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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1923
Page
6
Mrs Cow laments farm fads and new gadgets while Mrs Brown and White Cow weigh comfort of old essentials. Cows debate cars hats dresses and the lure of novelty versus simple, calm farm life. Calves prefer familiar calf pleasures and routine over excitement.
A mother scolds Jimmy for playing with troublemaking boys. Jimmy defends himself, saying he didn’t tell his mother about the incident. The dialogue implies family tension and a misunderstanding.
Liberia appoints Gen Moody Staten, former U. S. Army captain, as Commander in Chief at age 32. He served overseas and earned a captain’s rank before 1919. Postwar, he pursued college studies in Spokane, Washington, and was recommended by the Liberian government to Secretary of State Hughes for U. S. aid in selecting a qualified officer of Negro descent to lead the Liberian forces.
An Iowa farmer and farm bureau director highlights spraying in his county as a profitable practice. A test by Karl Meier shows four sprays cost about eighty cents per tree, yielding 278 pounds of apples with 81.6 percent clean fruit, versus 803 pounds with only 41 percent clean on an unsprayed tree. The sprayed tree outpaced the unsprayed by over three bushels of clean apples despite some loss to the public.
The article advises cutting and burning all old canes after fruit removal to prevent disease. Early removal of diseased canes is recommended, and resistant varieties are preferred. It suggests arsenate of lead for caterpillars on raspberries and blackberries, potassium sulphide for mildew, and nicotine sulfate for plant lice, applied before leaf curl.
If the strawberry bed is heavily infested the advised control is to burn off all vegetable matter. For lighter infestations spread straw to aid thorough burning. Burn during mid July after mowing or pulling vines to dry. When ground is firm burning should not harm plants and new growth should be pest free.
The passage notes that the exact placement of currant and gooseberry bushes matters little, focusing instead on their care and cultivation rather than precise location. It emphasizes attention to how bushes are treated over where they are planted.
The article advises trimming the tops of gooseberry bushes or currant bushes to extend only about eight or ten inches above the soil when set. It emphasizes maintaining low, bushy growth for healthy fruit production.
Dusting with powdered sulphur is suggested to control the strawberry weevil. The note specifies applying sulphur dust as a preventive measure to reduce weevil damage on strawberry crops.
An advertisement touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a top remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims quick mild healing and invites readers to test with a 10 cent sample from Dr Kilmer and Co. Binghamton NY, noting to mention the newspaper.
Don’t forget Cuticura talcum for toilet requisites. An exquisite face and skin powder and perfume with the Cuticura trio Soap Ointment and Talcum 25 cents each advertised everywhere.
An American motion picture operator filming the French occupied Ruhr region fled to Berlin in his car pursued by French agents. In Berlin the film was developed and two copies were sent abroad. The negative was stolen by French agents, but the operator has a second copy and will make a new negative.
A student replies that their reason for learning many languages is to prepare for living in New York. The exchange hints at future plans and language goals.
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