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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1906
Page
7
A farmer named J M Burton of Hillsboro County displays a bushel basket of Cambridg Russet potatoes grown from one bushel of seed. He notes thirty four potatoes filled the basket and hailed forty four lashels from seed last season. The largest potato weighed three pounds seven ounces.
Agricultural editors nationwide embrace road dragging as a solution to rough, muddy roads. Kansas Secretary Coburn endorses a yearly drag program, urging neighbors to cooperate after rains to form a smooth surface and noting initial imperfections fade with persistent effort.
The Farm Journal urges swine owners to provide clean cooling water and weekly salt and wood ashes. It recommends a clean environment, pure wholesome feed, and regular slop feeding to reduce disease risk, warning that swill barrels breed cholera.
In Ontario tests Giant White Feeding and Tankard Cream produced the largest beets but lowest sugar. Improved Imperial, Rubensamen, and Mangel sugar beets matched Kleinwanzleben for sugar and purity. Rows of eighteen to twenty inches proved best, and applying nitrate of soda with sulphate of potash and superphosphate boosted early growth, increased beet yield, and raised sugar content by about 0.5 to 1 percent.
A compact quotation attributed to Luther Burbank urges patience in seeking truth. It emphasizes personal observation and effort over sole reliance on books for knowledge.
The article discusses a plan for Workmen members to set aside money after dues and assessments, investing it to earn interest. It notes Nebraska Workin and Wellington lodge options, reforms by the New York Grand Lodge, and a call to support the sick and distribute benevolence as the A. O. U. W. Fraternal Monitor explains Father Upchurch's historic role.
The Detroit Ingersoll encampment forms a publicity committee to woo new Scarlet degree members and boost Odd Fellowship nationwide. Arkansas reports per head costs for an Odd Fellows home in Batesville housing thirty children and two widows awaiting care.
Under Supreme Representative Charles S. Davis, Denver lodges form three member committees to secure a cemetery plot, preferably Fairmount, to serve as a Pythian burial place. The order reported 650230 members at year start, with Maryland adding 1819 and Illinois Ohio Texas leading in endowment gains. A subordinate lodge member cannot be tried outside his lodge.
The 1906 Massachusetts grand lodge spent 55 dollars for the session with no per diem and few mileage claims. Reports show Pennsylvania with 7,200 members, New York over 16,000 in good standing, and Indiana Knights and Ladies of Honor at 6,500 members.
The order surpasses 100000 benefit members with steady monthly gains. Both men and women may join on equal terms except men cannot be delegates or officers outside the board of managers. Members are urged to recruit at least one new member amid prosperity.
A program titled Musical Departure directed by William Appadoe offers a Thursday evening concert at Haskins First Presbyterian Church. Critics deem it timely, featuring English American German and Cambrian songs plus talks on tone phrasing thought in song and interpretation.
A. M. Bruce of Farmville Virginia recalls a twenty year struggle with chronic piles and malignant sores ending with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The salve cured both issues and left no trace. Sold for 25 cents at Stewart's pharmacy.
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