Good Roads Plan Advocated by A. Gross Special Agent
A. Gross argues state aid for highways boosts road quality and speeds building. He notes fifteen years of New Jersey experience, other states adopting the plan, and Virginia joining in 1908. The system preserves local control under state supervision, spreads costs, and aims to reduce taxation while improving the Mississippi valley’s roads.
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New Jersey
Treasury
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Union
Mississippi Valley
Corn Belt
Farm notes urge patience energy and sunshine for clean yields
The writer extols patience and energy as key to better farming. Avoid mixing breeds, keep sheep healthy to boost wool and meat, and market fat sheep early for higher prices. Emphasizes sunlit barns and workshops, using the farming mill to improve seed, and prudent selling practices.
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Jess
Alfalfa Culture and Its Broad Far Amps Benefits
Alfalfa should be managed to avoid bloat in ruminants when grazed rank. Horses and non cud-chewers can graze safely. Use alfalfa for hay or extra feed, wilted or uncured to prevent bloat. It offers extensive soil renewal through deep root systems, improving subsoil minerals, humus formation, and future fertility. F D Coburn explains rotational strategy and the crop’s value as forage and soil conditioner.
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F. D. Coburn
Treating for Smut by Formaldehyde Method
A farmer’s correspondent describes a rapid barrel method to treat seed grain for smut using formaldehyde. Two kerosene-barrel setups skim the smut and oats, with barrels stacked to drain into a second tub, promising faster, more thorough results than the sack method.
Public land opening opens Big Horn Basin irrigated acres
Public land opening under the Carey Act makes 246000 acres in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming available for settlement starting May 12. Prospective settlers may secure an irrigated farm at low cost with 20 days residence required. The Irrigation Department in Chicago published notices, maps, plots, and full information. free copies available by request.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Irrigation Department
Chicago
Poor George and the Plug Hat Snowball Tale
A brief humorous dialogue contrasts Johnny and his father over George Washington. Johnny jokes about not living in Washington’s boyhood due to his father not wearing a plug hat to throw snowballs, implying a playful anachronism.
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Johnny
George Washington
The Real Meaning of Neuralgia and Its Remedy
A discussion on neuralgia as a nervous system pain disease. It notes impoverishment of blood and nerve force as causes and recommends ST. JACOBS OIL for rapid pain relief followed by nourishing food to strengthen muscles and nerves.
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ST. Jacobs Oil
Fragmented elements from an old paper page mix familiar quotes
A collage of ad blurbs and stray phrases appears, including calls for women’s suffrage, Castoria bottle warnings, a comic line about husbands, a Peoria factory mention, and scattered social musings. The readable bits lack a single cohesive news item or narrative.
Clean Dairying’s Odd Household Rituals Described
A housewife washes mUk a Cana and pails in the same dish water used for breakfast dishes, then acts, but the behavior clashes with our standards. The piece hints at conflicting domestic norms and critiques on hygiene practices without naming specific persons or places.
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A. Gross
Bome
George
Lewis
Peoria
Ill
Gill
White Clothes
Jaques
Iver
Ora
Snake River
Sfreihat
A. Stroud & Company
Thast
United S
Fox
Olds
Twin Falls, Idebo
Morto
U.S
New
Erie
Famer
Binghamtons
Yorks
River St
Houston
Tex
Travis Eee
Miami, Fia
Thirteenth St
Philadelphia
1816
Market St
Ragen
Pacific Coast Borax CO
Chicago, Ill
Pra Vhattom
Jenena Twill
Defiance Starch
Scune
Thompson
Defiance
N. Us
Kansas City
No. 14
CWS
Ors
Putnam
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