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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
3
A stream of rural observations covers farm finances, crop yields, livestock value, and market concerns. It discusses drought resilience, forest use, credit impact, coal transport losses, and sugar’s role in spending. Dairies, hogs, and clover crops feature alongside stock prices and farmers’ letters offering insights and requests for feedback.
A 1902 harvest and agriculture note highlights high losses in Oregon and Washington sheep, rising farm profits in hens and horses, and the looming cotton and sugar beet issues. It cites government costs for agriculture, beeves, and milk standards, contends on sugar trust opposition, and notes Oklahoma land prices and western capital bids.
A discussion on convict labor for public highways questions practicality and escape risks, while shifting focus to the public as the true underdog and Southern revival. The article lauds the era of peace, prosperity, and investment in the South, and admires the dignity of a well-kept freight train conductor showing respectability amid industrial change.
A rural physician notes country homes are poorly equipped for illness with blocked winter ventilation and high winter temperatures. He contrasts city attention to ventilation with country neglect and cautions against overreliance on fertilizers, stock feeding, and misapplied farming theory, stressing land impact on productivity.
An English visitor, Hon. William Aleury Jones, studies American higher education and ranks public state universities, notably Wisconsin, alongside Harvard, Cornell, Michigan, and others. He lauds Wisconsin for merit based democracy, broad scholarship, world recognition, and its expansive, inclusive spirit shaped by a 3,000,000 population.
A Chihuahua dispatch to the Mexican Herald reports the Boer colony at Santa Rosalia Mexico is growing toward a successful launch with multiple South African families arriving. General W D Snyman promotes the project while others join to establish a lasting settlement.
Emmetsburg Iowa advertisement lists C E Cohoon attorney at law on second floor of Palo Alto County Bank building with general law practice. Dr J L Walker physician surgeon offers X Ray work with office on Broadway opposite M E church.
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