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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
8
The text urges grouping shrubs, using trees for winding paths, and stresses that workers reap vegetables from their own gardens. It warns that careless tool cleaning leads to weeds, advocates soil stirring to prevent baking, and praises barn cleanliness. It cites wide variegation in perennial phlox and promotes daily clean stalls and regular sweeping.
A cheerful note praises sweet peas as universal flowers valued by gardeners and households. It urges embracing soil joy, notes the plant’s fragrance and charm, and mentions weeds as potential medicine sources with a nudge to consult a druggist for firms using weeds in medicines.
A writer compares a lawn to a house setting and to polishing a gem, arguing that diverting ten percent of house money to lawn would greatly improve appearances. The lawn is described as a canvas for landscape art, noting many resulting paintings lack worth due to lack of work or taste.
The text highlights how climbing roses can produce a thousand striking effects including bows of loveliness quaint corners shaded summer houses and fragrant spaces. It describes pergolas cozy conceal walks porches screened with blooming theses and other enchanting garden elements made possible by climbing roses.
A new device features a light roller with small spikes and a front pan. Run like a lawn mower, it gathers paper scraps and rubbish as it passes. The design promises practicality among other innovations, though only preliminary notes are available.
The writer urges readers to join a crusade for more beautified lawns, gardens, parks, and landscapes in villages, cities, and farms. It challenges readers to contribute ideas and encouragement to push this nationwide beautification effort.
A con artist sold chips of chopped palm leaf as rare seeds at a dollar a packet, duping many gardeners. Though prosecuted, he printed disclaimers and left buyers at risk in a market full of adulterations. Gardeners are urged to beware dishonest seed dealers and verify purchases.
A satirical defense of natural garden design argues against rigid geometric forms and overstructured borders. Citing Katherine Louise Smith and Wilhelm Miller, the piece urges embracing irregular curves, bold masses, and nature inspired layouts over math driven trimming.
A lecture extols urban and rural landscape planning as a sound investment. It notes Washington and Buffalo as well laid out and cites Harrisburg Philadelphia Fairmount park as examples. The speaker urges newspapers and citizens to champion beautification for economic and social benefits.
The text extols cleanliness as essential to beauty and order in gardening. A clean lawn and garden are attractive and profitable, with weeds, sprouts, and ragged edges removed, proper pruning done, edges trimmed, and all signs of neglect eliminated to achieve a tidy landscape.
Cleaning floors requires three cloths for washing drying and finishing. Use kerosene for shine prep sparingly and dust before waxing. For faded areas mix seven ounces boiled linseed oil with one ounce alcohol and apply repeatedly. grease stains wash with soapy water then dry thoroughly. Wax sections quickly rub in evenly then polish dry lint with grain and finish at the door. A soft waxed floor should not be walked on for 24 hours.
Early spring guidance promotes mineral fertilizer and discourages manure to reduce weeds. Maintain a well tuned mower, cut grass to 1.5 to 2 inches, and leave clippings to mulch soil. Weeds should be pulled by roots if removal is chosen, though plantain can be left as it will be harmless.
Burlaped or papered walls may be brushed with a new broom covered with a hood of cheesecloth. Breadcrumbs and a pencil eraser remove many ugly marks from wallpaper. Magnesia removes grease marks. A weak borax solution dissolves greasy black stains on delicate wood or paint. Use kerosene in the water when wiping varnished woodwork. Always rub off grease with dry cloths to prevent dust buildup and harder cleaning later.
Instructions claim raw eggs build blood and describe a method using lemon and a wine glass to swallow. Advice suggests consuming many eggs daily during recuperation, with technique to avoid yolk damage and facilitate swallowing. The passage reads as a historical home remedy.
The recipe calls for two ounces each of alcohol green tea and garden sage, strained and stored corked to prevent evaporation. Apply with a toothbrush after washing the hair and rinsing with cold water, then remove scalp stain with a sponge dipped in warm water.
Instructions describe winding tape around a bottle neck and rubbing it back and forth to generate heat. The heat expands the neck and loosens the stopper, allowing it to be withdrawn with the bottle held firmly.
Breeders use a light strong crate built with 2 by 2 inch posts and 1 by 4 inch pine strips. Ideal size 54 by 30 by 16 inches inside. Bottom is 1 inch smaller than inside to slip over. Two 24 inch half inch gas pipes act as supports and handles. Yard storage aids hog acclimation. In handling, approach from rear left, lift with a swing, then pull crate back. Be quiet and unseen while hog settles. To move to another crate or through a door, raise the front end and the hog enters quickly.
The article explains that brood sows function as pig factories and require abundant protein, often from scraps like corn. It warns that protein starvation leads to feverish sows, constipation, and poor milk supply, reducing pig vigor and litter outcomes.
A compilation of practical veterinary advice includes treating wounds with alum mixtures, stopping bleeding with flour and salt, removing horse wart scabs with soft soap, blistering for joint lameness using Spanish flies and lard, curing white scour in calves with oil or salts and port wine eggs, and pink eye remedies with bran mash, laxatives, tonics, and boric acid washes.
Bay City Michigan June 3 The West Bay City Sugar companys import experiment for raw sugar from Germany to refine and market in the United States is judged a success. Orders for another shipment have been placed and both local and German American sugar firms expect to begin selling the refined product soon. The venture promises new trade for Bay City and substantial government revenue, with a duty of 55000 paid on the first shipment.
Washington reports Baron Takahira, Japan’s ambassador, says Japan is taking all possible measures to prevent laborers from leaving for the United States. He notes the new restrictions need more time to prove effective and assures continued cordial U S relations. The issue, he says, has been stirred by the press but not by the governments. He also asserts U S relations with Japan will remain strong and uninterrupted. Dewitt Fuller, once Lincoln’s telegraph operator, was killed on Erie tracks at Narrowsburg, New York, March 16. He was about seventy, a forty-year Erie employee, riding a velocipede when struck by a passenger train.
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