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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
10
The piece argues droughts and rainfall follow cycles not forest or drainage actions. It asserts trees grow where rain falls, drainage preserves moisture, and human effort cannot alter overall precipitation. It notes climate cycles produce extremes and that mean seasons are rare.
Georgia leads in peach production, producing more peaches than any other state, and researchers note extensive ongoing planting of peach trees as new orchards come online.
An authenticated report states a single lightning stroke killed ninety six sheep in Colorado, underscoring the sudden peril of severe storms to livestock.
A rural granger attending church should contribute at least 25 dollars to support the parson's salary, urging parishioners to share in the church’s needs.
In market shorthand, Toms, spuds, cakes a and cants stand for tomatoes potatoes cucumbers and cantaloupes. The note outlines accepted abbreviations and their meanings for quick trading references.
A herd of grass fed steers from North Dakota averaging 1,660 pounds each sold in Chicago last August at a price of 107.90 dollars per head.
A cord of shellbark hickory wood is valued at 36 for fuel while Lombardy poplar wood sells for 2.40. The comparison highlights significant price differences in fuel value between the two tree types.
A man allowed his wife to keep all poultry profits and received a fine fur coat as a Christmas present last year.
Nut growers of the Pacific coast will hold a convention in the near future and are expected to enjoy a lively gathering with an upbeat mood.
A line states that the people of the United States possess about one quarter of the world s total sales and about one quarter of all goods in the world.
The agriculture department reports an average hay yield of 145 tons per acre for the year. Oregon records the largest crop while Pennsylvania has the smallest output among states.
In Galicia the wage of the farm laborer has been so reduced that he is starving to death on a pittance of from 3 to 16 cents a day. Men are justified in fighting before it comes anywhere near this.
A farmer reports a friend’s plan to cut Canada thistles on July 9 and 10 and August 6 and 5 to eradicate them, but the thistles do not respond to such timing per the almanac, suggesting the method may not work.
Tests by the Town Experiment Station conclude condimental foods are adverse to fattening stock. Some brands of prepared foods high in protein and free from dope showed advantages when fed, but overall findings are negative regarding such foods.
Farmers aim to have cows fresh in September to avoid the dry season and flies. The approach provides relief during the worst pasture conditions and yields high quality milk and cheese in September and October.
A young worker earned 5.80 dollars after gathering 458 pounds of hops in a single day. The cornhusking record is withheld as boys doubt the truth of such feats, likening honesty to horse trading in the report.
A Colorado statute sets arbitrary compensation for livestock killed by railways, forcing road authorities to pay even when losses occur. The rule prevents settling losses with older stock like a registry cow or a $15 trotter valued at 2:49.
A man claims soaking and malting grain before grinding and feeding to stock could dramatically cut the grain needed to produce a pound of meat. He urges waiting for further developments before conclusions.
Several cooperative farmer organizations handling grain are presently discriminated against by the organized grain dealers associations. The farmer concerns are unable to obtain bids for their grain on track as they once did.
The season left extensive oats and barley on fields that modern harvesters could not salvage. Farmers could have benefited from sheep grazing to clean up the grain, producing good mutton if flocks had been present on farms.
The tile drains, once blamed by weather theorists for drought conditions, proved inadequate to carry off the rainfall on fields in 1902, drying up faster than the fields themselves.
A local advisory suggests shooting a brindled one-earred cat seen prowling near a farm, as it may be responsible for chicken losses, to protect poultry and keep neighbors content.
The Columbian raspberry, noted for late season fruit, yielded ninety large and perfect ripe berries on a shoot cut August 15 after the main crop. This emphasizes the variety's extended picking period and fruit quality.
The discussion asserts that the nation will become a rice producing country, noting a 5,000,000 pound increase in output over the past year. It emphasizes that regions with reliable irrigation can grow rice profitably, presenting it as a key agricultural opportunity.
A hired man, not remarkable by background, has built a fine reputation by rising early and starting the kitchen fire without being asked. Women in the community praise his diligence and reliability after a season of steady work.
A warm summer and diligent hens have disrupted a corner on the egg market begun last spring by major western packing houses. This season’s July and August eggs show quality well above average and far from the 70 percent loss seen last year.
Fragments warn that neglecting settled accounts strains neighborly relations. Relying on memory rather than ledgers worsens disputes, while a pay as you go approach improves credit and maintains good will between neighbors.
The passage notes many parsons have earned money through land speculation in the past year. Some wives urge their husbands to quit the ministry and pursue land deals full time. It suggests an average parson might earn about six hundred dollars, providing a cushion to meet expenses.
The most valuable byproduct on the farm is the skimmisk and it must remain on the farm. It supports the development of young hogs and cattle and benefits the poultry yard. Butter fat should be sold, but the casein or skimmisk should be retained in some form.
Noting that animals sometimes eat injurious food the article cites Montana losses of 50 000 to 100 000 cattle annually poisoned by wild larkspur and poison camels and large losses in the southwest from loco weed as stock feed dangers.
Recent laws in several peach states bar pink tarlatan netting used to color unripe fruit and deceive buyers. Observers warn the crackdown could reach other markets, potentially affecting cattle buyers who polish horns to pass aged cattle as younger stock.
Advertisement notes a 475 acre farm twelve miles from the capitol at Washington with a $3,000 residence, good barns and buildings, total price $7,500. Also offered eighty acres of clear cultivated prairie land without fence or buildings at $100 per acre in a western state. The grounds differ in value due to soil fertility.
A boarding house proprietor urged uncolored oleo on his boarders who balked at its ghostly appearance. He colored it, they balked again, and insisted it be sold as butter. He abandoned oleo and now buys genuine butter, arguing the public will only eat it if sold as butter.
Stretching across northern Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota a vast pine land tract now burned and barren offers good soil and annual rainfall of 25 to 30 inches. Native grasses will thrive, supporting profitable stock keeping and settlement. The area also holds strong fruit potential with accessible markets and rail lake transportation.
The nester, a homesteader on government range land used for cattle grazing, disrupts stockmen plans. Some settlers face violent frontier actions and even killings, but government policy supports homesteaders. land now used for grazing that could yield crops will shift to the nester.
A period lesson warns that rape should be sown after grain has grown to avoid injuring the grain. It advises limiting sowing to the feeding capacity, recommending one acre per twenty five sheep or twenty head of stock, since rape cannot be saved as hay and is killed by frost.
A farmer seeking a quieter town life experiences a cascade of misfortune after moving. A friend recalls how a building under construction caused a broken leg, followed by another break from a broken sidewalk. In six months in town he endures more trouble than thirty years on the farm.
The article notes US dominance in meat supply for other countries and cites export values for live animals, dressed meats, fats and oils, dairy products, and other meat products totaling 254 million dollars. It argues the strongest farming in this country centers on meat product production with soils improving under such systems.
The city of Amoy on its island hosts a centuries old burial boom. Graves touch everywhere creating a vast white expanse of brick porcelain and cement. Water sources sewerless streets narrow and filthy with graveyard refuse and rising disease.
Lord Spencer of Althorp, famed book collector, buys a bric-a-brac pot for two guineas in Bond Street. A china expert later shows the piece to be a mustard marmalade pot with a green thistle design, valued far below the purchase price.
Mr Hyde denounces women joining a self improvement group while Mrs Hyde advocates learning there. He insists wives stay home and heed husbands. The exchange ends with him scolding the cat and punishing a child for mischief.
Miss Skylight asks Professor for life guidance and a course in life. He bluntly suggests she is born to be a milliner, pointing to natural inclinations and a dramatic ambition for a vast, structurally beautiful life work.
Wet clothing can conduct lightning, passing current with potential bodily harm. Clothing may be unharmed while a person is killed. Rare cases include bodies stripped naked by lightning. Feet soles suffer serious injury as lightning meets high resistance there.
Bertha jokes about a dream shared with Kitty-Fred as Fred previously spoke of awful dreams last week in a casual Boston Tran script style dialogue.
A brief dialogue excerpt explores wealth and social rank within a relationship. Belle notes money, Emma concedes but questions living happily with an inferior partner. Emma advises hiding such insecurity. The exchange reflects tensions over money and equality in romance.
A quip turns on a marriage proposal timing joke as the man offers his hand and a tune. She replies that the first is too large and the second too small, delivering a witty reversal about matching sizes. The exchange captures humor in constrained romance.
A brief dialogue from a stage scene shows a mother scolding Elsie for careless dressing while the daughter asserts she learned the habit herself. The exchange is framed as a domestic moment with a playful tone.
A fragment notes the theater lights stay on between acts, providing steady illumination and a calm, continuous atmosphere for the audience.
An Irish coastline feature near Port Rush known as the Giant's Causeway is described with thousands of basalt pillars ranging from pentagonal to octagonal shapes. Each column averages eighty feet, exhibits precise jointed symmetry, and forms three main causeways standing like an army of about forty thousand along the shore.
A retired ship's carpenter challenges the idea that joss is a Chinese word. He recounts traveling in the Orient and cites a Chinese priest in Hankow who says joss is a corruption of the Spanish Dios. The priest claims missionaries introduced the term, understood only along the Chinese coast, while inland Celestials knew nothing of it.
Detroit Free Press notes that in America a gentleman waits for a bow of recognition before addressing a woman in public, while in Europe the custom is reversed with the bow first. It warns against women stopping a man in the street for chat and discourages prolonged conversations, even among friends, preferring brief exchanges and continuing walks.
The article explains coughing costs high energy, noting a German statistician's estimate that coughing every fifteen minutes for ten hours uses about 250 units of heat, comparable to three eggs or two glasses of milk. It contrasts normal breathing with the rapid air expulsion in violent coughing at up to 300 feet per second.
In a domestic scene a paterfamilias learns his visitors like Mr Nicefellow, and the family agrees to stop the parlor clock to save wear on the works while discussing coal and gas costs and frugal living.
A Frenchman teaching in a large school loses patience with a disorderly class. Heat and unruly boys provoke snapping remarks and multiple punishments until he bellows in a fit of pique that the whole class should go to the bottom. Neat misreading highlights his cultural humor.
A feudal king orders a rival eliminated while the lord high executioner pleads that the target is his cousin though distant. The king concedes to aliasing the relation as a cousin once removed in a terse Philadelphia item.
A short cryptic cry echoes dis tress as a policeman in a doorway mumbles about placing an advertisement in the want column. The scene, described by the Philadelphia Press, conveys a quiet, wry moment of urban life and practical humor.
A renowned physician asserts that height and weight gains in Britons and Americans over the last fifty years stem mainly from increased consumption of a car friendly diet.
The railroad issues timetable updates listing train numbers 7 through 86 and 11 through 12 with departures from Muscatine Wilton and other stations. It notes service changes including trains running via Evans instead of Washington, through trains to Kansas City El Paso Mexico City and California, and daily or Sunday exclusions.
Train timetable for Muscatine North & South By Co effective April 20 1902 shows No 3 from Muscatine to Elrick Junction and connections to Wapello Fruitland Grandview and Roundhouse with arrival and departure times. No 2 and No 1 trains connect with Iowa Central at various junctions for Peoria Monmouth Oskaloosa Grinnell Marshalltown Mason City Minneapolis and St Paul. Charles Howard general agent.
Going North schedules list No 3 St Paul Express daily at 10 pm No 5 Mason City Mail Sundays 11 59 am No 25 Way Freight Sundays 10 05 am Going South shows No 6 Peoria Mail Sundays 2 45 pm No 4 Peoria Express daily 5 36 am No 16 Way Freight Sundays 1 50 pm Coupon tickets on sale to all points in the United States Canada and Mexico Rates folders contact A B Cutts Minneapolis or G L Seevers Etrick Junction Iowa.
Readable timetable notes steamers Helen Blair and W J Young Jr operate on set days. Helen Blair runs Monday Wednesday Friday at 6 30 am Sunday 7 am. W J Young Jr runs Monday Wednesday Friday at 7 pm.
The Peking Gazette reports the 1860 peace terms as the western powers admitting wrongs and humbly seeking peace, with the emperor benevolently granting a large indemnity to help them begin an honest life and avoid murder and rapine.
In a London Tit Bits quip a husband and wife laugh at a newspaper error that turned twenty five years of married happiness into marred happiness. The couple recall writing the note for the reporter and joke about the typesetter having perhaps married twenty five years himself.
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