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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
7
An article explains limits of plant breeding for corn yield and quality. It argues variations arise from nutrition and heredity, not fluidly from cultivation alone, and outlines three primary improvement paths: inherited unit characters, hybridization to recombine these units, and selective refinement within hybrids to form commercial varieties.
A tiny black beetle, often mistaken for a fly, attacks indoor young tomato plants before transplant. Sprinkling the leaves generously with bug death provides a simple remedy with possible second or third applications. Plant placement near potato fields risks further beetle exposure.
The text advises not to plow bare soil in ditches and gullies. Instead fill with brush briars straw and rubble to catch soil and runoff. As trash decays the gullies will level and become richer spots in the field.
Potatoes grow quickly and need frequent cultivation. Three or four cultivations control weeds, but six to eight cultivations yield a good crop. Each cultivation pays more than for many other crops.
A young lawyer named Lonny is nominated and elected county attorney. He asks Si for his opinion at the farm, where Si says sometimes one thing and sometimes another. Si recalls past hard times and jokes about using a corn cob when lacking a cropper, reflecting a rural, humorous exchange.
Mrs KR R Whitaker of Winchester Tenn recounts a two week Cutleura treatment ending in February after a two and a half year old daughter suffered an irritating itchy eruption on hips and thighs with yellow discharge. The child slept poorly and doctors failed to help before the remedy’s success. Public notice from Potter Drag & Chom Corp Boston.
An assortment of old advertisements promotes Defiance Starch highlighting its strength for thin application and better fabric finish, plus a Rough on pests remedy and a humorous anecdote about a mayoral query, ending with a quip about debt and world pay.
A seaside couple from Leith takes a boat voyage to London. During a Yorkshire storm the wife fears death at sea. The husband quips that if she dies, drowning would cost less to bury than in any other place.
A recalled anecdote shows Joel Chandler Harris mocking rival editor Simon Fimpion in Atlanta. The feuding pair sparks a quick reply and a jab about cheap wit, followed by an ad for Defiance Starch boasting stronger, smoother results without injurious chemicals. A Shanghai pin remark targets exporters and the Chinese demand for functional fasteners.
A quote about complimentary tickets and a poor show. The speaker notes he assumed the tickets were free until seeing the performance. The remark reflects regret and social observation on value and influence with a Stevenson flavor.
A Rhode Island farmer kept a dozen turkey eggs in a showy display and sparked curiosity across the neighborhood. Friends from near and far visited to view the peculiar brood and comment on the unusual hatching plan.
The Re condite Person and the Practical Person discuss reputation in a dialogue. The Autocrat’s remark suggests that some men gain reputation and let it sustain them, while others work to earn and maintain their reputation through effort.
A wife told Marylebone police court her husband abused her. Mr. Plowden called it a husband's privilege and urged endurance. He said no redress was available and warned that some abuse is to be expected in this world.
An Episcopal clergyman and avid baseball fan delivered a sermon amusingly ending with Here endeth the first innings. He woke up after the remark, marking a playful moment at the start of the baseball season.
A brief dialogue shows a child asking at a door for help locating a missing cat named Nuddiest. The exchange features an identification request and the child’s plea for sightings of the pet.
A clipped fragment presents a quarrelling exchange between a wife and husband about money and pride. The speaker laments expense while the other insists the world’s opinion matters more than personal wealth. The archaic phrasing echoes early modern dramatic discourse.
A Sunday Magazine fragment recounts Commander Maxwell and a recruit brought before the bar of Justice, the recruit complaining of breakfast. The exchange features garbled dialogue about tirade hard tack coffee and a comically altered breakfast wish, capturing a quirky wartime anecdote.
The piece surveys a mix of topics citing the law of attraction as a perplexing force between genders and objects, then shifts to home laundering stressing starch for white goods and a defiance brand. It weaves in quips and jokes about marriage, attention, and everyday observations from various sourced phrases.
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