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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
2
The article surveys a proposed movement to amend the U S Constitution with five points including a six year presidential term, ban on re election, pre election nomination timing, direct district voting for electors, and presidential vote opening by the Senate. It notes non partisan opposition to a second term and debates over feasible duration and reform impact.
The piece recalls Mark Twain as a jokester with a clear moral in his humor. It notes his editorship of the Enterprise in Virginia City and a subscriber’s superstition about a live spider in the issue. It reflects on advertising’s age and the role cheap papers played through mass circulation funded by ads.
The article emphasizes cucumbers for pickles as a profitable crop when properly managed. It covers timing for canning versus direct market sales, farm practices for yield and quality, and handling steps from picking to market. It notes cooler weather boosts demand for pickles, the importance of planting for pickles, and pest control using tobacco extracts to combat root borers.
George Converse, a former U S Army sergeant, struggles after marriage and wage loss until his wife Ida rescues their child from a blazing home. He conquers fear to jump to safety and later becomes an industrious worker, though he remains wary of fire.
A Chicago Record-Herald verse celebrates a child’s strength and courage. The dimpled hand and blue eyes symbolize power to lead and banish fear. It extols the child’s ability to comfort and cheer amid steep, hard paths.
New York State College of Agriculture recommends peach spray programs to prevent leaf curl scab and brown rot. Apply lime sulfur before buds swell diluted in water with Bordeaux mixture or copper sulfate. time sprays with shucks falling and petals, using arsenate of lead and lime sulfur in staged applications.
The article urges turning idle farm acres into profitable land through fertilizers manure crop rotation deeper tillage and better cultivation. It warns unproductive plots still incur taxes fences and equipment costs and suggests making them yield profit through decisive work and original planning.
The Southern Cultivator notes spavin is hard to cure and offers a blister method to relieve lameness. Mix one ounce Spanish flies, one-half ounce liquid tar, two ounces hard, apply thickly for 5 to 10 minutes, leave 24 to 36 hours, wash, dry, then grease and rest animal for three weeks.
The piece argues that age or long experience does not guarantee success on the farm. It cites young farmers with limited years who offer valuable, practical advice, suggesting that fresh perspectives can outperform aged but unlearned reliance. It reflects on farm life and practical ranch wisdom.
An Iowa farmer advises that hens should focus on laying eggs and not eating them. He suggests trimming beaks to curb egg eating, warning against cutting too deep to avoid bleeding.
Scientific American notes a Argentina based company plans to convert grasshoppers and their eyes into fertilizer turning a crop menace into plant food.
A Sunday School lesson on Matthew chapters six verses 1 4 5 8 and 9 15 discusses motives in almsgiving and prayer. It contrasts ostentatious displays with secret benevolence and explains the Lord's Prayer structure and purpose toward God's glory, daily needs, forgiveness, and deliverance.
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