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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1904
Page
6
A dramatic tale recalls Tomasso Salvini predicting a rousing Othello in New York. Interpreter Raponi recalls Salvini promising to make countrymen jump from their seats, a forecast borne out when the Academy of Music audience rose in electrified response at the climactic jealous scene.
The piece catalogs famous echoes from the Menai Straits bridge in Wales to the Castle of Simonetta near Milan, a grotto in Ireland, the Tuilleries garden in Paris, Shipley church in Sussex, Woodstock, and the Pantheon. It notes repeated sounds, including pistol reports and hand claps, in counts up to twenty-eight repetitions in five seconds.
A former London wholesale liquor man questions English gin consumption abroad and argues gin better sustains intellectual work than whisky. He cites Byron praising Geneva as a true intellectual tonic and criticizes American cocktails. He names Geneva gin Hollands and other names as preferred mental aids for writers.
A clipped verse reminiscence features Peggy popping corn beside gas log flames on a cold night, recalling country winters and memory. The scene shifts to a club banquet where a speaker quips about grammar and infinitives, ending with a casual aside.
M J Wragg of Waukee Iowa invites contributions of new ideas from readers and offers to answer questions on subjects discussed. Correspondence preferred to Mr Wragg at Waukee Iowa.
Morning Sun readers discuss proper timing for top grafting apple trees and making grafting wax. The writer suggests March to early April, or mid-March with favorable weather, and describes grafting on limbs up to half to one inch. Wax recipe uses tallow or linseed oil, beeswax, and resin. melt, cool, cut into pieces, and apply with brush to wounds.
The article urges parents to enroll their sons in short winter agricultural courses at colleges. It argues that the $35 to $50 cost will greatly increase the boy’s understanding, open new ideas, and raise the value of agriculture in his eyes, with time to apply these concepts next season.
Iowa shows rapid apple industry growth with census data from 1890 to 1900 doubling planted trees from 8,140,588 to 16,?—the text notes 6,869,588 though likely a misprint. Orchards cluster in the southwest along river towns where prairie soil is less distinct. Apples are high quality, making local crops a major money maker on some farms.
The piece reflects on a home place seen with fresh longing after wandering away. It contrasts unseeing daily sight with the renewed wonder found in memory, noting the farm and its surroundings shine brighter in recollection than in present distance.
The piece urges farmers and their wives to pay special attention to hired workers on the farm. It stresses that those paid for labor are human beings and deserve friendly interest, generous treatment, and care for their comfort. Kindness will benefit both workers and owners through improved diligence and loyalty.
The quality of the milk depends primarily upon the cows producing it and then upon the food and care given the cow.
The passage argues that early training largely determines whether a horse becomes a fast walker, with breed and pace influenced more by initial handling than inherent traits. It warns against trotting young walking teams and emphasizes consistent, proper handling to build desired movement.
A historical farming note extols the mule as an efficient, hardy worker. It highlights stable gait, disease resistance, endurance, and steadiness under load, asserting mules pull more per size and stay with work longer than horses, though they lack showy appearance.
To keep turnips successfully do not try too many in the same hole. Dig a pit two feet square and fifteen inches deep. Put in the turnips, rounding up well, and cover with loose dirt, letting it sift down among the turnips. Cover with three or four inches of dirt and put down with the shovel to turn the water. After the ground freezes down to the turnips mulch with any straw material to keep the ground from thawing. Tur nips will not keep well in cellars in large heaps or when covered with straw.
A reflective monologue on a farmer who sold his homestead and moved to a small town. He longs for fresh air and farm life, misses the eggs and milk, and laments dwindling savings after fuel taxes and rents erode his income. He yearns to return but cannot.
A farmer is urged to include the boy in daily work and trips. Explain farm tasks, prompt questions, and answer them. When visiting town, take him along to observe business at banks, lumber yards, hardware stores, and the blacksmith. This practical exposure should pay dividends years later.
If vegetable matter is scarce in truck land soil, sow rye thickly now at two to three bushels per acre. Early sowing favors clover to boost fertility, but plowing under clover risks harboring cutworms that may devastate the crops.
Fragmented OCR text presents a quotation about comparing oneself to a neighbor, emphasizing knowing others as a social virtue. The line cites Swift and hints at moral judgment amid communal scrutiny. The source fragment offers no clear date, author, or publication context.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a report about expanding canning facilities and more practical business methods. Mentions surplus production and improved processes, suggesting a shift toward greater efficiency and utilization of sanitary standards in canning operations.
Practical farming notes urge careful pruning of young trees to avoid weakening growth. Apple orchards may bear every other year. Consider planting trees in unoccupied fence corners for future beauty. Prepare sweet pea beds early and plant as soon as spring soils allow. Keep pigs on pasture in summer and out on fine winter days. Ensure dry, well-littered sheds on high ground. Sheep need ample air. open sheds best with no lambs. Favor clover hay then shredded corn fodder, pea vines, grasses. timothy hay can be dangerous in long heads. Replace old sheep with young ewes. Provide dry earth for dust baths to keep ewes content. If moving to town for schooling, remember town improvements cost money. Municipal taxes and utilities raise costs. stay on farm if you grumble, and let children grow up where farmers are the energetic, progressive public-spirited core.
A short Scots dialect prayer asks for rain to aid haymaking and harvest. The speaker pleads to God to bless work, avert pests like potato bugs, and protect the town from judgment on the rich while seeking mercy for his family.
A compact argument asserts birds and forests are mutually dependent. Birds nurture hedgerows of trees and shrubs that produce fruits and nuts, sustaining the birds themselves. The piece frames a mathematical proposition that forests grow from a field with birds, fences, and a worm fence, creating a self feeding ecological balance.
Poetic line reads of winter desolation and the evergreen standing in glory as an emblem of hope. It references birds sheltering under its branches and children admiring its bright presence as the evergreen queen.
A humorous Josh Billings quote about sticking to one task and the overdevelopment of stick-to-stiveness among farmers and their wives prompts a tale of a couple delaying visits to in laws for fear of the chickens disappearing while away. The piece uses oblique satire and dated spelling to illustrate social mores of rural life.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a man in the country Ontario seeking improvements to his home and benefits for his community. Readable parts indicate a personal, domestic focus with vague references to hometown life and local improvement.
The New York Herald notes an artist’s orange sculpture where two halves remain joined by skin lace. The effect comes from deftly carving the skin without splitting the fruit, revealing separated halves and intricate texture.
A New York jeweler designed a clock meant to run forty years on a single winding. The 15 inch diameter, 75 pound timepiece uses a barrel wheel that completes one rotation every 2.5 years, with the key turned after 56 revolutions. Fully jeweled movement sits in a hermetically sealed glass case, operable in vacuum to reduce friction and oil drying.
James Johnson found his dead cat’s newborn kittens under his shed still nursing when a mongrel dog, living in the same yard, adopted them. The dog growled at approach but continued nursing, and Johnson believes the kittens will thrive under her care.
A Newburyport Massachusetts kitten known for playing with a hatpin six and a half inches long disappeared and later died. It showed poor appetite before a violent fit. A veterinary surgeon removed the hatpin from the body, determining it caused the death.
Local officials consider relaxing trapping rules amid complaints from trappers and wildlife groups. Citizens argue safety and animal welfare while authorities seek balance with conservation goals. The proposal prompts hearings next month and calls for clearer enforcement guidelines.
A garbled 1904 advertisement page presents claims for Halls Catarrh Cure and a large seed catalog promotion by John A Salzer Seed Co. It includes promises of large crop yields per acre, varietal data, and notices billing Beardless Barley and Teosinte. The text also mentions King Edwards knighting James Knowles.
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