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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
6
A compendium of agricultural observations notes the link between environment and poverty, explores pest control methods and crop protection, and reports on policies like the meat inspection program. It highlights weed management, soil health, road improvements, imported pests, and the potential of native plants for drugs and dyes.
A Petersburg reader asks where to buy pure alfalfa seed and red clover bacteria. The Iowa State recommendation points to Payne Alfalfa Co of Omaha as reliable. seed costs about 39 cents per bushel. The note warns against bogus cultures, cites an Iowa bulletin, and advises fertilizing land with barnyard manure, using soil from a prior alfalfa field, and sowing by August 15 for best results.
A editorial urges parents to curb heavy school loads on children especially girls between ages twelve and sixteen. It argues excessive cramming causes ruined eyesight, nervous breakdowns, and lifelong invalidism, warning education costs health more than it benefits. It advocates prioritizing robust health over academic rank and warns that mere book knowledge cannot compensate for physical decline.
A discussion warns that excessive shade from yard trees harms home health and sanitation, urging thinning to allow wholesome sunshine. It notes affection for trees, yet stresses the need to cut back to prevent mossy roofs, poor grass growth, and health risks from continual shade.
An English aeronautical feature recounts Hon C S Rolls in a balloon flight above London in the Venus. The interview covers the International Ballooning Cup, aeronautical sport growth, and Rolls comments on the event’s future prominence while drifting over open country and returning safely to Marylebone.
A Detroit News-Tribune interview describes the latest cigar trend as lead pencil sized and slender. Dealers say longer, thinner cigars attract style conscious buyers, with older men preferring larger, traditional smokes and rejecting the new fashion. The piece notes shifting tastes like shirt styles and the rise of epics and imported, ebony cigars.
Speaker of the House Cannon, praised as the stout Secretary, was interviewed at the Waldorf Astoria New York and declined to discuss politics or his Coney Island visit. An amused secretary recounted a wag’s guess that he was the celebrity at the resort, and Taft greeted the man with a grave, polite reply.
A New York Press note describes a summer fad of photographing eyes and sharing the pictures at luncheons and teas. Guests aim to identify originals, while some men avoid the contests to prevent joyous misidentifications.
The Columbia Herald reports longtime Missouri walnut trees were cut for commercial use. In Howard county a buyer for England spent two years gathering walnut lumber for shipment to Hamburg Germany. He loaded logs at Fayette for $18,000 destined for furniture manufacture with one tree valued at $150.
The New York Tribune reports a May 21 event where a geisha girl rode a mare a mile in 1 minute 50 seconds. It notes geisha girls’ light weight and suggests they may excel as jockeys, potentially displacing Japanese men as riders.
A Leslie's Weekly poem by Minna Irving extols a national department store extending coast to coast with goods from Alabama to Alaska. It celebrates a vast stock of foods, textiles, and treasures, praising American industry and the shared starry banner as shoppers cross the continent to buy under the same sign.
The Ohio State Pair and Industrial Exposition promises a grand fair in Columbus with livestock shows, labor saving machinery, and a modern macadamized highway under State Highway Commissioner Sam Huston. The 1906 exhibit features 17 mammoth brick buildings, extensive farm and shop displays, aerial demonstrations, and low rail and interurban excursion rates to encourage attendance.
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