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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
3
In a humorous outline a non melon grower describes spring timing, field marking, fertilizing with manure, seed selection, planting with a hoe, daily pest checks, lime for bugs after rain, thinning and replanting, walking plows, and late season plowing centers. He notes sporadic profitability, citing a real melon crop around 1922 and a five year gap before another strong yield.
The Geological Survey notes most platinum occurs native in placer deposits and black sand with some ore in yellow pine districts of Nevada. It is also found at Rambler mine in Wyoming. Platinum content in ore reaches six percent or more in some samples.
Oscar E Howard Chadwick's violinist and vaudevill artist entertained at the community picnic in Argo-Fa. He played seven violin positions and performed Charleston and other stunts, drawing cheers and praise from attendees. Chadwick News promises more on the later September Laugh Night booking.
A Boston Herald writer recalls Zuriel Cook who, cursed with an outlandish name, named his children with Z starting names. The large brood includes Za Hel Zeresa Zerema Zelnus Zephronia Zerodia Zedina Zegotns Zelora Zethaniel Zeruth Zelobua Zedelia and likely a posthumous James. If alive, James might have been Zephaniah or Zerubbabel.
Tibetan authorities impose a tobacco import ban echoing long standing laws. The Methold court book of 1695 records penalties for smoking in the street in Norfolk England, with one shilling forfeiture and distraine power for constables. It notes the first arrest for street tobacco smoking under the old prohibition.
A fragment from a transcript describes a young dentist prone to absent mindedness who attempted to kiss a woman. She objected modestly and he claimed the act would not hurt, reflecting a troubling interpersonal dynamic captured in the excerpt.
The pitch explains who should consider a safe deposit box for real estate and valuable papers. It highlights security privacy and constant access with a low cost option for storing life insurance wills stocks mortgages bonds and other valuables.
First National Bank of Lyons advertises farm loans at five percent or five and a half percent per acre value. It invites replies stating acres and value per acre, with a reasonable commission. Savings Bank of Kewanee, Kewanee, Illinois listed for reference.
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