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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
6
A self confident man recounts a bold plan to win a wealthy heiress aboard a ship. He engineers a marriage by swapping the Pollerson family room, then pursues a quick elopement to Baden Baden. The bride reveals her motive is to avoid breaking another heart and to secure his own loyalty.
Billie Brownie visits Mrs Gray-Lag Goose who explains geese ancestry and the large family of farmyard origins. He then chats with an Asian elephant who recalls fear of rats and past dangers to feet, noting modern rats differ from those in the jungle.
A compact reflection by Ralph Waldo Trine on how thoughts shape strength or weakness. Courage creates power and success, while fear breeds failure, making faith and courage the key to mastering circumstances and impacting the world.
A brief explanation describes sunlight as a blend of colors visible as a rainbow. White light can be separated by a prism into colors defined by wave-length lengths with violet blue and indigo shortest and orange red longest.
The article explains how moist clay rich subgrades swell when wet and crack when dry, lifting pavements. It covers diagnosing bog holes by inspection, draining via tile through impervious pockets, replacing spongy material with aggregates, harrowing sand to form a crust, and using hydraulic lime to stabilize heavy clay. It also notes removing near bridges and tapering foundation firmness with distance.
The article credits the automobile for a highway boom from 1900 onward, noting vast road improvements and the shift from horse travel. It cites over 742 million dollars spent on highways in 1922 and highlights auto era growth including tourist camps and expanded outdoor travel opportunities.
Improved highways cut costs for drivers by about 10 percent yearly. With average use of 6,000 miles per car, a 2 cent per mile saving equals 150 dollars per vehicle annually, totaling roughly 2.5 billion dollars for 17 million cars in gasoline, tires, parts, upkeep and operation.
State highway department data suggests gravel roads improve fuel efficiency by about 75 percent over earth roads over ten miles per gallon. Higher grade roads show consistent gains, averaging 75 percent, meaning one gallon could move a one ton load farther on improved roads than on unimproved roads.
Indiana station tests show soybeans fed with corn and minerals on alfalfa or clover pasture boost gains and reduce cost per hundredweight compared with tankage. Pigs averaging 70 pounds reached market weights around 200 pounds with gains up to 1.85 pounds daily when fed corn, soybeans, and minerals, while dry lot results favored pasture slightly for soybeans.
Crude petroleum is offered as a dip to treat hog mange though care is needed due to varying compositions. If a previously tested type is known safe it may be used on the entire herd, otherwise test on a small group first. Heavily sulfurous brands are recommended and a repeat dipping may be required after one to two weeks.
Guidance warns that before lambs are left to nurse, all wool locks and tags around the ewe’s udder must be trimmed. Lambs may suck wool or tags, hindering milk intake and risking choking or death.
Dr. C. H. Stange of Iowa State College warns moldy corn harms horses most among farm animals. Do not rush to market baby beeves. fat cattle fetch higher prices in fall. Lambs not castrated or docked fare poorly in price. both procedures are simple if done before three weeks old.
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