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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
5
An reflective poem laments the city’s grind and tolling crowds. The speaker longs to escape to quiet woods and meadows by a river, where dreamers live forever and tollers die in a day. The piece contrasts urban bustle with the solace found in nature and childlike wonder.
A former rogue detective recounts a bold pursuit of a rogue life-insurance embezzler. He infiltrates a boardroom, tracks the money, corners the thief in Canada, and negotiates a fate of honest labor, returning the funds minus a fee while securing the embezzler’s pledge to reform.
A compilation of brief notes spans diverse topics from early horseless carriages in Paris to Freemasonry and Mohammedism, insect-damaged cigars explained, a heroic fire rescue in England, Harvard's oldest living graduate Charles Eich, the corset’s Victorian origin, English name etymology, Britons and Britons’ ascent, John Palmer’s baggage check precursor, railroad adoption, and the use of sheep dip against locusts in South Africa.
The Technical World Magazine notes weeds infesting U S land can yield crude drugs. Alice Henkel of the plant industry bureau says roots leaves and flowers of weed species are gathered and cured in Europe to meet foreign demand. Extermination laws exist for plants with medicinal value and uprooted weeds could become income through weed plantations on marginal land.
A compilation of garden and farming notes covers peanuts and how to plant them, dead leaves as fertilizer values, squash vine pest controls, soil restoration with clovers and grasses, and the shift in town farming markets. It cites experts from Pennsylvania College of Agriculture and recent urban dairy trends, noting improved methods and education for growers.
Breeding good stock requires matching strong breeding power with careful lineage. Prefer thoroughbred males, avoid crossbreds, and use the best-fed females to influence offspring sex, noting heredity and vigor effects across generations.
Farmers in the Middle and Eastern States face a challenge to raise the productivity of run down pastures. The article analyzes why pastures have become unprofitable after being cleared of timber and outlines factors limiting land that could be rehabilitated for better forage yields.
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