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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1908
Page
7
The Misses Jose Allen and Edna Carr of Riverside, guests at the Wm. McCreedy residence north of town, spent a few hours in the city today during their visit.
The program for Children’s Day at the Presbyterian church begins at 10 50 with organ prelude and processional. Activities include poems recitations songs and exercises by Harriet Dougherty Myrtle Whitcomb Margaret Brookfort Romola Latchem Dale Long and eight boys. Diplomas presented to cradle roll and primary class. collection noted with a testimonial about Foley’s Kidney Remedy from Mrs. S. L Bowen.
A period advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a simple remedy that makes people strong and happy while other remedies fail. It promises positive results and urges trying tea or tablets for 35 cents through Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co.
Pelican Rapids on June 9 1908 reports a pleasant Lake Lida outing by local group. Jim Brookhart leaves town, leaving a song and memory. The party enjoys views from the hill, notes the green waters and island, fish for pickerel, and describes Swede help staff and Philipp the errand man.
A historic veterinary guide outlines a treatment for lump jaw in cattle. It describes applying tincture of iodine to openings or the skin, with injections as needed, and suggests iodide of potassium in warm water to speed cure, noting milk safety and recovery timeline.
The home fruit garden improves the home and offers health through abundant berries grapes and stone fruit. Plan near the dwelling with space for rows of grapes raspberries blackberries currants and strawberries and arrange tree rows to allow small fruit between them. Surplus fruit can be marketed using well ventilated crates that hold about sixty quarts of berries.
Grasses are widespread beyond temperate zones and thrive where soil lies frozen for much of the year and in southern regions where frost never bites. They even carpet mountain slopes just below the eternal snow line, blooming briefly each year while enduring harsh conditions.
It appears that some cabbage varieties and cauliflower suffer more from maggot attack than others, but Holland cabbages are reported as largely free from maggot damage. Both from our state and elsewhere the Holland cabbages need little if any chemical treatment.
The fall is commonly viewed as ideal for lime but moderate applications can be done any convenient time. Much fall grain is seeded on corn ground which is not plowed or in good condition to apply lime then.
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