Control Potatoes Disease Through Seed Treatment
Specialists warn seed potato disinfection with formaldehyde or corrosive sublimate only protects surface infections and cannot prevent deep pits or nonparasitic diseases. Choose clean seed from healthy plants, then apply treatment. soil conditions largely determine tuber diseases. Neutral to alkaline soil favors common scab. liming and certain manures increase it. Rhizoctonia thrives when soil is unfriendly to potato growth. Aim for clean seed and optimal soil health to minimize losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackleg Hills
Farmers
Postville News Highlights Local Visits and Weddings
May 8 1916 reports show numerous short trips and visits from residents to Decorah Postville Waukon Ossian Ludlow and Clermont. A quiet wedding unites Miss Rose Stock and Henry Hager and a funeral for Patrick Tully is noted with details of his life and passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
Miss Rose
Fred Stock
Henry Hager
Ludlow
Healey
Ife
R. H. Waters
Hazel
Livingood
Chris
John Burns
Waukon
L. K. Lower
Wallace Waters
Decorah
John Lydon
Bert Waters
Postville
Chas
Regan
Patrick Tully
John [Swenson
Treland
England
Mary McCann
America
Boston
Mass
Allamakee County
Iowa
Prankville
Presbyterian Church
Cline
Western Lincoln Notes From A Busy Local Week
A sand storm swept Western Lincoln last week. Residents, shoppers, and visitors were seen around Decorah Ridgeway Cresco Spillville and Ridgeway with calls visits and social activity. The stork brought a May basket daughter to Mr and Mrs Fred Palek. Community groups met at Cresco Ridgeway and Evangelical and German M E churches with schedule changes for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wagner
Decorah
Robert Blackburn
Ridgeway
Dene Kratz
Sumner Township
Mike Kratz
Cresco
Harry Weidaman
Jacob Hornberger
S. R. Ringoon
Clara Kuntz
Postville
W. A. Scholer
Mike Hrushka
Nettie Koch
Pred Fatch
Ridge Way
Oscar Moe
Ole Sanderson
Fred Palek
Spillville
Winfield Kratz
Oresco
Evangelical Church
C. Schild
W. P.M
M. E
Fred Butz
W. M
Stork
Amel Koch
Fred Falek
Keeping Up to the Mark
Spring fever is not always a joke. If you feel dull and sluggish tired and worn out, backache weak back rheumatism sore muscles stiff joints or kidney trouble investigate Foley Kidney Pills. They are recommended as prompt and efficient health aids. Beghertacn's Phar ol Ady.
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Beghertacn
Pleasant Township Social Notes and Spring Farm Updates
Roy Levi visited home folks Sunday. Albert Ellingson seeks care in Decorah. Farmers near finished seeding as showers boost small grains. Ed Iverson returned from a two week business trip in North Dakota. Coop and Lent circus drew a large crowd in Decorah. Theodore Anderson stepped on a nail and is recovering. Chas Peterson family planned a Decorah visit. Corn planting expected to begin with favorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Levi
Gilbert Anderson
P. Sampson
Iverson
Albert
Melvin Levi
T. Iverson
Albert Ellingson
Decorah
Anne Foss
Pearl
Gladys
Ole Ellis
Tosten Iverson
Olias Erickson
Ed. Iverson
North Dakota
Coop & Lent Circus
Cha
Dr. Woodward
Kendallville Social Notes and Local Visits May 1916
Kendallville residents share social visits births illness and travel. John Hass attended a circus in Decorah. many guests called at local homes including the Fifields Barnes Pederson and Stetler. Church services were canceled for a funeral. a moving picture show ran weekly. the L A S met at the Fifield home with plans for two weeks hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hass
Decorah
W. A. Disham
C. C. Brown
Bernie Davis
Lowell Stetler
Marie Pederson
Mercy ‘Hospital
Ralph Clark
Crescot
W. C
Fayette
Morrison
Will Howard
Orleans
Harrison Culbert
Cresco
Clinton Witfeld
Rutherford
Bonair
S. M. Culbert
A. Kellogg
Melntire
R. Barnes
Jeanette Holness
Dr. Kessell
Morgan Church
Dist
Supt
Crowder
Erma
Mabel Ellingson
Mattie Burton
Postville
W. A. Clink
Steve Todd
Clinton Pitfeld
N. Engel
Ulingis
Kendallville L. A. 8
Clinton Fifield
W. C. Fifield
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised for Whooping Cough
A Brandon Springs Alabama parent reports using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat a severe whooping cough in his baby and claims the cure worked quickly. The remedy is sold by R A Engbert son. A brief ad-like line notes a good spender is sure of friends while he spends.
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Chamberlain
W. McClinton
Brandon Springs
Ala
R. A. Engbertson
Keep Your Skin Clear and Healthy
A historical ad promoting Dr. King's New Life Pills as the sole method for a clear, healthy complexion. The copy claims the pills move the bowels gently stimulate the liver cleanse the system and purify the blood. A splendid spring medicine offered at 25 cents.
Keen Sight of the Gull Demonstrates Sharp Visual Range
An American naturalist shows gulls can detect tiny food pieces dropped at sea from a moving steamer. In tests a cracker fragment vanishes underwater yet gulls locate it quickly, while a postage stamp sinks unseen until close range, then is ignored as nonfood.
Wonderful Insect Is Fly
Garret P. Serviss extols the fly as a wonderful creature and menace, noting its superhuman strength and rapid reflexes. He cites Plateau experiments on insect power, imagining a size transform that would let a fly lift iron, kill beasts, or dodge a speeding train with ease.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Felix Plateau
Sampson
Roads and Salt: A Thread Through Ancient Trade Routes
Salt shaped early roads and long distance commerce. The Via Salaria carried Sabine salt from Ostia. Trans Libyan caravans and Sahara routes relied on salt and salt fish. Carthaginian commerce also featured salt as a major item.
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Salon
Italy
Via Salaria
Ostia
Herodotus
Sahara
London News
New Zealand Lowest Death Rate in Europe Comparison
New Zealand records the lowest death rate among European countries, with its rate lower than Australia and every European nation, highlighting an unusually favorable health statistic for the region.
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New Zealand
Australia
Knapsacks for Misses Adopted by Berlin Education Chief
The Berlin education minister orders schoolgirls to wear knapsacks on their backs for carrying books. The rule targets teachers, parents and the girls, claiming handbags risk spinal curvature and internal organ derangement.
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Berlin
Africa’s Vast Plateaus Define Its High Landscape
Africa holds the title of the highest continental terrain with major tablelands. The southern tableland averages over 3500 feet, while the northern high plains reach about 1300 feet in elevation.
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Africa
Grafting Wax Preparation and Application Methods
The article describes making a grafting wax from resin beeswax and tallow, melted and cooled in water, then pulled into light-colored balls or formed into ribbons. The wax is used to wrap wounds on plant cuts to protect the graft. A second method involves molten wax cooled to honey consistency and ladled into the wound with care not to scorch the bark.
Symbol of Health Five Pointed Star in Cham berlain's Tablets
An old advertisement extols Cham berlain's Tablets with a red five pointed star as a health symbol linked to Pythagorean purity. It claims quick relief from indigestion biliousness and constipation and notes sale by R A Engbertson. The ad ends with a wry line about war heroes at the ball season opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancient
Greece
R. A. Engbertson
Adv
Avoid Spring Colds With Dr. King's New Discovery
Sudden weather shifts bring colds and grippe in spring. The ad touts Dr. King's New Discovery as a ready made remedy to soothe coughs, check colds, and break grippe attacks. It claims forty years of testing with no preparation required and urges readers to ask their druggist for a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Adv
Notice of Registration for City Primary Election
Registration Board Primary Election set for June holding sessions at multiple wards and dates in May and June 1916. Locations include Commercial Hotel Frank Helwig's Cigar Store Ingvoldstad offices McCusker's store Hose House No 2 Baker's Lumber yard West Decorah Town Hall Olson's store with clerks named for each ward. City Clerk Hugh Hughes signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Registration Board
Frank Helwig
Second Ward
Ingvoldstad
Third Ward
City Hall
McCusker’s
Fourth Ward
Hose House No. 2
Baker's Lumber Yard
West Decorah Town Hall
Olson
Father Reed
G. N. Hossman
Joe "Shima
David Hill
F. P. Adams
J. W. Penthams
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County News
Ray Waters
Walter van Wey
Sherman Bollman
Will Schutta
John Leer
Frank Peck
Frankville
J. A. Peck
Carl Letchford
Amel Oleson
John Rose
Tom Bollman
Glen McMillen
Moore
Clermont
Charley Barrett
Chester Peck
Geo. Sherman
Methegor
Good Roads
Ralph Carter
Carpenters
Ossian
C. H. Waters
Julius Brown
Ravena
Janie Lyons
Chris Leer
John
Alma
Roy Kneeskern
John Swenson
al. Swenson
Len Barthell
Hazel Livingood
Geo
Waters Home
Chas. Letchford
Omaha
Will
Tom French
Fred Brouillet
Irvin Hughes
Evan Swensen
Kelse Webster
Carl
Vern Letchford
Harold Spaun
Sarah Miller
Maude van Wey
Charlotte Peck
Lois Pye
Ruth Meikle
Ruth Padden
Rachel Birdsett
Harry Oleson
Mary Sibbetts
Lincoln
Pleasant Township
Kendallville
Gouraud
Reardon
Drag and Transfer Line
James Reardon
DR. Glare
Peter Whalen
John Hargreaves
J. Gillett
Jas. Draper
P.M. Hughes
Ford Lines
Goodrich
Goodrich Silvertown
Goodrich Motor Cycle
B. F. Goodrich CO
Akron, Ohio
Goodrich Tires
The
Decorah Motor Car Co
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