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!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1889
Page
2
An analysis of crops shows the amounts of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash removed by wheat corn potatoes beans hay and clover. It argues returning these three elements preserves fertility, with peat soda ash and mineral phosphates as cost effective sources.
Andrew H Warp argues that three nutrients nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash must be returned to the soil in economical forms or substitutes. He urges educated farmers to learn their crop needs and mix ingredients in proper proportions to avoid financial failure from soil deprivation.
The writer describes building windproof frames from tight boards and cloth to start vegetables. By laying warm ground and sowing seeds like cabbage and tomatoes, plants sprout in about ten days, maturing faster by keeping frames on nights. The method claims to save time, reduce waste, and produce sturdier plants for transplantation.
A long excerpted essay discusses clover as soil restorer and seed timing, noting drought as a major failure factor and detailing seed composition, application, and fertilization methods. It blends agricultural musings with a year long experience, highlighting changes in farming systems since the 1840s and the rise of mixed farming.
An old Rural New Yorker piece explains pruning to keep orchards productive. It cautions against over pruning and stresses removing ill placed weak branches early, guiding tree form to avoid forked or crowded limbs, and notes differences for apples peaches and pears in various climates.
A veteran grower details timing and methods for bed and hotbed construction for sweet potatoes. He recommends last week of March to start, explains bed dimensions, soil slopes, and north sheltering, and emphasizes fresh horse manure with straw to reach blood heat. He describes digging holes to regulate heat and using a plank frame to cover the bed for insulation.
Minnesota station bulletin details rusted frosted and stack burned grain vitality tests. Results align closely with Dakota findings, showing seeds germinate well in damaged samples. Freezing cycles caused temporary injuries but plants recovered, suggesting greenhouse warmth protected roots while field exposure differed.
Massachusetts Horticultural Society heard J F C Hyde of Newton discuss black knot in plums and preventive pruning. He described curculio control methods, profitable plum varieties, and noted apple pomace as a promising fodder with unclear digestibility. Germantown Telegraph advised wood silos with specific construction details for silage storage.
Instructions describe constructing a goat silo using 2x2 inch interior lathing, rough lumber sheathing, air and water tight paper layers, and hot pitch coating. It explains stud spacing for silage openings, door placements, and feeding access, with estimates of capacity and cost per ton and total for a 200 ton silo, noting cost depends on lumber prices.
London Agriculture notes pasture quality and soil minerals shape bone density and hoof strength in foals and lambs. Low lying, mineral-poor soils yield spongy bone and weak feet, while shifting to higher ground with richer mineral content improves bone, hoof, and overall vitality. overgrowth turnips and excess feeding can worsen hoof horn quality.
The piece extols lime as a timber preserver citing shipwreck salvage, lime washes on fences, durable shingles, and a plank platform found sound after decades. It covers cattle fattening recipes, a Missouri botany bulletin on heifer spaying, aphid control by steam, pasture seeding on snowmelt, and a cheap lime milk paint formula. It also details Boston Cooking School demonstrations including mutton duck and croquettes with step by step prep and sauces.
A humorously edited Lenten litany mocks vanity and pride with asides about hats bonnets and fashion. The speaker seeks forgiveness humility and God’s hiding love while wryly noting observers fashion choices and the sting of penitent kneeling that follows.
A fragment describes jelly as a base for apples and mentions currant jelly on an open apple. It notes eggs affecting texture and instructs turning the cast, then serving. The next lesson is on Wednesday morning March 27 and will cover rice and meat casserole with tomato sauce and veal dishes.
Mrs Green presented the tenth demonstration at the B Y W C A detailing hash as a centerpiece and offering diverse recipes. She covered warming leftovers, cottage pie, minced mutton, and an omelet folded hash, with additional guidance on fish a la creme and scalloped fish to finish the session for 72 attendees.
Practical guidance from Mrs. Rover on thrifty soup making. Use reserved cooking liquids as bases for purees and soups. Create white and cream soups from leftovers or bones, such as fish cream, bouillon, and various vegetable soups, all costing five to twelve cents per dinner for six servings. Alternate flavors with onions celery or other foundations.
A British diplomat in Washington sent roses and a note asking Miss Leiter to wear the woolen garments for his sake. The note was opened to reveal a box of men’s underwear, not flowers, exposing a social misadventure that ends with the diplomat dropped from his circle.
A storekeeper questions a youth applying for work about grammar and the verb to do. The boy replies Do done. The merchant approves, noting the order first do and then do and predicting the applicant will suit well if left in charge.
Postmaster General Wanamaker holds life insurance totaling 1 760 000 the largest single policy in the United States. Annual premiums amount to 90 000 with the coverage considered by Philadelphia Times as a notable financial note.
Mrs William Cunningham a washerwoman living at 241 Transit street delivered a daughter weighing 15 ounces. Both mother and child are reported well. Mrs Cunningham is 36 years old.
A historical ad offers subscriptions to many magazines and journals via The Weekly Globe with postage paid. Lists prices for numerous titles, states a minimum one year term, and requires a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe. Also notes limits on sending multiple titles to one address and asks readers to indicate start issue.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.