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Newspaper
Audubon County Journal
Location
Exira, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1906
Page
3
Brayton Iowa dispatch notes rate schedules for westward travel including colonial tickets to Territory in the tweetut rate with close fare plus two dollars. Mentions agents and a John Pividiob Passenger apide in Iowa.
An advertisement claims the Ribbon Remedy cures or suppresses appetite for alcohol, improving nerves and determination. It targets women and promises mail delivery for $1 plus a sealed package from Brown at 218 Tremont Street, asserting permanent restoration for "victims" of drink.
A quoted exchange contrasts a philosopher’s declamatory tone with a skeptic who boasts of having no enemies. The dialogue frames courage, defense of rights, and independence, highlighting that claiming no enemies signals cowardice. The excerpt centers on personal integrity versus yielding to others and implies social pressure shapes enmity and allegiance.
In a crowded car a passenger called Mavam asks how far the other will travel. The reply, fifteen blocks versus twelve, leads to a courteous exchange about giving up a seat. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the politeness and a remembered prior debt or remark.
A Baltimore American reader describes a father returning from a noisy upstairs scene. He says the children caused a ruckus while he was in the nursery, and the visitor quips that it sounded like a whaling expedition. The dialogue plays on the comical family chaos.
A dense, antiquated column discusses mule value versus horse, soil improvement with timothy and clovers, disk plowing, bluegrass pastures, bow and arrow practice for boys, and the shift from barrels to apple packing boxes. It extols the rural mail service’s impact while offering practical restoration of wornout land by mixed cropping and clover, corn, and small grains to boost yields.
The piece extols grass pastures as economic gold, arguing bluegrass yields eight dollars per acre in beef value and raises land price to a hundred dollars per acre. It discusses farm practices from crosswalk cement to Leghorn chickens and soil fertility, critiquing weed growth and praising grass conversion for rent and long term soil health. It notes urban banks’ growth tied to agricultural wealth and recounts a farmer’s wife taking college agriculture courses, highlighting improved partnership at home.
A bright boy study explains how insects hibernate unseen in bark crevices and soil, how warming weather awakens dormant life, and how birds rely on eggs as winter food, while urging rural preachers to blend farming with theology for self support and family welfare.
Discussion on the value of high priced dairy lands and the profitability of dairy farming for lower priced lands. Emphasizes manure, soil fertility, and increased crop yields through dairying. Endorses rural mail service despite government losses, citing benefits to agriculture and broad support to maintain it.
A rugged job seeker parades as a writer and spins a sensational century old Western story in a small town newspaper office. The fake reporter proclaims a flair for fiction and drafts a melodramatic scene with cowboys, a dancing girl, and a street brawl. The editor tests the draft, catching anachronisms and oddities, then offers pay to join the staff despite the risqué tale.
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