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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1902
Page
6
A digest of facts notes the sun’s heat output compared to molten metal, rainbow formation limits, a cement mix of egg white cheese and lime, English Marys meadowing practice, and a fishing smack’s angler fish catch near Eddystone lighthouse revealing the fish’s unusual behavior and meals inside their stomachs.
Des Moines March 24 reports the Iowa assembly advancing a bid for biennial elections, tax reform for foreign insurers, and plans to curb normal school expansion by letting colleges offer teacher training. Aims include a uniform municipal accounting system, a state board of control for education, extended Mitchellville school detention, and broader public financial reporting. The session also considers mine safety, kidnapping penalties, redistricting, road tax cash payments, and pension rolls.
The article describes a typical apple box used by Pacific coast shippers. Details include inner dimensions 20144x11x9% inches yielding a bushel plus six quarts less, construction from three-fourths inch pine, four sides one-fourth inch, no partition as in the orange box, and 32 rough wire nails used in assembly.
The Rural New Yorker praises neat apple boxes with solid ends and springy sides that prevent bruising. It urges eastern fruit-growers associations to standardize packaging and labeling to guarantee quality and push direct-to-consumer sales, arguing boxed apples will attract buyers at fair prices.
Insects injure plants in two ways: chewing pests that eat tissue and sucking pests that withdraw juices. Arsenic poisons work on chewing insects but not on those that suck. fumes and caustics may be needed for exterior feeders. Some pests feed above ground, others reside in roots or stored grain, requiring careful remedy selection.
Farmers plant corn to ensure a succession for markets while city hotels extend use of sweet corn. The farmer’s family often has all corn at once and only brief peak availability. A little care can improve timing and harvest quality.
The article advises feeding clover as soon as heads appear to save grain. Full bloom clover should be turned into hay to replace grain, though later maturity yields coarser fiber and less nutrition per weight.
The Newark News notes Cape Cod began cranberry cultivation in the early 1900s and still supplies most New England berries. New Jersey follows with wild berries, then New York on Long Island. Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Iowa Indiana and northern Ohio also produce. Eastern berries travel west and beyond the Mississippi, while western berries are often larger and pricier. Europe imports rise as American cranberries outshine European fruit.
Palmer explains grafting two year old trees by placing two grafts in each lower limb after pruning away limbs near the trunk. Uses simple tools and wax to seal the splice, with emphasis on aligning inner bark for sap flow and securing grafts before wax application.
One of the most serviceable plants in the farmer s garden is asparagus. A well established bed yields for years if managed properly. Fifty plants can feed a typical family with asparagus tips. Seedling spacing should be 18 inches and no seed production to avoid extra stalks. Cutting seed-bearing sprouts before yellowing prevents underground proliferation. Cutting may start in the third year for one year old plants, with daily harvesting of all sprouts, even if some must be discarded.
The text states feeding wheat as coarse meal is preferred either alone or with corn meal or ground oats. Ground fine becomes pastry and sticks to teeth, making mastication harder, while coarse meal is relished by animals and readily attacked by digestion, yielding better results in most cases.
Dan A Grosvenor Deputy Auditor War Department writes from Washington praising Peruna as a spring tonic and catarrh remedy. H W Ogden Congressman from Louisiana also commends Peruna citing its effectiveness. The ad urges spring use and offers Dr Hartman’s free advice at the Ilwctlman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
The Grand Trunk Railway begins a ten week tour across Michigan Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Pennsylvania to showcase over 100 large photographs and a prized mounted fish collection from the Pan-American show. A representative will travel with the exhibit which opens March 10 in Saginaw Michigan and stops in multiple cities en route.
An early 20th century notice touts March and April colonist excursions to California at exceptionally low rates with round trips later in summer under one cent per mile. It invites readers to write to W. G. Neimyer, Union Pacific Southern Pacific, Chicago, for details and to send names of friends for information of educational and business value.
During March and April fares from Chicago to Helena Butte Anaconda Ogden Salt Lake City 30.00 Spokane 30.50 Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria and many other points. Tourist Sleeping Cars daily to the Pacific Coast. For maps and particulars apply to the nearest ticket agent or address W. 3. Kniskern 22 West Fifth Avenue Chicago IL.
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers double berth tourist sleeping car space from Chicago to St Paul or Minneapolis each Tuesday and Friday in March and April 1902. Train No 1 departs Chicago at 6 30 pm. Contact nearest coupon ticket agent or A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
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