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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
2
In a discussion on how Congress is reported, the piece argues newspapers cannot cover every bill or action. It notes 16,289 public bills and 401 laws in the Sixty-sixth Congress, plus thousands of other measures, suggesting a federal publicity system to keep the country informed.
The Supreme Court, in a Brandeis-written decision, sustains the nineteenth amendment and rejects Maryland challenges to federal suffrage. It holds that federal constitutional power supersedes state limits and that ratifications by Connecticut and Vermont render earlier procedural objections immaterial. The ruling upholds equality in voting rights nationwide.
War department reports from horse breeders warn against curtailing remount service appropriations. The 200 stable horses valued over $500,000 serve 40 states with depots at Front Royal Virginia Fort Robinson Nebraska and Fort Reno Oklahoma. Breeders from New England New York and Pennsylvania call the work invaluable and oppose closing the eastern depot. Utah Cattle and Horse Growers endorse continued support.
Secretary Denby orders 50 more destroyers and nearly three hundred auxiliary ships out of commission to save fuel. Navy will have 78 destroyers active and 40 reduced, plus five armed ships, one collier, two store ships, four mine layers, six mine sweepers, Eagle boats, 14 tugs. Since taking office a year ago, 92 ships have been placed out of commission, 267 obsolete craft sold, and 62 ships remain for potential sale. House approves a 108.5 million dollar bill to cover deficiencies and fuel costs with a 6.8 million cap for four months unless Congress acts.
The article recommends succession planting of peas a week to ten days apart and a rotation plan. It notes intermediate dwarf and wrinkled pea types like Gradus Laxton Little Marvel and Alaska, with specific spacing from six inches to four feet between rows and three feet between double rows for dwarfs. It also advises not replanting peas or beans in the same bed this year to prevent soil problems.
A suggestion favors moving labor away from major crops to poultry and dairy. It argues there is constant demand and prices that cover labor and investment, making poultry and dairy more profitable than staple crop production.
The article states fertilizer increases yields and profits but warns that poor soil preparation or lack of humus undermines profitability. A good seedbed with sufficient humus is required for profitable returns in commercial farming.
The Bureau of Plant Industry of the U S Department of Agriculture conducts open air tests in Florida to detect stock beet impurities in imported sugar beet seed. Lots sent by beet sugar companies will trigger notify before planting. Greenhouse tests previously located mixtures with red or orange stock beets. white flesh stock beets require growth to discern. Officials favor an American grown seed supply to reduce losses.
The article advises choosing the best ground for seed potatoes and emphasizes costly cultivation. Clover sod is ideal, bluegrass sod is acceptable if deeply plowed, timothy is poor, and fresh manure should be avoided to prevent scab.
Alfalfa is valuable where it can thrive, but on thin and poorly drained land there is little merit in attempting to grow it.
Plan to start rhubarb by planting root pieces with at least one eye. Emphasizes rich soil. Space plants about four feet apart.
It thrives on poorly drained ground where other clovers will not grow. An annual known in early spring, it does not replace clover cowpeas soybeans or alfalfa but may grow where they struggle and withstand drought better.
Printer notes request for securing clean seed of Early Ohio or Irish Cobbler suitable for home use. Emphasizes sourcing seed to at least two good eyes and avoiding mulching as a substitute for cultivation. Advises not to apply seed until after one or two cultivations.
The winter dry cow requires extra good care to ensure a valuable calf and to maintain the cow's physical condition. Proper nutrition and management during the dry period are essential for future productivity and health.
Guidance warns against planting whole potatoes as seed. Vines may grow, but marketable potato yield will be small.
An advertisement targets husbands asking if wives are irritable tired and overwhelmed by daily tasks. It promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan iron tonic as a remedy to restore vitality and strength, claiming doctors endorse it as a building-up tonic for thirty years.
Pattie spends afternoon at editor's home and notes her grandmother and aunt are visiting. The editor plans to publish it, Pattie objects saying they already know it, and the editor responds that they do.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure non habit forming kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims vegetable herb compounding and purity with a sworn statement in every bottle and offers sample requests by mail from Binghamton New York.
An English teacher requested a sentence matching the proverb A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. Responses varied. one reader wrote The closing of the right optic is as sufficient as a rapid Inclination of the cranium to a sightless quadruped, drawing exchange notice.
Ad copy notes soft coal will make laundry work heavier this winter and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a remedy to remove grimy look. Read like grocery store advert.
A customer reports a sausage issue and mocks service in a terse diner exchange. The remarks reference a dog and kennel as allegorical objections, implying tensions over quality and treatment during the meal.
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