27 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1930
Page
1
A 1936 Bell Syndicate column mixes humorous vignettes about New York life. It recalls a doctor’s cure via sea voyage, rooftop neighborhoods with lavish details, a revenue focused apartment city, a misadventure with costly cigarettes, and a rainy day umbrella encounter in Grand Central, ending with a witty jab at a commuter.
Mrs Amos C Dyer of Newcastle set a record by changing names three times in three hours. She first appeared as Mrs Mildred Kissick and obtained a divorce from Simon M Kissick, then had restoration of her maiden name Haynes, and finally married Amos C Dyer.
Budapest issues all laws and decrees in the name of the holy Hungarian crown replacing the former phrase in the name of the Hungarian people in effect since postwar removal of the Habsburg king. The change signals a new legal standard for government proclamations nationwide.
John D. Rockefeller joined as a tenderfoot Boy Scout after a church address by twelve year old William McGee of Lakewood on Scout aims. McGee spoke for the $150,000 fund drive for the scouts in Ocean and Monmouth counties and introduced the financier to the congregation before the ceremony.
Police crept to the bandit Claude Allen's home for days and locked a gun battle that killed him as his wife Edna and son John watched from a bedroom. Police say loot worth hundreds tied the gang to Michigan robberies. Edna Allen and her child were kept prisoner. She described their pull from Tennessee and the couple’s failed attempt at a better life before the raid. Edna is held at Beech House refugee home while Tennessee relatives arrange her return.
England announces completion of plans for the B-102 giant dirigible to be larger and faster than prior airships. Destined for transatlantic service, it will blend features of the R-100 and R-101 with new tech using shale oil semi-Diesel engines. Construction may begin before year’s end.
Guests at a major Paris hotel can hire its new plane service at nine francs per kilometer. Le Bourget hangars host the fleet, with planes available for anywhere travel and can be kept at guests disposal for any length of time.
The old French Market in New Orleans marks two centuries as a food hub with a storied past. Historians note its continuous history since the 1800s, serving gumbo, shrimp, crawfish, and tropical fruits. The Louisiana Historical Society plans a commemorative event as the market faces destruction for a sanitary modern replacement, though devotees insist it will remain the old French Market.
A six year old girl Marion Carlin died after pushing her four year old sister Peggy aside to save her from a track driven by Mellor Griffith of Manayunk at Twenty seventh and Gerard avenue in Philadelphia. The younger girl was bruised but survived. Griffith was arrested awaiting coroner action.
St Louis high school students stumped elders in a history contest. They revealed founder Pierre Laclede Liguest’s real name, not Pierre Laclede. Another student proposed consolidating St Louis and St Louis County, a plan baffling city and county administrators. Judges were unanimous in the students’ victory.
Mrs. Ida Fulton fifty one of Portland meets her father John Turnage seventy eight of Carbon dele NL Turnage for the first time after they had been separated before her birth. The reunion followed Fulton locating Turnage about six years ago by writing to friends in Williamson county Illinois and exchanging photographs. They met face to face recently.
Cornell expert W B Blauvelt advises treating rosy aphis with full coverage, spraying from multiple angles and both ground and elevated positions. Effective control demands liberal spray use, especially on mature trees, with wind shifts used to reach hidden surfaces when needed. growers tailor practice to local aphid pressure and service guidance.
Parker O Anderson of the University of Minnesota warns that improper pruning and wound treatment can stunt later growth and invite diseases. He advises painting wounds after limb removal, using shellac for small cuts and shellac plus tar or lead paint for larger ones, with gum shellac dissolved in alcohol as the proper preparation.
Brown rot of peaches is controlled by dry mix sulphur lime spray or sulphur dust. Apply as soon as the brooms have fallen and husks shed, then a second spray two to three weeks later, and a third about three weeks before harvest. Dry mix uses six pounds fine sulphur, three pounds hydrated lime, two ounces calcium caseinate spreader, diluted in 50 gallons of water. Lead arsenate may be used in first two applications at 1% pounds per 30 gallons to control curculio.
The text advises placing currants and gooseberries in partial shade on a northern slope or along a shaded home garden area. Prepare soil well in advance, work in large quantities of barnyard or poultry manure, and till deeply with dish, drag, and harrow to create a firm mellow bed.
The United States Department of Agriculture warns shade trees suffer from soil gas. Experiments suggest gassed trees can be saved if exposure is limited by forcing air under pressure through a nozzle into the ground around the tree to displace the gas, and by stopping the leak.
Extension entomologist C B Brannon notes calcium arsenate as the most economical and effective poison for the Colorado potato beetle, usable as dust or spray. Applications should start with first beetle appearance and continue as they recur, with careful coverage to avoid waste.
Discussion centers on very highly concentrated fertilizer blends and their economics. Some products have circulated for years with limited overseas shipments. Higher production costs offset freight savings unless transport costs are high. Belgian farms used 45 to 48 percent phosphate blends long ago. Potassium nitrate has served as fertilizer for 75 years. Basic ammonium phosphate patents expire this year.
Flea beetles on potato tops are a common pest with about a dozen species. Burdeaus mist is not effective to control current swarms. Poison is needed, one and a half pounds of powdered lead arsenate to 30 gallons of Bordeaux mixture. Dusting with poison mixed into dry lime helps, but spraying to cover underside of leaf tops is more effective.
The article discusses reducing corn production costs per bushel to grow more corn per acre and notes that farm signs attract attention and lend dignity. It mentions rape as temporary pasture for finishing lambs and vines for covering buildings, plus a view on cooperative business needing management, financing, volume, loyalty, reserves, and accounting.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe laxative for families. It claims quick relief from constipation and warns against experimentation, noting the product is prepared under laboratory supervision from fresh laxative herbs and other pure ingredients.
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