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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
4
Sioux County Herald announces weekly publication in Ors Town with postal details and subscription terms. The notice lists payment options cash in advance and order handling for subscribers and non subscribers with mailing instructions and office address for George Levers.
The piece notes heavy May rains and farmers plowing between showers while Republicans prepare for the national convention. It mentions Taft’s nomination being conceded, Gov. Robertson’s cautious edge against Bryan, and critiques of federal spending and tariffs. It questions gold shipments and platters for sugar and lumber duties amid election talk.
The house and senate passed a bill enabling emergency currency issuance totaling 590 million dollars. Associations of national banks with capital under six million may issue Libis currency under the act and pledge securities as ordinary bank assets.
The piece argues the split between Republican factions over Taft and Bryan signals bitterness and possible dramatic shifts in November. It warns that large federal appropriations and tariff disputes test republican stability, whileFarm state voters hold decisive power amid divided leadership and waning Democratic energy.
The list shows nominees for state and county offices including Nicholls Balrema for state senator Gerri Blay for state representative Juiln W. Bospers for county attorney Herman Te Pas for county auditor John Jungewaard for county recorder and William Sterregorg for surreitys. County totals show Commins with 275 to 220 and 145 in parts, with Allison likely defeated. Reports from other counties hint Balkema may win Lyon and Paske Osceola with sizable majorities.
Former congressman Lacey spoke Friday night in the opera house with G. W. Pitts of Atton introducing him. The crowd enjoyed music and a lively address, while Lacey argued history and truth, noting Sedan’s 180 years ago and urging speakers to tell the truth.
A column of simple party games for children and a gas-making demo. It describes Singing Handkerchief a game for four with a silent middle player and a hidden handkerchief, Touching the Bullseye a precision trap played with confederates, and Who is a guessing circle game. Also notes on Making Gas from coal and a Tomorrow tense discussion with a conundrum.
A playful verse contrasts a house maid and soldiers with writers for the press, then ponders why an elephant differs from two trees and notes leaves in spring. The riddle likens the elephant leaving when the menagerie departs to a seasonal change.
A hodgepodge of riddles on conun drums and deceit, plus hints for farmers. It covers dairy testing methods, alfalfa feeding for horses, dairy notes on breeding and stock care, grooming cows, and practical advice for record keeping and feeding efficiency.
A National Stockman article extols paint as a sign of prosperity and a sanitary shield. It argues painted houses barns wagons and outbuildings deter filth resist decay and protect assets, making paint a prudent economic investment for farmers.
Farm Journal offers guidance on sow care including feeding after farrowing, water access, early ground exercise for piglets, and avoiding obesity. It covers lice control with kerosene and lard, pasture turning, and roosting setups for young turkeys to ensure safe housing and feeding schedules.
Experiments at Danish stations show twelve pounds of whey from separator skim milk cheese equal to one pound of grain for pig feeding. Wisconsin tests report whey with higher feeding value due to fat and casein. A feed mix of equal parts shorts oats bran and cornmeal with whey forms a moist pourable feed. Also guidance on tree damage and replanting, and farm help notes on year round labor.
A brief note from American Cultivator suggests farmers using dairying alongside farming can gain winter work for a band of workers and reduce labor trouble. It also explains dressing fence posts to extend life by removing splinters, seasoning, coal tar dipping, and white lead coating above ground to nearly double effective length.
Guidelines emphasize selecting long bodied sow pigs for breeders with clean dry sleeping beds and access to salt charcoal and sulphur. Do not fatten proven breeders over worry of poorer future litters. well bred colt at age two and a half can cover farm work costs.
The excerpt provides detailed steps for treating harness with machine oil and kerosene emulsion. It also includes a humorous anecdote about a lovers quarrel and a critic's remark on a rural landscape, attributed to the Baltimore American.
A mixed column of humorous snippets from Pearson's Weekly and the Columbus Dispatch includes a Scottish barber misread, a string-hoarding old man in an infirmary, and a Calcutta plague survivor's narrow escape. The item notes $14.40 Chicago and Return excursion rates to the Republican National Convention, with tickets on sale June 12 to 17 from the station.
The Chicago & Northwestern line introduces a Pierre to Rapid City service on May 25 with Pullman sleeping cars between Duron and Rapid City. Eastbound from Rapid City departs 9 38 P M except Saturday, arriving Pierre 3 00 A M. Direct connections available at Huron and Rapid City with other Northwestern trains.
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