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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1892
Page
4
A garbled collage blends philosophical ruminations with a comic street encounter. An unnamed thinker muses on humanity and fate while an earnest Detroit suitor, touting cosmetics, fails to sell any wares and mutters about Detroit women as the door slams. The piece juxtaposes abstract musings with a humorous one act street scene.
A mother with twin sons, nearly identical in appearance and voice, mistakes the wrong boy for the other when both request pie. One twin takes a pie and gripes later, revealing the ruse as both claim hunger. The family grows suspicious of the double behavior.
A vivid anecdote from New York Truth recalls Mrs. Logan and a young fortune teller at a Chicago party. The girl predicted General Logan’s death within months, causing Mrs. Logan to read her own future, and soon after Senator Logan died, leaving Mrs. Logan a widow.
A tale recalls a Ventura oil man Petroleum Scott outpacing Joe Dye in a Santa Paula pistol encounter. Scott called Dye a liar, prompting Dye’s quick draw, but Scott defused the danger. Also an interview outlines Ita palms of the Amazon and their use by the G marunes tribe for mats, hammocks, and fiber.
The article recalls that the Wends, ancestors of Prussians, are linked to legends of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and the Hartz piper. It notes they gather yearly at the Brocken for a grand carnival led by the Arch Kiend with witches dancing and pipers playing unholy instruments on skulls of horses.
A Chicago Herald tip advises keeping polished floors water free by daily rubbing with a large cloth soaked in kerosene every two weeks. Use a scrubbing brush or stiff broom and move up and down with the grain to achieve a polished surface.
In a farm and stock yard column, writers discuss preserving ice supply, beets and sugar potential in Iowa, and how labor, machinery, and money affect sugar production. They urge co operative delivery of milk to creamery, promote clover and flax, critique feeding trends, and stress bedding, hay, and beef cow care for winter output.
The speaker notes Jona produces little cheese versus butter and predicts the state will soon mass produce cheese. Quality hinges on production methods such as skimming. without skimming, skim milk cheese could harm the state's reputation and value. The text reflects early dairy industry concerns and prospects.
A letter condemns skim milk cheese as fraud and urges Town dairy men to restore reputation by producing full milk cheese. It cites Lincoln and warns that deception harms states, urging correct farming to avoid using skim milk for indigestible cheese and to improve profits through honest practices.
The article argues that milking ability in ewes is crucial for breeding, linking milk production with fecundity and early lamb weights. It urges selecting milkers across mutton wool and milk aims, notes heritability and feeding effects, and highlights Horned Dorset as a strong milker to guide farmers growing early lambs for high prices.
The board of trustees of Iowa Agricultural College proposes admitting country boys and girls to the agricultural course with district school education. They argue that eliminating preliminary prep will ease entry for farm youth, allowing extended study in mathematics and related subjects while aligning with farm needs. The plan seeks to train rural students for teaching or specialized fields after four years, avoiding rigid pre-college schooling.
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