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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
10
The Highland Nobles 8 Muscatine Castle invites all visiting nobles in good standing to attend the monthly meeting on the second and fourth Thursdays at Fisch 3 East Second Street. James Morris serves as Protector and Elma Scott as Secretary.
The A O U W Eagle Lodge No 10 invites brethren in good standing to weekly Thursday meetings at 4 O U W ball on Second Street. J W Robinson M W H Howe Recorder E H Dolsen Financier listed.
Wyoming Lodge No. 76 Knights of Pythias meets every Friday at 7 30 in the KP building or Lews avenue. Visiting brethren invited to attend. E L Kemptner C C F L Bihimeter K of R and 8.
Shelby Norman Post No. 231 of the Grand Army of the Republic holds meetings on the first and third Tuesdays each month at its hall on East Second Street. Commander Stanwood presides with Adjutant Gus Schmidt listed.
Pearl City Lodge No 45 holds regular meetings on the first and third Thursday evenings at Fisch Hall on Past Second Street. Sam Phillips serves as president with Louise Maisenbach as secretary.
Woodbine Camp No. 142 Royal Neighbors of America meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays monthly. Officers listed include Oracle Mrs Kate Dunker Recorder Mrs Emma Hloeffin and Receiver Mrs Maggie Klindolph. Visiting neighbors in good standing welcome.
Discussion of a 1907 bill ending the $2.07 per gallon duty on denatured grain alcohol. Projections show lower production costs for alcohol, viability as a fuel, and implications for wood alcohol supply. Secretary Wilson cites regional source crops and vast corn stalk waste as potential alcohol yields.
The saying underscores how a solid reputation and friendly regard from others count as valuable possessions. It implies social capital built through integrity and kindness sustains one through years and events.
The clover meadow, manure spreader, and King road drag form an up to date agricultural trio praised as a winning combination for modern farming.
Tobacco dust is cited as an effective preventive against striped beetles that attack cucumber, squash, and melon vines, offering a simple measure for growers to protect crops.
A line fence has caused ill feelings between neighbors who otherwise were on good terms. Neighborly friction centers on the boundary line, with disputes likely over ownership and maintenance responsibilities.
A reflective aphorism notes that prudent people learn from others errors and avoid repeating their missteps, gaining insight without suffering the same lessons firsthand. It frames experience as a guide and cautions against needless imitation of poor choices.
Readable fragment suggests fruits like apples bananas and oranges are described as mild on digestion and temperament. The source voice emphasizes that these fruits do not ruin complex ion or disposition, though the exact context is unclear.
A country school has been greatly improved in appearance by making flower beds for wild and tame blooms. The project follows nature study ideas from an enthusiastic teacher and demonstrates practical classroom efforts.
The text argues that an agricultural system yielding the heaviest barnyard manure production delivers the greatest returns for effort and will enhance farm fertility and value rather than reduce them.
Claim cited that striped ground squirrels help corn fields by preying on webworms cutworms and other pests. They say any corn damage is outweighed by the insects the squirrels destroy, offering net pest control benefits.
A writer compares about 300 trees in an orchard to the lily class from Scripture. The lilies toil not nor spin yet are fruitful. these trees are scraggly unprofitable and lie under an ax at their root.
A reader shares a method to preserve sweet corn that may surpass canned or dried. Boil corn on the cob until the milk sets, cut from the cob and mix with salt at one pint per four parts corn, pack in a jar and cover with cloth and plate. Soak salt out before cooking. preserved corn keeps flavor and remains tender.
A Pulaski county syndicate will dedicate a 2000 acre farm to mint culture this year. The swampy, soil type described as black and mucky provides a suitable site for the operation. The company is capitalized at 80000 dollars and funds cover a laboratory and refinery required for mint production. Returns are estimated at 200 dollars per acre in full tilth.
An eastern city area factory worker fed a cow and twenty five hens. Cow costs totaled 92.80 with milk and butter receipts at 114. Hen upkeep ran 24.40 with eggs and poultry returns of 102.01. Hens yielded higher profit overall.
Experiments at Michigan experiment stations show a succotash mix of corn peas oats rape and clover provides an excellent forage and sailing crop in July and August when grass is short. Trial land was well manured, rape and clover sown broadcast, corn peas and oats drilled in, mixture sown at two bushels per acre.
An observer notes a female grosbeak constructing a nest in a window rod for about an hour in the morning. The nest appears to form from pliable roots twined into a fabric, with the male arriving later to sing to the finishing bird.
An ideal economic condition envisioned for the future asserts that every person should own a home with sufficient surrounding land to provide a livelihood, as long as they are willing to work for it.
The passage notes that sandy sails are easier to work than clay and generally quicker, but they erode more and lose fertility faster due to washing and leaching. It contrasts the durability of sandy materials with clay’s slower degradation.
A field of corn can be dragged without injury in mid day heat when stalks are warm and pliable, whereas the same action in cooler morning or evening, when stalks are damp and brittle, would cause damage.
The passage argues a housewife should not endure distractions from a leaky roof alongside daily burdens. It likens the nuisance to bulky horse or rusty plow and calls for quick remedy.
The excerpt argues that weeds appear on clean soils because seeds buried below a depth remain dormant for two to three years, waiting to be brought to the surface where air and heat trigger germination and growth.
The text notes a possible connection between pink blossoms and red fruit in cultivated apples. It adds that wild crab apples show no color in fruit despite pink blossoms being the pinkest among blossoms observed.
The text argues that hawks or owls justify destruction only if they menace turkeys and chickens. If not, they should be left alone since their predation on rabbits rats and mice benefits agriculture by reducing other pests.
A departmental pamphlet shows 80 051 000 ties laid on 278 262 miles of railroad in 1905. Of these, 38 000 000 were oak and 17 000 000 pine, with cedar chestnut fir cypress tamarack and hemlock making up the rest. Thirty six percent of ties laid supported new track construction.
Instructions outline a Bordeaux mixture recipe using one pound copper sulfate and lime paste per ten gallons of water to prevent potato blight, plus two ounces of Paris green to fix beetles. Spray every ten to fifteen days during the growing season or until bugs disappear.
A manufacturers letter for orchard power sprayers advises ensure the suction hose is properly attached with the gasket in place to avoid air leaks. Keep plungers well oiled with light machine oil every twenty to thirty minutes to prevent sticking and reduce packing loosening.
A friend cites a season’s blue grass pasture producing 20 steers each gaining 400 pounds. At 4 dollars per hundredweight, the gross is 16 dollars per head. After deducting 3 dollars per head for pasture, net return is 11 dollars per acre, with less effort and richer soil than cereals.
A long account shows a 100 acre farm ruined by prolonged drinking. The owner, once a hard worker, becomes a regular drinker, drains profits to saloon keeping, leaves a mortgaged estate and a ruined ruinous farm. Eventually he seeks temperate prosperity and may be near recovery, learning booze has no place in farming.
A western canning company with capital of 100000 is exploring making paper from sweet corn husks. Experiments show husks can be pulped into strong fiber and suggest stalks and field corn may later be used for coarser papers, reducing waste.
John L. Cowan argues in Century that with intelligent use of rainfall and snowmelt plains and intermountain valleys can yield as good crops as anywhere. He cites experiments across stations model farms and private fields showing farming methods must suit local conditions for success. He suggests sagebrush and other arid flora may yield economically valuable crops with proper cultivation.
The feature shows the number completed by the cover design with a striking illustration by C Allan Gilbert noted as the most attractive drawing.
The Supreme Court rules that Dr Kings New Discovery wins against Coughs and Cols. Prices listed 50c and 1.90 dollars at Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store.
Sealed proposals due 7:30 p m July 2 1906 in Muscatine Iowa for grading paving and curb of Improvement District No 23 comprising 8792 feet of streets and 3300 feet of alleys with excavation earthwork brick paving sandstone curbing and associated work. Plans and specs at City Engineer’s office. Bid bond $599 required. City reserves right to reject all bids. James J Ryan June 22 1906.
Sophie Kerr Underwood discusses how hat styles reveal character from a picture hat to a turban. She notes current trends are mysterious and extravagant with mismatched features and asks readers to discern front from back while critiquing ultra new styles.
An article notes similar installation costs for electric and gasoline trucks with five ton capacity. Five ton electric trucks cost about 4009 to 4500 dollars while gasoline equivalents cost roughly the same. seven ton gasoline trucks cost around 5900 to 6000 dollars. A seven ton gas truck in service averages 40 miles daily, using fifteen gallons of gasoline, with daily fuel costs about 1.65 dollars and total daily operating costs near 1.90 dollars.
The July issue presents the opening chapter of Audrey Craven a new serial by May Sinclair noted for The Divine Fire and Mr Mrs Nevill Tyson It signals a strong follow up to her earlier works The Range Dwellers a ranch tale by B M Sinclair is the featured novelette Short stories come from Gale Davenport Fraser Wood Morton Fawcett Bradley Warner and Warner with essays by Manners and Rittenhouse Poetry and theater and literary notes fill the rest of the issue
Rock Island Davenport service lists Steamer Helen Plair Sundays 7 30 a m Steamer Helen Blair Mon Wed Fri 6 30 a m Columbia Tue Thu Sat 6 30 a m For New Boston Keithsburg Oquawka Yarlington Wed Fri at seereence 30 p m Columbia Tue Thu At seereence 30 p m Columbia Sat 11 30 p m Moonlight excursion Muscatine every Saturday 8 p m 11 p m Helen Braig runs old schedule until May 20 and after Oct 15 For details ask agent 8 30 p m
Ww G Block Co Roth phones advertise a Sunday round trip to Davenport for 50 cents offering travel to the city on a special service with low fare.
Disjointed timetable lines show train numbers No. 2 No. 72 No. 71 and No. 19 with local freight and daily services. Entries indicate times 5:14 6:20 2:50 and 4:00 10:15 2:30 am with notes on freight and daily except Sunday.
Fragmentary timetable notes indicate No 12 passenger at 2 34am and No 50pm No 92 freight carrying passengers. Times for No 91 freight and other passenger services appear as 5 50pm and 7 am 11 44pm with unclear dates.
Passenger No 192 arrives and Passenger No 101 leaves with daily trains except Sunday. Freight arrives and Freight leaves on all tar ms daily except Sunday. W S Underdonk is the agent.
Fragmentary note from Muscatine shows a shorthand line about south and sound terms with unclear subjects and dates. No identifiable people or organizations are legible.
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