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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
3
Practical notes on soil care and planting with square wire enclosures to protect plants. Discusses bugs attacking roots, needing protective boxes eight to nine inches by seven inches deep and covered screens. Warns against waiting to cover plants to prevent burrowing damage.
From the Farmers' Review. A children’s corner tale recounts a brave young instructor guarding pupils from a mountain lion while a cat adopts a litter of wild rabbits. The remarkable foster care shows the animal’s maternal instinct as the rabbits thrive then disperse.
The European financier Aron Hirsch died of heart disease at his estate near Kormorn. Born 1833 in Munich, he built a railway empire across Central and Eastern Europe and funded vast charitable works in Germany Austria and beyond. His mission supported persecuted Jews and other needy groups including Russian émigrés sent to Argentina. He believed wealth should ease the lot of the miserable and promoted religious tolerance.
Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey, a leading GOP organizer, is cited as a potential vice presidential nominee. The piece notes his role on the Republican National Committee, his foresight in backing Governor Griggs, and the early push for his own VP consideration amid the 1900s party ambitions.
Dr. Miller notes in Gleanings that sweet clover can grow on sandy soil or stiff clay and likely not on bare rock. Plow depth around six inches in May if seed fell the prior year, with deeper or firmer ground aiding establishment. sowing time from November to June is feasible if soil is firmed and planted fairly deep.
The Ohio Experiment Station reports that spraying fruit trees with arsenical poisons during bloom kills bees in large numbers. Spraying should occur before blooming or after blossoms fall, never during bloom, to protect bees and fruit production.
A report from the Kankakee insane asylum notes irrigation runs at very low cost with water priced at 3 per million gallons or 3-10 cents per 1 000 gallons. City pumping often costs far more, with towns charging 10 cents per 1 000 gallons. The piece questions the authorities’ accounting of water costs.
In a Colorado town a fearless teacher at a small school faced a lion that attacked her students. She retrieved a shotgun, loaded it, and fired at close range, killing the lion and saving the children. The rescued teacher recovered as townspeople carried her and the lion through the streets amid cheers.
London papers chronicle an outbreak of pleuro pneumonia in the city. A Whitechapel market cow was found dying from the disease. It is unclear how widespread the illness is among English cattle as no quarantine locality is yet evident.
A German woman born in 1740 is the matriarch of 834 descendants tracked by Professor Pellmann of Bonn. Of 709 traced, 106 born out of wedlock, 208 beggars, 181 prostitutes, and 76 jailed including seven murderers. Over 75 years these individuals cost the state more than 5,000,000 marks.
A playful trend features grass lawn gowns paired with a green silk coat bodice and a flowered stripe. The ensemble stands out as a novel, modern style.
In a West village a Maltese cat named Chiquita gained fame for unusual behavior. She refused to catch a fledgling mockingbird, lay in the sun while parent birds cried, and yet hunted gophers by probing their holes with her paw. She wandered into nearby woods toward the town.
A large buck swam miles from shore from Tiverton to Providence and was captured after a paddle chase then sold. Reports over the past fifteen years note deer and even bears traversing water between pastures, driven by instinct, as codfishers in a correspondent account describe.
The court considerations concern a wrongful death action where relatives of the deceased sue for damages. The supreme court ruled on a matter involving admissibility of certain motions and the impact on the case.
Brief line notes a social reflection on marriage expectations and the gaps between idealized partners and real husbands. It suggests humorous or critical commentary on romantic stereotypes without naming individuals or events.
A Syrian and Egyptian panorama lists Ninevah with vast walls and span, Babylon within 50 miles of fortifications, Ephe sus temple rising 420 feet to roof support, the great pyramid about 461 feet high and 653 base, Thebes, Athens and Rome framed by expansive boundaries, temples, plunder, and monumental labor figures.
London awaits Katherine Alleyne a young contralto to debut under George Edwardes. She is described as pretty with dark eyes and wavy hair and a voice likened to May Yohe with deep notes in the lower register. Five miners die daily in England.
Abroad observers concede Amera makes the best bicycles with growing foreign demand. Governor Morten signs anti trust act to close gaps in past deals. Chess rivals J F Barry of Boston and J W Showalter of Kentucky prepare a United States match. Baldwin Locomotive reports Russian contract for sixty freight engines due by July 1. Various local notices and misadventures follow.
The fragment discusses fish in Mam moth Cave with membrane covering and limited light, beaver dam engineering, and aquatic life cycles. It also mentions a trog depositing eggs in water and a common snake selecting beds with vegetable matter, plus vague notes on two animals forming a small white entity.
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