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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
6
Paige enthusiasts and prospective Paige owners have faced prompt deliveries delays despite the company exceeding its self set production schedule since January. The firm states it has run at full capacity but could only fill 58 percent of orders placed in July due to war conditions.
An advertisement extols The Paige car as the most beautiful and economically sound in America. It cites mechanical excellence, durability, rising sales, strong finances, and conservative profit practices. It promises delays in delivery are worth the wait for a popular, high value vehicle.
Notes from a rural community recount visits from Mes Howard Cobb and family from Mason City, harvesting underway in hot weather, and several visits to relatives in Emmetsburg, Cylinder, and Algona. A serious accident on the Ly nan Fraser farm injures three men, with Clive Barton hospitalized in Estherville. Includes medicine endorsements, library book lists, and local notices.
Iowa State College trials outline simple methods to dry peas and beans using sun heat cook stove or electric dryers. Steps include selecting young shells, blanching, cold water dip, and spreading thin on trays with air circulation. Drying times vary from 6 hours in a stove dryer to 2 days in sun.
The article discusses seeding alfalfa in late summer or early fall to ensure winter survival and ahead-of-spring growth, noting reduced weed pressure and better ground preparation. It also covers potato vines, explaining girdled stems cause large vines with poor tuber transfer, and cautions removing leaves would worsen outcomes.
Mixed classified item notes a 320 acre farm for sale less than two miles from Ceylon with easy terms. Also listed is a sale of two International Correspondence School courses, transferable and adjustable, offered by Thomas Baker, Box 123, Fairmont, Mina, Eagle St. 25-18.
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