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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1905
Page
8
A young business man improves an unkempt Oklahoma square by buying and planting thousands of elm seedlings. The project funded itself as trees grew, turning the square into a thriving park and inspiring nearby towns and schools to follow suit. The piece urges widespread civic action beyond wealth.
The piece argues that neglected streets threaten public health and hinder growth. It urges investment under expert supervision as a safe, compounding return, noting every businessperson and resident should support street improvements for communal benefit.
In Sacramento California residents on the north side have resolved to park I street to beautify an old agricultural district. An alliance of improvement clubs has been secured and an executive committee appointed to lead the effort.
The piece recounts Lititz editor J Frank Bueh using a printed card to promote Lititz, listing the town's features to overcome misperceptions. It also notes a farm institute class of 30 boys judging corn and reflects on corn culture, a seven week packinghouse strike, and Wisconsin buckwheat and millet sowing timelines with July 4 as a rough deadline.
Ashland Wisconsin embraces progressive school grounds as the town council funds black dirt and teams while women volunteers plant a boulevard. A landscape plan features ornamental plantings, separate playgrounds for boys and girls, experimental gardens, and a center boulevard with artistically grouped trees and shrubs.
At a meeting of the Woman's Outdoor Art league in Chicago Horace McFarland president of the American Civic association gave an illustrated talk on Common Trees and Their Uncommon Flowers. He urged planting fruit trees along country roadsides and streets noting the apple tree’s homelike charm and resilience and urged introducing trees such as pin oak linden and tulip to diversify city streets away from maples and rapid growers.
The Moorestown Improvement association started a monthly pamphlet titled Village Improvement in September 2004. The intent is to mail the publication to every householder in Moorestown and Stanwich to address items such as site walk questions water supply children’s amusements gardens shade trees high school improvements and related concerns.
A town without animal running at large ordinances can widen streets by thirty to forty feet. Removing animals creates a beautiful avenue with flowers and shrubs between sidewalks and houses, making streets presentable to visitors and attractive to desirable residents.
Cure for horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, hogs and poultry by acting on the sick parts directly. Treats throat quinsy epizootic distemper worms cough colds influenza lung inflammations pleuro pneumonia colic diarrhea dysentery and related ailments with rapid effect.
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