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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1907
Page
2
The American Surety Company of New York is described as the largest company in the world whose sole business is to furnish suretyship bonds.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy is praised as one of the best staples in use with enormous sales. The remedy targets acute throat and lung diseases including coughs colds and croup and is described as pleasant safe and dependable. Sold by Cook and Sherman.
Major J A Olmsted U S A retired officer serving as Iowa guard inspector filed a report with Governor Cummins. He slams the maneuvers as a hardship for enlisted men and urges abolishing practice marches and maneuver camps. He praises the guard’s bright eager personnel and criticises transport management that left troops without water.
In Davenport on September 21 work will start to tally Catholic residents. Priests will visit homes and urge newcomers or unlisted residents to report names and addresses. Father Flannagan notes current reports put Catholics at 12 million, with claims of 15 to 15.5 million existing.
Adam Hzeley of Oskaloosa Iowa files suit for 190 damages against Western Union Telegraph for failure to deliver a message on time. He says his sister in Joplin Missouri sent notice of his son's death and burial plans, but the message arrived October 2 after the funeral.
Ames Athletic association council awards the official A emblems for football baseball and track. Baseball winners include Harry Fox A. Kruell G Beiter B Harris and R Parks. Track honorees are G Lambert J W Davis T E McCullough R Lampman and C C Van Martin. Prof S S Beyer is re elected general manager. A tug of war between Sophomores and Freshmen is planned with a pond between teams for a ducking contest to ease class tensions.
Hints for farmers describe a method to cure horse skin disease starting with clean stables and thorough washing. The program uses warm suds with lime, carbolic acid, and ammonia, then cold rinse and drying before applying a sulfur and whale oil mixture. Three applications likely suffice.
The Farmers Advocate stresses self-help for profitable dairying. It urges weeding out poor cows, better care with a sturdy stable, and superior feed including alfalfa. It cautions against reliance on low-quality stock or poor feeding and promotes growing alfalfa to reduce dependence on bran and mill feeds.
Colonel Henry Exall urges filing an old horse's teeth to even them and improve usefulness and disposition. He argues ten years is not old, as older horses often work more intelligently and reliably after years of conditioning. Teeth filing can let a horse grind forage properly and digest well, yielding a fat, happy animal.
Clover hay tops all hays for poultry and is easiest to obtain on many farms. Use second cutting cured in shade if possible. For winter feeding cut hay into one inch pieces then pour hot water over it for an hour or two and mix with cornmeal or oat chop to absorb moisture. Feed to chickens.
The text advises readying winter cow shelters with proper ventilation. It warns against open doors, windows, or holes and promotes a ventilator. Emphasizes fresh air, ample space, light, dry quarters, and strict feeding to prevent cold drafts and tuberculosis risk in cows.
The Ohio experiment station issues a bulletin on renewing old orchards. It advises applying stable manure into the soil under branch extremities or leaving it on the surface under mulch to rejuvenate long unprofitable orchards.
Farmers note hogs can harvest corn with minimal waste if five acres are fenced and hogs are turned in early. Some sow cowpeas on a few acres and release hogs around September 15 to graze the field.
Guidance on evenly distributing manure to sparse areas in grass and stubble fields. Warns that hauling manure to the nearest field without consideration may not be optimal for soil health or crop growth.
Iowa State College at Ames reports record enrollment this fall with 140 more students than last year, projecting a total regular enrollment of 1750 plus 75 in short courses. The entering class includes 370 high school graduates out of 464, with 94 from other states and academies. Electrical engineering leads with 104, civil 81, mechanical 45, and animal husbandry 81 students registered.
M J O'Brien found a steel gray pearl as large as a buckshot in a dam from the Coon River near the Illinois Central bridge southwest of Yetter. Word of a prior pearl sold for 8 dollars last month has fueled excitement along the river with locals and railroad workers searching for more.
Des Moines reports the 1907 state fair netted 27655.68 dollars after four days of rain reduced attendance. Improvements cost 116521.45 dollars, with 80000 appropriated by the legislature and 36000 from the department of agriculture. Net receipts were 10814.78 less than 1906.
Miss Tatsu Hori of Tokio, Japan, enrolled at the University of Iowa on Sept 21 as a college graduate preparing for postgraduate work. She is the first Japanese woman to enter the institution, invited by fellow Tokio native Chayloi Kondo who had earlier sent Japanese men to Iowa.
On the Western Frontier at the Graham theater Monday night. Performance details and participants not fully readable in the fragment. Local theater events hint at an evening program with possible cast and venue but specifics are unclear.
Practical notes cover sheet placement with sewn buttons and loops for mattress sides. A cleaning tip advises using a coin to remove paint from glass, with warm or cold water. The article also mentions removing old putty with a red hot poker. It highlights Tasmanian myrtle wood as a newly imported, rich pink, hard, fine-grained material for high end cabinet and piano work.
A terse exchange turns playful about a dog show. Then a brief fur cleaning method recommends bran heat pretreatment, rubbing fur with bran, brushing, and dust removal, noting furs require special care. Sawdust and plaster are heated and rubbed into skins, then aired outside.
Teeter and Lathrop auctioneers offer a public sale on September 26 at the Henry McMillan farm six miles southwest of Washington two miles west of Eureka church beginning at 10 a m. Seventeen items include horses cattle hogs and assorted stock with 12 month terms on sums over 10 and cash or 6 percent discount for cash. John S. Green J A McCoy clerk John Hyde Coppock June counter.
Report from Sioux City Iowa on September 21 describes a suburb of Leeds torn by a shooting of Roy Holt 14 by Thomas R Chubb who was guarding a melon patch. townspeople split between punishing the boy or prosecuting Chubb while Holt lies in hospital in critical condition.
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