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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1919
Page
13
A fragmentary excerpt recalls early rules of civility from 1675, noting strict conduct expectations and social penalties. The text mocks formal behavior, describing dainty gestures and the admonition against acts like snoring, sweating, and loud laughter during discourse.
Readable fragments mention a town and possible youth activity with a Mastis term. No clear event, dates, places, or persons present. Summary captures uncertainty and highlights damaged nature of the source.
United States Department of Agriculture urges careful grading and ventilation in shipping new potatoes. Load barrels on end for less breakage, use double‑headed ventilated barrels, and protect skins to prevent decay. Sacks offer less protection and ventilation. proper stacking and labeling improves market return.
The piece advises using spring traps on exposed perches to catch chicken hawks while noting a gun in skilled hands as an effective exterminator. It mentions using dogs, guinea fowl, and turkeys to deter hawks and places traps where other birds are unlikely to be harmed.
Idle birds often develop bad habits such as feather pulling and egg eating when feed gaps are long. Some poultrymen feed twice daily while others feed three times if confined. in summer free range allows two daily feeds. If three feeds are hard, moistened mash in the morning with scattered grain at noon can keep birds occupied.
Pruning grapes should remove old fruiting canes that bore fruit once and avoid leaving all new wood. It is best to cut away old fruiting canes near the start of the new cane and remove the internal growth on the new cane to encourage proper development and more clusters.
Farm machinery costs have risen 40 to 100 percent in two years and keep climbing. Protect your equipment with shelter now. We offer posts, poles, labor for two men, and materials to build a machinery shell that will outlast exposure and prevent rot. Protect your investment and reduce overhaul needs with a sturdy shed.
In interfall cleaning, remove weeds and rubbish under trees, leave soil clean and until slightly beyond branch spread. Mound around the trunk lightly, scatter poisoned baits along runways and entrances to burrows, mole runs, and trash piles to deter mice.
Article urges orchardists to reduce pests through fertilization cultivation pruning and careful operations. Emphasizes the value of integrated practice for healthier orchards and progressive growers.
A dialogue mocks postwar plans for aviation and air conveyance across the Atlantic. A Yonkers Statesman figure jokes about government schemes to mobilize public money for flying machines, while others tease unsteady talk about dirgibles and war lightness in casual street chatter.
A quotation from a discussion on cleverness notes that the subject can influence how others perceive him. The speaker asserts a talent for shaping opinion, leaving the underlying truth about intellect unconfirmed.
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