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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
2
Press dispatches quote Col. W. M. Palmer on enrolled bills showing increases in enacted measures from 1,962 in the Fifty Sixth Congress to 9,711 in the Sixtieth. Critics warn the surge burdens lawmakers and may include excessive private legislation that harms general laws and pension claimants.
The Atlanta Missouri case shows the government revoking a rural route when residents neglect road maintenance. The letter argues communities must invest in roads to keep mail service, praising rural carriers as drivers of better infrastructure. It also cautions cautious steps on typhoid inoculation for schoolchildren due to past vaccine risks.
Freight steamers operating with railroad links will begin two weeks earlier than last season signaling renewed business. Iron movement is also expected to pick up soon, reducing idle tonnage during peak vessel activity months.
Winnipeg reports a 4 000 miner strike seen as more serious than Pitts ton 400 anthracite workers who quit and surfaced. The piece notes limited US impact since western Canada coal is not broadly used here. Also cites Dr Ferrero of Boston denying Horace ode motives and likening him to a wine agent.
Fragmentary text notes the flag being hauled down in Cuba and reflects on implications for friendship and national memory. Mentions theater and actors in a distant, decayed context with unclear dates or names.
In Pass City the Blue Wing hosts a chaotic attempted lasza parody led by Roaring Andy Garr and John Heffren. A mock matrimonial ploy to woo widow Mrs Major collapses into a farcical brawl with table wreckage and a dramatic escape as she berates the would‑be groom.
An article outlines a grape cultivation plan using a renewal system with one year vines in nursery rows, heavy fertilization with wood ashes and hen manure, and frequent cultivation. It describes two canes in the first year, spring root pruning, training to a wire, and fruiting of one to three bunches to test variety fidelity, then propagating two new canes for larger yields in year two and three. Figures 1 and 2 reference Moore's Diamond and McPike as examples from 1908.
Instructions describe shaping a mall from a round white oak post 6 or 8 inches in diameter and 4 or 6 feet long. Saw around 16 inches from the end to leave a 214 inch center for a handle, then hew the handle with ax or hatchet to complete the mall.
A Rural New Yorker writer advocates roadside apple orchards noting ground along highways is fertile and underutilized. He argues mulch systems yield good growth with minimal expense, warns spacing to avoid shading and drift, and cites long family experience of profitable roadside plantings in central New York.
Asparagus follows rhubarb in emerging with warm weather. Harvest shoots at 6 to 10 inches, cut into half inch pieces to cook like peas. Roots 100 to 200 per family. Set roots eight inches deep, plant one foot apart, fill furrows as growth occurs, and weed regularly. Harrow and manure fields each year in fall and spring. Wait two to three years before first harvest. burn dead grass each fall.
An illustrated feature promotes a plain wire stretching tool usable on any farm. It also discusses fertilizing orchards, noting soil exhaustion without replacement and the benefits of well fertilized fruit. Potash and phosphoric acid prove most needed while nitrogenous manures may hinder maturity. Mineral fertilizers suit trees and yield large returns. It cites medical students studying at German universities this winter.
Guide to building a flat hotbed 6 by 16 feet with one foot of packed manure and four inches extra under a frame. Use well rotted leaf mold seven inches deep, cover with straw eight to ten inches, and a sloped wooden cover to shed water. Prepare about one month before mid May planting.
The piece urges careful color choices for exterior and interior painting to maximize curb appeal and resale value. It promotes consulting color scheme books from National Lead Company and requesting Houseowner's Painting Outfit No 49, which includes specs and a paint purity tester. It highlights Dutch Boy as a weather‑tested white lead trademark.
The fifth annual meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will convene in Washington DC at the New Willard hotel on May 13 14 and 16. The organization boasts almost 2000 members across the United States and abroad with honorary vice presidents Ex President Roosevelt and Dr William Osler. The roster includes President Dr Vincent Y Bowditch Boston Vice Presidents Homer Folky New York Dr Charles B Minor Asheville Gen George M Sternberg Treasurer Dr Henry Barton Jacobs Baltimore Secretary Dr Livingston Farrand New York Executive Secretary.
A humorous dialogue explores how national demonyms form. A father and son joke about Poles and Hollands, asking why a man from Holland isn’t called a Hole, highlighting playful language and etymology.
A Pennsylvania teacher in a primary school asks pupils to write excuses for not inviting her to an imaginary party. One girl’s letter explains she postponed, mistook a doctor at the gate, and learned the doctor was courting the teacher’s sister, revealing a comic mix up.
A prominent Georgia physician recounts his health slump and how Grape-Nuts aided recovery. He notes rapid strength and weight gain, improved digestion, and renewed ability to work. He urges others to consider the food and points readers to The Road to Wellville booklet.
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