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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1913
Page
5
Ad copy touts oversized fruit and long rooted plants from a nursery. Mentions Senator Dunlap metaphorically, nationwide reach, and August September crops. Offers 45 per hundred by parcel post with special prices on large orders. Includes quirky brand cues and confusing prose about quantity and handling.
One of the oldest experienced specialists licensed by the State treats all chronic diseases of men women and children with noted honesty thorough examinations and helpful advice. He accepts no incurable cases and claims to cure where others fail offering free face to face consultation if desired.
Mr Gray suffered catarrh and a nasal tumor causing breathing difficulty, weakness, and fainting spells. After consulting three doctors with no relief, he sought Dr Webber, who successfully removed the tumor and treated the lingering catarrh, restoring his health and energy.
E W Knight to become agent at Estherville after thirty years with Rock Island Company. John Kriebs of Estherville dies at eighty three, had lived in Emmet county since 1899. C A Fuller badly hurt in a runaway near Estherville. team frightened drove into a fence post. A Ries John Schultz Hans Bennicksen and Peter Johansen from Ceylon report cement silos superior to woolden silos. Miss Ethel Walker returns from New York via Washington and Europe trip. The Enterprise brags of a shoe ad contract at nine cents an inch, critics call rate cut. Henry Colt visits Estherville for funeral in California. daughter a school principal there. J B Stockdale sees cyclone damage in Omaha. Bemis Park home destroyed but family unharmed.
Tom Meyats, a Chicago peddler, and his horse Baron Saturday perished after a cold Saturday night. Meyats fed the horse throughout the evening, then himself, before both were found dead in the street. A fellow peddler and bystander observed the tragic scene after Baron Saturday grew ill and could not be helped.
The text notes certain mountain dogs resembling bears with massive bones and developed muscles. It describes a sheep dog of the Syrenees with bear-like traits, including a thick coat, large head, tapering nose, small sharp eyes, attentive ears, elongated toes, and a very short or missing tail.
A garbled reminiscence recalls John Bitfotson a doctor famed for overcharging who attended Threl ery during a grave illness in 381k. Thackeray responded with a dedication praising Bitfotson for his care and friendship noting gratitude for watchful skill and kindness during a dire period.
The London Standard notes Norway eases divorce via no fault grounds with a mandatory year of separation. Couples apply to a magistrate who sends them to conciliation. if unresolved a separation order is issued. After one year the Ministry of Justice grants the final divorce at minimal cost.
A German aciantlat recently visiting the United States praised rail service as swift and luxurious, noting excellent furnishings. He quipped that the one drawback is that American wives do not like the upper berths.
Fragmentary OCR mentions De Quincey and three others with occupations unclear. A line cites they are “Hiteites for the Aeld” who “tell not, neither do they optn,” with a writer to the magazines reference and confusion over identities and roles.
A reflective note on happiness across life’s varied paths. The author cites cherished memories as the true carpet of joy, contrasting pleasure and ambition with enduring sentiment from earlier years.
A cryptic courtroom exchange touches on paying money versus taking chances. The judge references the adage pay your money and take your chance, while speakers blur lines between obligation and risk in a brief, unclear dialogue.
A fragmented note quotes Young Jones claiming speed in starting actions. The text references American Luvaberman and a moral twist that helping the evil harms the good, with unclear context and garbled phrasing.
The oat crop worldwide nears four billion bushels annually, with major production in Europe and North America led by the United States. US oats concentrate in the upper Mississippi Valley with Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Nebraska leading. 1912 US output around 420,000,000. Oats yield high protein and ash, more fat than barley, and high crude fiber. Oat straw offers superior protein and fat, valued for feed, bedding, and manure. Oats and oats hay provide palatable, nutritious forage, with sheep thriving on oats and peas for hay or pasture.
The guide from the National Crop Improvement Service cautions on applying fertilizers to oats on very fertile soils and warns that direct top-dressings can cause lodging. It favors rotation with well manured corn, notes rotation alone doesn’t add fertility, and recommends barnyard manure at ten to twenty five loads per acre or equivalent nutrients if manure is unavailable. Commercial fertilizers may be used at sowing or with the grain drill attachment.
A. Moors explains that a well prepared seed bed is essential for oat yields. Disk land once or twice to a mellow three inch surface, and avoid plowing. Many fields currently seed oats with corn stalks still standing and seedbed work done after seeding, which must change to boost production.
A historical note from agricultural guidance explains a simple seed germination test using two plates and a damp pad. Seeds are spread, covered, and kept at 74 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit for six to seven days, then sprouted seeds are counted to judge viability, aiming for at least 95 percent.
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