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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1898
Page
2
Fragment from Ladies' Home Journal praising a beloved as his mother and sweetheart. The speaker uses roses, celestial imagery, and a necklace to describe enduring love that comforts and guides the speaker toward God and heaven through years of adversity.
A tense rural scene unfolds as Annette waits at a shabby shack door while her deserter husband rides away. She recalls city life she left for love, feeling homesick and hollow in the lonely grassland setting beneath a dull chimney and a vine covered window.
A distressed wife plans to flee her marriage but hesitation and longing for her husband lead to a dramatic reversal. She flees by train, contemplates a note, then sees her husband in memory as the journey ends with a resolve to return and seek reconciliation.
In a rural scene from the Indiana State Journal, a woman revived from fainting to find her lover Prince delivering a joyful reply to an old letter. The man reveals he sold the farm to Buyo and that his hope lies in a future together after a long, tense wait.
An acre of banana culture yields 135 times wheat income. Japan’s civilizing influence came via China. now Japan sends scholars to instruct China. France pays 6 million francs yearly in pensions with 25 million deducted from officials. Java hosts frequent thunderstorms with about 7 days per year. Thirty seven steamers repair global submarine cables. Deafness is likelier in cold climates. Japan has about 40 000 public schools with compulsory education. The United States reportedly contains over fifty secret orders with 10 000 lodges and 5 000 000 members. Washington city sits on leased ground per circulating tale. London Zoo has housed over sixty lions in fifty years. A writer says 70 000 men use machinery, once 16 000 000 could do the work.
Dr Parry reports a Se poy prisoner in 1850 southern Kingdom of Dade engagement trembling at fear. Within half an hour his hair changed from black to gray, observed under guard and questioning. The piece ends with a brisk note on loiterers and the Keep of the Grass.
A Kentucky woman Polly Drake becomes the focus of a melodramatic life story. A love triangle between Polly, Stephen Letton and Thomas Blake ends in a house robbery and murders in 1783. Letton is implicated, blood-stained money ties him to the crime and he dies in prison. Blake dies there too. Letton confesses on his deathbed years later. Mrs Blake retreats to a forest cabin to live isolated for decades.
General William Stark Rosecrans, who died recently near Los Angeles, Calif., was a famed soldier whose public work and modest citizen role earned him high esteem. Born in the East, he chose California’s climate for his later years and declined political offices offered in gratitude for past service. He was widely honored in California, though he never sought further office.
The piece extols the mocking bird as a premier singer and clever creature in the southern woods. It lauds its vitality, quick wit, and musical refrain, noting it is often misnamed for mimicry and that many other birds may exceed its mimicry.
A sweet girl graduate bids farewell to her professor saying LT will always remember him kindly for Tam indebted her. The professor responds lightly that such a trifle is not worth a thought.
The relative value of wheat and oats hinges on soil and conditions. Based on yield estimates, wheat removes more phosphoric acid and nitrogen, while oats removes more potash. Wheat straw increases nutrient removal per acre, and oats balance mineral loss with straw, affecting land value.
An Orange Judd Farmer illustration shows a handy sack filling device. A box is attached to the bin with strong iron hooks at the top and small hooks at the bottom corners hold the sacks. Grain is shoveled from the bin into the box to fill sacks.
Farmers are urged to spray all fruit trees to prevent insect damage rather than wait for an attack. Authorities note spraying costs less than repairs and in California law enforces orchard treatment. Neglect can make a grower a public nuisance, with officials authorized to spray and bill the cost to the owner.
The text argues farmers often give calves the first milk to the cow, leaving the bulk for household use. It notes calf milk is richer in fat than later milkings and warns this habit is mistaken generosity.
The article argues manure should be applied to the poorest spots first to improve uniform fertility. It warns against spreading manure indiscriminately as it wastes resources and leaves some areas undernourished, while proper application over years can raise overall soil fertility.
The Farm Journal advises careful can cleaning to prevent milk contamination. Wash cans in tepid water with borax, seal with boiling water, rinse in cold water, and store away from dust. Borax can be used in milking water. Also notes pigs thrive outdoors on grass in summer, drawing much food from grazing.
The article describes convenient pig pens with daily ground rotation and a cloth shelter for shade and weather protection. It also shares farming verses about contentment and mentions land plaster on potatoes to improve green foliage and reduce pests. It includes home remedies and cautionary notes on using volatile chemicals.
The notes advise against using grafted peach pits for planting and emphasize a good garden to aid a tired workforce. It cites a Georgia fruit crop value of $2,000, warns that stiff clay soil harms cultivation, and urges light friable soil and repaired fences before turning stock onto pasture. It notes San Jose scale as a serious garden enemy.
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