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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1927
Page
7
After a brutal factory fire, Barney the fireman loses mobility but gains a loyal fox terrier, the Brat. The crew helps raise funds, Barney recovers with the Brat, and Hopkins the neighbor rewards the dog for warning of a later blaze.
The royal commission on mines reports experiments on coal dust and air explosions. They show coal dust is highly explosive but stone dust can curb or confine blasts. An explosion across a dustless area was transmitted by flying coal dust, while stone dust restrained the blast.
A traveler recalls walking with an elderly Russian woman in Moscow who forbids picking up a pin dropped on the street. She explains a superstition that if a person with a disease drops a pin and another picks it up, the disease transfers to the picker.
The UC southern branch coach surveys the newcomer class for football material. Kenny Iverson says he can Charleston, prompting the coach to label him suitable for cheerleader.
Incandescent globes may be colored by dipping in collodion solution with aniline dye, prepared beforehand. Dip and rotate quickly with bulbs down until the coating dries.
J Harold Clark of New Jersey State College advises pruning grape arbors before buds swell. Use vigorous one year canes for fruit, remove most old wood, keep 4 to 8 canes, cut to six to ten buds, and remove extra vines if spacing is under six feet.
The article urges spraying peach trees during dormancy to prevent leaf curl. Use lime-sulphur solution one to twenty parts water or 44-50 Bordeaux mixture before buds swell. Thorough coverage of all twigs is essential, with a second pass if wind shifts. If San Jose scale is present, dilute lime-sulphur to one part in nine.
The document warns that woolly aphid is a pest to nursery trees, with signs on roots and whitish waxy growth. Exudate from aphid bodies can be found in bark crevices. affected trees should be rejected or thoroughly fumigated before planting.
An acre of raspberries in eastern America yields 1800 to 1400 quarts with potential highs to 4000. Prune top heavy apple trees to prevent wind damage from clustered fruit. In bearing trees, plump nourished buds make blossoms and fruit. thin branch tips to allow sunlight and plant food to reach remaining buds.
Advertisement urges using Moone's Emerald Oil two ounce bottle applied to swollen veins twice daily to shrink varicose veins and even piles, claiming rapid absorption and full strength formula sold by druggists.
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