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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
10
Fragmentary archaic verse asks for divine grace and service. It contemplates becoming worthy through piety and steadfast duty, with imagery of old age, meat, and a new pear of grace. The tone is devotional and exhortatory, focusing on moral reform.
A nostalgic account describes Scottish Hogmanay customs from midnight to dawn, including wassail, first-footing, and street celebrations in Edinburgh. It notes gender and complexion beliefs for luck, Highland rites with juniper water, children begging for treats, and festive rituals signaling health and wealth for the new year.
The piece details gar ne to toy greetings, first two weeks of the festival, and rituals. It explains preparations, foods like chrysanthemum dessert, offerings to ancestors, and family prayers led by the grandfather, followed by feasting and gift exchange.
Mr Wragg seeks reader ideas as Iowa workers study turning cornstalks into paper rivaling vellum. The process uses stalks from 63 million tons of crop waste, costs $24-$25 per ton vs $68-$75 for pulp, with $100,000 spent on machinery. Also notes questions for presidents secretaries and members about institute duties and meeting plans.
The article describes how China’s new year follows the lunar cycle in early February, called rounding the year, affecting commerce and religion. Debts are paid first, and men may starve to clear obligations, sometimes turning to theft. Families hold ancestral feasts for dead spirits, with sons abroad seeking to return. The new-year feast is likened to the Passover for Jews.
A quotation from Rev. F. N. Belowbet, D.D., on entering the new year. It urges recognizing past errors to avoid them, while cherishing and improving what was right, likening the view to Moses on Pisgah and the Promised Land ahead.
Grape cuttings come from the largest wood of last year. Cut pieces about eight inches long with two or three joints. Lower cut near a joint, upper cut about an inch above. Store cuttings in moist sand or moss, buried outdoors with butts upward, to avoid early sprouting. In spring plant in rows two feet apart, cuttings four to five inches apart, top buds about one inch above soil. Ensure good soil and tillage. Also inquiry about quince cuttings. guidance focuses on grape propagation.
An old tip explains growing rhubarb in a cellar to have ready stalks for pies. Dig up root pieces and plant thickly on the cellar bottom, cover deeply, keep 60 degrees, and water thoroughly. It claims fresh stalks taste better than canned or grown outdoors.
A farmer credits sending a son to college with saving the farm. The son learns agricultural science, improves seed selection, and reduces debts as the family grows fairer crops. The poet praises rural progress and acknowledges other sons ready to work with brains and muscle.
Vermont Experiment Station reports the railroad worm or apple maggot ranks as the top pest for fruit growers. The insect spoils stored and market apples with pulpy flesh as it lays eggs under the skin from June onward. No effective control has been found, though some benefit comes from removing windfalls by hand or feeding them to hogs.
Farmers are urged to save and apply all farmyard manure rather than relying solely on commercial fertilizers. Humus loss will reduce drought resilience and clover seeding. rotate crops every four years, with three years ideal and clover given priority. Spread manure promptly, plow under clover and rye, and avoid bare ground in fall and winter to preserve fertility and provide fall pasture for sheep and hogs.
The notes advise keeping hogs warm and sheltered, improving sow breeding, and avoiding poor feed. Do not feed sour or decayed vegetables, and avoid excessive corn. Do not butcher good sows too early. sell hogs when market-ready to avoid losses. Myths about black teeth are debunked.
A column discusses the appeal of poultry farming for city dwellers seeking back-to-farm independence. It notes the desire for fresh eggs, the charm of poultry keeping, and the mismatch between high American hen output and market demand. The piece also hints at seasonal price dynamics and the idea of a poultry venture for capital-light, small-space operations.
A historical ad extols Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic tonic curing weak stomach dyspepsia biliousness and ulceration with a strict claim of safety and scientific backing. Also promotes Pleasant Pellets Liver Pills as original for regulating stomach liver and bowels with sugar coating and easy dosage.
In a London musical comedy a critic notes a young box laugh, revealing the author among the audience who vastly enjoys the scenes. An Irish worker’s blunt honesty yields a joke about learning and pay. In Khipka Pass fighting, General Dragomiroft’s bold action sees troops recoil under Turkish fire, then the general’s taunting question spurs a powerful counterattack that drives Turks from the ridge.
Jesse E Mitchell of Washington Kansas a telephone lineman and local resident once suffered twelve years from kidney trouble with back pain and fatigue He says after four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he feels like a new man and can work refreshed with no back pain He attributes his recovery to the pills proving their effectiveness to him.
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