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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
9
While walking, Mary frees a bee caught in a spider’s web. The bee promises aid in return. A bulldog suddenly grabs Mary’s skirt. the bee stings the dog, who retreats. Mary remains kind to animals afterward.
A nostalgic verse from the Los Angeles Times extols Uncle Bill's as a carefree local haven. It highlights dirt-cheap pleasures doughnuts and cake, no strict grooming, puddin and play, swimming and hill climbing, with the emphasis on freedom and simple entertainments for all ages.
A New Hampshire boy in Boston Globe describes spotting a black throated green warbler high in pine treetops. The bird, about chickadee sized, shows yellow olive upper parts yellow cheeks a black throat and fore breast white underparts black feet and a slender bill. The observer waited quietly and the bird briefly looked at him before singing.
A source describes smoothing uneven mineral surfaces with progressively finer grindstones and emery until glassy. A coating of white shellac is brushed on after cleaning dust, though its regular use by polishers is uncertain. some collectors suspect other chemicals improve tones, due to greater skill and tools.
A humorous exchange between mother and son centers on careful blotting. The son asks how to learn blotting if he avoids making blots, while the mother urges caution, highlighting a light domestic moment.
Post office officials are trimming mail contracts with steamboats citing economy and speed concerns. Alaska relies on dogs over vast, frozen areas where reindeer lag in reliability. Littlefield plans to leave Congress by Sept 30, angering labor groups and pilots associations. Senate debates center on negro soldiers at Brownsville and ongoing paper and tariff issues.
Celery culture requires bright sun, pure air, cool nights, and about eight inches of rainfall during the growing period. Transplanting twice speeds first handling, reduces shock by avoiding a long taproot, and yields a more uniform stand though two handlings are costly for large crops. Watering is best limited to three irrigations plus one at planting, with more soakings in dry periods and sparing use as maturity nears.
Hogs with ample pasture and exercise resist disease better than penned hogs. A hog allowed to graze freely gains well and stays hearty when moved to market after three weeks to a month, then given corn and plenty of water to finish quickly.
Large cotton boils show storm resistance due to thick boil coverings that do not curve backward during drying and fail to leave the locks unsupported, unlike some other types.
The Tangier pea, native to North Africa, shows promise in California as a hay crop for horses. Farmers discuss mid June planting of Hubbard squash in potato hills, crop succession with rutabagas and turnips, soil enrichment from legumes, crow control by scattering corn, and sowing rape as summer feed with caution on bloating.
Ralph Benton notes alfalfa or lucerne is widely grown in Montana and produces a light high grade honey. In some regions it serves as the main crop with two to four harvests, letting blooms develop before cutting to extend the season through the summer.
Studies show that planting catalpa and locust trees as close as four by four feet greatly slows growth when trees reach eight to ten years old in many cases.
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