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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
5
A collection of wry, clipped items from Rocky Ford, Colorado, noting satirical asides on public figures like Carnegie and Rockefeller, local curiosities, and social quips. References span Spain, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Russia, with tongue in cheek commentary on culture, politics, and daily life.
Charlie Stuart faces a series of mistaken identities in Antwerp as Professor Richter accuses him of abducting Richter’s wife. A duel looms at sunrise while Charlie seeks to prove his innocence with aid from Madam Sophie Richter and Hildegarry. Artemus drops key clues about Arline Brand and the Runaway Countess.
A story unfolds of a neglectful husband, a cunning cousin, and a card trick that leads to a hotel confrontation. A Countess Isolde Brabant surfaces as the mysterious woman linked by exchanged visiting cards, with the tale set to continue.
Dialogue captures a light domestic exchange where Mrs. Youngwed reveals she kept Mr. Youngwed home due to ill health and used the day to tackle home improvements while he rested. Mrs. Naybor remarks on the visible renovations as the couple exchanges brief, cheerful banter.
In Japan mills run day and night with noon and midnight shifts. Most workers are children who toil eleven hours at low wages. One Osaka mill employs 2,600 under age 15 operating 3,700 spindles, compared with 300 workers in America for the same output.
A humorous exchange describes Trebber meeting a socialist named Dusty and reacting with surprising happiness upon learning Dusty had been run over by a hog cart. The dialogue plays on mistaken identity and political caricature.
Ant control methods include destroying mounds before rain to flood nests and several chemical and mechanical options. Suggestions cover carbolic acid water, a cape aloes and camphor mix, tobacco water, insect powder, a potash brimstone mix, and bisulphate of carbon fumes poured into the hill. Exercise caution with volatile substances to avoid fires and animal exposure.
A farmer can test seed germination easily by placing 100 to 150 seeds on moist sand in plates and incubating at room temperature. This simple germination check helps avoid buying low vitality seed and saves money, especially since many samples sent to the station show 25 percent or less germination.
A government report shows overall unfavorable apple conditions in fourteen large states, with only North Carolina and Michigan above ten year averages. Peach prospects are favorable despite some states lagging behind their averages. The potato outlook is uncertain with uneven moisture causing potential shortages, while late crops may avoid shortfalls. Additionally, notes on sugar palm sap from tropical Asia appear.
A discussion notes stumps with semi tap roots common among pines poplars and chestnuts. Eastern states show many trees with thin root systems. Government report says this class includes most trees and species. Removing such stumps is easier than single tap roots but harder to plow among them. Lateral root trees are less common than those with this growth habit.
Advice on removing stumps with lateral roots from elm and other hardwoods using axe machinery or explosives. Reports indicate many new silos being erected in New York to store feed, reducing weather risks and stabilizing dairy supply. Spraying to prevent frost may protect oranges and grapes in Florida and New York vineyards from late frosts, with potential early fall applicability. A remark concludes with a quip about girls and a $1000 front foot value.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease powder. It makes tight or new shoes comfortable and relieves swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. Available at all druggists and shoe stores. Trial package free by mail addressed to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
An advertorial note promotes reprinting a section of The Conquest of Arid America as The Better Half of the United States, urging general reading. It offers a four-cent copy of related San Luis valley literature and includes a comic aside about flies and window screens and a Defiance Starch testimonial.
The fragment describes a person named Dean Man, traveling with irregular meals and poor sleeping conditions leading to a health breakdown two years earlier, with a physician recommending complete rest after partial recovery. It implies ongoing health concerns from travel and accommodation quality.
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