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Newspaper
Humboldt County Republican
Location
Humboldt, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
2
The Department of Agriculture gains fame for removing the fruit’s puckering. After five years a government expert devised a process using tanks with carbon dioxide for three days. The persimmon becomes sweeter than a Bartlett pear and stores three times longer.
A Toledo Blade quip features Solomon’s wife asking if she is his affinity. The wise ruler replies you are one in a thousand, delivering a pointed joke about partnership in a campaign for better farming.
Advice on stump removal from blasting pine stumps at 18 cents. Classifies ploe g stumps by roots, explains locating the taproot under the stump, and instructs digging a one to two foot opening for detonation near the root to reduce resistance and ease clearing.
An excerpt details drilling a 2 inch taproot bore at 35 to 50 degrees, not through, loading with dynamite charges rated around 46 percent and tamping to surface. The blast is said to remove the stump 20 to 36 inches below ground, with notes on alternative methods and historical fuse data.
Incoherent text fragment references golfers and caddies with many garbled names. No clear event, date, or outcome. Readers should disregard unclear details and await legible follow up for a valid report.
Board of Supervisors of Humboldt County Iowa appoints C W Rewen Frank Owens and J J a competent engineer as commissioners to inspect and classify lands for the drainage district captioned above They will report in writing to the county auditor and determine damages and estimated construction costs The notice is directed to landowners occupants and those with any interest in the described lands signed by County Auditor J G Devine Iowa
Notice to landowners and occupants in Humboldt County Iowa that the Board of Supervisors appoints C W Bowen Albert Hermerson and J L Parson to inspect and classify lands benefitted by the ditch in drainage district 36 Their report assigns expenses damages and costs and is filed with the county auditor at Dakota City Iowa dated the 37th J G Devine County Auditor Humboldt County Iowa
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