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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
8
A concise piece by J. S. Trigg exploring practical routines and seasonal work in the farm, orchard, and garden. It offers guidance on crop care, soil management, and timely tasks for productive yields and overall stewardship of rural plots.
Readers asked about lightning rods value as a protective agency. The piece explains electricity seeks the path of least resistance, favors a good conductor to direct current safely, stresses perfect damp earth connections, and favors copper or many fine wires over solid rods for effective protection.
In Minnesota and northwestern Iowa marshy plains muskrats multiply in wet seasons and provide winter work for many workers as fur is valued at about 12 cents per rat. Rents on rat marshes reach around five dollars per acre, rivaling prime corn land. Mink prey on rats in dry seasons, but in wet periods the muskrat retreats to water, and fur becomes fashionable through skilled trade.
The article urges western farmers to use hay covers to protect clover hay during curing. It notes heavy rains ruin much of the crop, and covers allow partial curing in the cock with minimal leaf loss. One ton of well cured hay is worth two tons that have been damaged by rain.
Government experts confess beet sugar nationwide viability is limited and tariff policy burdens the poor. They argue free tropical sugar access would yield far more sugar per dollar for the average shopper, while a millionaire gains no extra benefit. The writer urges Congress to reconsider.
A column argues that modern appliances ease domestic labor and that husbands resisting these advances threaten women's well being. The piece asserts men should modernize homes to relieve wives and condemns those who cling to traditional methods as unkind.
An agricultural column presents folk wisdom on pests and farming practices. It warns against overuse of potassium salts and encourages prudent methods, linking good farming to virtuous character and steady effort by both men and women in rural life.
A nostalgic farm column urges one hour daily in a well kept garden, praises desert agriculture, and commends humane handling of horses. It notes cattle sales by Frank Haley in Routt County, and paints a portrait of a farmer and wife’s busy rural day with humor and practical tips.
The Philadelphia Bulletin suggests a home craft for dandelion wine. Use three quarts of pressed dandelion flowers, four gallons of boiling water, let sit overnight, then boil 15 to 20 minutes with three pounds of sugar and citrus slices. Cool to lukewarm, stir in yeast, bottle, and chill.
A collection of spring dining tips describes a strawberry salad with lemon juice and fruit mayonnaise served on lettuce, plus whipped cream rosettes. It also lists varied vinegar uses from baking and cooking to cleaning, polishing, and fabric care, including a lemony cream sherbet and nut-based snacks for children.
Eric Mikelson, son of Knudt Mikelson, the first merchant of Huxley Iowa, was released after eighteen months of a four year term for safe cracking. The mother, living near Huxley, had pursued a pardon for years and plans for the son's return to Iowa to help care for her. The story notes his upbringing near Huxley and the long family effort behind the pardon.
Thomas W. Lawson author of Frenzied Finance will speak at the fair grounds in Missouri Valley on July 12. In a telegram he asks newspapers to advertise that during his talk he will invite questions from Standard Oil and Systems and warns if he cannot answer them his friends may hang him from the first tree. He is billed as the only speaker in Iowa, drawing thousands from across the state.
Senator D A Young leads a posse to capture Henry White, accused of fatally shooting Chas Lewis in Sandusky without provocation. Police report a gunshot death, coroner notes, and a widespread county alarm via telephone aided the pursuit. White faces trial in Keokuk with potential hanging.
Information from Tama Iowa says a Winnebago Indian drowned in the Lowa river on Tuesday and his body was recovered late last evening. Rumors of foul play circulate among the Indians amid a strong sense of uncertainty about the incident. Indians are usually expert swimmers from youth.
Marengo Iowa June 22 The trial of Erich Von Kutzleben the home stead train wrecking defendant was continued until October as depositions will be taken in Germany Judge Byington granted the motion today
Iowa City June 22 physicians report Rhodes scholar Jacob Vander Zee out of danger after a sharp rally at the University Hospital. He is on the road to recovery but officials do not know when he will be discharged.
A compiled timetable fragment lists daily and occasional trains including Denver Express Omaha Express Fast Mail and Chicago Express. It notes various departure and arrival times such as 11:00 pm 7:00 am 8:00 pm and 2:17 pm along with freight and local passenger services.
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