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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
8
An old farm note explains profitable fruit drying by a kiln evaporator. It details building plans a furnace room and a work room with an upright bleacher, a 75 to 100 bushel capacity, and a drying floor of slats. Highlights heat control ventilation insulation and floor spacing to prevent clogging.
The article explains how hot and cold winds from the west and north affect crops from Canada to the gulf, with drought and premature vegetation. It notes eucalyptus and cypress trees as windbreaks, cites farmers in Kansas and Illinois on benefits and land-use balance, and mentions a US Forest Service study to quantify windbreak impacts on yields.
The article argues farmers should adopt labor-saving devices as scarcity of help grows. It highlights hay loaders, trip hay forks, sulky plows, gang plows, and a rotary harrow that combines land turning and harrowing. It urges investment in up-to-date tools to boost efficiency and production.
A truck gardener describes raising early tomatoes using a 2 by 3 foot by eight inch box with corner 2 inch pipes for bottom irrigation. Soil combines sandy loam and well rotted manure. Seeds sprout in a week, then transplanted after three weeks, growing sheltered before final transfer to the garden.
Savoy leaved cabbages are popular in Europe for their tender texture and delicate flavor. They resist cold better but yield smaller, less solid heads that are harder to handle than common cabbage.
Peter Porter visits nations with varied quirks. One nation works together and shares profits, another is frightened and almost loses its wits, a third sees things that do not exist, a fourth cares obsessively for seed sprouting, and a fifth is so charming that leaving is hard.
A puzzling verse hints at a place regarded as an island though the clues imply it may not truly be one. The speaker describes a gate, a lookout, and an egoist faction, weaving wordplay around identity and geography in a terse, enigmatic line.
Riddle hints two word transformations. First remove a letter from a flower part to form a word meaning confirm. Second remove a letter from attenuated to yield a metal known for usefulness.
A cryptic couplet extols a steadfast friend in need, praising reliability and cheer in any weather and urging the name to be hastened to spy. The verse presents a lighthearted, old fashioned tone with a playful riddle about a dependable companion.
A sequence of directional clues links regions and places. From 1 to 2 a bay south of Asia. 1 to 3 a sea west of Russia. 2 to 4 the city where a cat sought the queen. 3 to 4 an island south of India. 8 to 5 a North American country. 4 to 6 a New Hampshire city. 5 to 6 a Michigan town. 2 to 7 the capital of a European country. 7 to 6 a state touching California.
Four feminine names suggested by the pictured hints are inferred from the New England Home stead puzzle context. The captions point to common female names tied to domestic or rural life, inviting readers to identify them from the illustrated cues.
A word puzzle entry asks for a winter letter, a popular drink, a U S state, a type of label, and a letter found in snow. Each clue yields a distinct word fitting the winter theme and common usage.
A puzzle entry lists four clues with numbered items. It asks for a single Word Square solution where each clue yields a word fitting the same square, likely four-letter words sharing letters across positions.
What famous city was saved by the cackling of geese. What noted Scotchman evaded pursuits by reversing his horse s shoes. What model merchant of the middle ages was induced by a cat to try to make his fortune. For what English king is the black and tan spaniel named. What general rode a horse to the top of a bell tower. What famous horse was trained by a fourteen year old prince. To what patriarch did a dove bring a branch of olive.
A child, Annie, exclaims to her father that she has discovered another ocean while digging in the sand, reaching water and urging him to hurry to see the find.
The page lists puzzle tasks including Arithmograph Foremost toes more faster and Illustrated Diagonal Pump kin with Pegasus Turkey Sami ben Lamprey Cracker Jon quil Lantern. Double Acrostic Primals Sacramento Finals Montgomery. Date Problem 1908. Linkade Counttry country. and Double Beheadings Adore Rarest Teaches Always Depart Escape.
John Perkins expects a routine evening with Katy in their Frogmore flats but finds a note and empty rooms when she leaves to visit her ailing mother. The separation unsettles him and he confronts his neglect, vowing to change, only for Katy to return and resume the daily cycle and pool hall haunt.
Peter the Great ate a baked goose stuffed with apples and judged it a fine dish as he favored simple table fare during his meal.
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