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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1915
Page
8
North Dakota Experiment Station notes how hens molt annually shedding feathers and dropping lay production. Late molters stay productive longer, while early molters resume laying quickly with better winter output. Provide shelter, high protein feeding, and extra care to maintain vitality through cold months.
After one year of war, peace societies note nations have spent an amount roughly equal to the value of all American farm lands, about 28 billion dollars. The estimate, though possibly exaggerated, illustrates the huge cost of maintaining armies in the field and the burden on American farmers.
Miss Helen Hijerleid a St Olaf College and Northwestern University trained singer will offer vocal instruction this season. Inquiries about terms and hours at 501 East Broadway.
This guide explains transplant timing for strawberries in Northern New Jersey, favoring spring but noting success with August and September plantings. It warns against reusing two year old plants, advises sourcing strong layer or potted runners, and details methods to transplant with firm soil, avoiding stem pinching and using pots sunk beside the parent.
Miss Clara a Driggs of Elba New York praises Chamberlain's Tablets as quick relief for headaches dizzy spells and torpid liver in a testimonial. The ad notes they are obtainable everywhere and contrasts the truthful diplomat with the difficulty of keeping up with the job.
An advertisement promises Burdock Blood Bitters as a cure for languor weakness headaches and upset stomachs. It invites readers to ask their druggist and lists a price of 1.00, aiming to reassure customers with simple health claims.
A Nebraska study reports six years of field work on sandy loam at North Platte showing summer tillage as the most effective water storage method, with 10 to 33 percent of seasonal rainfall captured. Plowing beats disking for moisture accumulation, mulches outperform soil cover, and crops like corn oats spring wheat barley draw water from shallow depths while alfalfa and grasses reach deeper. Weeds reduce stored water. surface conditions must stay loose and rough to catch rain and suppress weeds. Drought-tolerant or early-maturing crops help mitigate dry periods.
The London Spectator notes John alias Elizabeth Russell died in Streatham in April 1772 aged 104. Born male, he wandered Europe with gypsies, later lived as a woman, practiced as a female doctor and fortune teller, was a seamstress famed for shirts, and counted Dr. Johnson among acquaintances. His death revealed his sex, shocking the neighborhood.
Ned Lands recounts a tale where Billy Be By Bo Bum travels with elf Tinker Teedle Tee to an underground city of ants. They seek fairy dust from Jack-in-the-Pulpit and conjure a magic brew using dew, glow worms, and a copper kettle. Billy drinks the fairy tea and the adventure ends with a promise to reveal more next week.
Mrs Chas Peck of Gates New York says two bottles of Chamberlains Tablets cured her biliousness and constipation. The ad urges education as development of mind and invites readers to digest what they read.
Lucas County oath by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F. J. Cheney Co. promises payment of one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Gleason. Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The article recalls the old practice of placing a straw in a shoe to show willingness to give evidence as a witness. This led to the expression man of straw. The custom is noted as ancient, with a writer in the Quarterly Review mentioning similar use in ancient Greece.
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