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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1924
Page
6
A man is shot and carried to Edith Grant’s home in New York state. He mutters about millions and asks for Henry Archman. An impostor posing as Archman’s secretary flees with a package, Morbach dies, and Archman’s arrival exposes the deceit.
Miss Grant confirms the recollection of a plot to seize papers that Akin was said to carry. Archman suspects a setup, accusing Edith of being a plant, while Dr. Ward and Wadith defend Edith as a resident actress who has tried to avoid Harry’s entanglements and demands respect in the house.
Henry Archman, a Chicago meat-packer, moves his family to New York after resisting his relatives desire to seek aristocratic connections. The move stems from Mrs. Archman and Nel llie s ambitions for status, while Henry stays grounded in his proven business success.
Archman relocates to New York and plans to expand into Argentina’s meat trade while his wife pursues high society connections. His daughter Nellie clashes with her mother over marrying for status as Bess subtly mocks their ambitions, and son Harry fears his father’s stern control as dinner confrontation looms.
The piece questions who impersonated Akin and explores the motive behind the act while noting Arch man’s heightened interest in the ensuing situation. It highlights curiosity about the impersonator and possible implications for Akin’s image and the local scene.
In a Pittsburgh Telegraph item a new-rich Cockney visits a Devon country house. While touring with the head gardener a peculiar screech from a nearby thicket prompts the Cockney to ask about owl sounds, debating the term owling.
The article argues that lasting fame comes from impact beyond a single splashy appearance. It examines how consistent work, credible achievements, and community influence build enduring recognition over mere media attention.
United States Department of Agriculture notes that screenings, though a weed seed and chaff heavy by product, should be fed to livestock rather than discarded. It cites dockage losses, potential farm savings from on farm cleaning, and feeding value for sheep and other stock with economics of separation at the threshing site.
A historic note outlines killing wild garlic by spraying a diluted mix of orchard heating oil or waste motor oil with kerosene. The method requires filtering the oil, thinning it to a fine spray, and applying with a small pressure sprayer to target plants.
USDA scientists finish a study on meadow death camas Zygadenus venenosus and related species grassy foothill and mountain death camas. The work compares toxicity to sheep horses cattle and swine, noting meadow and grassy camas most dangerous after the mountain variety. Findings appear in Department Bulletin No. 1240.
Farmers note soybeans thrive in heavy dark soils with ample moisture and advise draining when soils stay wet. They recommend inoculating seed with field soil, preparing as for corn, sowing after corn, favoring early plantings, and applying about 100 pounds per acre of acid phosphate if soil is sour or unfertilized. Wet spring weather boosts potatoes and may aid late blight control with Bordeaux spray.
Extension soils specialist P. Fy Schowengerdt of Missouri College of Agriculture says legumes such as alfalfa and clovers need lime more than other crops. Lime improves soil and nitrogen fixing bacteria, boosting yields for the next crop. sowing clover after lime on wheat lands maximizes profit.
Advice on avoiding bad fruit to protect sales, improving crops with spraying, and using Bordeaux mixture with lead arsenate to prevent late blight. Guidance urges more frequent sprays in cool wet seasons and notes forests and wood lots benefit from care. Refer to bulletin FF 159 from the state college at Ithaca, New York.
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