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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
3
Associate Professor H. H. Kidder of Iowa State College details how summer fly pressure cuts milk output. He promotes a home made spray using coal tar dip, fish oil, soap, and water, costing about 55 cents per batch, applied twice daily to forty cows in 10 to 15 minutes with a two person crew.
Iowa State College experiment station urges spraying at season start with Bordeaux mixture to control apple blotch. August applications help limit spread and protect next year. Experts recommend adding poison to the Bordeaux mix to guard trees and fruit against the second brood of moths.
The article outlines mixtures including borer Sas lime and water and poison options for codling moth. It describes blotch symptoms on apples with brown blotches radiating, cracking fruit, and notes Northwestern Greening as common in the state with varying susceptibility among varieties. It warns blotch overwinters in diseased twigs.
Iowa State experiments show excellent winter wheat yields by drilling seed in standing corn early in September. When corn stands upright this method can replace part of the corn crop with higher value wheat, with clover sown in spring for rotation. Use a special drill. one horse machine at the station causes no corn damage.
Jersey City reporters chase a wild west yarn as William Conklin recounts four rattlesnakes in a baggage car with three bodies and crates of chickens. The snakes perch on coffins and allegedly eat many chickens before being contained by Andy Patterson.
The animal husbandry department plans to enroll about 4500 students next year, far above last year’s 400 and more than the entire agricultural division five years ago. This shift signals a major expansion in agricultural education and workforce capacity.
Rev Dr Thomas Armitage, famed Baptist leader, did not speak at the Blaine reception in 1864. substitute Dr Burchard uttered the famous line ruin Romanism and rebellion triggering Blaine's defeat. The account recalls Armitage’s ties to Archbishop McCloskey Hughes and the Civil War era.
A London Daily Chronicle quote recalls Robert Louis Stevenson meeting a plain clothed, Scotch accented man aboard a German steamer from Sydney to Samoa via Tonga. The stranger asked for a book to sleep, found only a cookery volume, and the narrator realized he had entertained an angel unawares.
A compact reference notes the 19th century press rivalry in New York between The Press Publishing Co and the New York World, highlighting clashes over editorial influence and public perception.
A portrait of John Churchill known as Handome Jack, rising from poverty to power through looks, wit, and military genius. His career follows loyalty shifts from James II to William III, treason exposure, becoming duke of Marlborough, and Blenheim glory. Family fall, duchess temper, and decline to death in 1722.
Fifty years ago on September five Glaisher the English meteorologist ascended from Wolverhampton and recorded minus two degrees at five miles before losing consciousness his assistant pulled the valve string with his teeth and brought the balloon down. General Lee's army crossed the Potomac above Washington and began the invasion of the North with bands playing and the song Maryland My Maryland.
Albany officials estimate state revenue from automobile and chauffeur taxes will exceed 1.8 million dollars this year. The figure reflects ongoing tax collections and aligns with prior projections for motor vehicle related levies.
Pirot celebration of Labor day is a legal holiday in New York Colorado Oregon and Massachusetts. The day was also observed in Pennsylvania Connecticut Massachusetts Michigan Indiana Illinois and New Jersey.
Timetable entries list Arriva Nos 50 420 82 and 429 with departure times from 5 00 pm to 9 55 am. Freights Nos 8 81 88 89 and passenger Nos 49 50 run daily except Sunday. H W Russell is the agent.
Fragmentary timetable shows train numbers and passenger services. It lists No 3 passenger and No 92 Act with daily trains except Sundays. Arrival times 4am and 5pm, departures around 0pm, and 605 pm noted, with Sunday exceptions.
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