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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
3
Poem speaks from the speaker’s narrow bed asking mourners to remember with kindness. It rejects florals and public display, urging memories tied to cherished scenes and prayers over harsh regret. The verse laments life’s trials and questions if others could fill the speaker’s place, urging gentle judgment after death.
In Round Prairie Tom Lawson, an Indiana newcomer, battles loneliness until he volunteers with Company M to fight in Cuba. The Canton militia marching to Springfield brings a wave of community support as Lawson receives boxes, letters, and a faded rose from Lucy, symbolizing hope and a growing bond.
Two neighbors converse while planting seeds and jokes about a hen. Moon shines as the quip lands. The piece notes people’s mood on rainy days driven by umbrella loss.
An inventive tank valve controls water into troughs and tanks with a float and lever mechanism. The valve sits above water to resist rust and sediment, and can shut off at any tank level from one fourth to full. A sealed can or bottle serves as the float.
The piece explains tar applications to peach trees to curb peach tree borers, noting annual treatment before moth flight and root-to-bark coverage. It also describes an eight corner pig trough with a center spout to ensure fair feeding for eight young pigs, detailing construction steps and materials.
An author notes soil washing affects about 75 percent of rolling farms, washing the best surface soil into valleys and leaving less productive clay uplands. Recommend leaving steep slopes in blue grass or meadow to keep land productive and provide sites for trees.
The article advises using hillside cultivation to prevent washing and protect stock, noting slopes make good sheep pasture. It explains grapevine layering to produce new vines, burying cuttings in a trench and nursing roots, and suggests using well ripened wood with buds for rooting.
Instructions from Fruit World describe making dry arsenite to dust on melon and cucumber vines at first appearance of vitera and other beetles. Boil white arsenic with sal soda in water, combine with slaked lime to form a dry lime arsenic powder for dusting, and also make dry Bordeaux dust from blue stone to shake on for fungus control.
The article describes a simple cord device to keep cows' tails clean during milking and fly season. It explains fastening a heavy cord above the cow with loops, guiding the tail to stay out of gutters, and using a beam or hook to lift it safely during milking. A practical farm tip from New England Homestead.
Agricultural notes warn muskmelon blight troubles some areas and warn against leaving buttermilk to sour butter. Advice covers onion cultivation soil handling, timothy lime for sour land, late strawberry crops, water management for seeds, cow profitability and calving cadence, and grape propagation by layering including Norton Cynthiana and Scuppernong varieties.
Thomas J Moriarity, long time US Government torpedo expert at Newport, unveils a cigar shaped bronze torpedo boat housing a Whitehead torpedo. A man lies on a cradle inside, paddings and air systems sustain life underwater while the device launches under its own power to strike ships.
Chicago inventor Joseph Husak unveils an iron elephant 300 feet long and 250 feet high with four story body and elevators in the legs. The project includes a cafe on the second floor and arrangements to exhibit at St. Louis and other expositions. Also recounted is Hannah Sanborn Philbrook’s tale of a fearless 4 year old colt carrying weaving tools through a storm to aid a wife and mother in old Sanbornton. The narrative highlights ingenuity and perseverance across unusual feats.
The plan describes a multi story elephant structure with a lift to pull cars up and down while swinging. The third floor hosts amusements and a chute of chutes with small Ferris wheels, the fourth floor offers a theater or music hall, and a roof garden or observatory tops the animal. Eyes become searchlights and the tail could host a new fire escape. The whale variant accompanies the display with a circular tank and electric operation.
A vivid column recalls how Tabitha Sanborn seized a ride to help during a domestic emergency. It highlights the resourcefulness of fore mothers who faced urgent chores with steady endurance and courage, reflecting on everyday heroism and self reliance.
A South colonel known for tall tales recounts a hunting tale to guests. His negro servant corrects him by aligning ends, remarking that the ends must meet. The piece notes a man isn’t truly great until newspapers print jokes he originated that fail to amuse.
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