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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
6
A brief notice urges readers to describe news content and locate Tribune details in the publication. The item emphasizes the price of $1.00 per year in advance and directs page navigation for summaries.
A detailed guide on preparing soil, selecting tubers, planting methods, weed control, spraying for insects and diseases, and harvesting for maximum potato yield. Emphasizes soil mellowness, moisture, deep plowing, and the use of medium sized seed tubers cut into quarters.
A vivid meditation on a midsummer thunderstorm. The piece contrasts city life with expansive natural scenes to praise nature’s awe inspiring power. Lightning, rain, and wind culminate as the storm floods the countryside then fades leaving renewed skies.
Grandisson the Exeter cathedral tenor bell rang during Whit Sunday when a pin displacement released the clapper weighing about two hundred weight. The clapper fell as the bell swung but a stout floor kept it from entering the ringing chamber where 15 or 16 ringers stood. The bell is the heaviest used for ringing and weighs 72 hundredweight with stock averaging four tons. repairs had halted ringing for a year making the mishap especially unlucky.
The article notes dancing is strenuous with calculations showing fair enthusiasts and partners cover long distances. The average waltz requires about 1300 yards for a turn while mazurka reaches 1050 yards polka near a thousand and pas de quatre about 900. Quadrilles demand 28 000 steps for eight persons equating to over 11 miles from ten at night to five the next morning.
Passengers faced potential starvation as an Alaska to Seattle excursion steamer dislocated its propeller, leaving two boats for aid 300 miles away in Victoria. A former California official tried to steady fears with bravely fatalist words, prompting a consoling quip from a passenger.
The paper mulberry tree yields tapa cloth a natural fabric from inner bark. Strips are scraped beaten and overlapped to form large sheets used as pau wrappers male girdles and kikel mantles. Ancient robes sometimes bleached dyed or printed in checks or squares.
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