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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1907
Page
6
The Montreal Herald explains cutworms are caterpillars of small night-flying moths not worms. Eggs are laid in masses on tree twigs, larvae hatch and hide in soil by day, winter there, then attack young vegetation at night by cutting plants at ground level. This voracious pest devastates seedlings and early growth.
The article warns that cutworms feed on wheat corn oats and all cereals and attack garden vegetables. Some cutworms climb trees at night to sever leaves and buds and hide under the soil by day. In vegetable beds dig and trap worms by turning soil and probing holes with a hoe to cover losses from many species, including the spotted cutworm common in Europe.
A compact note from Professor E P Sansten on pruning to balance fruit production with wood growth. In natural forests trees compete, but cultivation removes this pressure, risking harmony between tree functions. Pruning can correct imbalances caused by soil fertility levels and preserve vitality.
Guidance on choosing fruit varieties in succession from early to late to ensure year round apples. Advice on planting one year old apple and pear trees 4 to 6 feet tall with clean bark and roots. Tips on feeding hens with small or decayed potatoes or apples. Notes on winter peach blight in California and spraying with bordeaux mixture ahead of spring growth.
Farmers are urged to prevent spring set strawberries from fruiting the following summer. Early removal of buds blossoms protects plant vigor by avoiding pollen exhaustion and seed production. Pinch or cut off any visible flowers as soon as they appear for best results.
A farmer advises rejuvenating neglected orchards by drastic pruning and light top removal to encourage new growth. Peach trees bear on one year wood while pears need multiple years. open canopies and sun exposure improve fruit quality and market value. Careful soil and weed management follow, with deep careful plowing to avoid root damage.
Instructions from Home Journal on barreling apples. Cut circles of newspaper for the barrel bottom and a cushion of circles to place atop the apples before pressing to reduce bruising. After pressing, remove the cushion and cover with additional newspaper before installing the head.
A 1906 sales note from John A. Salzer Seed Co announces a 12 cent postpaid intro offer for seed packets including Garden City Beet Earliest Ripe Cabbage and Blue Blood Tomato. Customers paying 16 cents receive Berliner Earliest Cauliflower plus a free seed and farm catalog mailed to purchasers in La Crosse Wisconsin.
Mark Twain recounts a church visit where zeal to aid the heathen fades as the sermon length grows. The narrator begins with generosity, borrows to help, but the preacher’s lengthy delivery drains his pledge until only a ten cent theft remains after the collection. The piece satirizes zeal versus duration and ends with a comic moral.
Expect a contest to the will of Mrs Isabelle Beecher Hooker, sister of Henry Ward Beecher. Katherine Burton Powers of Brookline is named as challenger. The roughly $70,000 estate mainly goes to Dr Edward B Hooker of Hartford, while Mrs John C Day of New York receives nothing due to provisions for her late husband’s estate.
A London Field writer recalls sighting a 27 to 28 foot crocodile described as a ship hulk. Nearby were five or six small figures like bodyguards acting as watchers, said by an older Cawnpore resident to warn of danger to their overlord.
In Africa near Lake Chad six African troops under a corporal repelled a 500-strong Taureg attack with carbines. After the enemy withdrew the troopers pursued and punished them.
A 1907 advertisement invites readers to submit letters detailing the impact of coffee and switching to Postum. It offers 325 cash prizes from 10 to 1 dollars, with deadlines and judging by impartial non-company officials. Letters must be honest, plain, and about prior Postum use, addressed to Postum Cereal Co. Ltd in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Dr Rabagliati, a noted medical examiner for insurers in northern England, argues heredity is less important than an individual's life history. He says health record and circumstances shape disease risk more than ancestors illnesses, with environment triggering various ailments from gout to cancer.
A man of experience notes some wives prefer a good honest row to quiet cynicism. Dave Potter’s wife calmly reads a letter from a love interest and responds with sharp wit, telling the girl she would be wondering how to live with him.
An advertisement promotes Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. It claims to restore rich blood, ease rheumatism and chronic backache, and recommends making up the mixture for after meals and bedtime use.
A Tennessee family from Fairmont Waldens Ridge testifies that Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills relieved eczema in a girl after a prominent physician failed. A boy soothed by the same remedies after poison oak. They advocate home use while living twelve miles from a doctor.
A German journalist in Washington found Taft impressive and then noticed Congressman Sulloway towering over others. He praised Taft before remarking that Sulloway was bigger than any man in the empire's Uhlan guards and vowed to write a full letter about him.
A pointed aphorism notes that eager borrowers press for loan terms with growing force, while a courteous handshake masks the pressure to lend. The line critiques negotiation dynamics in lending and social interaction.
The pamphlet extols the cures and sixty years of voluntary testimonials as proof of Allcock's Plasters superiority. It asserts they are the original genuine porous plasters and warns against substitutes resembling counterfeit products.
Advertisement notes an established undertaker business for sale in a small Colorado town. The town’s unhealthy location and high fever mortality fund the operation, with only one local doctor and no competition. The judge’s quip frames the venture as profitable with clear profit after covering expenses.
An 1890s Toledo area notice features F J Cheney declaring a reward for catarrh cures and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure, with testimonials and drugstore availability. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and other health product pitches along with a Crawford quote about vanity and Garfield Tea laxative advertisement.
Manila issues building permits at a rapid pace from 10 to 25 per day for projects of various sizes. The ad promotes Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar with the promise of full value. Also mentions the Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois and a jab at excessive empty knowledge.
An advertisement asserts PaZO Ointment cures all forms of piles itching bleeding and protruding within six to fourteen days with a money refund if not cured. The price is 50 cents.
Mrs Jocie Robbins of Decatur Illinois describes weakness headaches and numbness then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health. She later gave the pills to her daughter who suffered anemia and repeated colds color returning to her cheeks and renewed vitality follows. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady NY at 50 cents per box six for 2 50
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