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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
3
An early 20th century treatise argues friction and efficiency govern machines and humans alike. It explores overwork, nerve fatigue, neurasthenia, and the need for mental discipline, intellectual integrity, and habit reform to prevent premature decay and improve overall health.
In Kingston England the board of guardians now has seven women as members. No other board in the kingdom has as many women on its body.
The text explains strawberry propagation by seed or runners and compares varieties by runner production and fruit size. It advocates hedge-row culture, restricting runners to improve fruit quality, promoting individual plant vigor, air and sunlight access, and careful pruning to maximize harvest results.
Farmers favor mongrel hens despite price, arguing nature does not value money. They claim mongrel blood costs no more to maintain than pure blood and yields better results, making mongrel hens preferable regardless of market values.
It is generally conceded that the tendency to large egg production is transmitted by the males rather than the females. If breeding for a bred-to-lay strain, keep this in mind. Buy no males except those from large producers.
Advice on growing catalpa trees for fence posts and telegraph poles. An acre could yield 3000 to 4000 posts in about fifteen years, with one year old saplings recommended. Plant healthy stock about eight feet apart, level ground, and prune early to foster strong growth.
Jerome S. McWade opened his Duluth after dinner speech on The Ladies with a quip about husbands and country trips. A joke followed about a man told to garden by a doctor and his complaint about gardening being the cause of his trouble, specifically roof gardening.
A frightened child named Francis resists his mother’s calming words as a thunderstorm rages. He recalls her past reassurance about pain and fear, noting her explanation echoes the dentist visit prior to a tooth extraction. The piece preserves a humorous, human moment from the Chicago Sunday Examiner.
Two men Crawford and Crabshaw discuss a man gripping a lamp post and shuffling his feet. Crabshaw jokes that the fellow might be practicing a new dance rather than drinking, reflecting a light moment in a quiet scene described by Junge.
The quip notes a puzzled observer asking why a young Rounder pays so slowly, yet the answer jokes he is so fast. The exchange reflects light humor about thrift and payment speed.
Charles R Knight, famed for dinosaur reproductions, prefers to be seen as a painter and sculptor of modern animals. He works from living models at zoos in several cities and describes an experience in Washington where a couple in the zoo observed his deer sketch and discussed his landscape of habitats in the zoological setting, noting many habitats in the United States.
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