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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1926
Page
19
A 19th century sermon outlines temperance lessons from Proverbs 23 and 1 Corinthians 6 detailing how wine and beer temptations ruin conscience, lead to poverty, illness, and poverty, and end in ruin. It describes the drunkard's internal struggle, social fallout, and a warning of eternal consequences.
A sailor cast ashore on a small rock in a shipwreck ordeal clung to safety as the tide fell. After rescue, friends asked if he feared, and he admitted the rock endured the danger while he did not. The passage cites Christ as the Rock of Ages.
A terse quotation contrasts art and skill with force and violence, citing a line from Trench about following a vocation as a work of art rather than aggression. The fragment frames a theme of craftsmanship over coercive power attributed to a biblical reference.
Fashion notes celebrate velvet trims and cuff details on coats and frocks. Text highlights beige and blonde shades, navy shoes, and velvet ribbons with ombre effects, detailing velvet pockets, cavalier cuffs, and cape collars as key style elements seen in crepe and velvet garments.
Currants and many gooseberry varieties propagate easily from fall cuttings with proper care. Black currants root best, while English gooseberries are harder. Perfection, Wilder, London Market, White grape currants and Downing, Oregon Champion, Poor Man gooseberries root well. Use only this season’s shoots, 6 to 10 inches long, taken when wood is ripe, store ready to plant in fall for vigorous plants by spring.
The New York state agricultural experiment station reports minimal pruning works best for most plum varieties. Only thinning, removal of broken branches, and shaping are advised. little pruning yields larger, broader yet symmetrical heads without delaying fruit maturity or harvest.
The article describes stratifying peach pits during fall or winter by layering pits and sand in shallow boxes, covering with wire to deter animals, and exposing them to rain and freezing to crack shells. In spring the pits are planted in rows about eight to ten inches apart.
Farmers advised to study market conditions to boost income while noting labor as the largest crop expense. Cyanide is mentioned for groundhog control and well rotted manure praised as top garden fertilizer. A lack of standardization in farm products raises marketing costs for the modern farmer.
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