This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
6
A Woman's Journal short story warns of danger from dust on a fashionable gown. Dust carried from street to a wealthy hall later reaches a frail woman and her child, a germ-filled tale ending in the mother's quiet death and the baby's fatal illness. The piece links trailing skirts, diphtheria, and unseen microbes to tragedy.
The article argues that public rules curb spitting and dragging skirts but cannot stop street dust carrying germs. It emphasizes educating consumptives, urges cleaner streets, and links fashion choices to household infections and tragedies, noting the chain from street dust to domestic ruin.
A historical recommendation urged women to wear sensible skirts as a public health measure, claiming it would clear a major route for tuberculosis spread and protect the community.
A historical menu lists items including Soup Vegetable entrée Roast Imperial and Vegetables Scalloped Potatoes. Chopped Cabbage Macaroni with Tomita Sauce Stewed Vegetable Oysters and breads Graham Bread Cream Crisps Dessert Steamed Fig Pudding with Lemon Sauce.
The piece warns that heart disease is growing rapidly in America due to tobacco use, alcohol, sedentary life, and extreme exertion. It notes many army rejections and public figure deaths tied to heart weakness, with cigars and other excesses as common causes. It urges attention to lifestyle factors and public health.
A collection of vegetable soups and comfort dishes detailing instructions for vegetable soup roast imperial scalloped potatoes chopped cabbage macaroni with tomato sauce and steamed fig pudding with lemon sauce. Provides step by step preparation, quantities, and cooking times for each dish.
Mr Wragg invites readers to submit new ideas for farm orchard and garden topics. He will answer inquiries on subjects discussed and requests correspondence at 300 Good Block, Des Moines, Iowa.
The piece urges farmers to treat the farm as a business, emphasize soil fertility through livestock and manure, and invest in stock husbandry. It highlights hogs and hens as helpers, thorough soil preparation, and regular improvements like drainage and building updates to steadily raise profitability. It compares farming to banking investments and stresses annual progress.
The article urges planting a winter cover crop with crimson or red clover followed by rye in August for a continuous pasture. It emphasizes clover and rye as primary choices and notes rye makes good bedding when in bloom. Plow under what is not needed and value of winter cover crops grows yearly.
Agricultural guidance urges frequent cultivation of corn with interval of one to two weeks, varying by soil. On heavy moist soils less frequent tillage is needed, while light soils dry quickly require more frequent watering. Proper cultivation ensures water reaches kernels, preventing shriveled ears. cultivation should continue as long as feasible to maximize yield.
A narrator recalls the early haymaking era when prairies formed hay meadows in September. Sam notes winds held a straw hat beside the barn for three days. Boys could not load hay or build impressive stacks. work occurred at night, using simple tools while newer machinery and a rake replaced the old methods.
Guidance on detecting a queenless hive and actions to restore the colony. Emphasizes queen's daily brood capacity, careful handling of combs, and inspecting for eggs or brood to confirm queen presence. Describes methods to destroy tent caterpillars and prevent next year’s outbreak.
A French naturalist warns that without birds, nine years would pass before mankind could inhabit the Earth. He explains pests and weeds would overrun orchards as birds curb weed seed production, with some plants producing up to 100,000 seeds and a single weed plant potentially yielding billions across years. Birds visiting farms each fall and winter are crucial allies to farmers against noxious weeds.
A farmer can greatly raise value by preparation and marketing of stock. High demand for quality poultry and eggs could turn farmers into a major market industry. If the farmer ignores the trend, businessmen will meet the demand by classifying chickens and eggs as a growing national industry.
The Horticultural Department at the Cornell Experiment Station reports that overcrowded orchards harms yield. In older apple regions, excessive bearing trees per acre compete for food light and space, and statistics show yields drop as tree density rises.
Advice emphasizes keeping hog troughs and surrounding floors clean and dry to avoid foul odors and disease. Ensure ample sunlight, ventilation, and periodic air circulation. Use a strong carbolic acid spray to disinfect the hog house and destroy germs.
John Carson of Missouri owns one of the state’s oldest orchards planted seventy years ago when the land was pre-empted from the government. The original deed was a sheep-skin signed by Old Hickory. Last year the orchard yielded a fine crop of apples of excellent quality with many trees showing large diameters.
The article warns that shallow watering harms trees by encouraging surface root growth and quick drying. It recommends delivering water deeply to soak several feet of soil, using a buried drain pipe or deep reservoir to deliver water, and avoiding surface watering to reach the roots from below.
A poultry keeper recalls a letter from a man who thought he could handle light work while he did the heavy thinking. The reply says there is no light work on the farm and the person can do the heavy thinking themselves. The column mocks outsiders who claim farming needs no hard thinking and stresses the need for planning and toil in farming.
A Maryland estate named Peach Blossom recalls the Robins family and Thomas Robins who found the peach in Persia and planted stones there. The peach’s flowering inspired renaming Arcadia to Peach Blossom, though the stone tablet with the planting date vanished in the estate wreck.
The author criticizes grand schemes for farmer cooperation as distant from home communities. Promoters lack local standing and fail to unite with neighbors. The analogy of building a great house without tight joints emphasizes the need for strengthening local clubs like the Grange before expanding. Education grows up not down.
The Yucca is an evergreen with long bright winter foliage that contrasts with dead surroundings. It grows tall, up to six feet, with many branches bearing delicate white flowers resembling white lilies. Clumps reach four feet in circumference and appear well balanced and symmetrical.
A Denver ticket seller recalls his 1899 endorsement of Dean's Kidney Pills, claiming the remedy cured his chronic backache after long desk work. The ad copy notes Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, price fifty cents, and urged purchase through druggists. A stray line quotes a diner and a nurse, reflecting mixed chatter.
The South is waking to the need for better stock. Breeders nationwide should explore opportunities there and see what could be done to develop a market for improved cattle and breeding stock. The article urges investment and greater attention to livestock quality in southern states.
Short clippings note Defiance Starch outclaims rivals with 16 oz. worth in a 12 oz. pack and a grocer stock delay. A childlike exchange about sisters and fractions hints at humorous bits from Washington Life and Harper's Bazar, reflecting light social items.
Twenty three years ago John Pearce of London started a restaurant on a pushcart with a tin urn and seventeen pieces of crockery. His initial cash was sixty two cents. Today he owns eighty nine restaurants in London and employs one thousand five hundred forty people. Each place is branded Pearce and Pall Ty.
A member from Donegal humorously announced plans to ask another question arising from an unanswered reply by the attorney-general for Ireland. The Commons roared with laughter as the exchange unfolded.
A patient testimonial extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as the remedy for dyspepsia and stomach distress. The account cites improved digestion, sleep, and mood after eight boxes, noting a San Francisco address and urging readers to obtain the company diet book for digestion tips.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.