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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
3
The American Migrazine previews Simple Septimus as a lively serial. From chapter one the work appears more joyous and amusing than Marcus Morals and The Beloved Vagabond, the author’s earlier stories.
A recruitment note promises no experience needed to earn money by selling subscriptions for The Mothen's Magazine. It urges readers to seize a legitimate opportunity to make income and do good, claiming broad accessibility and appealing prospects.
A 19th century style product note states Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently on the bowels to drive the cold out of the system and is sold at Langerak's Drug Store. The brief entry references the price range 27 to 31 in local currency.
Cardinal Logue of Armagh walks in Central Park and hears a boy recount a dog’s leg injury. The boy jokes a Christian Science woman claimed a cure, and the cardinal asks if he should let her try, the boy replies that he wouldn’t attempt it on the dog.
A country visit shows a farmer’s wife guiding a young girl along a winding path of wild flowers. The elder urges picking them now, not later, as chances to enjoy bright hours, friendships, and confidences slip away if delayed. The piece urges seizing daily blessings as life’s simple gifts.
An exchange reflection on choosing a path through life that improves the world for descendants. A guide’s remark about trimming a trail prompts thoughts on leaving work and life in better order for future generations with unselfish spirit and good will.
A narrator recalls meeting three ragged children in a city suburb. Barefoot and hatless, they exuded surprising learnedness from public school scraps. They had overheard myths and formed quaint conclusions from fragmentary Grecian lore.
A fragmentary narrative blends a Pegasus myth with practical agricultural guidance. It warns of cherry pests and borers harming trees, urges careful tree inspection, bark examination, and earth clearing around trunks to detect brown sawdust excreta, and suggests tools and methods to locate and deter infestation.
The article argues for a road treatment called the King road drag, claiming it makes roads more convex to shed rain, resists wear, and smooths ruts. It notes wet spells harden the surface, reduces mud, and lowers later maintenance costs, urging wider adoption despite high initial costs.
Orchard readers are urged to maintain clean beds by hoeing away grass and weeds throughout the season to ensure the best possible growth and fruiting from their young trees.
The article argues soil fertility hinges on balance between what is added as fertilizer and what is removed by crops. It cites English farms achieving higher root yields through careful artificial fertilization, contrasts Southern cotton farming that exhausts soil after decades, and notes Western corn belt depletion despite low crop pull. Strong emphasis on sustainable practice and the need to restore soil strength by returning nutrients.
A short guidance piece urges homeowners to manage shade trees each year to keep the house adequately sunlit. It stresses pruning to prevent the home from being buried in shade and recommends ensuring the house receives half daylight. It suggests timely cutting with axe and saw to admit sunshine.
Residents in shaded homes face mould growth, dampness, and mildew on books and furniture. The text notes how moss on roofs and mildew threaten house durability and health, contrasting treeless prairie dwellings with shaded ones plagued by pests and damp conditions.
A gardening note praises asters for easy cultivation and sunny beds with rich soil and ample water. It contrasts asters with pansies and nasturtiums, noting their vigor, sunshine needs, transplant timing, and lack of insect enemies. It also details thorough silage practices, including harvest timing, wilting, packing, moisture control, leveling, and post filling care to minimize loss.
A historical fragment lists ten breeding rules for intelligent swine breeders focusing on stock maturity, clean dry sleeping quarters, steady feed, ample water, shade, clean surroundings, and avoiding dust or filth. It includes a controversial dry mix recipe of ashes salt sulfur copperas lime and coal products, plus a stray quote about a doctor and Mirandy.
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