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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
8
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic non habit forming remedy for female ailments. It cites a Kentucky testimonial from Mrs Genetti E Correy describing relief after four bottles and weight gain from 115 to 135 pounds. The notice also mentions Dr Pierce Medical Adviser offering guidance on women’s health questions.
An essay argues weeds hold both danger and potential value, likening plants to people. It notes some weeds heal or promote progress while others are poisonous or parasitic, and discusses how hard times breed degeneration. It concludes some weeds deserve removal, others redemption, while some become parasitic or clinging to others.
The Philadelphia Record notes wide variations in crop yields, citing corn averages around 25 bushels per acre with some farms surpassing 60 to 100. Wheat averages about 15 to 20 bushels, cotton yields modest, and a Mississippi farmer’s shift to intensive culture shows debt relief, better crops, and better finances through deeper plowing, drainage, irrigation, seed choice, and crop rotation.
A short ad lists causes of stomach troubles such as sedentary habits lack of outdoor exercise insufficient chewing constipation a torpid liver worry and anxiety and overeating It promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a remedy and notes the product is for sale at Engbretson's Pharmacy Ady.
A Texas inventor tried using wind to drive a plow along an eight mile road, with the wind propelling the contraption the entire distance. Popular Mechanics reports no success yet in making the plowshare dig into soil.
An old advertisement urges seniors to use Dr Kings New Life Pills as a safe pain free laxative. It claims both men and women feel the need more with age and notes the pills act promptly and easily. The price is 25 cents and the ad says recommended by all dealers.
A compact overview of how plants reproduce and spread, detailing seeds, buds, bulbs, runners, and underground stems. It explains seed formation, pollination, self and cross fertilization, and the role of buds in vine and ornamental plant propagation, with notes on root divisions and cuttings.
Growing large quantities of legumes such as clovers, alfalfa, peas, beans and vetches boosts nitrogen and, with careful manure preservation and application, increases humus. Good tillage improves the soil’s physical condition, enhancing farm productivity year after year.
The text argues the world's most successful farming hinges on livestock production. It states profit comes not only from soil fertility but from expanding crop profits through feeding crops to meat-producing animals if done properly.
A Cresco Iowa resident Mrs M Askelson, R F D No 1, reports back pain and kidney relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says they relieved pain, boosted ambition, and she keeps them on hand. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the U S sale agent. Remember the name Doan's.
Rape grows best in soils rich in humus and vegetable matter, thriving on muck or old pasture land. For early crops, seed as soon as soil can be worked, follow with pasturing around July. Sow 2 pounds per acre, broadcast or in 30 inch drills, cultivate 3 to 4 times. Drilling is considered the best method.
A homemaker complains about undercooked eggs during breakfast. She notes she has tried flipping with a fork three times without achieving the desired doneness and calls the situation odd. Her husband prepares his own breakfast to avoid delays.
The notice names many defendants and describes property in Winneshiek County Iowa. Arthur A. Larsen files a petition seeking absolute ownership by fee simple, claiming ten years adverse possession and alleging errors in prior deeds. Defendants are asked to appear by Sept 2, 1913, or default will be entered.
Notice of incorporation for Glenwood Farmers Telephone Company with Nas sett Iowa as principal place and Decorah Iowa address to erect operate and maintain lines in Winneshiek and adjoining counties. Capital stock ten thousand dollars at thirty five dollars per share. business to begin July 15 1913 for twenty years with renewal. List of officers and directors provided with June 10 1914 as date of initial term.
The unnamed party is summoned to appear at the district court to show cause why L H Rygg of Decorah township Winneshiek county Iowa cannot have his will admitted to probate. Dated May 28 1913 signed OLAL KALLEVANG Clerk District Court and attorney A Nelson.
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