Weather Crop Bulletin for Iowa Week Ending Sept 21 1908
Weather conditions continued with hot dry days and little wind. No rain for twenty days aside from light showers on the 13th. pastures brown and dusty, stock water scarce in many areas. Corn ripening faster, about 75 percent safe from ordinary frost. late crops likely light. Winter wheat rye sowing progress, hay second crop excellent. clover seed harvest ongoing. Geo M Chapel, Section Director.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Geo. M. Chapel
Head Cheese Making From Pig Head and Sage Flavor
A recipe from October Woman's Home Companion explains cleaning a pig's head, soaking in salt water, boiling until meat falls from bones, straining the liquor, cooling, skimming fat, adding finely chopped meat back with salt pepper and sage, then a brief boil and setting to chill. If sage is not preferred, other flavorings may be used.
Great American Hen Counts Billions of Eggs Across Year
Arthur Guttman narrates in October Woman's Home about U S poultry output reaching nearly 1 300 000 000 dozen eggs in a year. He imagines the scale by linking egg length to miles and a giant omelet covering Manhattan, noting 280 million poultry of voting age in the United States and their potential aerial canopy.
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Shome
Iowa
Manhattan Island
Solomon
United States
King Solomon
Arthur Gutterman
Electric Coin Counter Revolutionizes Bank Cash Handling
The Bank of England adopts an electric coin counter that sorts and counts up to 72,000 coins per hour. A rear receptacle feeds a tray of coins onto a tilting metal plate divided into a hundred adjustable squares. The device speeds up cash work beyond fourteen expert cashiers counting 50,000 silver coins in a day.
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Bank of England
Philadelphia Scrapple Boil Recipe From October Issue
A vintage recipe describes boiling three to four pounds of fresh pork until tender then using the boiling water to season a thick corn meal mush. The meat is chopped, seasoned, added to the mush, then poured into bread tins to cool and sliced. Slices are fried in a spider until brown with no extra fat.
Long's Sweat Worm Wafers Praised By Iowa Family
In Des Moines on May 11 1908 R M Bennett and family describe using Long's Sweat Worm Wafers from The Oro Medical Co Des Moines for children troubled by worms. They report improved sleep appetite and ease of administration noting wafers taste like candy and require no laxative. Sold in metal boxes at local drug stores Vander Linden's Bazar and S F Cole.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oro Medical Co
Sixth Avenue
City
R. M. Bennett
Electric Energy in Everyday Fruit
A brief note argues that consuming fruit transfers electric energy into the body, likening the apple to a small electric accumulator. It claims the energy is detectable by a Kelvin galvanometer, illustrating the idea with a lighthearted science tone.
Expensive Peace Guards in Russia and Lava Clocks Proposal
Prince Naryszkin near the Courtland frontier spends about £4,000 yearly on dragoons and related protections, leaving wealthier regions secure while the poor risk looting as noted by Pall Mall Gazette. Signor Courtino suggests boring a tunnel to vent lava into the sea to prevent explosions and even molding lava into clocks for construction.
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Russia
Naryszkin
Lithuania
Courtland
Rica
Pall Mall Gazette
Signor Courtino
Hughes named on first ballot for New York governor
Hughes wins 827 of 1009 votes at Saratoga Convention. Opposition to the governor collapses while his administration is ratified and promised to continue on the same course. Fires rage near Duluth and Grand Marais, Minnesota, endangering many lives until rain arrives. A Kansas printing office incident ends with a sharp rebuke from the editor.
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Hughes
N. Y
N.Y
Duluth
Minn
Grand Marais
Last Chance to Buy St Joseph Star 1.00 Year Sub
The St. Joseph Star announces price rise to 1.50 per year starting October 1, with a six to eight page daily edition and improved coverage. Old subscribers may extend at the 1.00 rate. renewals valid anytime. Offer includes The Chronicle and The Star for 230 per year before October 1, 1868.
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St. Joseph
The
St. Joseph Star
St Joseph Star
Chronicle
the Star
Iowa Farm Bargains Across Iowa Near Oskaloosa Eddyville New Shar
A compact farming classifieds notice lists 160 acres near Oskaloosa with smooth plow land and pastures, priced at 10 000 per acre with easy terms. Also details 160 acres near Eddyville, rolling pasture, wells, and a 7 room house, price 7500 per acre with cash options. More parcels: 86 acres near New Sharon with hog tight fencing, 360 and 440 acre tracts in Van Buren county with large houses, barns, and rolling soil, all touted as genuine bargains. The notice cites quotes from the Secretary of Agriculture about Iowa land values rising in coming decades and urges quick contact.
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Oskaloosa
Eddyville
County Line Road
R.F.D
New Sharon
van Buren County
Iowa
Pella
Wilson
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