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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1907
Page
6
The Phoenix station notes date palms can be profitable in Arizona once trees mature. Varieties like Khars ripen in November and tolerate cold better. harvests yield up to 375 pounds per tree. Rainy spells risk rotting fruit. careful plucking with stalks preserved is essential.
A homemaker expert from Farm and Fireside says bone meal is a safe long lasting fertilizer for violets that provides phosphoric acid and nitrogen. He suggests adding a small amount of muriate of potash to create a complete plant food and applying one pound per square rod. If foliage remains light, use nitrate of soda dissolved in water at half an ounce per gallon to darken leaves, noting nitrate soda costs about 5 cents a pound or around 50 dollars per ton.
A Miami Florida letter suggests the mango crop in the near future may face conditions affecting yields. The note indicates uncertainty about quality and quantity, with concern over weather and market prospects for growers.
The play “We Are King” earns high praise from multiple papers. The St. Paul Globe calls it a new triumph while the New York Herald hails it as the best of Whiteside’s new works. Critics laud its humor Thackerayan flavor, strength, broad yet veiled satire, and engaging dialogue.
The article argues mangos could yield up to 1,000,000 fruits per 100 trees per acre and rival peaches in demand once introduced. It describes uses from fresh eating to preserves and marmalade, noting seedling trees reduce quality and that canned forms may delight consumers.
The 5-5-50 mixture uses Copper sulphate five pounds lime five pounds and water to fifty gallons. It neutralizes copper with lime of any quality to prevent scorching or russeting, improving safety for fruit. Withholding one pound of copper sulphate reduces cost.
The article describes the Southdown sheep breed origin and characteristics, noting its symmetry, woolly forehead, brown gray face, and absence of horns. It also includes a long practical section on feeding silage with dry forage to cows, warning against excessive silage and highlighting fertility impacts, followed by soil sediment considerations and cultivation to manage silt blankets.
The text outlines a tightly knit body with a wide straight loin and deep trunk. Hips are wide but not prominent, hindquarter square, twist and thigh low and full. Fleece is fine and dense, medium length, largely yolk free, with uniform wool quality over shoulder and thigh. Best types serve as model form for the block per American Cultivator.
Sediment irrigation effects depend on composition and charge. Beneficial or harmful outcomes hinge on soil interactions, mineral content, and water carrying capacity in agricultural fields.
The Rhode Island station reports experiments in continuous corn culture using cover crops. Clover as a cover crop yielded a net gain of $50.24 after seed costs, averaging $4.19 per acre annually, while rye produced a net gain of $4.28, averaging 8 cents per acre annually.
Fully mature dried seeds maintain vitality for next season. Seeds kept moist may stay viable if temperatures don’t fall too low, but moisture combined with low temperatures can injure or destroy vitality.
During a storm in Ancona Italy the sailing boat Urania went on the rocks and wrecked. Thirteen crew members were drowned in the disaster.
Multiple medical claims and notices including a guarantee for PAZO Ointment curing piles in 6 to 14 days, extensive doctor advertisements for Dr Shallenberg and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, plus a land rental notice in Boone Iowa and a Jamaican testimonial praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The fragment presents broad health claims, estate listing, and vendor notices with various names and locations.
The Bohumir Kryl Co presents a lecture featuring Kry l as a top cornetist, with Miss Phoebe Mae Roberts and tenor Marc Lag en. Tickets are 0c for single seats, 75 cents for the remaining course, and can be bought at the Columbia Pharmacy or the Democrat office on January 17.
Testimonial from James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut who states after trying remedies and doctors he improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure and was cured after five bottles. The ad asserts relief for back ache and various kidney and bladder troubles and notes it is sold by druggists.
Water rents are now due and payable at the Washington County Savings Bank until January 15. After that date the ordinance governing payment will be strictly enforced. Eva Sands was in transit Saturday evening from Ainsworth to West Chester where she is teaching school.
A physician notes that most appendicitis victims are constipated and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup to cure chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. The remedy is described as mild and pleasant to take with no nausea or griping and is sold at all druggists.
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