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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
7
In a Wayside Tales exchange, a father tells his son Harry that standard time is not a great matter, noting he will learn with more schooling. Harry reassures him, observing even older students struggle with longitude and gratitude.
A Boston Transcript caption notes a four year old returning from Sunday school being troubled by a song titled Suffocate the little children and insisting he would not sing it.
Betty, a chatty girl spending the day with grandma, grows gloomy and reveals she dislikes the house. She says she doesn’t like a one-people’s house and plans to go away. The exchange captures a child’s homesick moment and desire for change.
The 1921 Louisiana strawberry season set a record with 1 400 car loads sold in 74 cities in the United States and Canada. Chicago tops markets, with ventilated crates preferred and express trains delivering fruit before dawn. The USDA station in Hammond informs growers daily on prices, conditions, and carrot shipments to sustain rising prosperity.
A United States Department of Agriculture note from the Forest Products Laboratory explains that durability between round and split fence posts depends on heartwood versus sapwood percentages. If sapwood rises in split posts they are less durable, while more heartwood increases durability. spruce, hemlock, and true firs are exceptions. Creosote treatment favors round posts due to better sapwood absorption, though some woods like split red oak take treatments well.
The article argues that excessive manure can burn crops only in very dry seasons and when not worked into soil. It notes that injurious effects are unlikely with proper incorporation and that far more corn is lost from too little manure than from too much.
Instructions urge sowing English peas as soon as soil allows. Varieties include Thomas Laxton Alaska Horsforts Market Garden and Telephone with Telephone noted as excellent. Sow seeds thickly in drills 3 feet apart, cover 5 to 6 inches, keeping rows spacious.
A sentry at a post refuses entry without the password Saratoga, despite the commanding officer's attempts to bypass the guard. The exchange underscores strict compliance with orders and the corporal's firm directive to deny passage.
A boy named Harold stops play briefly after his father’s call. The other boys urge him to finish, but he insists he must respond to his father’s voice.
Noted readers Miss Catt and Miss Nippvart discuss a bookish salon hawking clever covers and facial insights. The exchange showcases playful banter on reading faces and cover designs in a social gathering.
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