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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
8
The article warns of widespread brown tail moth damage with eggs hatched midsummer and caterpillars defoliating trees. It urges winter removal of webs using pruning shears and burning, and describes a cotton-tipped torch method as effective. It also includes poultry housing ideas and notes on cooked versus uncooked stock feed and humane hog handling tips.
The Fijians are tall and muscular with velvet skin from cocoonst off. Visitors note varied hair styles among men and women including a whitewashed pate and electrified locks. Natives plaster hair with coral paste, hardening it to red and yellow shades against dark skin.
A brief, unclear fragment notes a person named Mohammed with scant food and water for a day of bardic activity. The text mentions abstemions, dates, and a small mouthful of water as sustenance. No further context or details are available.
An 19th century agricultural summary describes a rear-entry poultry house design for dark interiors and farm efficiency. It advocates sowing cowpeas to enrich soil after harvest, notes seed scarcity, and suggests white beans as a substitute. It reports Angora goats as effective for clearing brush in northern Michigan, improving land for cultivation or grazing, surpassing sheep or cattle. It concludes with methods to cover silage to prevent spoilage.
American Consul General Yokohama report details arable land use in Japan with 15.7 percent cultivated and most farms under two acres. It notes farm families supplement income through silk or spinning and sometimes multiple crops per year. It also estimates pounds of pork per acre for clover, peas, corn, oats, barley, and wheat with corresponding crop values.
A Detroit Catholic institution cites a letter to Dr. Hartman from Sisters of Charity praising Peruna for a young girl with laryngitis and loss of voice. The note claims relief and recovery and requests a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co. in Columbus Ohio.
The joke riffs on a minister being given ten reasons to skip church and the punchline that his white skin doesn’t compel him to go. A Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoon caption contrasts a merchant and salesman over a faulty typewriter and misspellings.
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