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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
7
Muffled dialogue recalls if a man named Ted is okay and mentions his bare face. Kitty and Bik are noted in a quirky exchange about a brown beard and a shaggy appearance.
Charles Johnson of McKeesport, nearly seventy, demonstrated a street car fight in Homestead and McKeesport service. When two youths challenged him, he struck, knocking one man down as the car attendants separated combatants. Johnson argued he preserves order and vows he can take care of himself.
A prospective visitor with a square valise tries to show a copy of a book titled The Quiet Life to a matron at a deaf and dumb asylum. She interrupts, noting the building is an institution for the deaf. The Chicago Tribune reports the moment with minimal detail.
A narrative recounts using Postum as a breakfast drink for children and adults seeking a non coffee option. The speaker describes nervousness improving after switching from coffee to Postum, noting a long preparation method, improved health, and ongoing coffee abstention.
The article surveys union activity from Valleja to London, listing wage increases and organizing drives. It notes carpenters in Gemville seeking higher pay, Granite cutters in Mardwick winning raises, and San Francisco street car workers forming a union. It covers labor temples in Boston, London’s barber shops unionizing, and the New York police adopting an eight hour day. It cites the International Union of Horse Shoers forming in 1905, Ontario Labor Party growth in Toronto, and the Sacramento Labor Temple planning a $60,000 building. It mentions strikes in Argentina and Italy, the New York Labor Bulletin’s membership figure, and new union formations in Minneapolis and Oakland. It reports on daily wage negotiations, cooperative ventures, and broader AFL expansions into Southern states while highlighting Chicago’s union hotel plan and other local efforts.
A farmer reports direct sales can lift income 16 to 25 percent by delivering produce straight to customers. The piece notes crow deterrents for corn, weed control strategies, and warns about cannibalized coal land frauds. It also covers sweet potato storage, cotton crop totals for 1900-07, dairy cow aging and milk production, and potato scab research from Maine.
The article discusses weed eradication methods using crop rotation and Hungarian grass, plus practical pest control for cut worms and moths. It also contrasts humane farm animal care with giving boys proper opportunities and recreation to prevent leaving the farm life.
A cabinet maker extols French walnut as the finest wood, noting Persian origin and French preparation. He cites prices from $2 to $8 per pound for French walnut used mainly for veneer, and remarks mahogany and ebony commands high prices in the wood market with figures and rarity mentioned.
A Utah man, W Browning of Ozden, declares doctors said he had only months to live five years ago. He credits Dean’s Kidney Pills for relief from night awakenings, dullness, weight loss, back pain, and dizziness, keeping him well for a year. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A reader recalls a violent anecdote about bloodhounds used by a sheriff to chase a Black felon, ending with the dog shot and the convict escaping. The letter also mentions a Somerville preacher erring by misnaming Andover and the Andover Theological Seminary.
A New York State town reports a cow swallowing a ball of twine from a kite in a pasture. The animal chased the drifting kite as it rose and broke a fence before being corralled. A Boston Transcript correspondent notes a motorist avoided a struck animal on a country road.
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