Gold by druggists.
The article recalls backcountry squatters three decades ago trapping kangaroos by pits and calico fences to destroy them. It notes that kangaroo skins were scarce then but now demand has risen as skins become valuable and young kangaroo flesh and tail soup are considered delicacies once hard to obtain.
The Washington Star quips that railway employees must not reveal information to curious readers, noting even brakemen hint at station names. The remark underscores the era's caution around public details of railway operations.
Ask Your Grocer for Our-Pie and if stock is missing mail the grocer's name and a cent to D Zerta Food Co Rochester N Y for a free full size two pie package. Three flavors lemon chocolate custard. The life of a woman can be divided into three epochs says Saint Proyger.
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