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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
5
A practical guide urges planning and early work to profit from a vegetable garden. Proper site, south slope, sandy soil, fall plowing, and consistent hoeing reduce labor. Early planting yields fresh produce sooner and enhances family meals.
A detailed guide to starting early vegetables using hotbeds on a south-facing wall with fermenting horse manure, frame construction, and ventilation. It covers seed planting timing, crops like cabbages tomatoes lettuce and cucumbers, cold frames as a transition, and potato techniques with straw mulching. Perennials like asparagus and rhubarb are advised, plus garden layout, cultivation by horse equipment, weed control, and insect management including cucumber beetles and cabbage worms.
The Nebraska Farmer positions itself as a trustworthy farm paper since 1859, rejecting unwanted advertising and patent medicine ads. Sam McKelvie and Leonard S. Herron lead the publication with Nebraska farming experts contributing, offering an authoritative series on agriculture, stock, and horticulture for Nebraskan conditions.
A newspaper ad promotes the Nebraska Farmer at 10 weeks for 10 cents with a free set of ten Language of Flowers postcards. The pitch includes a guarantee to stop the paper unless renewed and invites readers to send 10 cents and a coupon, with an offer to mail a sample upon request.
Public auction on Wednesday November 10 1009 at 10 a m offers 8 work horses 1 driving horse 5 geldings 12 milch cows 4 two year old steers 4 two year old heifers 10 calves 1 bull 15 shoats 2 ewes 100 chickens turkeys ducks and geese hay in stock farm machinery including binder wagon spring wagon harness lister cultivator plow disc harrow empire cream separator heating stove and household goods Free lunch at noon Terms cash up to 10 interest 10 percent on larger sums with approved security by Nellie Heath the proprietor and Cols Win Fosket and H Coursey auctioneers A Reed clerk
Sale of 41 cattle including registered Hereford bull and milch cows, 6 horses with various ages, 2 fat hogs, farm machinery such as plows drills cultivators, hay 20 tons and alfalfa 40 tons, household goods. Held Monday November 5 1909 at 10 am, terms cash under 10 dollars and eight months on bankable paper at 10 percent interest. Cols Fosket and Reed, clerk.
The notice lists daily and local rail schedules for Alliance Nebraska and nearby towns including Ravenna Beneca Morne Brok Bow Guernsey and Denver routes. It notes arrivals and departures with times such as 6 PM 35 minutes, 12:45 PM, 5:20 AM and 11:50 AM, detailing connections at Bridgetport. It includes No 43 Local and Denver Flyer services and indicates several station pairings and transfer points.
An advertisement extols a high grade artistic printing service. It highlights excellent type, good presses, and tools that aid typographical artists in producing refined work. The copy emphasizes craft, precision, and professional presentation for clients seeking quality printing.
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