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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
7
Government by irrigation is favored over injunction. The piece argues efficient feeding on meadow land, urges direct fertilizer use from the stable onto pasture, and cites a six year crop rotation. It notes pigs and steer weight gains from proper feeding, and reports Wisconsin sawmills shifting from pine to large hemlock and white pine timber output.
Ten cows costing 100 each, of any standard breed, will, if properly cared for, yield more money in ten years than starting with thirty common cows at 33 1/3 dollars each. We have seen this thing tried.
A cautions note warns that any stranger approaching a farmer with a plan aims to profit themselves, not the farmer, and remembering this fact could save many from being swindled.
The passage argues that roadsides reflect community quality, comparing the farmer's visible crop displays to the merchant's storefronts and urging clean, orderly borders along highways rather than weed tangled rubbish.
A western state changes road work administration to township units and requires cash road taxes, prompting many ads for competent road supervisors. Looming shifts include substitutes for wood in fences and building, with steel or cement ties and paper replacing boards. The piece muses on debt from a parent mortgaging the home for a wayward son and notes America’s prowess in agricultural tools, praising the French hoe over a sulky plow in a Miller picture. It argues reasons to move poor city residents to the countryside to ease congestion and labor demand, while lamenting the remaining urban noise and brass. A horse sale example highlights style and blood as factors beyond speed.
The drive in several states to stamp all canned foods with the year of canning aims to curb costs and improve pig health by favoring clover and alfalfa feeding. The proposal, if enacted, may bring trouble.
A farmer in Illinois bought a pure bred Percheron mare eleven years ago and has since sold horses worth $11,000 from the animal’s progeny. The item underscores that land must be used fairly to feed and sustain a family, alongside a note on Danish dairy practices and milk production standards.
A reflective line notes the endless fight over fair sharing. Rich hogs at the trough cause smaller players to squeal as they only catch a whiff of abundance. The quote underscores social tension over resource allocation and inequality.
The author notes birds have mostly vanished from women hats and views it as a positive change. A wish that men may stop killing wildlife from jacksnipe to bald eagle is expressed, hoping future respect for wild life will improve.
Your local nursery man is the best adviser for fruit varieties suited to your area. He has studied the topic and, by patronizing him, you gain his pride and interest in supplying varieties that will best fit your conditions.
The moth traps advertised to protect fruit crops destroy many insects but fail to kill the specific varieties that damage fruit. They only reduce the food for birds that prey on the true pests of fruit growers.
The text argues that estates scattered by will or probate court reflect the law of entail, and endorses a robust inheritance tax as a necessary distribution mechanism for a free society, urging respect for its role in public interest.
In our country such law is rarely enforced and private ownership rights in game birds or animals are repudiated. This attitude jeopardizes wildlife and suggests extinction in settled regions within a few years unless change occurs.
In the spring of the year days are too short for all tasks. Seeds to sow, trees to plant, prune, graft, fences to repair, buildings to paint, gardens to tidy, and cleaning to do surround the speaker. The author laments limited strength despite high energy, praising youth and vigor.
A reflective essay urges planting trees as lasting memorials surpassing granite markers. It segues into practical farm safety, advising grounding electric fences every eighty rods to prevent lightning-killed cattle, detailing how to install grounding rods and secure fence wires.
A passage describes restless farmers moving from rural life to towns or new lands in spring. Many seek better money, warmer climates, or easier living, but the writer warns most will find drawbacks and long for the old neighbors and familiar life within two years.
The passage argues a man needs meaningful work after retirement from farming. It warns that moving to town with no duties leads to idleness and poor quality of life. It suggests even sixty is a good age to adjust workloads, allowing the man to control effort while others handle the tasks.
A reader with grade Holstein cows producing 3.60 butter fat asks whether to keep and upgrade with pure Holstein blood or switch breeds. Holsteins are noted as high milkers and butter producers, though their milk may test lower than other breeds. the suggested approach is to register a sire of the breed to improve herd type.
The piece argues that certain wildlife such as crows, English sparrows, and rats proliferate despite measures against them. It notes crows multiply while evading enemies, sparrows survive cats, guns, poison, owls, nets, and traps, and rats persist despite cats, traps, poison, dogs, and ferrets, becoming a major nuisance.
A reader asks about moving hickory and bur oak trees. Experts warn these are among the hardest to transplant because of deep taproots and few surface roots. Preparation months in advance by cutting the taproot and encouraging surface roots improves odds.
In western prairie counties the prairie wolf persists despite hounds, guns, and bounties. Each spring, an old hunter brings a litter of young wolves to claim bounties, while the mother animal remains highly valued by locals for her significant spring bounty rewards.
A press writer envisions the western region west of the Missouri in the two Dakotas becoming settled and farmed by enterprising farmers. He notes the need for about twenty inches more rainfall and likens ten inches of rain to insufficient for transforming wild prairie into a thriving farming community, joking that peaches would fare better in Manitoba.
The poem questions whether memory and past loves matter, ending with a medical explanation by Axel E. Gibson MD about how alcohol reduces white blood cells and its effect on the body in clear, nongraphic terms.
An earnest, period voice argues that alcohol harms body and mind more than it helps. It explains heat sensation from drinking is temporary, then body cools, risking cyanosis and alcohol poisoning. It notes polar expeditions ban liquor, links alcohol to disruption of normal life cycles, and warns drinkers grow flabby as drinking damages blood and vitality.
Rev Dr A H E Dunning recalls a Sunday school class of boys aged ten to twelve that later formed a secret club for study and morals. Alcohol entered the group via a chaplain and friends, leading to forged checks, false entries, broken engagements, and eventual ruin as some became drunkards. The speaker warns that Satan sends wine as a messenger.
The physiologist’s question is what alcohol does to the body in short experiments. Alcohol habit degrades tissues and harms health, failing to keep normal tissue composition. No matter how small the amount, alcohol has no place in a rational diet. The public interest lies in this conclusion, while experimental results vary and the right answer remains unsettled.
A New York Journal editorial decries poverty and misery fueling alcohol abuse. It argues reformers must help individuals before tragedies strike, condemning a social system that offers whisky to dull pain and wreck lives, urging temperance and broader opportunity.
Chicago bartenders form a total abstinence society declaring they quit drinking in self defense and for their employers, a temperance stance echoed by the Baltimore American. The move highlights labor and industry concerns.
Minneapolis May 5 The defense for ex Mayor A A Ames charged with extortion and bribery will not seek to overthrow the state case Instead incipient paresis and irresponsibility will be alleged The defense will claim Dr Ames was insane during his term as mayor Several women testified that Gardner acted as the mayor’s go between and received money for protection from prosecution while police did not raid their resorts
U S express company detectives recover four thousand dollars said to be stolen from a Britt Iowa agent. Three thousand dollars found under the office, another thousand hidden away in a not disclosed place. No arrests yet. The agent, who had received the money by express, stored it in his safe before the robbery. Two men with revolvers forced him to surrender the funds.
In Indiana towns on May 5, officials were elected including clerk marshal treasurer and trustees. Party lines were not drawn as local issues prevailed. Some towns held no elections with old officers continuing. Contests occurred between temperance and galcon factions, each side scoring victories.
In St Louis on May 5 the grand jury resumed probe into doodling linked to alum baking powder legislation. Among those examined were Speaker Whitecotton who accused boodling in the legislature and former Lieutenant Governor Lee, among others.
New York on May 6 reports Prof. Richard Gottheil, son of the late Rabbi Gottheil and president of the Federation of American Zionists, is leading a monster movement to raise funds for the Kis hineff outrages victims in Bessarabia.
In Bristol area four miles north of town a husband’s body with fatal head wounds is found and Mrs Linburger, 60, and her son are discovered dead. All victims were killed by an ax attack and the family is reported slain.
Two Canadian soldiers abandon British uniforms to enlist in the U S Army in Syracuse New York on May 5 Their names are McIntyre and Rose One man wears the Victoria Cross won in the Boer War.
In Summit New Jersey on May 6 young John McNamara attempted a fire eater stunt by filling his mouth with gasoline and igniting a match nearby. The dangerous act left him severely disfigured and facing lasting injuries.
Gates in New Coal Pool announces collaboration with H. T. Frick of Pittsburg and George Gould of New York to secure control of coal lands in the Chickasaw nation in Indian Territory. The three men, from Pittsburg Chicago and New York respectively, commit to pooling interests.
London May 6 At the first day’s sale of modern pictures and drawings from the late Ernest Gambert Consul General for Spain 185 lots were disposed of for a total of $154,508.
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