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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
10
The article surveys ornate clothing features such as charmeuse fabrics, wide sashes, and black weber accents. It highlights sash lengths near heat, decorative bows and buckles, smart coats with Russian influence, and sharply cut Lang coats with rounded fronts and shawl collars.
Fashion notes describe light flexible spring hats featuring white chip turbans with black velvet edges, upturned brims, and velvet loops. Designs include corsaged chip and velvet bands, with peaks of ostrich feather and bright cerise accents. Colors range from artichoke and radish pink to lettuce green and tomato red, with blue white or silver pairings and contrasting piping.
A scattered, OCR like update covers diverse topics from postal service motorization and new dreadnoughts to bank deposits in Pennsylvania, profits in Monte Carlo, and peculiar social notes. It mentions Chicago activity, Glasgow governance praise, and various international curios, including ships, clocks in London, charity funds, and Roald Amundsen’s recognition.
A discussion of nitrogen fixing bacteria in soil explains two main types: free living bacteria that fix nitrogen from the air and those that form nodules on legume roots like clover and alfalfa. Inoculation methods, soil preparation, and lime use are outlined to boost nitrogen availability and crop yields.
The guide stresses ventilation and cleanliness to stop milk souring and odors. It emphasizes washing hands before milking, brushing the cow, and washing the udder to prevent dirt in the milking pail.
Professor Stevenson and Dean Curtiss promote state wide drainage to reclaim prairie lands. The Iowa State Drainage Association advances legislation and funding to build districts across dozens of counties, while beekeeping in Iowa is presented as a profitable, low effort activity with high food value from honey and potential yearly returns, urging education and proper care for success.
The piece argues a vast drainage project could outdo the Panama Canal in value, with an estimated cost near 400 million dollars. It notes Iowa's undrained land totals about 12 percent of the state, costing farmers over 22 million dollars annually in agricultural losses.
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station will station horticultural expert T J Maney in Council Bluffs for a season to conduct extensive orchard, vineyard, and storage experiments across seven counties including Pottawattamie Page Mills Harrison Fremont and Cherokee. Maney will work as an experimentalist rather than an adviser to test best methods for fruit growing amid southwestern town troubles.
In this era guidance suggests children irritable from worms. round worms cause nervous symptoms and dizziness, thread worms reduce appetite. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge claimed to destroy worms and restore stomach health, with long standing praise from parents. Sold by Dr. D. Jayne & San in Philadelphia.
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