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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1926
Page
22
A historical sermon outlines October 31 VEGRON Text-Prog teaching on temperance, warning youths and adults about wine and beer as a menace. It details drunkards’ miseries from bodily pain, poverty, and family ruin to shattered manhood, urging abstinence and warning of the drunkard’s end and loss of salvation.
A sailor clung to a small rock after a shipwreck as the tide rose and fell. After rescue, friends asked if he shook with fear. he replied the rock did not. The tale voices a religious reflection referencing Christ as the rock of ages.
A fragment notes the fisher Matt, identified as 4119, as exhibiting a blend of art and skill rather than mere compensation or force. The line frames fishing work as refined craft rather than violence.
Velvet trims dominate fashion notes with coats featuring cuffs and crepe frocks showing velvet ribbons and appliques. Velvet pockets and navy shoes coordinate with beige or blonde tones, while velveteering borders, tiered skirts, and velvet capes signal this season’s refined cavalier style.
Currants and gooseberries can be readily grown from cuttings with proper care. Some English gooseberry varieties are hard to start, but most other common bush fruit varieties root well, especially in fall and winter. Take current season wood, 6 to 10 inches long, from healthy shoots, and delay cutting until wood is ripe if possible.
New York state agricultural experiment station researchers report most plum varieties need little pruning after initial shaping. They favor thinning thick growth and removing broken or injured branches, showing little difference except broader heads on lightly pruned trees. Size did not delay ripening or harvest.
The article describes stratifying peach pits in winter using layered shallow boxes and wire to deter animals. Pits are subjected to rain and freezing to crack shells, then planted in spring in rows about eight to ten inches apart.
The notes advise using better equipment to boost efficiency and studying market conditions to raise income. It highlights cyanide use to eradicate groundhogs and stresses well rotted manure as the best garden fertilizer. Emphasizes standardization to cut marketing costs and notes fallowing improves moisture retention and spring soil condition.
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