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Newspaper
Kokomo Journal
Location
Kokomo, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1870
Page
4
L J Templin editor notes Hokoms Nursery offers trees shrubs and plants for sale. The article surveys grasses including Timothy Red Top White Top Upright Bent and Bluestem noting growth, soil, yields and seed values. It praises orchard grass for shade tolerance and high hay production.
The article argues for thorough under draining across slopes with main cross drains, noting improved soil workability and earlier plowing. It cites costs of 20 to 30 per acre, claims higher yields, and references English experience where draining reduced insect damage and doubled crops, per Clark S. Boggs.
An old horticultural note explains stones placed around peach trees and grapevines absorb daytime heat and release warmth at night. This warming effect helps roots, promotes earlier ripening, and may improve fruit production as stones slowly decompose to feed the roots.
The passage argues farmers can save by feeding hogs generously from four weeks old to slaughter, keeping them on slups and sowrmith through summer and waiting to feed grain until fall. It claims investing in daily feed while corn costs 91,200 bushels at twelve cents per pound is economical.
The Indianapolis Journal declares its ties to the Republican party and President Grant’s policies. It promises broader resources, impartial editorials, world news via rapid telegraph reports, and a weekly edition designed for readers who want a once weekly newspaper.
The notice lists candidates for Secretary of State through Surveyor, plus county offices, with W. R. B. Kistler as senator nominee and M. Kirkpatrick as representative. It also proclaims the New York One Price Store opened in the Mammoth Store Room, Kokomo, offering men and boys clothing, dry goods, and shoes at fixed low prices, inviting public patronage. A soda fountain for sale is advertised with contact details.
The Sentinel owner pledges a prompt varied and intelligent weekly paper in crisis times. It will advocate Democratic principles, seek nationwide unity, and support constitutional rights while reducing taxation. Subscribers in counties are urged to form clubs with incentives including free copies for organizers and larger clubs.
The piece touts The Western Monthly as a leading western magazine with steel portraits and biographies of prominent Western figures. It lists contributors and notes seed offerings from B. M. Watson’s Old Colony Nurseries and Seed Warehouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with prices and prepaid mail orders.
A widower in Muskingum County and his two sons married three sisters. Each sister has children with her respective husband. The children are thus first cousins once removed to each other through the blended families.
The judge declares the needle secured by a patented self adjusting device requiring no skill or experience to set. The Boston bank holds over one million dollars in gold.
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