Nurserymen to Attend Portland Rose Show Festival
The National Nurserymen's Association of America will hold its annual convention in Portland next June with about 8000 delegates arriving for the Rose show and Rose festival. The festival runs June 9 to 14 and the floral exhibit will attract crowds the first three days. The association is a leading floral group and many top rosarians will be present to judge competitions and entertain guests.
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Portland, Or
National Nurserymen’s Association of America
Portland
National Nurserymen’s Association
United States
Intentions and Errant Wisecracks from Humorous Year
A jumble of old jokes and sketches recounts a Major questioning a young man about intentions toward his daughter, a flirtatious aspirant seeking a trial with a manager, and quips about justice, applause, and Burns family lore. The pieces mirror a late 19th to early 20th editorial humor tone.
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Harper's Weekly
Best Place To Keep Fruit In The Cellar Shelving Tips
The spaces between floor joists in a dirt cellar provide an excellent fruit storage place. Install shelves by nailing wide boards under the beams to create dry, well circulated storage. Securely fasten boards with nails and align ends with the beam edges for solid support.
Meddling Stage Directors Cited In Ownership Lawsuit
A stage director with thirty two years in theatre testified that he never heard of a play being produced and originally written. He said the chief duty of a stage director is meddling with manuscripts and some have tried to improve on Shakespeare by revamping his works. He spoke during a lawsuit over play ownership.
The Oldest Prescription and Quick Cures Recalled
A mosaic of ad copy and story snippets from a historical page notes the oldest known prescription carved in Egypt, a two day grip cure, and a dramatic dialogue about marriage rejections. It blends medical nostalgia with quirky anecdotes and advertorial blurbs.
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Locke
Hanleat
W. Grove
Time to Ripen Mincemeat Large Quantities Suggested
An old recipe advises making mincemeat in large quantities for best results. It outlines using 3 pounds of salt suet with 6 pounds of apples, beef liquor, sugar, raisins, currants, citron, candied peels, spices, and currant jelly. If cider is unavailable substitute with strong coffee per gallon.
Fragmentary dialogue on aging and wakefulness in rural speech
A garbled exchange features a farmer named Corntessel and a speaker noting that men talk much yet stay alert. The text shifts to a claim that women live longer than previous generations, followed by a skeptical remark about aging. The passage is incomplete and contains numerous typographical errors.
Poetry and Music as Life’s Weekly Rule
A Darwinian reflection on ensuring poetry and music remain part of life. The quote argues regular engagement with poetry and music keeps the brain active, preserves happiness, and supports intellect and moral character by nurturing the emotional side of the mind.
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Charles Darwin
Cost and etiquette shape early creamery and bottle tops
The article blends notes on 17th century table manners with practical guidance for building a creamery. It outlines costs for a medium plant, equipment needs, and labor variation, then describes a Philadelphia man using a table fork to lift a metal bottle top.
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G. A. Gilbert
Colorado Agricultural College
Babcock
Philadelphia
Funny Man at Picnic Party Riddles with Wooden Horse
A humorous scene unfolds at a picnic where a man spins a riddle about an animal with eyes that cannot see and legs that cannot walk yet jumps as high as the Eiffel Tower. The punch line reveals the wooden horse’s eyes and legs, and that the Eiffel Tower cannot jump.
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Eiffel Tower
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Water vessel tips for farm blacksmith shops
The article advises keeping water handy in a large vessel near the farmer’s own blacksmith shop. A half barrel serves well, with half of a coal oil barrel making a suitable tub. Notches shown in the illustration provide solid supports for a wagon.
Puzzle of Spinning Wheels Seeks Fewest Enclosing Lines
Diagram shows seven spinning wheels in a square. Determine the smallest number of straight lines needed to enclose each wheel in its own boundary. The illustration suggests three lines suffice to divide the wheels into seven distinct areas when the paper is rotated.
Sand Cure for Fatigue From Barefoot Walking
A Harpers Weekly excerpt claims walking barefoot in sand eases fatigue from overwork. It states sand contact mildly irritates nerves and improves blood circulation, producing invigoration and breaking monotony to counter sleepiness.
Secret outings and a witty sibling quip
Bobbie and Little Willie were forbidden to swim unaccompanied by their mother yet sometimes slipped away and returned with no excuse. When asked by their mother Willie hesitated then said to wait until he could ask Bob. Florence Little Brother Speake.
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National Monthly
Ingenious Knife Method Dislodges Crown Top Edge
A reader describes using a knife to lift a crown top edge by inserting the blade between the outer and center lines and pressing the handle to pull upward. The method is presented as a simple, clever substitute for removal.
Soils and Farming Tips From Old Notes on Humus and Poultry
From old guidance on soils to modern farming, the article explains bacteria in soil and humus as food for plants, urges growing cover crops like legumes, and cites a Maine farmer who boosted apple yields by plowing and fertilizing. It also covers bran as poultry feed, fattening market poultry, and a home remedy powder for horse skin disorder using iodine, sugar, salt.
Goose Laying Season Advice for Early Eggs
Gooses lay season begins late January. Start small with two geese per gander. Provide roomy dry, well ventilated quarters with dry straw litter renewed often. Feed well in autumn to ensure early eggs before cold days.
One Practice Is Wasteful
B B Lara laments farmers burning corn stalks as it robs soil of humus and fertility. He argues plowing under stalks costs little and protects soil health, noting the value of land and livestock like a flock of 60 sheep. He questions the sense of burning on marginal fields and urges better soil management.
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B. B. Lara
Disciny
Sickness Among Fowls in Bad Housing and Feed
The text lists causes of illness in poultry including filth, overcrowded quarters, leaky roofs, exposure to extreme temperatures, improper feeding, damp houses, impure water, and poor ventilation. It notes treatments for sickness stemming from these conditions.
Demand for Good Butter Drives Market Value
Demand for good butter persists as buyers favor butter with flavor color and texture. The market remains crowded with poor butter, while well-made butter sells at a fair price. The main difference is knowledge of method, as good butter costs little more or not at all than poor butter.
Making Stables Comfortable and Safe
The text urges keeping stables warm to protect horses and cows from cold air. It warns that wind leaks through small holes can chill animals and emphasizes careful handling of foals during shoeing to avoid injury from forging and new sounds.
Feeding Brood Sows in High Protein Ration
A high protein ration increases birth rate and accelerates postnatal gains in brood sows compared with a lower protein feed. The article notes faster growth after birth and suggests protein level as a key factor in litter performance and early weight gain.
Beads Like Amber Attract Chinese Finko Fibers
A New York Times writer notes beads resembling clouded amber with wood texture. Found from the Chinese finko fern, they are pierced for necklaces or long chains and gain a natural ivory-like wear. Weight and price vary with string length.
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Anys
New York Times
Reformation and Flight Awaiting Gentle Guidance
An abstract passage references guiding men away from threat to a calm shore with a childlike hand leading them forward. It contrasts letting someone seek distant shores with avoiding the devil, invoking figures such as George Mlot and Dr. Samuel Johnson.
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George Mlot
Samuel Johnson
Pinkham Vegetable Compound Haunts Middletown Woman's Recovery
Middletown Pa woman Emma Esprinswane recounts severe headaches backache and bearing down pain she suffered before using Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Her husband bought the remedy and she says it greatly aided her first it helped her resume housework and even helped friends The Pinkham record touts cures for women's ill and invites letters for advice from a woman reader in private
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Mia
Emma Esprinswane
East Main St
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Sabina Lyin E Pinkham
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