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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
6
Esra Girdlestone’s failed Africa scheme threatens the Fenchurch street firm as market drops squeeze profits. Ezra proposes marriage to Kate Harston to access funds while John Girdlestone imposes a year long separation and guardianship over the pair.
A historical note argues that marksmanship determines war outcomes. It cites the American Revolution and the Civil War to illustrate that well trained shooters with practical arms outperformed traditionally armed foes. It contrasts regional cultures such as woodsmen in the colonies and southern sportsmen with northern commercial expertise shaping results.
Askitt questions Hyker’s character while Noitt recalls a past shady enterprise. Hyker previously manufactured awnings as the core of his business, stirring talk about his reputation before a recent reform.
In a brisk exchange, Miss May Dupp-It warns of wind roughening the complexion and urges thin application. Miss Pert-Made counters that the complexion is too thick and suggests lighter use for better results.
A short verse from the Cleveland Plain Dealer admonishes that if people who give advice would actually follow it, the world would be blessed. The quatrain critiques hypocrisy and urges integrity in conduct.
A playful exchange frames an airship’s classification as a distant cousin to a dog breed. The father corrects the son by placing the airship in the aerial terrier class, a humorous look at naming conventions.
The Iowa Experiment Station fed lambs on four rations mangels sugar beets corn silage and grain with alfalfa to test finish quality. Lambs on corn silage fared better than sugar beets but not as well as those on mangels or grain and alfalfa, suggesting succulent seeds may not justify their higher cost.
A historical seed rate table lists per acre amounts for oats barley timothy tobacco blue grass clover lucerne red clover alfalfa red top millet orchard grass buckwheat broom corn corn varieties peas potatoes rutabagas turnips lawn grass rye vetches and wheat with varied ranges from 1% to 25 pounds and several bushel measures for field and garden crops.
The article argues farmers should increase nesting sites on farms to benefit birds that nest in shrubs. It states birds offer valuable service to farmers by protecting crops and aiding livestock, describing nesting sites as mutually beneficial for land management and bird welfare.
The text argues that long term grain farming depletes soil fertility after forty years, leading to desolation unless legumes are grown extensively. It criticizes the neglect of legumes as a soil-restoring practice and emphasizes their importance for sustainable agriculture.
An Indiana man introduces a fruit gatherer that neatly severs cherry stems without harming the fruit or requiring hand contact. The tool uses a fixed blade and a movable blade arrangement to cut stems and push fruit into a container as it slides down an incline toward a receptacle and hinged disposal lid.
A quoted memo from F. L. Risley urges home farm milk separation with cream sent to the factory to prevent infected skim milk from external herds. The separator allegedly guards against tuberculosis spread via skim milk and recommends farmers feeding young stock to use a good separator to protect their herd.
Odds and Ende reports local sheep growers near Roseburg offering 40 per head for coyotes killed. The piece notes U S farm families number over six and a half million and food production for cities. It covers farming uses of telephones, Luther Burbank thornless cactus as forage, a 23 acre apple orchard sale for 25000, a bill for postal savings banks, Michigan peach growers optimistic after a hard freeze, International Harvester Company guilty on 42 counts in Topeka, fern selling by New England farmers, and fern pickers paid 40 cents per thousand tied in bundles at railheads with two year harvest cycles.
A collage of jokes and readings from various papers shows humor on seeing is believing, wedding plans, and family quips. Bits include a baby’s sleep, an engaged couple, and a church money moment, with punchlines from Philadelphia and Chicago outlets spanning playful exchanges and social satire.
Mr. Cumroz remarks on preserving family history and the foreata, noting some American citizens may not be handling it properly as quoted in the Washington Star.
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