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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
3
A survey of transport changes notes the disappearance of the last horse bus in London, now replaced by about 1,500 motorbusses. The piece also touches on appetite, opium-to-wheat farming shifts in China, and a range of brief observations from travel and agriculture to weather, pests, and cottage cheese making.
Widespread shipment of Irish potatoes from New Jersey to north central states rises as early crop failures in the Mississippi Valley push prices from 2.50 to 3.50 per bushel on markets. Reports note continued inflation in potato prices and transport moves amid broader agricultural shifts including fertilizer value from corncobs and a focus on improving rural roads in Pennsylvania.
A reader shares a thrifty method for a three acre alfalfa patch in a low-density area, including fall plowing after corn, seven tons of manure, seeding at twenty pounds per acre, and inoculation consideration. The piece notes two cuttings per season with yields over two tons per acre, soil and drainage factors, lime for sour soils, and the value of good seed. It then summarizes Purdue findings on corn silage improving steer gains, coat shedding and finish, with feeding combinations and economics. Finally, it covers two key canning conditions for vegetables and an alternative method for preserving corn via pickling in open jars.
A mis sion reports joy at a danger turned to entertainment as a tight-rope walker who heard preaching becomes a tumbler in a circus. The missionary notes more professed religion among tumblers than other circus specialties, questioning why spirituality would be tied to a circus act. The New York Press quotes the comment.
A sprained ankle is usually a three to four week disablement. Treat with Chamberlain's Gcintment freely as soon as injury occurs and follow directions. Heal in two to four plays. For sale by All Dealers.
In a Sunday Magazine tale, Vice-President Sherman known as Sunny Jim helps a Down and Out man by giving him a note to his wife. The envelope contains twenty five $1 bills, revealing the vice president’s quiet act of charity.
An Arctic expedition recounts a polar bear defending her cubs as hunters approach. The she bear feeds her cubs with walrus meat, is fatally shot, but with her last act tears meat for the cubs and attempts to save them before dying beside them.
An opinion exchange compares marriage to catching a fish and buying a nobleman evokes commerce versus fate. The dialogue riffs on choosing a partner for status versus genuine affection, using sharp wit to critique marriage markets and social expectations.
A vintage note advises using old felt hats cut into quarter size disks and attached to chair and table feet to dampen noise and prevent floor scratches on movable furniture without casters.
In a small New Jersey village large families join a fly contest where mothers pay five cents for every twenty flies killed and collected in a basket as vouchers. Even as children grow older the effort expands, with a five cent bonus for every 100 flies, and a price regulation by a mothers' trust ensuring equal pay.
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, president of the National Congress of Mothers, pushes a national endowment for a school and university extension plan to educate Americans in parenthood. Headquarters would be in Washington with state branches. Schoff has led movements for child uplift and helped compile laws for dependent and delinquent children.
A curiously brittle pure white paper used for Chinese drawings is made not from rice or cotton but from the pith of a tree native to Formosa. Rag paper originated in Arabia over ten centuries ago, and Crusaders introduced the industry to Europe, where the first paper manufactory began in the late 1200s.
Francisco Pradillo a fifteen year old shepherd from Saville Spain died while fleeing a bull. He climbed an electric standard to escape the beast and touched a live wire, dying instantly as the bull gored him.
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