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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1905
Page
6
Mr Wrage invites readers of this department to submit one new idea and offers to answer inquiries on discussed subjects. Correspondents may address Mr Wrage at Good Huck Des Moines Iowa.
An older agricultural column advises on picking and storing fall fruits, emphasizing apples like Jonathan, Rome, and Fall Pippin, and noting varieties such as Corinthe, Roman Green, and Bartlett pears. It stresses planting at home, hardiness, and using home spray remedies, with fruiting guidance for peaches, plums, strawberries, and currants.
The piece argues prosperity comes from large output and accessible prices rather than mere money. It warns high prices do not create wealth. abundance of crops prevents poverty and panics. It urges ample space for growing stock to prevent stunting growth and health issues in livestock.
A farmer explains using a four horsepower upright gasoline engine since March 1901. He and his son set it up without local agents, threshing, sawmilling, and fodder crushing across multiple farms. Repairs were done by the farmers themselves. fuel use averages about four gallons for ten hours, and the engine proves handy and safe despite limited power.
The piece notes basswood, once despised, is now valuable for timber and in high demand by manufacturers. Supplies grow scarcer each year, and second growth hickory and ash are also sought for tool handles and other uses. The author suggests adding hickory and ash groves as well.
The article discusses how farm names reflect pride and home comfort. It lists examples such as Mountain View and Clover Dale and argues naming a farm signals care, landscaping, shade trees, and tidy buildings. It urges owners to name farms to foster homelike appeal.
A recent test shows liquid air functioning as a refrigerator for overland fruit car lines. The test claims success in cooling effectiveness and cost comparisons against ice.
A farmer argues for strict dairy records to measure butter fat and cow profitability. He recalls discarding twelve of twenty-five cows after one year and replacing them, noting higher returns when feeding efficiency and weighing milk are tracked. Continuous testing identifies which cows offer real profit.
The column warns buyers to beware of dishonest strangers selling nursery stock and urges patronizing well known nurseries. It endorses guidance from state horticultural authorities and recommends caution with new varieties, suggesting limited purchases and seeking practical reader experiences on fall disking of sod land.
A legendary American thinker says success rests on doing small things well. He notes many farmers fail due to neglecting routine chores like plowing seeding cultivating harvesting feeding and breeding. He argues mastery of small tasks distinguishes the truly successful farmer.
A four year old grape vineyard with seven hundred vines on good soil could make each acre worth about $1,000. The vines would yield revenue sufficient to net ten percent per year on that valuation, offering a strong opportunity for vineyardists who specialize in this business.
A rural advice piece urges farmers to root out weeds like bull thistles cockleburs ragweeds and burdock as soon as seen. It warns careless neglect lets seeds disperse, spreading bad weeds across farms and neighboring fields, stressing that winter survive burdock and that new weeds arrive via imported seeds from other states.
The Town legislature appropriated seven thousand dollars for a good roads experiment with state aid described as a path toward national assistance.
A Portland fair visitor who was used to rail passes balked at paying fifty cents to enter. He tried to reason with organizers and enlisted a friend to intervene. Across a town near Boston a long winded legislator faced a village turnout and an impatient Scot asked if he was finished. A Vancouver kindergarten opened with a spanking incident as a mother on the school board challenged the teacher over discipline.
Edward H. Aviel of 43 Powew Street Amesbury Mass describes four years of locomotor ataxia caused by malaria exposure in the Spanish American war. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with relief after several months of treatment and fully recovered within four months.
A Rochester woman recalls a severe skin complaint in her infant described as a raw flesh like sore that caused great pain. After trying various remedies without relief she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with quick improvement, noting the bare skin healed within two weeks.
A rural Scotland physician left a bottle labeled to be shaken before use. A strong son repeatedly shook the patient between doses, saying if the father is sleeping off the medicine he cannot die, revealing a comical misunderstanding of medical care.
University of Michigan reports a device that graphs pulse rate during muscular activity. It shows the heart accelerates almost immediately with work, with three stages: initial rise, sustained acceleration, then secondary rise. The rate depends on work form, speed, and resistance, and cessation provides instant relief.
McClure’s notes Scott as an outdoors sheriff who spent much time away from Edinburgh. He stayed in touch with Scotch life through hunting journeys and court clerking, shaping his understanding of people, places, and the rugged truth behind his characters.
Frank Putnam argues happiness rests on marching with one’s generation without praising or lamenting progress. The piece cites Dr. Osler on receptiveness fading after forty, and notes elders in their 50s to 70s guiding the coming decades while younger people in their 20s push the pace.
In a Kipling souvenir essay, Charles Warren Stoddard recalls an old blackened desk with a curved roll-top lid. The lid bears the carved legend in bold letters about weariness in tolling, linking it to Rudyard Kipling and his rise to fame as described in National Magazine.
A New York paper carries two anonymous letters about a whip-poor-will disturbing a debt holder. One writer offers a tongue in cheek cure, while another suggests firing roman candles, three per night at 10 to 11 pm, to drive the bird from the tree.
A verses style piece recalls a dusky Indian princess named Wal-lu-lah in a wild refrain. It mentions Columbia's thundering cascades, a westward strand, and lovers parted, with imagery of drifting sands and happy homes as a soft sun settles over New York.
The government will locate the world’s greatest trout hatchery on the Grand Mesa about twenty five miles north of Delta. It will produce at least 25,000,000 fish annually within a year of completion and distribute them across the western states.
H B McCarver of 201 Cherry St Portland Oregon, a freight inspector for the Trans Continental Co, says Doan's Kidney Pills relieved back ache and kidney trouble that troubled him for months. He notes a cold seemed to trigger the illness and that after using the pills several months ago there has been no recurrence. Dean's Kidney Pills priced 60 cents per box, sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Union Pacific Passenger Department releases a colored folder on the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland describing the grounds, buildings, and attractions. It urges visitors to obtain a copy for best routes, viewpoints, and enjoyment highlights Seattle to Portland travel imagery.
A satirical note recalls a 20 year old agreement between Perkins and his wife that each would remain silent during temper outbreaks. The odd scheme allegedly persisted, with Admiral Perkins reportedly keeping quiet for two decades. The piece also mentions Japanese women as athletes and a naval officer who praised them after recovery from a belly hit.
A 95 year old man in Newark secretly married a 47 year old widow. The union became public within about thirty minutes of the ceremony, likely leaked by the bride to a female friend.
A minister testifies that six months of Grape Nuts use ended his indigestion and restored sleep after Sabbath duties. He says meals now satisfy him, nerves quiet, and he and his family rely on Grape Nuts as a staple. Postum Co. Battle Creek distributes the product with a book offer.
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