Experiments to Control the Peach Spot in Orchards
A Farmer's Review guide notes peach fruit spot begins as a pinhead speck and grows to a dark center with a reddish margin. The issue is worse in dense, shaded, center rows. Sprays of lime sulphur or Bordeaux are recommended in fall after leaf fall, with careful mixing and full-coverage application. Heavy pruning in late winter helps sun exposure. spacing trees in dense rows may reduce spread.
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Farmer's Review
Bordeaux
Useful notes on late garden work
Practical guidance on garden cleanup and winter protection. Mulch rhubarb well with corn stalks or coarse grass to deter weeds and protect plants. Buy seeds from reliable houses. After harvest, burn vines and weeds or compost them carefully. Apply stable manure before turning soil and disk in spring for fine condition.
Reducing Cost of Farm Horse Power
The article argues trimming horse numbers to fit farm work saves costs but warns against overworking remaining horses or underutilizing idle ones. It notes many farms keep surplus animals and oversized machinery relative to acreage, citing 70 acres as a case where three horses suffice and extra horses waste profits, while large machinery benefits big farms but harms small ones.
Pig Regendale’s Pigs Need Warm Quarters and Sun
Pig Regendale stresses pigs require warm sleeping quarters at night and sun to thrive during the day to ensure proper health and growth in fall.
North Central County Schools association to meet in Cedar Falls
The North Central County Schools association formed by Black Hawk Butler Bremer Franklin Cerro Gordo and Floyd counties outlines its first annual convention in Cedar Falls on October 17 and 18. President H H Seerley will open the gathering at Teachers college followed by talks by W A Jessup and C P Cosgrove.
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Black Hawk, Butler, Bremer
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Franklin Counties
Iowa
Cedar Falls
North Central County Schools Association
Blackhank
Butler
Bremer
Franklin
Wood
Teachers‘ College
H. H. Seerley
W. A. Jessup
Iowa City
C. P. Cosgrove
Teachers’ College
A. Tf. Kepford
Des Moines
J. H. Beveridge
Council Bluffs
J. A. Woodruff
A C. Fuller, Jr
Macy Campbell
Gos S. Dick
H.C. Bishop
Ames
Mary &S
Meyer
Waverly
Former Senator Junkin Dies at 59 in Red Oak Iowa
Former State Senator Yoseph M. Junkin died suddenly Saturday afternoon at Red Oak Iowa from apoplexy. He was 59. Junkin served in the Iowa legislature from 1895 to 1899, representing Montgomery County and was active on the judiciary committee. Born in Fairfield in 1854, he moved to Red Oak in 1873 and later formed a law partnership with Horace H. Deemer, now an Iowa Supreme Court justice.
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Med
Osk
Yoseph M. Junkin
Junkin
Iowa
Montgomery County
Fairfield
Red Oak
Law School
State University of Iowa
Horace HK. Deemer
Iowa Supreme Court
Interurban Line Aims At Pella Howell Connection
Knoxville Pella and Marion county push an electric line to Howell on the Wabash three and a half miles from Pella. Engineer Blank of Waterloo leads the project with a Pella business committee raising twenty thousand dollars none due until completion. Success would link Knoxville and Howell and bring a large portion of the Waterloo Chariton and Southern line into service.
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Knoxville
Pella
Marion County
Howell
Wabash
Eagineer Blank
Waterloo
Waterloo, Chariton and Southern” Railway
Profit On Iowa Farm Near Marshalltown
An Iowa farm in Marshall County yielded a profit of 11 750 dollars after a series of sales by Thomas Thirlby. He bought 278 acres at 127 50 per acre four years ago, then sold 95 acres at 145 per acre. The remaining 180 acres sold to D B Wyatt of Polk County for 31 500 dollars, or 175 per acre.
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Marshalltown
Thomas Thirlby
Alfalfa Growers Plan Expansion in Lyon County
Lyon county alfalfa growers report three cuttings this year averaging six tons per acre. Producers McMillan and Sons Join Dobuff Henry Peterson J. M. Perry D and Merrill and J J Reutter are ready to increase acreage next year. All farms lie within a few miles of town and range from ten to fifty acres.
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Rock Rapids
Lyon County
McMillan and Sons
Dobuff
Henry Peterson
J. M. Perry
D. &. I. Merrill
J.J. Reutter
Maccabees Hold State Session in Keokuk
The Ladies of the Maccabees gathered in Keokuk for a state session. A public meeting opened the event with speeches and music. Des Moines native Mabel T. Lew Rue, state president, delivered an address.
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Maccabees
Keokuk
Ladies of the Maccabees
Mabel T. Lew Rue
Des Mvings
Large Farm Sold in Iowa City Readies 460 Acre Transfer
L H Lehmann a farmer from Parnell closed a deal in Iowa City for a 460 acre farm at a price of 87500 dollars. The buyer is J Foreman Hill of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
L. H. Lehmann
Parnell
J. Foreman Hill
Children decide charity fund use in Boston Sunday school
A Boston Sunday school class debated how to spend a collected charity fund. A seven year old boy, echoing charity at home, admitted he had donated pennies while he himself had a terrible cold, prompting a simple yet telling reply about priorities and care for the needy.
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Boston
Boston Post
Catt mocks old anti suffrage slogan in Chicago
Carrie Chapman Catt ridicules the domesticity argument that a woman's place is at home. She cites the elastic use of the term domestic in court testimony, noting many women have no homes. The remark follows a Georgia case where a witness claimed domestic trouble for stealing a cow from the penitentiary.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Chicago
Georgia
Pimples Vanish After Using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
LeRoy C. O'Brien of Saginaw Michigan reports a nine month face condition described as seed warts and severe itching. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment a free sample led to purchase and within ten days his face began healing with no scarring. The ad notes Cuticura sold worldwide and invites a free tach sample with a 32 page Skin Book.
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H. Genessea
Ave
Saginaw, Mich
LeRoy C. O'Brien
Cuticura
Dept
Boston
Ady
Fragmentary OCR Item From Historic Page
Fragmentary text shows partial names and phrases likely from a local notice or brief item. Readable content includes scattered proper nouns and incomplete phrases, offering minimal clear facts to summarize as a short newspaper card.
Fragmentary Early 20th Century Text on Family and Medicine
A garbled OCR excerpt discusses opinions and secrecy surrounding two women, mentions a patent medicine for teething from Mrs Winslow and its claimed effects, and includes a fragment about a man named Harry being ordered from a house, with remarks that he was "put out." The passage is incomplete and mixes unrelated lines into a single clipping.
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Harry Ang
At a Great Rate Hicks Meeting at Eleven
Fragmentary OCR notes show a dialogue fragment about meeting a friend at 11 pm and an inquiry into what is going on nearby. The text includes a reference to Hicks and Wicks, with a remark about a wife and a planned six o'clock return. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear news context or a defined event.
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Hicks
Frugal Mother Ethel and a Rainy Day Warning
Frugal mother asks Ethel if she has savings for a rainy day. Ethel replies she saves by avoiding worn stockings and warns against neglecting illness as consumption or pneumonia. Mentholated cough drops are advertised for colds. A singer recalls an exciting storm experience while passengers were calmed by her singing as a rude man in a pink necktie looks out the window.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry Heavilin
Catiz
Ohio
Fort Worth
Texas
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia X. Pinkham
Hexre Hwaviniy
Cadiz
Olio
Edward B. Hilbert
Fleetwood
Jidin i. Winkham
Epward B. Winver
EF. P. Mullendore
Munford
Ala
Mulhenporns
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