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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
2
A meeting of the executive committee outlines plans to unify farmers under a national agricultural society. At the November 1912 New Orleans gathering, delegates from states and associations will form a federation to handle national farming and homemaking issues, without replacing existing bodies.
The speaker notes that from 1900 to 1910 the white population rose about 22 percent while the colored increased about 11 percent. Immigration mainly drove whites' growth. without it whites would have risen about 14 percent. The Indian population grew 12 percent, Chinese fell, and Japanese nearly tripled.
German author and Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann predicts the world will become more Americanized. He says nations will keep attributes, but America’s achievements and progress are shaping global influence everywhere.
A Baltimore paper notes a blind girl who passed the severest test of the work two years ago and has since grown into a valued institution guiding telephone operations for the city.
James Fielder, president of the New Jersey senate and lawyer from Jersey City, becomes governor after Woodrow Wilson leaves for the presidency. A military board visits Guantanamo Bay to strengthen defenses for the Panama Canal as part of a plan to fortify the naval station.
A joint board of top Army and Navy officers led by Major General Leonard Wood endorses designating the eastern tip of Cuba as the Atlantic defense outpost for the Panama Canal. With a treaty backed tract behind the current naval station, critics fearing land attack from Cuba’s rear are to be resolved, creating a modern Gibraltar at Guantanamo.
The Children’s Bureau urges complete birth registration, noting widespread gaps and urging better vital statistics to combat infant mortality. It cites 1910 state registration success in New England, Michigan, and Pennsylvania and estimates 300000 annual U.S. babies lost without improved reporting. The piece mentions suffrage parade plans in Washington with Taft to review.
A compact business essay urges tidy displays and clean sidewalks as enticements to customers. It notes that entrances and windows influence sales and that men and women alike benefit from presenting a neat store and well kept exterior. The piece urges daily attention to these outward signs.
A light anecdote from The Superior Penny collection in Jerome recounts a humorous exchange between a penny and a quarter. The penny notes its higher value in churchgoing and moral influence, while the quarter brags of numerary worth, highlighting themes of humility and charitable giving.
A Delaware County farmer battled quack grass by not fighting it with cultivation. He plowed early, harrowed, then sowed buckwheat at two bushels per acre in June. Buckwheat grew fast, smothered the quack by August, and left little quack seed. A year without quack can ensure its decline, though rye or wheat after buckwheat aids full suppression.
Kimball's Dairy Farmer notes that sweet clover seeded in spring with or without a nurse crop requires little care. Unlike alfalfa it does not need early mowing and can tolerate being cut close to the ground in fall without winter kill, though it may sprout weeds.
The article instructs to keep cows content by feeding and watering at set times. On warm days cows and young stock may stay outside briefly to benefit from fresh air and a change from the stable.
The lesson notes Abram’s夜 journey from Ur to Canaan and the vision “Fear not” as God’s pledge. It details the covenant ritual with the split animals, the smoking furnace and burning lamp, and the promise of a numerous heir despite delay. It notes trials, a deep sleep, and the future deliverance of Jacob’s descendants.
Advice from seasoned breeders on hog worm prevention with turpentine and water, feeding raw ground beans with corn silage and hay, calves’ thirst relief, coal ash and salt to attract hogs, and spreading cattle droppings with a spike-tooth harrow to protect pastures and curb weeds.
Pacific rural press reports success using nitrate of soda on orchard trees. Sprayed when buds began to swell, blossoms and fruit appeared earlier with heavier yields.
The article notes Swiss chard or leaf beet as a desirable garden vegetable. Leaves can be harvested while new plants replace them, allowing greens throughout the growing period until cold weather. Mature leaves yield cooked greens. the midrib can be cooked like asparagus. LeRoy Cady, Minnesota University Farm.
It is a good time to start old stock fuchsias while there is space on the propagating bench. Early struck cuttings form fine plants for vases and boxes, and spring cuttings bloom quickly. Delays cause short stunted growth despite flowers.
The text discusses choosing a breed that the operator’s approach most closely matches the sought type, then pursuing that line intelligently. It emphasizes a methodical, aligned strategy rather than random exploration. The wording suggests a structured decision process for targeting outcomes.
A retired railroad detective recalls his last case involving Charles Blake who attempted to sell a patented ball valve and used pepper spray as a ruse. Blake fled after the assault and the detective resigned rather than report the incident. The encounter ends with Blake's card proving his identity.
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