It’s Up To You My Son Poem from Denver Post
A fatherly moral verses the choice of paths in life. It contrasts two trails one of honor through toil and virtue leading to fame and joy, the other of temptation and ease toward misery. The speaker urges the son to choose duty and right, promising honor if the right path is chosen.
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Denver Post
Stafford
Andrew
Brafford
Galing
Unionport
New York
Daffodils, Auto Crash, and an Unexpected Interview
Stafford lies wounded after a snowbound accident on private grounds. A girl tends him and arranges an interview, leading to a landmark Record-News piece on the strike, with Grace guiding the notes and Houghton approving the publication and damages settlement.
Liquid Metal Polish Formula and Application
A historic recipe describes mixing eight ounces of Spanish whiting with one quart of gasoline to create a polishing liquid. It instructs shaking until clear, then adding thirty two drops of oleic acid per quart, applying with cotton flannel to gold silver nickel brass glass and other metals, and polishing with the same cloth. The text then switches to a social admonition about asking a girl for a kiss after taking her out.
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Poliah
Soaking Seeds for Better Germination
Anna Gallther in The Epitom ist explains a method to improve germination across vegetables and flowers. Soak seeds in clean water overnight, wrap in muslin, drain, and warm the cloth to encourage swelling and sprouting, then plant promptly when tiny white specks appear.
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Anna Gallther
Up-To-Date Farming Advice on Kitchen Gardens
A garden-focused excerpt emphasizes soil nutrition and moisture retention for corn yields, urging farmers to furnish plant food, secure a good stand, and save moisture. It promotes early seed orders and continuous succession planting for peas beans radish lettuce and turnips to provide fresh vegetables throughout the season.
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A. J. Legg
Hog cholera prevention by stock control and feeding
A rural letter discusses hog cholera outbreaks clustering in neighborhoods, praising selective breeding and concentrated care of a small herd to ensure rapid fattening and consistent sales. It argues against overstocking, notes profitable practices, and offers household-scale farming tips including feeding, shelter, and timing. The text shifts to preparing corn seed and manure management, advocating early field work, manure broadcast, and soil preparation using Acme harrow and clodmasher to create a good seed bed for corn.
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Des Moines
Knoxville
Dows
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W. J. Adning
Kirkman
Grinnell
Willams
Geneva
Rutledge
Ottumwa
Goldfeld
Tyos Moines
Dysart
Delmar
Ind
Holmes
Rock Raptia
Beckwith
Leun
Henry Slippel
Wmn. Wagner
Lotte
A. J. Burke
Davenport
Stearns
Trenton
Centerville
Louisa County
Weight County Poor Fury
Beales of
Waterloo
West Wate Seabrary
Carrollton
Carroll County
Dedham
Coalville
Webster County
Fort Dodge
M.e
DP. J. Welch
Mattie Pauling White
Logan
Board of Supervisors
Crawford County
Lave
Byron Sweley
Marshalltown
Honge
O. A. Olden
St. Paul
Aia
Hoot
Tudge Rdmund Tnoger
Keokuk
Woa
United States Court of Appeals
Andrew Sorrenson
Krunk Hodge
VanMeter
Omentela
Bilad Wright
Farmee
SOM GARDEN HINTS
Garden hints emphasize location and soil. Use rotted manure, chip manure, and hardwood ashes for lettuce onions vegetables. ensure deep soil for beets and rich soil for pea plants. Do not neglect berries. mulch strawberry beds and remove mulch only away from plants. Trim old canes from blackberries and raspberries and prune grape vines now for new growth.
Poultry feeding tips emphasize balanced rations
The article urges varied feeds to keep fowls healthy and productive. It explains balancing a diet using clover bran green stuff and meat with corn, adjusting mineral and nitrogenous content by season and local market prices, to optimize egg production and cost.
Bank Notes Hold Up Under Rough Handling
A Philadelphia Record report notes Uncle Sam’s banknotes withstand heavy stress, with a Treasury note measuring 3 8 inch by 7 4 inch and supporting up to 41 pounds lengthwise and 91 pounds crosswise. Four notes per sheet 8 inches by 13 inches can suspend 108 pounds lengthwise and 177 pounds crosswise. The crosswise single note bears 1 pound versus 3 pounds lengthwise, while the sheet’s crosswise capacity lags 33 pounds behind its lengthwise strength.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury
Philadelphia
Raecord
Iowa’s State Taxes Totaling Over 25 Million
The Iowa tax levy, excluding millet tax, sewer and paying tax, reaches 25,008,842.08 dollars based on assessed property valued at 640,000,408. The district schools receive 20,382,807.05. county schools 20,020.14. counties 2,444,080.14. municipalities 4,021,020.16. and the state itself 1,010,263.57. Special tax for the State university and Ames Agricultural College yields 137,071.87 and the State Normal 3,084.00. Townships for roads total 1,740,305.23. City superintendencies seek new hires with salaries up to 2,000 yearly.
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Nornin
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