28 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
1
Farmers can improve drainage with board drains that last 20 to 25 years in wetlands. A standard system uses upright boards with notches to hold planks, or two posts with cross boards to a fence, enabling one person to build troughs quickly and cheaply.
Farmers note birds help crops by feeding on insect pests. Swallows swifts and nightingales guard the atmosphere, woodpeckers creepers and chickadees protect tree trunks, blackbirds thrushes crows and larks guard soil, snipe and woodcock reach the subsoil, crows kill many grasshoppers, quail eat weed seeds, and grouse eat grubs and insects, benefiting wheat corn and oats.
A family patch guide to growing sweet potatoes starts with potted storage to keep warm, then trimming vines on a window trellis, and propagating cuttings from vine tips in damp sand two weeks before transplant. It promises easy, cost saving yields with minimal trouble.
Fruit growers urged to cooperate in pest and disease control. If only one sprays, pests persist. join a spraying club and ensure all neighbors participate for an orchard free of pests.
Farmers must adopt timely road maintenance using drag harrow and disk to keep dirt roads smooth. Proper drainage and grading prevent rough surfaces, while dragging after moisture or harrowing when dry improves roads and saves millions annually.
A cheap harrow design uses a flat iron one and a half by three eighths inches split from C to D and bolted to two and a half inch square wood pieces. It is hinged at X with draft attached at K. No mortises to rot out, teeth size and quantity flexible.
Plow bottom land deeply and close. If early plowing is missed, disc and pack, then smooth with a harrow. Two to three days after planting cross with a section harrow to break soil, then cultivate with a shovel cultivator beside the corn. Repeat twice with broader shovels but shallowly. Do not disturb deep roots or brace roots near the surface. Do not approach the last cultivation near the corn.
A recipe to stir half a gallon of flour paste into a gallon of whitewash yields a coating that resists rubbing off on stalla walls and harms insects and disease germs. The codling moth multiplies in June and again in August, so one spray in June does not prevent future broods.
A senator's chauffeur loses his job after secretly renting the auto to tourists for five dollars an hour, siphoning ten to twenty five dollars daily. A former government clerk, denied service by a merchant, later gains wealth and club membership while orchestrating the merchant's social downfall.
A geological survey expert dismissed a Pennsylvania cobbler's plan to burn ashes for fuel as impractical. He noted most ashes contain unburned coal and that chemical additives to burn ash would cost more than coal. He also warned acetylene via ashes would be cheaper if obtained directly from calcium carbide.
At Oak Hill cemetery Georgetown a marble statue of John Howard Payne bears a beard due to a sculptor using a mistaken photo. The incident recalls Payne creator of Home Sweet Home and the prior funding by William Corcoran for the monument. The whiskers were later removed leaving a mustache.
Mr James Bryce new ambassador to the United States from Britain says he is not a reformer but would align naming of cities to avoid mail and telegraph confusion. He urges one London and one Washington noting multiple Washingtons in the US and Canada and favors Indian names for places. He praises Toronto’s choice to adopt York as the city’s historic name.
An Atlanta interview with a Black druggist recalls a cash only policy after a 400 dollar crisis. He explains seeking payment from customers who owed 1080 dollars and receiving only 7.25, leading to a renewed, strict business basis and trust in no one since.
Residents nicknamed junkers dredge for oysters in winter along Potomac tributaries. Small flatboats sell rags bones and old iron to Alexandria buyers, often delivering cargoes daily. The Hattie recently arrived at Alexandria with a cow skeleton and assorted farm implements and iron goods destined for foundry reuse.
An advertising agent recalls Thomas Beecham, until age 75 a prolific ad writer and witty figure. A grocer is accused of sharp practice. Beecham storms out but returns the next day to buy sugar, explaining he must shop there to get bulbs for planting.
A church study contrasts early Christian guidance on meat offered to idols with modern alcohol issues. It explains Paul's context in Corinth around A D 52 63, cites acts 15 29 and scriptures on temperance and virtue, and discusses the balance between liberty and conscience amid social pressures.
An ad describes early warning nervous symptoms and health restoration claims for Dr Williams Pink Pills. It cites Mrs E K Bradley of Rochester New York detailing nervous breakdown after a shock, relief with pills, and notes the product treats rheumatism grip fevers neuralgia St Vitus' dance and other conditions. The company promotes buying options and postal delivery from Schenectady New York.
A Kingston London suburb property owner posts a notice prohibiting grandchildren and cats on the premises, wording appears as noin or no grandchildren or cate in the reading. The brief notice reflects a harsh exclusion stance affecting visitors and residents seeking access.
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