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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1924

Page

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Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised

A Zahl North Dakota dressmaker reports nervous breakdowns and months of illness eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter notes improved health and ability to work and care for others. Over 121000 women replied to a question about benefits, 798 percent said they benefited. For sale by all druggists.

Zahi N. Dakota Lydia E. Pinkham Ole Norp- Lein Box 23 Zahl North Dalkota

Open Door to Romance Inspires a Village Storekeeper

A vivid portrait frames Katherine Walls proprietor of a general store in a Maine harbor village. Her thrift, business sense, and ties to family echo a life of steady enterprise, community ties, and a love of the past guiding local commerce and romance.

Vestful Desien Sears Fa General Store Maine Harbor Katherine Walls Tome New England Southwest Katherine Wills Boston Providence New York Hancock County

Susie Gibbons Defies City Life For Rural Success

The article profiles Susie Gibbons an orphan from St Paul Kansas who built success through farm loan work and management on a 318 acre rural property. She stresses practicality ambition and contentment with a simple life over urban prompts and praises her father and farm staff.

Farm Loan Association St. Paul Kan Pory Orsinin Street Islaind School Board Susie Gibbons Brock Eld Ca

Early Metal Pins and Needles Predate Modern Sewing

The text notes that ancient pins and needles existed long before modern sewing tools. It claims brass wire pins and early needles were developed in England, with references to early manufacturing techniques and the use of simple machines to create needles.

England

Ohio State Stars Miner and Cunningham Lead Buckeyes

Captain Johnny Miner and center Cunningham anchor the Buckeyes as they post a 5-2 winter record. Miner, 145 pounds and 6 feet 8, is a veteran star also known for boxing prowess. Cunningham, taller by 6 inches and 40 pounds heavier, adds size and defense to the lineup.

Cunningham Ohio State Mt. Vernon Miner Buckeye

Penn coach bars pro players from staff for 1924 season

University of Pennsylvania coach Lou Young states no staff member who plays professional football during or after the season will be kept. He adds contracts for 1924 will include a clause barring coaches from playing for money.

Lou Young University of Pennsylvania Young

England's Crack Shot Barnett to Represent UK at Olympics

Major Richard Barnett, Britain's champion rifle shot, will represent the United Kingdom at the Olympic games in France this year.

Richard Barnett Great Britain United Kingdom France

After Diving Honors Opted ED oT SN on Olympiad Team

He is described as the greatest exponent in the United States of twist dives and was Pacific coast champion in 1921. He has finished second to Al White three times, the national indoor springboard champion.

ED Ot SN United States Pacific Coast al White

San Francisco Club Signs Prospect Byron Smith

The San Francisco club signs Byron Smith from St Ignatius College in San Francisco. The California collegian is praised as a better prospect than Jimmy OConnell Willie Kamm or other Coast grads and can play first base outfield or third. He will report to the Seals after completing his college course in May.

San Francisco California Jimmy O'Connell Willie Kamm Byron Dad) Smith St. Ignatius College

Odds and Ends of Sport Bulletin Parcel

A mosaic of sports notes mentions English running, pitcher trades, and club leadership. Orval Gverall becomes Visalia Golf club president while Sam Bell moves to Terre Haute. various colleges and teams face rosters and publicity shifts across baseball, football, boxing, swimming and bowling in 1925 era reports.

Louisville Aonegunees Sam Bell Terre Haute Orval Gverall Chicavo Cubs Lny Visalia

River Boundary Shift Redraws Indiana Kentucky Line

A small tract near Evansville Indiana follows the Ohio River reflow, dying north of the river and falling under Kentucky jurisdiction. The river’s bend now places the Todiana Kentucky boundary marker on the north side, altering territorial limits.

Hind Evans Wine Ind Kentucky Ohie Todiana

Dialogue on Grammar Errors Becomes Casual Banter

In a light exchange from the Boston Transcript a wife admonishes her husband about making a business of correcting her grammar. The husband replies that correcting her grammar is a pleasure, not a business.

Boston Transcript

Vorovsky Bridge Renamed After Lausanne Murder Victim

The Petrograd Soviet renames Peter the Great bridge over the Neva to Vorovsky Bridge in honor of the Soviet envoy murdered in Lausanne by a Swiss Russian, marking a shift in commemorative naming.

Vorovsky Bridge Peter the Great Petrograd Lausanne

Deprivation Mutual Isolates Winter Visitors

A London note laments mutual deprivation as strangers are cut off from the world all winter. The article hints at a lack of communication and the distress of being unable to hear from others.

Nathve London

Causes for Many Clover Failures

Agricultural guidance from the USDA outlines reasons red clover fails due to unwise farming practices. It stresses restoring soil organic matter with manure or green manures, adding lime and fertilizers, and improving drainage. Where drainage is poor red clover cannot thrive, and alternatives like soybeans or cowpeas may aid soil when cut for hay, with hogging down the crop recommended.

United States Department of Agriculture State Extension Service

Plant Soy Beans About Same Time as Corn

The best time for planting soy beans is about the same as for corn. Drill in 28 inch rows for cultivation using 380 pounds of seed per acre or drill solid using 75 pounds per acre. Inoculation advised for new ground, mix soil from a well inoculated field per bushel, and apply acid phosphate or equivalent. Harvest when about half the leaves fallen and pods near ripe to avoid shattering and seed loss.

Paint Farm Implements With Used Oil and Grease

Old greases and oils from automobiles trucks and tractors need not be wasted. Pour them into a receptacle and mix with coal dust to make a pasty fuel. Used oil also helps bind dust and burn well. Another use is painting bright surfaces of farm implements to prevent rust.

Proper Litter for Chicks

Proper litter for baby chicks is dry clean and absorbent free from mustiness. Avoid damp or moldy material. Best grains for chicks include finely cracked corn pinhead oatmeal and cracked wheat. A dry mash combines two parts wheat bran with one part each of wheat middlings cornmeal sifted ground oats and sifted meat scrap.

Start Swiss Chard Early For Spring Harvest

Start Swiss chard seeds in early March and transplant to secure an earlier crop. Chard is easy to handle and most appetizing in early spring. cut leaves when young to avoid stunting future production.

Celeriae Gardening Details for May Sowing and July Transplant

Celeriae, grown like celery, is sown on May first and transplanted around July tenth with 8 to 10 inch spacing in rows three feet apart. It does not require banking or boarding up like celery.

Hay timing boosts dairy yields, study shows

Sweet clover hay cut at the right time and properly cured is quickly eaten by livestock. Demonstrations at Idaho and Iowa experiment stations, plus other stations, confirm its value for dairy feeding.

Idaho ‘Experiment Station Iowa Experiment Station

Manure Application in Winter Yields More Plant Food

Readable text notes manure applied to cultivated fields in winter contains about twice as much plant food and one third more organic matter than manure left in the feed yard over summer. This suggests winter application benefits soil nutrition.

Timely Bee Management for Spring Honey Flow

Newton Boggs, Deputy Bee Inspector at Colorado Agricultural College, advises beekeepers to maximize early worker bees by ensuring at least forty five pounds of honey per colony for brood-rearing. Feed with sugar sirup, unite weak colonies with strong ones carefully, and provide extra hive space to prevent honey bound queens.

United States Department of Agriculture Newton Boggs Colorado Agricultural College

Manure Rates for Corn Vary by Soil and Manure Quality

The amount of barnyard manure needed for corn varies with soil condition and manure quality. Five tons per acre is light, twelve to fifteen is medium, and twenty to twenty five is very heavy for average soils. Experiments show corn in rotation with legumes needs more stable manure than typically practical to maintain soil fertility. A phosphatic fertilizer with the manure is recommended, and a potash fertilizer is usually advisable. The rotation can often be arranged to supply nitrogen via suitable legumes.

Eggs of High Fertility From Mature Fowls Only

Guidance for breeding stock selection and egg handling to maximize fertility and hatchability. Mature birds yield higher hatch rates. prefer old birds for hatching eggs when possible. Keep eggs clean and medium sized, store cool, and expect about 70 of 100 gathered to meet hatch standards.

Early Pullets Make Good Egg Producers in Winter

Poultry Instructor J. T. Zeigler of the Pennsylvania State College says March to early May hatched pullets mature by October or November and lay through winter, while early hatches may molt in fall. Plan now to have a flock ready for winter demand when eggs are scarce and expensive.

J. T. Zeigler Pennsylvania States College

Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion

Advertisement touts Cuticura Soap to improve complexion scalp and hands with daily use and occasional Ointment. It also promotes Cuticura Talcum as part of the trio for a fragrant, alluring routine.

Dusty Bill Times Faces Growing Job Offers

Dusty Bill notes a worsening outlook as Dusty Bill reports being offered ten jobs since noon, while Rusty Phil questions the rising trend and its meaning for time and labor.

Dusty Bill Rusty Phil Dusty Bill

Paragon Lives On Despite Troubled Times

A reflective editorial ponders the fate of a revered figure known as a paragon who endured hardships yet aged well, contemplating what stands between youth hardship and a long life.

A Definition of Success in a Short Exchange

A teacher asks what constitutes success and a pupil replies a successful man is one who can make more than his family can spend.

Simple Rule to Follow in Feeding Dairy Cows

Plain guidance for dairy feeding suggests supplying each cow with good roughage such as legume hay and silage that she will eat and adding one pound of grain daily for every three or four pounds of milk produced. For silage, use about three pounds per 100 pounds of live weight. Most cows yield satisfactory results by following these rules.

Radios Key in Production and Marketing of Farm Goods

A USDA survey of about 1,200 representative farmers shows more than half own multi tube radio sets and about half use homemade radios from crystal detectors to tube sets. The study highlights radio as a tool in production and marketing of agricultural products.

United States Department of Agriculture Replyng

Hubam Sweet Clover Prices Fall Prompting Planting Shift

Hubam, the annual sweet clover, is now affordable enough to lure growers from biennial varieties. Advantages include its annual life cycle and no risk of regrowth the next year, encouraging replacement in corn fields.

Satisfaction through meeting customer needs

A brief note on pleasing customers by giving them what they want rather than imposing the provider’s ideas. Emphasizes aligning offerings with customer expectations to improve satisfaction.

Water warms cows to boost milk or wasteful task

The text debates whether warming drinking water for cows increases milk yield. It argues warming would be beneficial if it raises production, but otherwise it is a waste of time.

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