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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
5
J E Buck argues alfalfa groats offer the key to state wealth and farm improvement. The piece notes limited virgin lands remain, urges better farm management, and highlights current alfalfa acreage nationwide, with Kansas and Nebraska leading production and core belt states lagging.
Prof. P. G. Holden extols alfalfa for corn belt farming noting high yields over clover, rich protein near bran value, and soil enrichment. A good stand lasts four to six years in humid regions and longer west, with hay suitable for all livestock. He praises promotion of alfalfa as growing two blades where one grows.
Ex-Governor Hoard urges expanding alfalfa cultivation to boost US agriculture. He argues population growth outpaced production, prices rose for meat, and fertile fields, better roads, banks, homes, and citizenship are needed. An acre yields 5280 pounds digestible matter. alfalfa enriches soil while corn depletes it. A nationwide shift to alfalfa could reach 64 million to 100 million acres, improving food supply and national wellbeing.
In a bustling lunchroom Miss Gonnelly and her circle tease Miss Peterson and Miss Hoffman about fashion and romance. Tensions rise as Nell Connelly and Stell Larson clash over Joe and Mame, ending with Peterson defending her stance and Connelly urging a quiet, friendly gathering.
The article discusses a theory that dreams reveal developing diseases as the sleeping mind remains sensitive to bodily changes. Noting historical observers like Survey, it cites examples of dreamt symptoms such as a beesting and subsequent ulcers. It also recounts military anecdotes illustrating discipline and command shifts among officers, implying cognitive awareness beyond waking life.
A copper piece with the slogan Not One Cent For Tribute marks Napoleonic era tensions with France. The 1797 conflict led to near war as France pressured payments. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, on a U S commission, allegedly replied No, Not a Farthing in response to demands.
The article describes waterinnters converting daily bread into dough by steaming and kneading. The dough removes oil and chips from watch components as small as the parts of a watch. The oil is absorbed by the dough and chips cling to it, serving as a unique wiper substance with no safer alternative known.
A nineteenth century note recalls many peaks climbers who attempted Alpine ascents later denounced the sport. Murray's Handbook 1888 warned that those who exceeded advised against attempts. Nearly twenty years later a striking observation notes many climbers who faced the ascent were of unsound mind.
In a child's room Mother asks why Roorie and Rovie make noise as Hugo sits quietly. The piece notes Hugo’s calm presence in the game, with roles of family members described as they interact over rules and playing.
EP told Maud that Jack was simply crazy to marry her and she took sense. Why was that The TU said they had just been married.
Disjointed phrases reference a joke paralyzing someone named Gibbs and a footpad demanding a watch. Vague snippets mention London TieBits and a man’s religion and money, wife fear, and sacred subjects. The text is garbled, with multiple broken names and phrases.
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