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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1905
Page
3
The readable text hints at a private negotiation discussion between parties with reference to a servition or service, mentioning a Thomidy or Thom iy two year term and an offer or plea tied to privacion. It remains largely unclear with many garbled terms.
The article discusses the benefits of trial orchards across states to evaluate apple and fruit varieties on different soils. It notes eight orchards testing varieties to avoid costly plant purchases, explaining trials reveal if a fruit variety is old under a new name or worthless, and highlight land suitability differences. It urges legislators to fund continued work for practical agricultural insight.
A farmer advisor discusses selecting fruit varieties for Iowa regions. He outlines three main districts, stresses soil preparation and site quality, and provides recommended apples, plums, cherries, and pears for northern elevations. He notes pear growing is challenging on prairie soils and highlights expert guidance from Mr. B. A. Mathews and the Iowa State Horticultural Society.
A fragmentary verse assaults Ben Davis on money, power, and public opinion. The narrator claims resistance to financial pressure while forecasting downfall as figures backfire. Phonetic breaks and odd spellings reflect OCR noise, with limited readable names and phrases about Eden and sleighing.
Alfalfa shown safe for young draft horses due to high protein. Live Stock Journal reports western breeders using alfalfa to raise large, cheaper draft horses than elsewhere. With oats and corn, alfalfa yields tom horses. breeders in Kansas, Colorado, and the West prove success, with mares worth double geldings. Plans to plant more alfalfa follow soil tests to determine suitable ground.
A fragment notes hens in the same nest incubating with very little heat. Eggs laid early in incubation may be rendered unfit for table use, as some hens die and nest heat varies.
The article explains layering as a propagation method for gooseberries and small fruit plants. It covers August timing, base soil cultivation, bending branches, burying sections to form roots, and wintering cuttings in place for spring transplant.
A reader asks if plants should be watered in bright sun. The writer argues watering is essential in sun and heat, noting evaporation increases and roots uptake water, advising morning or late afternoon watering and stressing balanced light and air for healthy growth.
A speaker argues Iowa farmers should grow grass grain and hay and feed cattle hogs and sheep while selling fat stock dairy products and poultry. He contends Iowa soil and climate fit these crops best, predicting resilience against competition and noting farmers in stock businesses tend to succeed.
The State Horticultural Society offers a $1,000 prize for a tree rivaling Duchess in hardiness and Wealthy in fruit quality and appearance. The piece urges testing fruit seed potential, growing seedlings for rootstocks, and teaching farm youth grafting and seed saving during long winters and stormy days.
The article notes sweet clover increasing in favor in central and southern states. Livestock initially reluctant to eat it may grow fond of it after acclimation. It highlights the plant’s strong drought tolerance and potential to provide fodder in poor sandy soils.
Mr Pascal of Malverne Iowa seeks a remedy for currant borer damage. Advice urges cutting out all young wood and infested old shoots, burning removed wood, and heavily manuring the ground this fall to revive bushes and hope for recovery next year.
A fragment recounts the cobbler tale of the Toe Monument at Cobham Hall England where a woodcutter’s severed toe after a fatal accident led to the erection of a memorial by the earl’s heir. The story closes with the moral Ne sutor ultrà crepidam.
Dr Valentina Malpasse a French physician opposes hand shaking claiming it spreads microbes and infection. He cites risk with two hands clasped and recommends the Oriental greeting touching heart lips and forehead instead. Several colleagues have endorsed his view.
Mrs Bridget Mangan of Minooka Pennsylvania coughed up a four inch frog after weeks of illness. Dr William Haggerty placed the animal in alcohol to send to a medical school. He says she likely swallowed the frog while drinking water when it was young, and it developed in her stomach.
In Seine et Oise France a curious annual ceremony crowned Thai Roxe Queen of Nourdan in a church draped for mourning. A rich Dourdan resident funded the rite after his daughter's death, and the bride laid a wreath on the deceased's grave in the churchyard.
A nine foot long, 400 pound man-eating shark with a double row of teeth was brought to shore at Coa Cob Connecticut by Judge George W Brush. It was towed behind his catboat.
About 150 laborers from Martinique aboard the French steamer Versailles refused to disembark and to vaccinate for canal work in Panama. Police armed with clubs forced them off the ship after hours of resistance. Dozens were struck, some leaped into the sea, and all were later placed aboard a train to Corozal to begin work.
A Canadian farmer, absentminded and precise to a fault, sets out to town but becomes convinced he has forgotten something. He checks his pocketbook thrice without success, then arrives home to his daughter’s startled question asking where he left his mother.
The Daily Mirror reports Capt. Von Lossberg attached to the American staff, who observed British maneuvers for London’s defense, sent a confidential report to Emperor William severely criticizing British generalship. He claims Gen French’s defense of London shows stupidity and says a 200,000 man continental army could reach London within three days after landing at Hull. Gen French denounces these criticisms as worthless.
In Cleveland Ohio on October 2 Henry Tyler a Willoughby Plying resident who lost sight after overstudy was brought from Oberlin college. He had set a high school record and aimed to lead his class at college.
A jury sentenced 24-year-old William Bade of Mitchie to thirty years in prison for attacking 16-year-old Christine Jansen as she walked home alone from a picnic near Waterloo Illinois on October 2.
Henny Elliott a 70 year old retired farmer of Deep River Iowa died from injuries after being struck by an automobile in Rock Island IL. Elliott suffered a skull fracture among other injuries in the accident reports indicate.
Burglars blown the safe in Hamlin Brothers' Napinka store and stole thousands of dollars belonging to grain elevator companies. Winnipeg, October 2. The heist targeted company funds stored at the Napinka grain trade site.
Charles King was hanged at Edmonton Alberta for the murder at Leger Slave Lake of Howard Haywood a young prospector.
An editor recalls meeting Oscar Wilde in London at the premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest. After supper at the Carlton, discussions on epigrams led Wilde to define an epigram as a commonplace phrase rendered so deftly that only clever people can decipher its meaning.
In Green county a little girl once suffered five to six years with rheumatism until Dodd's Kidney Pills were tried. She improved almost immediately and is now cured, able to run and play. The family credits the pills with saving her from lifelong crippling, noting the cure ties rheumatism to kidney health and that uric acid in blood causes rheumatism.
Hundreds of dealers report strong demand for De fiance Starch praising its extra quantity and superior quality. Many note it outperforms rivals and claim customers prefer it, signaling growing market acceptance in the starch aisle.
A Baltimore American quip notes humor about Starleigh’s support. A speaker asks who backs him, replies his wife. The punchline: she isn’t on stage but she does his washing, highlighting domestic support as a running joke.
Hank complains a minister is on a month-long vacation delaying his plan to shoot Zech Thompson in church, expressing frustration he must wait until October for his target. Safe remarks that it changes nothing.
A Cleveland Leader item quotes a man bragging about occupying three streetcar seats while expressing fear of cholera. His neighbor retorts that a farmer’s herd died of the disease recently, illustrating public alarm about health threats.
William Andrews of Montrose Indiana concealed twenty five thousand dollars in cash in two buckets buried in his barn to avoid personal tax. His servant Nelle Crans witnessed the act and told her lover Louis Voss. The money vanished the following night.
A reporter pressed an important question on a wealthy American, denied entry, then enlisted a senator friend who vouched for him. With the senator’s card the reporter gained access and presented his talisman. The millionaire acknowledged sixteen prior reporters had asked the same question, and the visitor declared he was the whole sixteen.
A reader credits coffee with weekly indigestion severe enough to force rest. After quitting coffee in 1901 and starting Postum, digestive distress vanished and health improved. The testimonial, attributed to the Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich, invites readers to try Postum as a remedy.
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