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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
3
Notes cover pest control for fruit trees and crops, salt for cows, and better cultivation to build root systems. It cites Nigeria peanuts, pruning and transplant timing, germane to soil moisture, including the need for jarring cultivation and timing after heavy rains. Also discusses wild peanuts, crow pests, Wisconsin fertilizer laws, and a railroad employer’s Sunday service policy.
A compact, period tone overview spans social habits, dairy efficiency, and farm issues. It discusses the wasteful production of certain crops, dairy cow efficiency, and calls for careful study of hog cholera, corn prices, tuberculin testing for milk, and the impact of new North Dakota paint laws. It notes experimental work between University of Wisconsin and the US Department of Agriculture on cranberry diseases and a new Cranmoor station for data on cranberry growers.
The federal irrigation program under the Carey act transforms arid land in the Carson valley by diverting Truckee river water toward a 30 mile canal. By 1916 50 000 acres were irrigated and production like grain and fruit expanded as livestock and sheep moved into previously barren fields. Water rights are perpetual with land title and land sales finance the ongoing projects, limiting speculation and favoring home seekers.
A farmer notes the labor challenge of hiring help and the advantages of smaller plots, while a Redwood canyon timber gift to the U S government preserves 295 acres of virgin redwood near San Francisco for the Forest Service. The giver feared lumber sharks and donated the land to keep it intact.
The article notes a Midwestern shift to better drift horses as breeders use thoroughbred sires for over fifteen years. Resulting stock shows marked quality, and well matched teams of high grade drafts like whites or Percherons now sell for about $400 to $500 in small town markets.
Nettle is a root stalk plant that spreads by underground roots and seed. Eradication requires smothering or digging out all roots. If digging, remove every root, hang on a lance or dry and burn them.
A bank teller Joe Vauga known as Bim Joe dies in a Long Island coast mishap while the black and tan dog aids a detective in tracing the teller. The canine leads to Joe's disguise but the fraud is uncovered and he is sentenced to ten years. the dog’s loyalty reveals hidden ties to a Mexico mine owner. The tale also notes the origins of the concertina and Wheatstone's early work.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a Stanford University incident where a painter hired for a campus house added a conspicuous sign reading These Premises Being Painted by Blank Blank. Delays followed as the painter mixed work and rest, prompting students to extend the message with Now and Then and further crowdsourced refinements.
A lawyer cross examined a witness aiming to muddy testimony. Questions probed fainting, pale reactions, and whether one can faint without turning a nose, with the witness recalling a year-ago case involving a black man. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Moabite Stone, found in 1865 by Rev. F. Klein at Dhiban, was broken by Arabs but later reassembled. The black basalt monument stands in the Louvre, measuring two feet wide and three feet ten inches high with a fourteen inch thickness. Its thirty four lines in Hebrew Phoenician script recount Mesha king of Moab and rebellion against Israel.
The piece notes that friendship mirrors the temperament of the giver and recounts Squire Tightfist moved at the funeral of a very poor man named Mir. X. He admits he valued the friend who never asked for a cent, despite knowing his poverty and starvation.
Two girls who were taken to see Othello laughed at the idea of a nightly real killing. They mused that it would be terribly costly to actually kill a lady each night, contrasting pretend drama with brutal reality.
The Washington Herald quotes a sobbing young bride saying she cannot please her friends as they claim she cannot be happy with a husband she labels a fathead. The exchange centers on marital strife and social pressure surrounding the couple.
In a brief exchange Mrs Knieker and Mr Knieker argue over punctuality and appearance. The dialogue pivots to a remark about decision of character as a virtue, described as a bright golden apple every young person should strive to pluck early in life. The passage blends domestic quarrel with moral exhortation attributed to New York Sea.
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