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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
7
Amateur planters root strawberry plants in autumn in two inch pots. As runners form in July or August, pots are filled with rich soil and sunk in the ground. After about three weeks roots fill the pots then plants are set out. kept undisturbed to establish, with careful watering if dry.
A Spanish woman named Joaquin Lugedi Ayala planted a small twig of the mission grape in Carpenteria valley near Santa Barbara, Cal. The vine was later purchased by Jacob Wilson who kept it pruned. The trunk now measures nine feet nine inches around, with a seven foot eleven inch girth five feet high, and splits into five branches at six feet high whose combined circumference is fourteen feet eleven inches.
Grafts set last spring need immediate attention. Remove suckers from below the scions to protect new growth. Prune or pinch scions to prevent branched or irregular growth, as recommended by Country Gentleman with a two year graft illustration.
John Chamberline in Country Gentleman advises preserving leggy geraniums. Grow them at a steady rate, prune long stems after flowering to encourage new growth, and use tall vigor plants in spring plantings among other perennials for full summer blossoms.
The sunflower is Kansas state flower. Other states with official emblems include Louisiana magnolia, Texas blue bonnet, Arkansas apple blossom, California poppy, and Ohio scarlet carnation replacing goldenrod, which was Missouri’s earlier favorite flower.
The article advises to treat apple trees for borers both flat headed and round headed that bore into the tree base. Cut out affected parts when sawdust like castings appear and remove or dispose of windfalls promptly to prevent spread.
The steamer Fortune carried an excursion crowd from the Canadian Sea to Richard's Landing in Canada, then to the U S side where they disembarked in a legal gray area and reboarded to continue the voyage, effectively moving passengers between U S and Canadian ports.
John Huffer cleared a bee nest on the McCalle farm near Newbern while plowing. After uncovering twenty seven nests he fled. A second man completed the task only to discover forty one nests overturned, indicating a large bumblebee infestation in the field.
Jamese C. Mercer of Saginaw, born in Scotland, died at 78 after a year of failing health. He was the oldest clothing merchant in Michigan and the only Saginaw dealer to survive the 1873 panic. Survived by five children.
Acute attacks of colic diarrhoea and dysentery come on without warning and prompt relief must be obtained. There is no need to pay a doctor’s fee if Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is on hand. A dose relieves before a physician arrives and it has never failed in severe cases. For sale by Cook & Sherman and Stewart’s pharmacy.
For sale 30 cords of wood and 200 posts. In English River Township near Anthony Maliska’s. See me at the timber the first week in September. Joseph Soukup.
John N. Pleasant of Minolia Indiana endorses Dr King's New Life Pills as the solution to periodic bilious attacks and habitual corripation. He notes the pills guarantee perfect satisfaction or money refunded and are sold for 25 cents at Stewart's drug store.
Des Moines reports growing interest among Iowa farm boys in the state Fair judging contest. Twenty to thirty youths will judge live stock and seed corn on Monday of Fair week. The winner secures a 200 Iowa State College scholarship at Ames. Entries due by Saturday. Half rates to Des Moines offered by Iowa Central for the August fair travel.
Iowa Central Railway offers low fares from all points with tickets sold August 1–31 1906. Wages range from 1 75 to 3 00 per day including board. Call on agents or write A B Cutts G P T Minneapolis Minn for rates. Excursion to Canada every Tuesday by Iowa Land Co 64 wf tf
BH Goodloe of Datton Street, Waco Tex, credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with five years of illness relief and now good health. The note claims the remedy cures chronic coughs la grippe croup whooping cough and prevents pneumonia. Stewart’s drug store guarantees every bottle with a price one dollar and trial bottle free.
Commencing September 16 and continuing until October List the Iowa Central will have on sale reduced rate one way tickets to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana and Idaho Rates 815.00 below regular fare Call on agents for particulars or address A B Cutts G P T Minneapolis Minn.
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