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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
8
A historical note describes using a hand drawn wheel and 10 foot boards laid to form an orchard layout. The wheel sits at one end and boards create a wide opening for a man to stand inside and draw the plan. An old wheelbarrow wheel is repurposed for the device.
A Rural New Yorker correspondent describes a wheel surveying method to place trees in precise straight lines. By marking with a wheel from tree point to opposite field edge and then crossing, the intersection marks the planting hole. One man can plant 1,000 trees in eight hours with accurate, repeatable lines.
Cornell entomology students report on controlling spring canker worms on elm trees near the campus. Moth life cycles, tanglefoot bands, and alternative sticky methods are discussed plus practical guidance for rough bark, tree size, and timing. A practical object lesson for farmers and orchardists.
An article on reviving neglected orchards through spraying pruning and fertilizing. It highlights a case where five years of work turned a derelict orchard into a profitable unit, discusses San Jose scale control with lime sulfur sprays, notes limits of grafting old trees, and argues spraying remains essential for both current and future crops.
The article outlines a rapid setting out method for raspberry and blackberry canes. Choose land with a good crop previous year, plow and manure, then create furrows six feet apart for raspberries and eight feet for blackberries, plant canes in the rows, use a one horse plow to restore alignment, and smooth the ground with a hand hoe. It also notes Geneva Switzerland bans import of rooted American grapevines due to phylloxera fears, with 4000 acres of vines in Geneva and 17000 in nearby Vaud. It advises cutting out black knots on plums or cherries and telling neighbors to do likewise.
In a Mast End apartment house laundry dispute, Mrs. Van Arden insists Tuesday is her maid Cress’s day and clashes with Mrs Seabury over drying room rights. The janitor breaks up a brawl between rival maids as tenants clash, while the reporter laments the chaos and vows to quit the job.
William A Franklin of Franklin Palmer Co Rochester writes seven years ago kidney failure caused uric acid buildup back pain languor and irregular kidney secretions. After using three boxes of Deans Kidney Pills he reports relief and cure of irregularities. Sold by dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo. Keeping Her Handy rope joke Exchange scares. Defiance Starch offer urges try one package with money back if not satisfied.
A collection of vintage snippets and ad lines highlighting Defiance Starch and Perlanes Starch plus wry quotes. The items mix product pitches with humorous asides and minor quotes from newspapers and fictional exchanges. The text also references Mrs Winston’s soothing syrup and generic medical claims in old ad fashion.
An eclectic fragment discusses business mindset and personal behavior. It suggests success comes from enjoyment and attention to detail rather than sheer hard work, features a banter about professions, and notes that a doctor or lawyer cannot make angels of men.
An advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any cure of catarrh not achieved by Mulla Gatarrh Care, Cheney & Co, Totnda. It asserts J. Cheney’s 15 years of reliability and claims to fully meet obligations. Wadding, Kinnan & Marvin advertise wholesale remedies in Toledo with internal testing claims and price seven cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall’s Fawlty Pills for constipation.
The fragment discusses a man engraving on a pin head, joking about engraving the alphabet or the ten commandments. It references Candy Dunan-Do and Y Knott and describes a coupling pin and a ring off in a brief Chicago Tribune context.
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