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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
8
Alan confronts his unknown lineage after returning to Benjamin Corvet's house. He finds a recent intruder rifling desks and drawers, discovers a dated memorandum suggesting funds for him, and senses a haunting danger tied to a mysterious “Miwaka.” A tense chase ends with a confrontation and questions about a hidden record.
Wealthy Chicago industrialist Benjamin Corvet, a near recluse, clashes with partner Henry Spearman over a marriage pact with Constance Sherrill. After pressuring her to spurn Spearman, Corvet vanishes and writes to Alan Conrad in Blue Rapids. Conrad, a youth of uncertain parentage, heads to Chicago as Corvet’s will confounds, and a deed transfers his house and contents to Alan.
A fragment notes a man previously fought at Benjamin Corvet's house the night before.
Jud Tunking quips that readers favor simple buys over effort of checking a dictionary. He argues people accept what they pay for rather than endure the trouble of looking up long words.
The United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 1028 reports Apanteles melanoscelus, an imported parasite, has established in New England and spreads despite attack by another parasite. It completes its life cycle on the gypsy moth and related native insects, with two generations yearly, threatening orchards and forests, especially oaks and birch.
An illustrated method shows a grape crate with four tapering molds. The top three are nailed on, molds inserted through the bottom, and grapes packed firmly. The molds are removed, four boxes placed over the grapes, and the bottom nailed. The crate reportedly allows field packing to reduce handling.
Watch newly planted peach trees closely to ensure branches form well. If shoots from the body are well spaced choose three or four to form the head and remove the others. If shoots grow only on one side remove all but the strongest. Allow one shoot to reach eighteen inches, then pinch the top. Side shoots will form and by season end the tree will be well branched and neatly shaped.
The piece argues stable manure is the best natural fertilizer for the orchard and all crops. It warns that letting the orchard overgrow with weeds traps leaves and decaying plant matter, robbing the soil of humus essential for growth.
Gardening in late summer is tough due to dry weather. Install a small irrigation plant if water is available, as it pays off with higher yields. Pinch back new raspberry and blackberry canes at about three feet to promote branching and fruiting wood for next year. Avoid placing coarse manure in planting holes for young trees. Trees produce shade when proper care is applied.
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