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Grand Rapids Tribune

Location

Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1909

Page

3

Wisconsin Wet and Dry Territory Report Summary

Wisconsin counties report 823 wet places and 704 dry places with 1 888 towns listed. 1 648 total communities in the state have data. Wet population near 1.645 million. dry territory about 208 790 people. licenses yield around $2 000 125 annually. The report draws on county and city clerks, noting several towns with no license applications and some dry by vote.

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How to Build a Brick Cistern Underground

Instructions describe digging a circular cistern ten to fifteen feet deep and six to eight feet wide, with dry site selection and smooth sides. Details cover bricklaying two foot foundation, arch formation, top two feet below ground, inlet and outlet pipes, cement mortar, two cement coats, and final whitewash finish.

Fred Sibley Cireur

Making Ax Handle Secure In Farm Notes Advice

Farmers learn to secure loose ax heads by driving a spike into the handle as shown, plus fall garden tips on seed potatoes beets manure cabbage and harvesting. notes urge choosing productive seed potatoes and proper storage.

Hayes

Method of Pulling Stumps From Orchards by Mills

A handy device shown in the illustration enables pulling peach stumps from old orchards. It can pull 200 or more stumps per day, with limbs cut off and stumps left as long as possible.

Charles J. Mills

How to Pull a Stump with a Rope and Pulley

A setup uses a single pulley attached to the stump and an anchor rope fastened to a lower stump. Two horses pull steadily toward the anchor, allowing a smooth extraction as if pulling a loaded wagon, using about 60 feet of one inch rope costing 52.40 and a pulley priced at 1.75, total 4.15.

Alfalfa Adapts Across Climates and Soils

Coburns Book on Alfalfa cites remarkable adaptability with yields in diverse regions. It thrives with rainfall from 14 to 65 inches, flourishes from sea level to 8,000 feet, and offers up to ten to twelve tons per year from nine harvests. The crop improves soil fertility through nitrogen buildup and soil restoration across cotton, corn, and desert lands.

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Trellis Will Stand Alone for Garden Use

A garden trellis provides a handy plant support as shown in illustrations. The double form folds up compactly and stores under cover between seasons. Trellises and stakes should be gathered after harvest and kept ready for next year, useful for tomatoes beans peas cucumbers and similar crops.

Costly distribution cited as reason for high food prices

The Baltimore American argues city consumers pay high prices due to distribution costs not farmer inefficiency. It cites milk and produce as examples, noting tomatoes sold by producers for 75 cents a crate reach consumers at 1.75, cabbage 25 to 50 cents to 1.35. It urges broad reform and promotes even manure distribution using a spreader for value and efficiency.

Baltimore American

Eating for Strength in Quaker Oats Advertising

The piece extols Quaker Oats as a strength boosting, pure food that builds muscles and brain without taxing digestion. It highlights affordability and careful packing, noting regular and large family packages for those far from stores. A healthy family is linked to regular Quaker Oats consumption.

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War in the Afghan frontier tale and old legal notices

A Dr. T. L. Pennell excerpt recounts a British officer asking an Afghan how his people would side in a Russia England war. The Afghan elder replies he would wait to see who loses then loot the defeated, illustrating a satirical view of frontier attitudes. The passage then shifts to a Toledo court oath, a patent medicine advert, and a Success Magazine anecdote about a boy biting his thumb as a death by own action.

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