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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
3
The Augusta Chronicle reports a Swainsboro peafowl named Georgia Peafowl is 52 years old, a county curiosity watched by residents. The bird, once snow white, now displays a bright fan and grayish white plumage, with age vouched for by reputable locals. It is treated as a family favorite, bringing pride to its owners.
A May 20 scene at a Deco ration Day parade shows a woman insisting she wants to see soldiers of the Seventh regiment, not the ARP volunteers, highlighting confusion between military units and civilian wartime volunteers as bystanders watch the parade's intersection.
Walter Norman of Tomahawk Wisconsin, a Mankato Commercial College graduate, has been promoted to head bookkeeper with a $100 monthly salary. He credits his success to his training at Mankato Commercial College and urges others to enroll, noting free catalogues are available.
A reader from Sylvania Ga extols Electric Bitters as life changing, claiming they cured rheumatic trouble and kidney issues. The ad text also touts remedies for coughs and colds, with a family using Foley’s Honey and Tar for children. It touches on dangers to birds in migration and urban hazards like wires and storms.
In Zuriwiea Calleia mourners at a local funeral saw an apparently dead man revive as the coffin was lowered. The man walked home unaided, while priests and sextons recovered from the shock. An advertising line promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles.
The New York appellate division holds that gambling at home is lawful if played inside one’s residence, with money changing hands allowed. The case arose from a man nabbed at a game with four others and charged as a common gambler, a ruling that, if off home, would be a crime. Hostan Glube
Dr Sadler estimates that about 50 million dollars in annual wages are lost to colds. The text urges use of Poleyy's Honey Garlic Par Compound to stop coughs and soothe air passages, claiming it is sold by all druggists.
An anecdote recounts Attorney General Wickersham stopping during a speech tour to discuss a beaten editor. A lawyer explains the editor runs a scandalous paper about prominent locals. the editor is attacked by unknown individuals, with the line that his paper hits newsstands weekly each Tuesday.
A Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station note compares quack grass with western wheat grass, detailing distinguishing leaves, rough foliage, and spread. It discusses forage value, ease of destruction, and local enforcement actions in Clay County, plus harvesting, digging, and storage methods for potatoes in Maine, Colorado, and Iowa.
G K Bliss of Iowa State College notes potato digging depends on market needs. For immediate marketing, harvest now. for storage, avoid digging too early. Typically, October 10 to 20 is a prudent window for digging potatoes intended for storage.
Iowa Experiment Station reports fifteen to twenty year trials on about forty winter wheat varieties. Ten best performers remain, with five of Russian or Crimean origin. Russian types Turkish red and Malakoff, Turkey red, Turkestan, Kharkove lead yields, while Hungarian and American varieties trail.
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