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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
6
A reader from Kutztown praises Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming it helped with pregnancy and maternal health. The letter extols the product as a longtime remedy and urges others to try the faithful trial.
A visitor from the Middle West exits Union Station in Washington and, with a sunlit smile and hospitable manner, asks for Malin Street and receives a cordial reception from locals including streetcar officials, taxi drivers, and sightseeing operators.
A fragmentary local piece hints at a prize fight and a stake holder observed by Uncle Eben. The dialogue covers questions about a boy in a tree and another below with a club as the scene unfolds.
An article by William A. Radford presents a complete farm barn concept featuring 40 stalls with light and air windows, cork brick stall floors, drainage gutters, labor-saving overhead tracks, and a 16 foot silo. The plan emphasizes ample ventilation, sanitary conditions, and rapid litter removal to boost dairy performance.
In a Moscow suburb a school held a Christmas celebration with a card from the children and a twelve year old school Soviet president. American relief workers and a local manufacturer helped decorate a tree and the children's play Kingdom of Frost followed by a Tchaikovsky piece chosen to be festive.
At the New Tergey Legion post meeting a motion carried to appoint a committee of three to visit Comrade Jones and cheer him up. The group will visit to offer support and sympathy.
A light exchange notes a man recalling how his wife hosts visiting women friends and keeps them from leaving. A friend adds that his own guests once stayed two days, prompting him to begin affection toward the visitors and have his wife handle the rest.
A boy asks why he cannot attend the other’s church and learns they belong to a different abomination. The brief exchange highlights church and social differences among peers.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports milking machines need strict cleaning. Hot water sterilization reduces bacteria dramatically compared with chlorine. After each milking, rinse, wash with hot soda, and vacuum rinse. weekly disassembly and scrubbing. biweekly vacuum line cleaning. pails and covers sterilized after every milking.
A Rhode Island experiment notes 15 years of truck crops with ten loads per acre shows initial yields then failure. Dr Hartwell warns against continuous fertilization without green manuring and cautions that soil acidity depletion risks trouble, especially for spinach. Pink on blue litmus indicates soil needs lime.
The United States Department of Agriculture identifies the wild cucumber vine and common milkweed as main wild hosts of cucumber mosaic or white pickle disease. The virus spreads mainly by striped cucumber beetles and melonaphis. eradication of wild hosts is urged to reduce field disease and delay its appearance by two to four weeks during peak yield.
The article discusses choosing corn varieties for silage rather than grain. It notes that silage crops do not require the same maturity as grain crops and that selecting a longer season corn can increase yield. This gives northern silo owners an advantage over neighbors.
The first cultivation of the garden will be very important. This work should be done at the right time and in the proper manner. Later cultivations will depend to a considerable extent upon the first cultivation. The tender little plants will need assistance to use the plant foods and the moisture made available by stirring the soil and leaving it exposed to the sun and soil organisms.
Do not waste any wood ashes from the grate. Strew them over the garden. They are rich in potash fertilizer. It will leach into the ground and remain there in suspension for plants to use. They are especially valuable for daffodils and tulip beds.
Alfalfa pasture yields 20 cows per acre with 200 pound gains per season, valued at 25 to 35 dollars per acre. Without pasture, cattle require 1500 extra pounds of corn and 800 pounds of tankage. Cutting a ton or two of hay from the same land adds grazing value and keeps gains high, according to J. M. Evvard at Iowa Station.
Gardeners plan planting in rows with 60 horse drawn implements to work soil. The method saves labor and reduces hoeing time.
Ear corn and alfalfa hay alone suffice to maintain horses and mules performing medium to hard work on the farm.
In farming and manufacturing the key to success lies in turning waste by products into cash. The ability to convert discarded materials into usable value drives advancement and profitability for progressive producers.
The article advices plowing the garden early in the season while the ground is dry. It warns against plowing when soil remains wet or soggy to avoid soil damage and compaction.
The guidance urges changing locations for garden crops to help deter insects and disease. Emphasizes rotating beds to reduce pest buildup and promote healthier yields.
After the onions are pulled in August the beds are cultivated and seeded with lettuce. The lettuce will germinate and grow quickly as fall showers arrive.
A fragment notes concerns about seed potatoes and mentions formaldehyde in relation to seed quality. The language implies a claim about processing or treatment of seed potatoes to ensure cleanliness and high grade tubers.
Old seeds kept over should be tested before planting to ensure viability. Conduct germination tests on samples to determine germination rate and viability, then plan planting accordingly for best results.
Willam T. Hardin of 1409 Garden St Los Angeles says Tanlac cured rheumatism in shoulders and neck after years of medicine. He reports stomach problems and fatigue improved after taking Tanlac and praises the medicine as restoring his former energy. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
A humorist visitor annoys the editor of Answers by pressing for praise. The editor laments being too busy and sarcastically recalls shaping the gem on the fire, prompting the contributor to claim flattery. The exchange ends with the editor’s dry remark about the gem’s sparkle.
In Laurel on Main Street near Johnson's hardware a touring car struck a mule team, seriously injuring the driver Lester Briscoe of 1303 Myrtle Avenue and killing one mule. A bystander hawked a rain windshield product from Baltimore See-Thru Corporation as a cure for rain.
Patty’s grandmother, a busy suffrage leader nicknamed Our Politician, inspires a child’s tale about Red Riding Hood turned political. The piece contrasts active civic duty with childlike mischief and ends with quips on independence and public life.
In Alaska frozen ground impedes mining as surface thaws only two to three feet in summer. Prospecting can occur in winter, with methods resembling Siberian gravels, as frost resists gunpowder and dynamite. The scene shifts to San Francisco where U S Navy men visit a restaurant and spark a comic misfire.
Thomas Robertson of the Eagles club sent notices naming lodge members to the sick committee. A member questioned the call, admitting funeral undertaker work and seeking after hours service. Robertson excused him on the street in Kansas City.
A reflective exchange contrasts a student’s early college pursuits with a sudden withdrawal. The speaker recalls advice that wisdom equates with folly and asks why one abandons the path to education, highlighting doubt about intellectual ambition.
A humorous dialogue where a patient suggests telling the doctor no patient is waiting and another character quips about an impatient whitening. The exchange highlights a playful miscommunication around dental care and timing.
A compact reflection urges starting study of human nature by examining one’s own conduct and tendencies. The maxim emphasizes self awareness as the first step toward understanding others in social life and moral reasoning.
A eight year old girl named Mabel, living with adults, overhears the term well preserved for the aged and remarks upon Mrs Brown as a well pickled old lady, surprising her elders with direct observation.
A suburban lady asks her colored maid Cottie if she would like to ride in an airplane. Cottie declines, saying she would rather stay on the ground and be ready to rise again rather than keep going up.
A panel shows Mr. Grumpson mocked for eccentricity as he carries a pocket Bible. When a golfer begins bragging about his score he opens the Bible and asks the player to lay his right hand on it.
A discussion notes per capita money in circulation at $6248 and mentions a person claiming $62 is missing. The text presents concerns about financial shortages and individual loss in a summarized form.
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