Autumn Apples and Paternalism in a Timeworn Essay
A stream of reflective prose blends seasonal imagery of cider and apples with a critique of government paternalism. It argues government serves not the individual, praises self-reliance, and laments constant social criticism while urging effort and novelty as life’s sustaining forces. The piece closes with notes on theatrical costumes seized and released as trade goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla
Louis
Meed
Traivers
Cold Storage House and Farm Cellar Construction
The article describes a Kool farm cold storage house with a fruit and vegetable cellar and milk room. A seven by ten foot excavation forms a timber framed underground inner room with cedar lining, stone floors, and a storm door. Upper storage holds fruit and wine, while the inner room serves as a milk room in summer. Separate veg and fruit storage allows better temperature control. Frost damage affected many, per Mrs A C McPherson in Farm and Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kool Farm
Catry
A. C. McPherson
Manuring Fruit Trees For Better Crops In Drought
The article notes that bearing fruit trees need water and soluble manures with potash, especially stone fruits. It advises watering deeply to reach roots, thinning fruit to improve quality, and explains annual bearing can be encouraged by removing part of the crop before seed formation, reducing excess foliage and promoting yearly yields.
Buckwheat in Orchards and Soil Benefits
The article advocates buckwheat as the best grain crop for orchards, noting its broad leaves shade soil to reduce drying and keep soil mellow for better rain absorption. It cites orchardists sowing buckwheat multiple times yearly, plowing under when in blossom, enriching soil with vegetable matter and humic acid after wet winters. It discusses sod and meadow conditions in orchards and their failures.
Marker for small farmers to plant corn by hand
Improved marker design helps farmers who still plant corn by hand. The illustration shows construction from wood pieces and scavenged parts. Also advice on manure use to maximize nutrient delivery with minimal work, spreading directly from stable to field to reduce handling and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T ¥. W. Stevens
Michigan
Museum names carved in stone spark talk of park laborers
Two Brooklyn laborers discuss the Museum of Arts and Sciences along the Eastern Parkway. They misread the carved stone, then identify the names as historic authors Hschyles Sophocles Pericles Herodotus Socraicus Thucydides and Temphisenes. A Georgia sparrow story and a jet ornament cleaning tip follow in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
Museum of Arts and Sciences
N. Y
Patrick
Hschyles
Sophocles
Pericles
Herodotus
Socraicus
Thucydides
Tempsithenes
London society notices now paid for by private individuals
The Philadelphia Times notes that ordinary London residents must pay for society, personal and fashion notes, with royal and diplomatic items exempt. Ball or wedding reports can cost 200 to 400 dollars per newspaper, and an “agony column” charge begins at two lines with ten shillings sixpence per added line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Philadelphia Times
Prince of Wales
John W. Mackay
William Waldorf Astor
Sonsos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earth
Dadert&é
Massenger and Herald Family
Alisaller
Kansas
New York Herald
Coch BR
Hood
Rire
Iog
J. G. Aishouse
Orange Judd
Zeschylus, Sophocles & CO
Georgia
de. S
Johnston
Cline
Ark Drake
Albens, Cline & Son
Alb
N. L. Myers
Mulberry St
Newark
N. C
Dacters
S.S
Swifts
Ss. S. S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Americar
New-York Weekly Tribunal
Messenger and Herald
NEW York Weekly Tribune
14 Hs
Ths
Athens, Ohio
Benjamin Id Auchauer
Charles Smith
Orderror
Athens County Court Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
Trimbic
D. Jackson
Sedalia
Glouster
Recorders Office
H. Porter
BE. Beasley
Lewis & Gavin Pitt
Alt Y- Pary
Apt
Dav Bosra
Coul' Re
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Ry
Q. P. McCarty
Gen. Pass
Cincinnati
Eioneeiany Ty East Sete el
American Nationa Huilding & Loan Company
First National Bank
Miler
piAl Traegiesgmaranten
Miles
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!