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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
15
White clover and sweet clover bloom make harvest days for the bees and they improve them to the limit. A well cared for garden is worth not less than $100 to any family with six or more persons to feed during the year.
The text argues that fence posts cut when bark remains and seasoned before setting last longer than winter cuts. It claims now is a good time to buy edged stock, with $300 a sound starting investment. A remark on children and birds implies the old man would be busy bringing food if children ate as birds do.
The town man pays over 50 cents for a spring chick en dish, turning a common country staple into a costly city luxury. The peach belt’s lines show the impact of last winter’s zero to 20 below depths on peach supplies and prices.
The article notes efforts to induce settlement of the south by the large numbers of Italians arriving in the country. It claims the Italian is well suited to southern conditions, highlighting a favorable adaptation to the region.
The excerpt praises the Wealthy apple for its broad appeal across latitudes north of 42 degrees and urges broader planting. It contrasts aspirations of individuals toward independence with the mockingbird’s midnight concert and notes the fruit’s flavor storability vigor and appearance.
The piece contrasts a winter ram feeder who earned about 1.50 per head after costs with poor stock and bad feeding, and a successful farmer who buys early calves for baby beef for June markets. It argues young stock gain more cheaply and warns that good farm practice and proper prod usage sustain profit, unlike flawed feeder programs.
The article argues that diversified farming can sustain soil and profit, noting eighty acre farms outperform large sections. It then questions the permanence of big department stores and their impact on country merchants, suggesting local merchants form stock companies to run home department stores using city methods.
The creamery system gathers cream from broad areas by express and processes it centrally. It enables nearly any locality to start dairy business with only cows and a farm separator, creating local cash markets and lifting many farmers financially. Community support for home creameries remains essential.
A land drainage guide explains that wet flat farms subject to wet seasons cause mortgage foreclosures. Tile drainage converts pasture land worth about 40 dollars per acre into highly productive fields worth 100 dollars per acre, with draining costs estimated at 10 to 15 dollars per acre. Suggests selling half the farm to fund drainage if needed.
The article extols clover as a key soil fertilizer urging farmers east and west to plant more. It argues clover improves poor soil, sustains humus and soil structure, and adds atmospheric nitrogen. It calls clover seed spending as wise as tax payments for farmers.
Horses respond rapidly to training and have great potential for utility. The fire department horse adapts to hose cart duties and shows notable intelligence in tasks related to its line of work. Domestic animals exhibit high trainability and broad learning capacity.
The article notes that without hand labor, many farmers neglect pulling milkweeds morning glories ragweeds and sunflowers that the plow misses. It argues that such manual weeding would yield better returns than other tasks.
The Grundy Democrat notes that Iowa hired men have modernized with farming advances, able to manage a hundred acres as easily as thirty years ago. It contrasts past hardship with today’s improved conditions and wages, reflecting changing labor expectations.
The article contrasts 1905 hired men with modern expectations, noting earlier brutal hours and harsh control by the boss. It observes that today's seasonal workers demand less, live modestly, and lack the old power to impose extreme schedules, reshaping employer worker dynamics and trusted routines.
The Boston Herald notes Iowa’s census shows men outnumber women by 40,000 while Massachusetts has more women. It jokes about bachelors and spinsters being paired in proposed excursions, and reflects on who bears the pity in each state. The piece riffs on the idea of conductors guiding such pairs, without aiming for serious plans.
Sioux City reports on J B Fountain of Jefferson South Dakota facing financial trouble as rural routes expand. Saloonkeepers say fewer farmers visit towns for mail and liquor sales drop. Fountain once ran a palatial saloon with fine furnishings. Schlitz Brewing sues and appoints R H Brown of Sioux City as receiver.
Thomas Brown, jailed for concealed weapons at the police station, asserts he fought with Nogi and served with Russian lines as a spy. He says he spent eleven months with the Japanese before Port Arthur, witnessed its fall, was wounded near Harbin, sent to Tokio as an invalid, and mustered out for disability before returning to the United States via San Francisco. He challenges his arrest as spiteful and claims Russians are as capable fighters as the Japs amid socialist and nihilist disorder.
The Iowa Telephone company awarded the Seventh street building contract to F. W. Chapman of Waterloo. It plans a large Sioux City investment in the coming months, including underground wiring, as it prepares for a clash with the Sioux City Telephone company, which is installing automatic phones and aims to be ready by September 1.
W C Milburn of Lehigh seeks 500 per hour claiming false imprisonment after five hours in Ft Dodge jail without charges. He says this unique Webster County case stems from his arrest by Benjamin Long, city marshal, and A C Douglass as defendants.
Word comes from Pocahontas Iowa that Frank Poduska, formerly of this area, drowned accidentally in the Snake River near Pasco Washington. His body was recovered and will be sent here for burial. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Martin Poduska long time residents. He had been west about two years.
A concise critique notes that discussions of growth often center on personal wealth rather than broader progress. The remark targets business leaders who equate expansion with financial gain.
Simon Messer a section hand on the Burlington east gang was severely injured when a passenger train No 3 was slowed after he flagged spreading rails. He was knocked down an embankment but walked home. Dr Carter said bruises on his side and arm and he should recover in weeks if no internal injuries.
Jennie Garden of Sheldon was badly injured when her hair was pulled from her scalp by machine gear in a local printing office. Doctors say she will recover but be hairless for life.
In Kirksville Iowa August 10 James M Harris killed himself after leaving a note blaming himself for theft and accusing Daniel Lewis and wife of improper transfer of a farm. The note directed Mary his wife to administer all his property and stated the land dispute freed Mrs Lewis from blame.
Twelve men on the tunnel from the power station to the central building quit at noon Tuesday after a dispute with foreman Johnson. The stoppage stems from a wage dispute over paying the men two dollars for nine hours of work, halting progress on the project.
N R Greegs of Des Moines employed by National Health and Accident was arrested at Moville on adultery charges. He was arraigned before Justice Jones and discharged. The Moville hotel employee Mrs Bassell was the woman involved, and Bassell prompted the arrest.
Iowa City August 9. William Crenshaw a prominent young farmer near here attempted to blow off the top of his head with dynamite. The blast destroyed one eye and the other eye was saved by removal. He is despondent but will recover.
An 8 year old boy, son of John Thompson, drowned in the river three miles upstream from Charles City while swimming with other boys. His brother and another companion attempted a rescue but failed. The report closes with a tangential remark about views on women’s reasoning.
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