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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1903
Page
3
Captain Pope and his three accomplices raid Miss Hornby's seaside home for a hoard of silver first, then face the Downs man of war blockade. The villains push toward Ramsgate with heavy plate, while Miss Hornby sobs as the intruders flee into the night.
Captain Pope and his men battle a man-of-warsman during a coastal escape. A bundle is pierced by a bayonet, a crewman is killed, and Pope leads a perilous retreat toward Dumpton Gap with three heavy loads and a speeding boat toward Broadstairs as dawn approaches.
Hoboken on the Schelat near Antwerp claims the tallest factory shaft in the world at 410 feet. The 36 by 13 foot base and 6.5 to 7.75 inch brick walls rise with an underground flue network to furnaces below. A reservoir at 100 feet provides water pressure for the operation melting pig lead to extract silver.
The late Sir Hector Macdonald, a man of few words, sent his son to public school with a terse directive. He wrote to the headmaster just one line, SHerewick, boy Hector, to be made a man of.
A reader notes birds like robins seek shelter near homes and may help control pests, while a New Hampshire bulletin details apple decay causes and wraps. The piece warns about plant hardiness and hedge suitability, citing Deutzia, D lemoinei, and Ligustrum ovalifolium as examples and cautioning against overreliance on catalogue claims.
Inquiries describe bag worm sacs seen on trees in winter. The sacs hold eggs in yellow fluff. males occupy empty cases while females stay inside fertilized by small males. Eggs hatch into larvae in spring, which feed and enlarge their bags. Remove and burn all cases in winter to prevent spring damage to trees.
The passage extols apples as staple food and credits their digestion aid and weight effects. It praises grapes as easy to grow and compares fruit favorably to milk and honey, noting wine and grape juice aid the weak and elderly, urging greater fruit consumption for health.
The writer warns that lice and filth in a chicken house cause disease and urges good ventilation with at least two windows to let sunlight in. Drainage matters, especially for hillside houses, to prevent damp roosting conditions, and proper cleaning with rag and lamp tips is recommended to keep birds healthy.
The passage quotes Oliver Wendell Holmes describing the kind of road horse he preferred. He envisions a horse that makes people stare, stating he wants an easy gait that challenges others with a brief burst of speed, even if only for a few seconds.
A reflective piece extols tree planting as civic virtue and community unity, citing a Missouri Botanical Garden banquet and the Elm trees as lasting urban beauty. It links schools, clergy, and politicians through shared greenery, then shifts to farming notes on cows and fall plowing to minimize pests before spring planting.
A writer suggests practical home remedies for green aphis black files white worms and neutral tinted slugs. Techniques include hand picking, regular showers, tobacco smoke fumigation in a confined area, saltpeter in water as a soil wash and periodic soap suds, plus potting changes for heavily infested small plants and whale oil soapsuds for ferns.
The article notes hay making is the most demanding farming task, happening when many chores press. Barley and rye harvest, Timothy cutting, corn to lay by, and a clover field complicate decisions. Start cutting as blossoms brown and finish promptly, preferring slightly green hay to avoid sun-bleaching which cuts feeding value by about half.
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