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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
9
A collection of rural anecdotes from Minnesota and nearby states covers dairy concerns, agricultural classes, and farm life. Topics include silac teeth myths, a nine foot six inch Texas longhorn head, Spokane family farming courses, pests driving up living costs, and local land for agricultural experiments. A New Jersey proxy marriage tale and railroad road tax debate close the roundup.
The article notes a January frost relief effort in southern California to save the citrus belt, with Stanford registrar figures showing 200 plus students left college to help. It covers farming insights on crop pricing, home gardens, bulb care, woodchuck control, and maintaining humus through soil practices for dry regions.
Readers inquire about transplant timing, methods, and first season fruit. Guidance covers bed selection, plant quality, root handling, cultivation, weed control, and trimming blossoms to strengthen roots. notes strawberries are hardy and rewarding with proper care.
A city dealer warns that chasing autos can ruin finances. People mortgage farms and homes and even life insurance to buy cars. Temporary pleasure yields lasting worry as new models outpace value, so stay with the family horse or walking if credit is tight.
A historical auction notice from Pike County Missouri dated Tuesday September 24 1846 warns of a public sale of livestock and household items at Coon Creek crossing the old Missouri road. Items listed include oxen wagons enslaved people implements and various goods. The notice also mentions a person heading to California and describes foods like head cheese apples and hard cider.
The article notes that while automobile tourists deserve consideration for permanent roads, country residents need better highways to move goods to market. It reports that in Washington and several states, the National Automobile Association lobby fights spending on highways not linking large towns or designated transcontinental routes, opposing broader public funding.
A farm home incident shows a roller towel spreading infection as men washing carp shared the same towel. One man with mild chicken pox later showed smallpox symptoms. Neighbors rushed to vaccinate and officials await the outcome with anxiety.
The text suggests identifying the farm from a peat signboard at the entrance and notes the farmer may keep ledgers of farming operations. It also mentions a site for biryteers and dairy cows and implies that envelopes and noteheads would bear the farm name and proprietor.
James Tails Meredith, winner of the SOU meter race at the Olsympic games, aims to break the mile world amateur record of 4 minutes 15.14 seconds set by John Paul Jones at Cambridge three years ago. Experts expect Meredith to improve and add several marks as he trains through the summer.
Willard, termed the Kansas cyclone, claims status as the largest heavyweight in captivity and fastest in the ring. He eyes no match with Luther MeGgarry, backed by manager Tom Jones after a contract with Charley Cutler, remains loyal to the Chicago fighter. At six feet six and 226 pounds with an eighty three and a half inch reach, Willard is a rising star with only a couple of boxing years and a notable win over Luther McCarty in New York. He aims to surpass Kelly McCarney’s record while also displaying cowboy rope skills and rodeo style prowess.
John J Sullivan defends farming as a real fit and vows not to exchange it for any other work. He recalls raising 400 bushels of potatoes a year, hay and vegetables for winter, and keeps two horses and two cows in a century-old house with steam heat. He says potatoes aren’t worth high prices and he sells wine for a dollar a bushel. Fighter Dillon Career: Ernest Cutler Price Wack Dillon, a midweight star, began pro boxing at seventeen and has defeated noted rivals. despite losses to McCourty and Klaus, he’s seen as a strong title contender. The Indiana-born fighter has fought nearly all top middleweights and shows grit and willingness to win.
A record breaking squad of candidates for the University of Pennsylvania crew reported to Coach Ward. More than a hundred students reported, six members of last year's varsity eight are active and eligible. Captain Alexander, Maderla, Houser, Davies and Watrous and Brian, who rowed on the varsity four, are in college. The entire freshman crew from last spring also to tutuct.
Chicago News recounts Rare Ben Jonson as a fat coarse bully who inspired fear, fought two duels, killing a soldier and an actor, was sentenced to death but commuted, and left a life marked by violence and unread works, though his name endured as a household word.
A tale from M Jules Clarette recounts Edouard Detaille painting a trooper’s likeness on a wooden panel for 26 francs. The trooper pays with a bundled handkerchief and offers 20 francs after, but Detaille refuses the money, asking him to toast his health and not send more comrades for portraits to avoid overwork.
Portland Journal reports giant trees said to rise hundreds of feet in a hidden canyon between Hood River headwaters and Bull Rug Lake. Forester George T. Prather notes two species, one yellowish barked and straight, the other cedar, with steep bluffs surrounding the gorge that shield them from anglers in Lostlake district.
Thence to the Woodshed recounts a boy named Wille four and a half who has behaved badly at table. His father steps in to chasten him and rebuke his conduct, warning of possible punishment. Wille acknowledges understanding with a simple reply.
A brief quenched joke from Boston Pran Beript about Kitty and her cook. The narrator questions happiness after marriage and contrasts personal freedom with a spouse’s control over household staff.
Fragmentary dialogue references a watch and a clock with garbled speech. Named entity appears: St Louis Post-Dispatch. Other text is indecipherable, offering no clear event, person, or date.
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