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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
5
A brief note highlights 13 440 cash from 28 acres of onions for the Texas Gulf Coast region. The text promotes the area as a desirable place to live with mild winters and gulf breeze summers, urging readers to consider the proposition before land prices rise next year.
A copyright notice indicates the article cannot be reprinted without special permission. The brief statement preserves rights reserved by the American Press Association and restricts reproduction of the material.
Iowa Agricultural College reports strong early gains from its poultry department. An experimental hen laid 210 eggs in year one and 194 eggs in 204 days of year two, yielding a net profit of 8 dollars after 1.20 for feed. Other hens show promise as records improve. Poultry products nationwide are valued between 600 and 700 million dollars annually.
The piece argues that thrift measures like darning socks and using cheaper ingredients may backfire. It notes wasting food, skimping on hired help, and underinvesting in repairs can cause greater losses at harvest and in machinery. It concludes many so called economies are mismanagement.
A U S Department of Agriculture representative reports Alaska, purchased from Russia for 7.2 million dollars, now yields strong crops including oats barley and winter wheat matching mainland weights. Trials in agriculture and stock raising indicate Greenland like climate supports hardy grasses and crops, with Galway cattle thriving in the Yukon valley.
An investigation by Colorado state college horticulturists links the death of many trees in orchards to arsenical poisoning absorbed through roots. The theory contrasts with the belief that arsenites settle in soil and are taken up by trees via roots. If proven, this could ease growers troubled by pests and encourage new treatments.
A Wisconsin college notes Babcock testing and cheese starter methods. It warns against fake ads and explains seed oats smut control with formalin. It reports corn yield tests in Kansas and irrigation advantages in the West. Classic rural tips cover stump removal acids, alfalfa yields, and dry farming cautions for western settlement.
A French statistician studies three centuries of height data to chart a decline from 1.75 meters in 1610 to 5 feet 3.75 inches today and forecasts future diminutions. By 4000 AD average height podría be fifteen inches, with humanity vanishing from Earth.
A Windsor dinner scene in January 1806 ends with King George III revealing himself as the urgent visitor to Dr Manners-Sutton, bishop of Norwich, who is asked to accept the archbishopric of Canterbury. The tale frames a royal whisper as the surprise caller.
Pitt informs the king of Archbishop Moore's death and the royal choice for Canterbury. The king had already promised the See to the bishop of Norwich, who accepted. Dr Manners-Sutton then becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the post for twenty three eventful years.
A reporter recalls a famed press telegraph dispatch during the San Francisco earthquake. The note, ending abruptly with a quip about seeking “the simple life,” circulated through newspaper offices and drew laughs despite the grim scene it hinted at.
A French review outlines three motives for cannibalism: necrogluttony, pleasure, or fashion. Ninety percent eat the dead to honor them, nineteen percent eat great warriors for courage, and twenty-nine percent punish enemies. Eighty-two percent cite fashion or savor as reasons, Indianpolis News reports.
A medical man writing to Conigedia explains that familiar singers’ bulk stems from abnormal lung development. The writer notes prior belief it came from a laudable effort to make grand opera amusing, in a Punch humor tone.
A quote stresses foresight: he who foresees calamities suffers them twice over. This pithy adage highlights the burden of anticipating trouble and its emotional toll, attributed to Porteous.
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