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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
5
The Pure Bred Sow and Market Pig Clubs invite boys and girls to enroll in June for a pig project. Pigs shown at the fall event may win prize trips to the Ames Short Course. Winners earn free trips with countywide showcases at local, district, and state fairs.
The piece warns that potato bugs will be active again and urges farmers to prepare with Paris green or Lead Arsenate. Spraying early before a heavy infestation is advised, with Lead Arsenate described as cheaper and Paris green noted for not burning leaves and withstanding hard rains.
The article describes treating plant lice on garden crops with tobacco extract nicotine sulphate or Black Leaf 40, or by making a kerosene emulsion. It provides a DIY kerosene emulsion recipe using kerosene, water, and laundry soap, with instructions to dissolve soap, add kerosene, churn, then dilute with water before use.
Thirty years ago notes report Mrs Ridley with mumps and Dr Salisbury moving to new offices above Klopp's. Local wheeler enthusiasm grows, Ned Sanford Chapin visits, and Tom Petersson aids a runaway team. Mrs Allen gains millinery stock, church offerings are collected, and real estate transfers list numerous parcels in Estherville Ringsted and surrounding townships with prices and grantee names.
The marriage of Miss Leura M. Boughton to Engineer Richley occurred at the bride’s home in Armstrong Monday. Other notes include Garter set and Harry Horton from Parson's College, a railroad wreck injuring Richley on the B C R N at Marble Rock, calls at the Republican office, juror duty for P L Christensen in Fort Dodge, and visits by Mrs M M Knapp and others. Verné Atwood returns from Morningside College. Fred B. Smith visits relatives in Richland. E L Gates visits near his parents J B Binford.
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