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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
5
The article discusses establishing strawberry beds early, choosing old established varieties like Marshall Glen Mary and Gandy, and soils and exposure for best yields. It also covers mouse protection with wire screening or tarred paper, and spring removal of tar to prevent scalding.
A contrivance formed from several two inch wide boards tied with wire is wrapped around the trunk to secure the tree and a wire anchor attaches it.
If young trees were mulchhed last fall and not protected from mice and rabbits, many may be ruined when you visit the orchard. Mulch is a good but inadequate guard, the farmer warns.
Two testimonials from American women describe relief from organic displacement backache and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Ep Ferron of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin reports improved health after standing long periods. Mrs Apr LAWs30oNn of Providence Rhode Island says she is thoroughly healthier and works full time since taking the remedy.
For a summer supply sink an old tub or hogshead ten inches deep near a water source. Half fill with good soil, plant rooted water-cress, and fill with water. Add umbrella plants around for beauty and utility, and iris around the outside to keep the flowers moist from the overflow.
Market gardeners find potatoes profitable in crop lists and stress keeping seed tubers dormant. Cellars with furnaces are unsuitable. store in a cool, dry, well ventilated, frostproof room.
Farmers favor alfalfa as the best crop to redeem degraded land. The note suggests good bedding saves liquid manure and hints at upcoming old fashioned roads with the approaching spring season.
A station platform worker explains how a nearby scale lures passengers to weigh themselves and insert pennies. He notes regulars pause after ferry arrivals, watch the scale face, and contribute coins as the pointer moves, boosting revenue and prompting talk of a lean scale to reveal true weight.
Superintendent Mrs. Elia Flagg Young suggests eliminating Gothic type and German script in Chicago public schools. She argues Roman type and English script are easier on the eyes and that students learning both scripts often become poor penmen in both languages.
A London Chronicle reminiscence explains eighteenth century dancing etiquette. The minuet defined aristocratic polish with details like shoulder lappets and two pairs of gloves, signaling a dancer’s ballroom standing and willingness to impress.
A brief exchange recounts a fisherman admitting he once told a friend about his fishing hole on the friend’s deathbed. The tale centers on trust and memory between two men.
Wyld He couldn't run away.
New Norwegian liquor laws shift retail spirits licenses to municipal control with a 5 percent cap on annual returns. Profits fund public interests and pensions, while state share rises to 65 percent and sobriety has risen 45 percent over 50 years. The system aims to remove private profit, ensure quality, reduce licenses, ease enforcement, and curb the spirit trade.
A speaker denounces alcohol as a financial and social blight. He argues liquor taxes fall on every taxpayer and that removing the liquor trade would slash government costs by over twenty-five percent, saving vast sums for local, state, and national budgets. He labels alcohol as a monster iniquity responsible for homelessness crime and violence.
The official organ of the National Liquor League and Bonfort’s argue that Georgia’s decision signals a bleak outlook for liquor business nationwide. They warn prohibition advances like a prairie fire, and say five years ago united action might have slowed it, but now it is too late.
The piece cites judges physicians and statesmen arguing that drink causes pauperism crime and illness, comparing strong drink’s effects to war famine and pestilence, and warning that indulgence widens the mouth of the grave. It frames alcohol as a societal scourge backed by expert authority.
At Newport High School, charges of liquor drinking by students led to the expulsion of a female student after whiskey was brought into the school by boys.
A brief note emphasizes abstinence from alcohol, arguing even small indulgences undermine serious character and health.
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