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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
7
A historic report describes a slimy slug attacking pear and cherry trees in Iowa. It feeds on leaf surfaces, causing foliage loss and defoliation, with two broods each season in JuneJuly and August. Treatments include Paris Green and related arsenicals, with careful application guidance.
Prof G V Knapp urges strict silage care to prevent tainted milk. He warns abandoned silos and poor ventilation cause odor transfer to milk, and outlines six steps: feed after milking, keep floors clean, avoid excess silage, ensure ventilation, not too green, and avoid moldy silage.
The article argues alfalfa not only avoids depleting soil but enhances it through deep root growth and decay increasing humus and nitrogen fixation. It cites Kansas growing from 35,000 acres in 1891 to over 743,000 in 1907, with other states following this trend, endorsing alfalfa as a natural soil fertilizer.
Sage seed valued at twenty five cents can grow about 1 000 plants. The first year may provide enough harvest to cover sowing and picking labor. In spring, transplant in rows three feet apart one way and half that distance the other. With good soil and proper care, sage can be harvested three times yearly for several years.
A summer party theme uses a pine setting for a fagot stunt. Guests draw numbers and burn bundles while sharing stories songs or dances. Refreshments on a cottage porch include toasted marshmallows and ice cream. Attire is swim wear and lightweight casuals. An African guest will recount life on an ostrich farm.
A 14 member girls club chose Africa for next year and the president will host a luncheon with a dark continent theme. Centerpiece uses three black dolls with Delighted pennants, toy animals as favors, pyramid and sphinx place cards, and horizon scout figures. Guests chant Roose velt as cablegrams and letters arrive.
The Cinderella club gathers about twenty couples for a season dance with two guests per couple secretly invited. Slipper cards, slipper centerpieces, and fairy tale favors set the theme as a gong signals midnight and lights go out. Madame Merri notes linen suits as a fashion trend.
Instructions for sewing a simple slip over nightdress using a 40 inch muslin fabric. Measure from shoulder to floor, cut neck with a circular plate, mark sleeve joins nine and eight inches from fold, cut diagonally to form sleeves, join long triangular piece to create fullness, and finish with optional beading embroidery at neck and sleeves.
A promotional notice touts low land prices in northwest Texas. It cites 24 inches of rainfall, dry farming, and beef, cereals, and fruit as crops. It features Mr. Curfman from Hereford as a success story and offers free land folders and a six month subscription for The Earth, via C. L. Seacraves, A. T. & S. F. Ry. System.
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