This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1910
Page
12
A regional guide explains how fig trees tolerate cold and how to protect them. It covers coastal versus inland practices, including bending branches to the ground and piling earth for winter protection, and notes the difficulty of drying and shipping fresh figs for commercial use.
Circular No. 132 from Urbana Agricultural Station presents a complete plan for portable panels, designed mainly for swine but also useful for sheep and calves. William Dietrich provides easy and inexpensive building methods with drawings. Free mailouts upon request.
A farmer explains good plowing as turning soil to form neat, even furrows that bring up soil for sun and air. Clean furrows hide weeds and stubble, set furrows at uniform height, and ensure a crease between rows. Depth and width vary by mold board and soil.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a quirky note on charcoal and fowl, with unclear phrases about options and a recurring mention of fowls. The readable bits hint at a puzzle or almanac style query. Names, dates, or places do not emerge clearly from the text.
English journal notes the egg basket shows variety from mongrel poultry and urges uniformity via well-bred single breeds. It also describes two English slaughtering methods, neck-stretching for instant death and a stabbing technique followed by throat withdrawal.
A fragment from a column recalls a biblical name chosen by Mrs. Jackson for her baby boy and the bishop’s playful exchange. It then shifts to an ad praising Quaker Oats, citing Yale Professor Fisher and Sir James Crichton Browne on meatless diets and endurance, urging frequent oatmeal consumption.
A young woman who summers in a Connecticut hill village meets a rural neighbor in a city store. She learns Mr Green has been widowed for three months and offers condolences. He adds with weary humor that he still has good help.
An advertised remedy claims to cure rheumatism using syrup of Sarsanarska, Toris, and whiskey mixed and taken before meals and at bedtime. It asserts rapid effects and notes druggists can supply the ingredients. The piece ends with a screen-related dialogue about security.
Geo H Lee of Omaha offers a corn tester usable anywhere tests are done including in incubators. Sizes 200 ear priced 3.50 and 500 ear 5.00. Descriptive circulars offered. promise of saving by early seed testing. Write GEO H LEE CO Omaha NEB for details.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.