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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
5
Vineyards and Grapes Near Ontario and Riverside
GEO R BAKER reports touring vineyards between Ontario and Riverside, noting 800 acre Balliou estate and a five thousand acre winery. He observes grapes ready for harvest, grape juice experiments to replace wine, and plans to market non fermented juice pending know how to refine fumes. He visits Labrea ranch fossils and promises friends a tour back in Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Republican
Middle West
San Diego
San Juan Capistrano
E. W. Hoyt
Pomona
Ridgeway
Ontario
Riverside
Benton Balliou
Clayton County
National
Balliou
Destroy Eggs Save Trees Insect Advice Given
Acting state entomologist R L Webster at Town State College explains the white winged tussock moth caterpillar causes tree damage. With the insects near full grown, spraying is likely too late. removing egg masses from bark is advised to prevent next spring damage. Marshalltown schools are urged to join in gathering and burning the masses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Webster
Town State College
Marshalltown
American Sunday School Union Plans Centennial Celebration
The American Sunday School Union, with a record of over 120000 Sunday Schools, half a million teachers, and five million scholars, prepares for its 100th anniversary. It published pamphlets on its history and on Sunday School pioneering in rural America, available by mail. Headquarters are at 1816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Sunday School Union
America
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Halloween Prank at Old School House Incident Followed by Years Later Confession
A memory from the 1860s recalls three boys trapping calves hogs and chickens inside a rural schoolhouse taught by Joel Dayton. The animals escaped at dawn causing embarrassment and a morning cleanup. the culprits were never revealed, only later told by one participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Joel Dayton
Decorah
Joel
Why Salt Causes Thirst
Salt is a natural blood element in balance with body water and oceanic salt. Excess salt triggers thirst as the body seeks to dilute the salt to its proper ratio. Foods that absorb moisture also induce thirst for the same reason, to maintain balanced body water.
Longs Peak Opens Route Through Keyhole To Glacier Lake
The Argonaut reports Longs Peak in Colorado was long deemed unclimbable until a path through the Keyhole formed a route to a steep 2,000 foot descent to Chasm Lake. Chasm Lake, a remote wild site, is icy for most of the year and hard to reach from the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longs Peak
Colorado
Chasm Lake
New Road Building Book Issued by Iowa State College Engineer
The Construction of Roads and Pavements by IT R Agg of the engineering division at Iowa State College has just been released. The volume is praised as the most authoritative highway engineering text in the United States and Canada and will be used as a college textbook at Iowa State and other schools. The article notes road building practices featured are current and specific to Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labrea Ranch
Frank
California
Geo. R. Baker
R. Agg
Towa State College
United States
Canada
Towa
Iowa Leads in Black Walnut Plantations
Iowa state forestry reports lead in black walnut plantations with many older goals in shelter belts fence posts and nuts for food. Plantations will yield high lumber value as trees mature and demand grows for large timber, with logs sourced statewide and shipped for carloads. Some timber is already processed into gun stocks for the European war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Union
Forestry Department
Iowa State College
The Cape to Cairo Road Journey
A vivid travel note extols the Cape to Cairo route as a scenic, romantic traverse. It describes six thousand miles across diverse latitudes, climates, and peoples, citing major features from rivers and lakes to dams, temples, waterfalls, and mines, all viewed from a train in twelve days.
Make the Most of Prosperity with Foley Kidney Pills
Every man should stay fit and seize opportunities. Poor kidney and bladder health, back pain, swollen joints, and rheumatic pains hinder work. Foley Kidney Pills promise health improvements that pay for themselves. Engbertson's pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Engbertson
Queen Elizabeth and the Northumbrian Coal Monopoly
The piece claims Elizabeth I centralized coal, leasing Durham mines for £90 yearly and seizing Percy pits. It says she formed a Newcastle company to control sale of coal to shippers, drawing London protests over monopolized prices, with coal in London once four shillings per chaldron and later a pound per chaldron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
Durham
Newcastle
London
Pearson’s
Alfalfa Expansion Reported in Scott County Iowa
A 1915 census shows 300 alfalfa fields across Scott county totaling 2 700 acres with an average yield of about 5 1 2 tons per acre. Near Burlington Alex Moir’s farm demonstrates success on 200 acres with yields around 4 tons per acre due to lime manure application good seed and inoculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Burlington
Alex. Moir
Moir
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G. R. Baker
Clayton Co
Hallowe
Iowa
Foresters
Cape To Cairo Road
Queen Elizabeth’s Coal
Alfalfa
Scott CO
HWGO
M. J. Soukup
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