Home Gardening Boosts Value and Cost Savings
A farm page essay by seed expert George S. P. Hall urges Waterloo readers to start home gardens to slash living costs. It argues a 25 by 50 foot plot can feed a family of six, with surplus for canning, and outlines early planting, hotbeds, and cooperative efforts to maximize yields and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. P. Hall
Galloway Brothers & Co
Courier and Reporter
Hall
United States
Waterloo
Germany
Ous
Union
Crop Rotation as Key to Profitable Farming
Professor P G Holden argues crop rotation lowers risk by diversifying to steady annual work, profits, and labor needs. He defines rotation as growing grain legume and cultivated crops, maintaining soil humus and keeping pests in check to avoid labor peaks and crop losses.
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P. G. Holden
Early vegetables from hotbeds boost crops and character
Hotbeds cover to retain heat and enable two crops per season, letting amateurs grow early vegetables for home tables and profits. Gardening with soil and outdoor work builds ownership, health, and moral strength, as Daniel Webster’s remark about raising men suggests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Que
Lava
Daniel Webster
New England
Test Your Seed Corn This Year
Every year readers hear the old story Test Your Seed Corn. The article notes repeated efforts through papers circular letters posters and seed corn campaigns with banks and agricultural groups promoting testing to ensure better crops.
Test each corn ear to ensure it will grow
A county agriculturist urges testing corn ears to see if they will grow. Even with good handling some ears may fail, so test every ear when time allows to prevent losses and ensure reliable crops.
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Pers
A. A. Burger
Agriculturist
Federal regulations bar spring shooting of migratory birds
Washington D C Feb 19 The department of agriculture released a public announcement clarifying the federal closed season on waterfowl and migratory birds from February 1 to September 6 annually. It notes state open periods, lists Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri as September 16 to December 31, and states violations may be prosecuted within three years of the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Department
United States
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Frustola and Trexe Herald Relief for Minister
Rev Elwood R Ackerly of Montromery New York reports severe gallstone attacks ended after using Frustola followed by Traxo. He credits the remedies with renewed energy and minimal further ministerial effort. The Pinus Laboratories in Monticello Illinois markets Fruitola and Traxo without a prescription, with a relief booklet available by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood R. Ackerly
Mont- Romery
N. Y
Edsall
Pinus Laboratories
Monteello
Waterloo
Atore of Wangier Bros Co
East Fourth St
C. J. Miler
West Fourth St
Monticello
Tiinois
Iowa Bankers Seek $4,000 Superintendent Post
Des Moines reports a large number of Iowa bankers have applied for the $4,000 job to head the new state banking department. The house police regulation committee planned a public hearing on Lon Griffin's blue laws bill this afternoon. Senator Hale's bill for a medical library department and $20,600 appropriation was killed by the senate appropriations committee. W. B Barney, state dairy and food commissioner, seeks power to inspect gasoline quality in Iowa, noting his current view of correct measures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New State Banking Department
House Committee On Police Regulation
Lon Griffin
Hale
Senate Committee On Appropriations
W. B Barney
Internal Bathing touted as rapid health booster
An advertisement extols Internal Bathing as a natural remedy for constipation and ill health. It cites user claims of waking clear headed and energetic after use, with testimonials about improved sleep, stamina, and appetite. The piece promotes the J. B. L. Cascade device and a free booklet at Hansen & Hansen's Drug Store in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Smith
J. B. L. Cascade
Hansen & Hansen's Drug Store
Waterloo
Das Onry
Gold Mevadat Haarlem Oil Capsules Claim Quick Restorative Power
An advertisement touts Gold Mevadat Haarlem Oil Capsules as a fast remedy for weakened vitality caused by overwork and poor living. It asserts three capsules daily restore strength from uric acid issues, kidney problems, bladder stones, or stomach derangement, with a money-back guarantee and a warning to seek the pure imported Haarlem Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hjotland
Haarlem
Pimply skin relief with Dr Edwards Olive Tablets
A newspaper ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel. It claims cleansing effects on blood and bowels, reduces pimples and bad breath, and promises improved mood and energy. Sold in 0c and 25c boxes by all druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
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H.C
Gheorghe
P. Hall
Waterloo Gardenera
Haws
Wpaky
Carl Vrooman
Vrooman
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Mr. Vrooman
Grange Movement
Farmers’ Alliance
Congress
Ellwood BR. Ackerly
Stroebel Music House
East Fifth Street
Fhone NO
Ligeae
Victor
Hawaii
mid-Pacific
Weikili
Louise
Ferera
Horace
Duct
Honolulu
Liliuokalani
Quintette
Homolulu
Dia
Kohala
Deel
Lar Wright
Rene Dietrich
Wright
Rene Dietrich Lum
Kaili ‘Lue
Kaili
E. K. Rose
Quintetta
ML Kunin Wee
Pale K
David Kaii
Pale K. Lua
David Kaili
Irene West
Irene Weat
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Victrela
Victor Talking Machine Company
Thie Company
Subaeon
Fifth
Mulder Streets
East Side Library
Ben C. Everall
Marsh-Place
W. E. Patterson
BANK
C. W. Bruner
Black Hawk Building
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