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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1905
Page
3
A poetic fragment evokes a quiet night and a sea in shadow with celestial imagery. The lines describe Arc moving through a mellow southern sky as Orion’s three stars stand constant, creating a mood of calm vastness.
Captain Crabbe and Mr. Bowly plan to stop a rumored prize fight at Oldham’s Woods. The captain covertly attends to observe, and the match turns into a staged setup after Bowly spots him amid the crowd. The plan succeeds in disrupting the event, the captain slips away, and back home he reports a walk for indigestion.
The captain walks with a pleased mood after winning ten pounds but meets Bowly who laments a misinformed location for the signs. Bowly notes the error in the morning and the captain agrees it is a pity as he can’t accompany the constable due to his duties.
United States Consul General Guenther reports Prussian diet committee favors a comprehensive canal program. The plan lists Rhine to Weser and Lippe canal works, Dortmund-Ems connections, branches to Osnabruck and Minden, reservoirs on the Weser, plus a Berlin to Stettin deep waterway and Oder Weichsel improvements. Total cost tallies 344,575,000 marks about $79,828,850.
Two centuries ago four men at Lloyds devised a contract to spread risk by inviting a friend to invest. They formalized the first underwriting and soon expanded the list to more patrons at the London coffee house. From that start grew the vast European maritime agency still named after the coffee house.
With the death of Mr. Boutwell passes the last of the seven governors of Massachusetts born in 1818. The others include William Claflin born Milford March 6 John Albion Andrew born Windham Maine May 31 Henry Joseph Gardner born Dorchester June 14 Alexander Hamilton Rice born Newton Aug 20 Thomas Talbot born Cambridge New York Sept 7 and Benjamin Franklin Butler born Deerfield New Hampshire Nov 5. Since Boutwell was born in January only February April July October and December 1818 produced governors.
A lyrical fragment from Dorothea G Browne entitled Sweet briar questions the idea of loving without pain or challenge. It contrasts a thornless rose and a stingless bee with a maid possessing will and wit, embracing the wild briar as its ideal.
A library of congress aide Daniel Murray discusses a forthcoming historical review on mixed blood in literature and other fields. Murray asserts Browning was an outsider and Alexander Pushkin a great poet, suggesting provocative origins claims in a recent interview.
A. Alexander of Warmare' Review argues that mixing bloodlines and horse company schemes harm pure-bred stock. He notes peddlers sell inexpensive, unsuitable stallions to district firms, urging breeders to unite, pick a breed, and buy direct from reputable exporters to save money and improve stock.
The article argues against keeping cattle solely for beef on high value land. It states that under typical Midwestern farming conditions a beef cow with calf loses money yearly. It notes past profitability for some older farmers when land was cheap, but emphasizes current higher costs and changed economics.
A discussion on whether to use hens or incubators for chick production. It argues that while incubators improve, the hen remains superior for small flocks, and for larger flocks incubators are preferable. It favors Plymouth Rocks as good sitters and recommends light-weight hens to prevent egg breakage and chick trampling, noting heavier hens hatch fewer chicks.
Guidance for novice sprayers emphasizes precise, thorough work. Experience shows four spring sprayings yield top returns, with optimal fruit quality achieved by spraying every two weeks from mid April to mid August. Early blossoms fall spraying is advised, avoiding sloppy work or relying on helpers.
Farmers increasingly apply steamed bone meal at two hundred pounds per acre to restore soil phosphorus. Raw bone meal is common but inferior in phosphorus content and cost. Steaming leaves phosphorus and entitles nitrogen value. experts urge switch to the cheaper, richer option.
L A Goodman secretary of the Missouri State Horticultural Society reports extensive peach death from a February cold snap. Temperatures fell to 18 degrees below zero in parts and 32 below in others. Peach buds likely doomed as most cannot survive beyond 14 below zero. Raspberries and blackberries injured. plums cherries pears fared better. Apples hardy grapes and strawberries uninjured and promising.
When peach buds are killed by cold it is best to cut back into two or three year old wood. If last year’s cut was made, place the new cut below the old one and remove the top growth. This induces new growth in phase for bearing next year and helps form a new head. the more wood discolors the farther back the cut should be.
In spring the value of a well-built wire fence becomes clear as frost heaves expose weak posts. Farmers with sturdy fences enjoy comfort now, having saved work from potential repairs after winter.
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