Looking Backward in Monticello's Lost Town Memories
Riverside California note follows about alfalfa seeding practices but the main text recalls Monticello's early era. It invites readers to remember old friendships, river trips, stores, inns, and town life with anecdotes of mayors, trains, schools, and local figures from the Civil War era and earlier.
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The
Express
Auld Lang Syne
Monticello
Jeff Lammon
Main Street
Tall Mansker
George Haines
First Street
Castle Grove
Dan Varvel
Duer & Estey
Regulator
Nate Comstock
Elia
Nate
Beal Ryan
Idaho
Hilla
Gene Comstock
Lucinda
Ed Hopkins
Kate
Sadie
Davenport
Lillian Kimball
Carrie Cummings
Mary Varvel
Controlling Cucumber Beetle in Gardens
Dr J. Drake of Iowa State College recommends dusting young cucumbers with a mix of calcium arsenate and gypsum or land plaster as the beetle control method. Apply as seedlings emerge, repeat two to three times weekly, with about ten to twelve applications per season, and dust nicotine for melon aphids. A recent Iowa Experimental Station circular No 40 details methods.
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J. Drake
Iowa State College
Iowa Experimental Station
Bulletin
Ames
Lona
Jokes and Quips Crossthread in Scattered Punchlines
A collage of quips from various papers includes lines about contempt of court, a burglar lawyer, a sympathetic jury, a will not opened yet, a divorce cry, jailhouse banter, a miller joke, and a kirk candidate’s parting line.
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Houston Post
Farming practice improves rape or clover under corn
Inquiries among farmers and experiments show rape or clover planted with corn during the last cultivation can yield successful growth about two out of five years. Earlier maturing corn enhances growth, and laying by a week to ten days earlier improves germination and moisture conditions. Smaller early corn with good rape growth may boost pork per acre versus corn alone with protein supplement.
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F. S. Wilkins
Iowa State College
Prof. Wilkins
Proper care of cream improves butter grade and value
Dairy experts advise timely removal of milk from the barn and placing the separator in a clean odor free area. Cool cream immediately after separating in cold water and avoid storing in cellars to prevent barn and musty flavors that lower grade and price.
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Iowa State College
Orange rust threatens Iowa small fruit crops
D R Porter Iowa State College extension plant disease specialist reports orange rust on Merry bushes wintering in canes and spreading in spring. Since spraying cannot cure infected plants, dig out and burn affected bushes and spray healthy plants with Bordeaux mixture every two weeks until infection risk ends.
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Iowa
D. R. Porter
Iowa State College
Porter
Sourness in Cream Misleads Test Results
Prof M Mortensen Iowa State College says souring cream raises acidity but not fat content. Allowing cream to sour causes water evaporation and a higher test without improving quality. Producers lose market value by delivering sour cream rather than sweet cream.
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M. Mortensen
Iowa State College
Lachifeld
Mortensen
He Who Fights and Runs Away May Live to Fight Another Day
A proverb attributed to Goldsmith contrasts retreat with defeat in battle. It notes that a fleeing fighter may survive to continue struggles, while a slain combatant cannot rise again.
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Goldsmith
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Jap Faton
Gardner & Eaton
Old Main Street
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Davidson
Jim
Panham
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Duer & Mgtev
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Down the River
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Murphy
Cascade
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Riverside, California
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Boston Transcript
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Dobb
Chicago Journal
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Stuhlers
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