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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
8
An essay argues front yards extend public spaces and should harmonize with house style and surrounding grounds. It likens yard planting to public attire, urging lasting foliage over conspicuous flowering shrubs to maintain year round harmony and reflect occupants.
Dr. Max O. Starkloff health commissioner of St. Louis says paint saves lives. He cites a lying-in hospital where painting floors ceilings and walls correlated with a dramatic drop in puerperal fever cases. The New York health department uses painted rooms for sterilization and tests show painted surfaces hinder germ growth.
The article urges pursuit of an ideal home and community living. It argues the ideal is achievable, worth striving for, and essential to progress in home making and community building.
The piece argues that parents who save to own a home gain confidence for a happy old age while non savers risk dependence. It links thrift honesty and self discipline learned from family life to long term financial security.
The Anniston Star urges a wholesale elimination of rats as a blessing, arguing they menace every town and home, cause damage, and serve no useful purpose. The piece portrays rats as a universal health and property threat demanding action.
The adage says every dollar spent for paint saves five to one hundred dollars on future repairs or depreciation. Proper coating extends a frame dwelling’s life across generations and significantly reduces maintenance and renewal costs.
The Postmaster General’s Washington report shows 104 villages received mall carrier service and 164 towns gained city service in one year. The findings indicate steady growth of small communities across the country.
A pithy note warns that welcoming a stranger with a loud knock unfairly taints both the visitor and the town, suggesting first impressions shape opinions more than the place itself.
A tall, handsome woman narrowly avoids a street scene as a playful urchin with a large green apple asks her to "start this for me." The boy, missing several front teeth, struggles to take a bite, prompting a humorous exchange in the bustling lower East Side.
Disease like leaf-roll mosaic and spindle-tuber caused New Jersey potato growers to lose about 1 million dollars last year. Experts urge planting certified disease-free seed from rogued fields to boost yields and stay competitive, noting 700 acres certified as relatively free from disease. Central Jersey dealers back certified seed to improve quality and profits.
January 1, 1925 estimates by Verne H. Church and L. Whitney Watkins indicate more milk cows and sheep on Michigan farms than in 1924, with fewer horses, swine, and other cattle. Total on farm livestock value is about 146.388 million dollars, up roughly 4.5 million from last year.
Legumes such as clovers alfalfa beans and peas enrich soil by drawing nitrogen from the air and storing it in the soil for later crops. This requires inoculation with bacteria forming nodules on roots, with different legumes needing different bacteria. Inoculation of seed or soil is usually necessary the first time a legume is grown, with exceptions like alfalfa after sweet clover.
Winter brings seed catalogues and crop notes. The chestnut blight damages fencing posts while black locust plantations are proposed. Emphasis on calf growth, care now for future value, use of pyrotol for land clearing, and preparation for corn planting. Seed quality and ear tests urged. sweet clover sowing planned in spring. wheat stubble disking preferred. Perennial White Blossom seeding rates depend on hard seed at 10 to 15 pounds.
The article urges supporting children's games to boost energy and strength rather than restricting them, emphasizing playful activity as beneficial for health and morale.
A college professor reports that intense work shortens life, suggesting heavy labor or study may affect longevity. The Boston Transcript notes the paradox of rising life expectancy despite demanding routines and stresses the need for balance.
The San Jose scale, first found near San Jose in 1880, spread across the United States and caused major losses to fruit growers. Experts credit lime-sulphur wash as an effective control, noting the pest’s rapid reproduction and need for annual dormant sprays.
The text argues pruning vigorous trees slows growth and delays bearing. Unpruned trees reach bearing size with dense, unbalanced branches and fruit toward branch tips. Light pruning directs growth without materially delaying bearing and improves wood distribution and balance. Thinning-out delays bearing slightly while heading-back accelerates it.
A post match dance featured a balloon kicking competition where guests tried to knock a balloon through goal posts while dancing, creating a playful crowd activity following the game.
A reflective note on enriching old ideas by narrowing and refining them. It advocates adding novelty to the familiar, turning diffuse concepts into concise, useful forms through thoughtful improvement.
In a playful aside the Philadelphia North American critiques how waists wobble and bend with daily motion, framing the idea as a lighthearted take on human form and fashion. The writer hints at waistline changes as a social barometer and a source of humor.
The executive mansion was the first public building erected in Washington on a site personally selected by George Washington.
Uncle Eben remarks that riling a man a little demonstrates he is paying attention to what you say. The cartoonier quip suggests blunt speech can provoke engagement and discussion.
The Duluth Herald notes a paradox where the cloud’s silver lining is visible only from a distance, suggesting perspective shifts alter judgment and optimism.
A reflection on coinage notes that only a few will have their faces minted while many are satisfied merely to possess the coins themselves. The commentary contrasts ambition with simple ownership in currency.
Iceland has about twenty newspapers serving a population around 100000. The figure highlights a dense media landscape with diverse local and national outlets across the country.
Care of Strawberries advises keeping plants clean all summer and removing runners every two to three weeks. Single crowns produce better berries, and farmers may allow one or two rows to form runners in late spring and summer to increase plantings.
The article urges every farm to maintain an orchard for family use and to prune and clean up trees. It advises consulting the county agent for suitable varieties and cautions that fruit farming requires ongoing care beyond planting. Moderate pruning yields better fruit protection than heavy cuts.
The title Father Violet was given to Napoleon Bonaparte during his Elba exile in 1814 15. Rumor spread that a corporal or Father Violet would return with the violeta in spring and the flower became a badge of his followers now a symbol of French imperialists.
A brief reflective note discusses weighing troubles against life’s sweetness and goodness. It suggests value comes with a price and disenchantments temper appreciation, offering a measured, philosophical musing.
The Elizabethan literary age is traced to Edmund Spenser who published The Shepherds Calendar in 1579 as a twelve part pastoral poem and laid the groundwork for The Faerie Queene later.
Antonio Pollalulolo, a celebrated Italian painter and sculptor born in Florence in 1429 and died in Rome in 1498, said to be the first artist with practical anatomy knowledge from dissection.
Robert Jenkins, a British mariner, claimed Spaniards seized and tortured him, leading to political uproar and war tensions between England and Spain in 1789. The incident catalyzed a dispute over national honor and maritime conduct between the two powers.
A note on the shortest English poem titled The Origin of Microbes reads Adam had 'em. It appears in Pathfinder Magazine as a succinct wordplay example.
The artificial silk known as viscose was chiefly produced in the United States and was first prepared in 1802 by Cross, Bevan and Borde of London.
The article cites Lecky on ancient Rome noting the family rested on the absolute authority of the husband with power over wife and children. It implies modern wives should be thankful for reduced patriarchal control compared to 2000 years ago.
An overview of score types in music describing full score instrumental short score vocal score and piano score with each voice or part outlined. It notes that a full score contains all parts while other scores simplify or compress parts for practical playing.
The article notes apples as a strong iron source in the diet while acknowledging raisins grapes plums and prunes also supply iron. It claims apples carry a high iron content amounting to 891 per cent of tron in its makeup.
The piece notes cremation rising as a burial custom, once prejudiced, now common in larger cities. It states human ashes weigh about two pounds and a container roughly the size of a two quart measure is needed to preserve the remains.
A reflective line by Alfred Mercier extols prayer for insight today seen with tomorrow’s eyes, hinting at wisdom from eastern traditions. It frames foresight as a cherished gift aligned with ongoing contemplation.
A reflection on striving for lofty aims without corrupting virtue. The idea that pursuing greatness should not entail sinning against one’s soul or ethics, echoing a philosophical warning about means and ends.
Mesquite trees form expansive root systems, earning the nickname underground forests for their widespread underground growth and resilience.
A historical note states that China’s vast population is approximately equal to the total population of the entire British empire.
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