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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
1
Dempsey defeated Georges Carpentier in a famed world bout last Saturday amid heavy criticism of him and his countrymen. The author argues Dempsey showed strength and resolve, defying hostile sentiment and national pressure.
A fragment discusses retailers complaining that OE cents per unit is unfairly high, noting producers take much of the value. It questions idle shopkeepers and hints at seeking a share, suggesting a pull to get outside and act while conditions allow.
The Sarasota Times reports Albritton & Woods shipped 27 farm cars from seventeen acres, ending with 497 bushels of eggplant. Florida in 1920 led cabbage and celery rail shipments, with cabbage 4 749 cars, tomatoes 3 392 cars, and Irish potatoes 8 349 cars, surpassing most states. A Virginia editor warned of publishing a young man’s name over unpaid subscription. fifty nine paid, two paid ahead.
The plant pathology section reports red rust leaf rust spreading in north central Iowa with no black stem rust danger. Early sowing linked to losses. avoid seed from affected crops next year. Oats blast described as non parasite, caused by heat and poor soil. not an indicator of a short oat crop.
A metropolitan paper defends women’s evolving dress, praising the short skirt as sanitary and practical while urging tolerance. It ridicules long skirts and jokes about congress probes, prizefighters, and the Stillman divorce scandal as distractions from daily life. It ends with bread price complaint.
The Iowa apple crop is expected to be small due to frosts and neglected orchards. Fourth spray from July 20 to 30 is essential to reduce scale and codling moth damage, using four quarts lime sulfur or Bordeaux mix to 50 gallons, with one pound lead arsenate powder added.
The farm crops department of Town State College recommends sowing sorghum at sixty to seventy pounds per acre to exterminate quack grass. Use a drill if available to plant the seed and avoid covering it too deeply. If no drill is available, broadcast the seed and harrow afterward.
Plant pathologists at Iowa State College warn oat smut has appeared in southern and northeastern Iowa. The outbreak is not yet serious, but some fields show damage up to twenty percent.
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