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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
8
The article argues shade trees require cultivation like farm crops and outlines suitable street trees such as Norway maple and American elm. It prescribes soil, depth, drainage, root care, watering, fertilization, and staking to ensure healthy growth under harsh urban conditions.
Oklahoma adopts road legislation penalizing wagons of two tons or more with tires under five inches wide. Dealers face fines from five to twenty five dollars per wagon sold. Federal tests favor three inch tires for savings. narrow tires wear roads more than wider ones.
Prof. H H Hoy of South Dakota State College outlines a grounding method for fence wires to reduce lightning casualties. He advises ground wires every 200 to 400 feet on wooden posts, with proper attachment, a No 8 galvanized wire, and grounding at least 2 feet below ground to dissipate charges and protect livestock.
This guide explains that ducks digest mainly soft foods and benefits from water and submerged beak feeding. It recommends abundant green vegetables, boiled mash with small potatoes sparingly, and seasonal rations using corn meal bran vegetables beef scraps and flour as laying begins.
Breeders install hinged wall boards beneath roosts to catch droppings and keep floors clean. A favored setup uses pulleys and nails to lower the board into a wheeled low box each morning, then clean with a hoe. Roosts attach to iron brackets on the boards and are routinely removed for painting.
Variation in separator speed from 25 to 75 turns per minute changes cream richness from thin to rich. Normal speed is 55 rpm. the correct speed yields economical operation and minimal fat loss in skim milk. The crank handle displays this speed, promoting efficient dairy processing. Mrs. Hartmeister of Tea, Missouri reports kidney trouble relief with Foley Kidney Pills.
Mrs Ada Sanders of Cottontown Tennessee reports Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough remedy for her two daughters. It relieves hoarseness tickling throat bronchitis hay fever asthma and related symptoms. Adv Engbertson's Pharmacy promotes the product.
Bordeaux rot is a widespread grape disease affecting leaves and fruit with grayish brown leaf spots and dark brown fruit lesions. Control involves destroying diseased tissue and two to several Bordeaux sprays starting at leaf unfoldment and fruit set, using mixtures 4-4-50 and 3-4-50 before ripening.
Guidance on managing stable manure to maximize fertility. Do not spread on fields soon to be planted. accumulate in stalls with dry litter. Use straw or leaves as bedding to absorb moisture and enrich the compost. Keep stalls deep, packed, moist, and protected from sun.
Advice on reviving poor pasture by sowing red clover timothy and alsike in early spring. Use disk drill or broadcast and harrow. Clover boosts bluegrass by adding nitrogen for 2 3 years and winter feeding helps reseed. manure improves thin spots.
Sloan's Liniment offers quick relief for neuralgia and sore muscles. It penetrates without rubbing and soothes injuries, while not staining skin. Also claims faster action than plasters for sprains and strains and reduces pain from insect bites and bruises. The phonograph record speed is 1.82 miles per hour.
Changing seasons bring colds and symptoms like stuffed up head and tight chest. Dr King's New Discovery soothes irritated membranes and clears the head, loosens phlegm, helping you breathe easier. For 47 years a favorite remedy for all ages. At your druggist 506 Ady.
The article explains that dairy cows often need more feed than maintenance requires to maximize milk output. It notes feeding for profit means liberal feeding up to cow capacity, with exceptions during lactation when cows may lose weight. Heavier producers regain flesh after milking and can be fed liberally to repay in milk.
A. P. Spencer of the University of Florida extension division advises training runners along rows or from two rows into a single middle to promote root growth and easier cultivation. Keeping middles weed free and using light implements improves plant numbers and quality.
Depluming mites cause bare spots that start at the back and spread to the head and neck. Mites live at the feather base, spread by infested birds and the male. Isolate affected birds and grease the area with carbolated vaseline or a salve of oil of caraway to melted lard.
Cultivate corn without cutting feeder roots by plowing too deep and switch plows if roots wrap around. Constipation blamed for many ills. keeping bowels regular helps prevent issues. When a laxative is needed use Chamberlains Tablets to improve digestion and appetite. For sale by R A Personson. Ad note on hard times and wealth.
A collection of 19th century style advertisements tout health tonics and remedies. Claims include liver and bowels for youthful looks, Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation, Foley products for coughs kidney problems and croup, and Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for common ailments. Includes testimonial snippets and mail-in offers.
An extension service letter from St. Paul describes control methods for cabbage and onion maggots. It cites a weekly spray for cabbages using lead arsenate molasses and water, plus a second brood treatment from July 1 to 20. Onion maggot spray uses sodium arsenate with molasses and water but can burn leaves. Also, destroy old infested onions in spring to control barred wing onion maggot. Wilting indicates cabbage or onion maggot attack.
Tomato blossom end rot is caused by a fungus and harms the fruit while green causing it to rot and drop. Remove affected fruit then spray with Bordeaux mixture made from bluestone quick lime and water. repeat weekly while signs persist.
An advertising panel touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as rapidly reliefful for sudden colic and diarrhoea, sold by R. A. Engbertson, with other drugstore ads for Kickapoo Worm Killer and Dean's Ointment promoting relief from worms and skin itching. It includes a general exhortation on advice and a local electricity note.
Decorah resident Mrs D B Tuttle reports severe backache with fatigue and head pains, claiming four boxes of Deans Kidney Pills from Wanglers Pharmacy relieved pain. The ad urges buyers to ask for Deans Kidney Pills at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Notice invites bids for erecting a school house in Burr Oak Independent District No 8 Winneshiek County Iowa. Bids due by 1 PM October 8 1916 with contract awarded to lowest responsible bidder. Board may reject any or all bids. Plans and specifications available from County Superintendent or Secretary Alice Price. July 18 1916.
The quotation argues that only one morality should guide both public and private life, insisting that a universal standard binds nations as it does people and stresses consistency between private virtue and public duty.
Notice of incorporation states Bohemian Mutual Protective Insurance Association formed in Spillville Iowa with principal office in Winneshiek County to insure farm buildings and contents against fire and lightning. Board of seven directors to govern with officers including president and treasurer. Indebtedness limit set at 2500 dollars and private property exempt from corporate liability under state law.
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