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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1906
Page
3
A Boston writer recollects his Q year old son in a private Hub school. A teacher quotes there is no such word as fail. The boy rises to remark that if true the omission should be reported to lexicon publishers.
Advice on staking vines with leather strips to prevent wind damage and on transplanting perennials to beds. Tips cover watering, soil cling, propagating ferns, and keeping chrysanthemums vigorous. Includes pest notes on black beetle control and fruit diseases like late blight and Macrosporium tomato.
A Rural New Yorker correspondence notes that average growers should harvest and improve profits from Dwarf Duchess pears with careful fertilizing and severe pruning after several years. Many attempts to graft to Bartlett or Kieffer have failed. only two successes observed among about twenty grafts, suggesting to keep the dwarf trees and manage them well.
Observations show general health and firm fruit attachment in sprayed vines versus loose, fallen, or soft fruit in unsprayed rows. At final picking, green and ripe fruits from unsprayed plots detach easily while sprayed vines yield firmly attached fruit. Sixty seven tomato varieties showed varying disease. leaf blight Septoria lcopersica caused yield declines, with large potato-leaved types faring better than small fine-leaved varieties.
Hon. A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois quotes observations on small fruit farming. A Winnebago County couple on twelve acres shift to fruit growing, yielding more per acre than many 80 acre farms. An unnamed acquaintance on a one acre fruit farm earns substantial profits and spends summers farming, then travels to Florida in winter.
In his report the secretary of the jury of awards at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition notes the ultimate aim of swine husbandry is best production and financial benefit for farmers. He warns against breeding for mere looks or inconsequential traits that do not improve the meat, market quality, or value to the packer.
A guide warns farmers to thoroughly clean hidden corners of milk pails and vessels to remove deposits that harbor tub and yeast-like organisms. Cleanliness prevents continued souring even after scalding. Guidance on starting alfalfa suggests trial plots to identify best fertilizer lime and seeding methods within one season.
An official recalls a Washington department scare story where an elderly clerk attacked a chair with a poker over a castor missing its leg. The punch line: the department repairs not broken legs but castors, so the incident was a comic misunderstanding.
A collection of testimonial notes praising Peruna as an effective cold remedy and tonic for weak health. Included are names and places such as W. Hy. Kelbaugh of Virginia and Mrs. Clara Wlitterst of Scofield Indiana, plus promotional blurbs for Allen's Foot-Ease claiming to ease foot discomfort and promote comfortable footwear.
A fragment quotes disappointment with modern goods and their quality, noting widespread dissatisfaction with items purchased and the perceived decline in standards. The brief reflects a social gripe about consumer culture and value.
The notice announces the Twenty third Annual Excursion via Nickel Plate Road on August 20 with stop-overs at Chautauqua Lake and side trips to Thousand Islands Toronto and Montreal. Details and agent contact C A Mel n T P AL Ft Wayne Ind.
An Illinois resident credits Postum with ending lifelong indigestion caused by coffee. After thirty years of coffee use the man reports stomach irritation and nervousness, noting immediate improvement after switching. He says he feels well now and gives Postum credit. Battle Creek, Michigan. Read book The Road to Wellville.
Dr. Escherich of Strasburg University rebuts the ant praise in Solomon as a model of wisdom and industry. He argues ants embody cleanliness, use natural tools, and maintain self-care and social hygiene, though he notes this arises from their nature rather than human-like intelligence.
A brief note describes a recurring scene where a boy named Gpendthrift and his father engage in a constant seesaw game. The benign domestic vignette highlights routine play and parental involvement.
A humorous exchange contrasts an old man and a young man as they joke about a “model farm” run by riding over it in a car and hiring experts to do the work, reflecting satire of modern efficiency.
A parent recalls a year and a half of suffering as a child’s facial and body sores worsened despite doctors treatment. After using Cutbury Soap and Ointment for about two months the sores disappeared and the child recovered, with the parent praising the remedies as lifesaving.
Two diners in a New York restaurant discuss a bill item labeled green bluefish. The waiter and a woman exchange puzzled remarks about the dish, with the waiter attempting to clarify amid humorous misreadings.
A garbled page fragment references a citizen of Olympia and multiple names, plus an assortment of travel notices and remedies. It mentions the G A R National Encampment in Minneapolis with Sickel Plate Road rates, and items about Teething remedies and a mock dialogue.
Fragmentary notice describes monthly pains from abdomen to groin and thighs linked to health concerns. Mentions a Mrs. Piresham of Pontot, Mississippi, offering advice through correspondence and urging women to seek remedies and medical guidance. The text is damaged with many garbled phrases and misspellings.
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