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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
3
Better Iowa notes striped beetles feeding on cucumber and melon vines can be killed with dead arsenate. Apply lead arsenate powder to both sides of leaves. if bugs are heavy, dust around vines. For lice on leaves use Blackleaf-40 solution mixed with soap. Mosaic disease remains uncontrollable with no known method.
Millet offers a reliable fall forage and substitute hay during hot dry periods in Iowa. Common, Hungarian, and Golden millets suit the state, with seedings timed for late May to mid June and yields of one to three tons per acre. Do not feed millet hay exclusively to horses. cut before seeds form.
Iowa State College extension department offers farmers an acre lime test with limestone from Linwood Stone and Cement Co Davenport. Three to five tons per farmer provided freight paid by farm bureau, report results to extension. Offer ends August 1, aims to ship carloads per county to demonstrate lime benefits on small plots.
Murky weather affects precious stones as damp days reveal flaws in diamonds. Foggy conditions can make even the purest stones seem imperfect, reflecting how climate alters perceived gem quality.
A suave figure is described as sharing the fate of other natural scenery, admired yet denied influence over practical enterprise. The text sketches a paradox where beauty yields admiration but not power to shape economic or developmental plans. The piece conveys a reflective mood on beauty versus utility.
A Chicago area car show drew crowds and showcased new models while dealers vied for the prettiest displays. Omaha efforts led by A C Scott used billboards to urge safer driving as police records show fewer accidents. The item warns about war tires and notes Lake Erie freight steamers now carry cars between Cleveland Detroit and Chicago amid heavy rail jams.
A playful look at repurposing discarded auto parts. Examples include a piston as a paper weight and pen holder, a steering wheel as a library lamp, and a flexible speedometer shaft as an adjustable desk lamp arm. Also notes a Columbus gas station raffle wheel offering free gas and lists a long motor trip accessories checklist. In Iowa, Farm Bureau Federation studies land values for tax equalization, surveying 1919 and 1921 data to gauge inflation, bankruptcies, and farm foreclosures.
Relatives report the death of Mrs. A. W. Weller, who lived in the community for over 30 years before moving to Hill City Minnesota about six years ago. She had been in poor health for years and died May 9, 1921, after a hospital diagnosis of diabetes in Duluth.
Susannah Davis born July 30 1868 in Clay county Iowa moved with her family to Kossuth county where she taught in public schools before marrying Alonzo W. Weller on February 8 1888. They had eight children seven living with the husband Annie Isabell died at age two. Survivors include several Iowa residents and relatives from Minnesota. Funeral held Thursday afternoon May 12 at the M E church in Hill City Armstrong Journal.
The piece notes that naming a 10 cent cigar after a statesman would offend voters. Sellers prefer honoring actors philanthropists race horses or fictional figures. Naming a cigar after a politician would imply superiority the public would reject at both the shop and the polls.
A miscellany of quips on jewelry taste and superstition. It notes that serious occult students seek stones that harmonize with a person, then shifts to a humorous skeptical tale about promises of fairy wishes. It also recalls old England lotteries begun in 18th century parliament acts and ends with a morbid epitaph about Miss Julia Adams.
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