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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
4
A northern state community hosts a thriving twenty year old cooperative creamery. Capitalized at 2500 dollars, it serves about 500 patrons with June output near 57000 pounds of butter, mostly sold on the New York market. The plant includes a 1000 gallon vat, a 760 gallon agitator, a 1000 pound churn, steam engine, and related equipment with an on site icehouse.
The article discusses late summer alfalfa sowing using well-drained soil, manure, and old alfalfa seed to start a crop, noting 15 August as a latest sowing date and the need to control grasshoppers with poultry. It then describes a major hailstorm across northern states, causing extensive crop and stock damage, with hail from peas to goose eggs and widespread vegetation destruction.
Advice on using tansy tea and ashes to deter pests, cover crops for orchards, and buckwheat as a forage with limited value. Comments on manure spreaders, roses Seven Sisters and Dorothy Perkins, foxtail weed control, and a U S department of agriculture report on durum wheat and upland fire in China. Also describes a Norwegian fireless cooker and stalk borer damage in oats with weed and crop rotation strategies.
The piece covers farm economics from fuel and machinery to cow milk yield, forest management in Japan, and dairy practice. It notes costs of oil versus new equipment, seed sowing timing, insect pest losses, regional land earnings, horse and cattle conditioning, forest outputs, cream separators, calf start rations, and dairy breeding strategies. It stresses practical farming tips and animal care.
Angelica, widow of Ezekiel Ballou, uses wealth and charm to ensnare Paul Debonair, a carefree heir, at balls in Rome and America. He resists but is finally won, ending his bachelor life, leaving society's gossip and awe in his wake.
A traveler returning from Jaffa recalls a ride to the station that turned frantic as a native driver “hummed” by an American’s demand for haste. The driver spurred the horse, dodging dust and stones, delivering the passenger to the fort just in time but leaving him shaken and amused at the speed. The tale captures a comic clash of cultures and travel mishap.
A collage of anecdotes and quotes describes a pepper gag at table and a hot tempered husband. It then cites linguistic experiments by Frederic Harrison and a note on Wordsworth and long sentences in English prose. The piece references the London Express and Argonaut as sources.
The street railway superintendent tells a conductor his services are no longer needed citing a failing cash register. The exchange turns on the conductor’s rheumatism and inability to reach the register cord and ends with a suggestion of a long vacation.
A playful exchange unfolds as a fair maid and her lover spar over a misheard phrase. The father’s arrival interrupts their retreat, sparking a quick debate about linguistic nuance and entomological distinctions.
A New York Press snippet notes a husband cannot correct his wife's description of a play after he told her he could not attend due to late office work, highlighting a humorous domestic miscommunication. The remark underscores the gap between perception and reality in a shared cultural experience.
A garbled Louisville Courier-Journal fragment quotes a man declaring a warning to not discharge an unloaded pistol. A companion cautions against borrowing scales of nations, reflecting a misread exchange about consequences and neighborly trust, with no clear event or names.
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