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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
2
The London Opinion notes hats hand painted with flower motifs as the latest novelty. White and black large leg horn hats feature pink or white rose trails and clusters with big bows, while pale mauve crinoligne straw toques hide lilac sprays for a dainty look. A French heel remains admired for chic, despite hygienic concerns.
In ancient tale Theodosius orders the porcupine slain after a snake requests aid for its nest. The creature restores the emperor's sight by a topaz placed on his closed eyelids, and the mother-snake departs. The people forget the incident by nightfall.
Report notes opera bags crafted from deers and other small animal heads with silk tops, carried by shoppers to alarmed yet amused crowds. A fox tail trophy in a rider’s room becomes a taxidermy fox head used as an accessory. A huntswoman proudly carries the fox head as an ornament. The piece also describes a satirical “hopping” rest cure in England where wealthy society members work in fields for a week, enjoying luxury camps and comforts while exposing sunburned, windblown appearances.
Two office workers notice a distressed girl at a city fountain on a hot day. One writerly observer recognizes potential in the moment, seeing how empathy and keen observation can turn misery into a newspaper expose and change a life.
The article explains how topaz is tied to gratitude in old lore. It recounts Emperor Theodosius and a brazen gong at his gate that granted access to those who sounded it, until a snake incident changed the tale.
The Philadelphia Record notes fashion remains dominant in society with velvet and moleskin shades leading ensembles. Moleskin brown pairs with many colors, while velvet dominates as the core creed, with elaborate braiding and fine trims shaping morning wears and elaborate costumes.
Velvet and striped silks enrich small quantities for gowns, browns and greens in plaids charm hats and accessories, jet bracelets and dog collars elevate evening looks, mourning bags remain costly. Drooping coque feathers boost hat appeal while uncurled ostrich plumes gain popularity, and a plaid English tweed anto coat with leather facing and large pockets offers warmth and style for severe weather.
A Tunbridge Wells shopkeeper put up a placard advocating reform spelling. The notice read three whewl trysk cell for sal, reflecting his belief in simplified spelling and word forms.
A stump removal method using a 1 to 2 inch bore hole 18 inches deep filled with saltpeter water and kerosene is described. The plan aims for complete stump combustion leaving only ashes. The piece then discusses barley as a main ration for bacon hogs and Colorado research on finishing hogs with barley and dry-land feeds, referencing Kansas experiments.
A writer in the Agricultural Epistolist offers weed fighting tips. Rotate crops to break weed cycles and switch cultivation methods. Cultivate often with light surface tools. Sow clean seed and prevent weeds from seeding on manure or fallow land. Hogs and sheep help clean up weeds, as sheep grazing may prevent germination.
Advice on animal care from brushing stables whitewash to feeding cows and pigs. Use strong coffee in calf milk, soda in milk, and monitor fences near orchards. Sow rye for pasture, drill four bushels per acre, manage flies, feed options, keep pig pens clean, and maintain clean airy outbuildings to prevent disease.
A New London County writer reports on two potato plots with identical loam soil. One used artificial fertilizer around 1500 pounds per acre with no barnyard manure and yielded about 200 bushels per acre with smooth large tubers. The other used barnyard manure and produced poorer results, with rank vines and many small potatoes.
Prof Cottrell at Colorado Agricultural College starts hog feeding trials to prove that hogs can be raised and fattened profitably without corn using feeds produced in Colorado. He notes a promising future for Colorado’s hog industry and intends to demonstrate successful feeding of hogs on locally grown seeds.
A Maine man sought Rural New Yorker advice for trees planted too close that tangled and blocked sunlight. Suggestions ranged from removing every other tree or row to selective pruning. Edwin Hoyt’s plan, praised by the writer, advises topping limbs this spring, thinning sprouts, and renewing tops over years to regain bearing and ease spraying. Try on a few trees first.
A Massachusetts Ploughman article advises breeders to mostly raise their own heifers from the best cows to boost butter production and reduce disease risk. It prescribes annual replacement of one-quarter to one-third, emphasizes developing large frames for efficiency, and outlines milking practices including extended milking, gradual drying off, and careful culling to sustain next-year productivity.
A fragment from Annie G Murray reflects on the dead and the living, asking if memories can return to heal. The speaker envisions twilight, a silent world, and a sense of wings in the air as the soul is stirred.
Bonnie fears Miss Benedict and hides in a closet while howling at her name. Freddie learns his multiplication tables by candy dots, a charming domestic scene from Youth's Companion. Mrs. Betty, in a girls establishment, improves through Mildred's singing inspiring a curious cowshed scene.
A reception introduces two sisters one weighing two hundred pounds or more and the other very slim and beautiful. A guest mishears the slim sister named Virginia and remarks the sister must be the United States, a humorous moment from Lippincott’s Magazine.
The heir to the throne, once rumored to be a weak mind, has surprised Italians with his intelligence and prudence. After King Humbert's assassination on July 29, 1900, Victor Emmanuel II swiftly assumed the crown and has proven himself a conscientious and judicious sovereign for United Italy.
A Harper's Weekly column recounts numerous animal scenes across the Syrian desert and elsewhere where horses shed tears from thirst, a mule cries from a injured foot, camels stream tears, a cow weeps, an ape cries when not nursed, wounded apes die crying, a chimp trained for water jugs weeps after breaking one, rats mourn drowned young, a hunted giraffe cries after being shot, sea lions grieve, and an orangutan laments losing a mango. The piece argues animals do cry from grief or pain.
The piece surveys how squirrels escape and conceal themselves with diverse methods. From flattening against tree trunks to lying along branches, crouching in forks, or tucking into knots, these clever tricks reveal how they signal danger and vanish when spotted by a watcher in the field.
Bonnie the white poodle dwelt in a boarding house and won affection from most residents. One near sighted resident, Miss Benedict, failed to see him as he curled on the stairs. Bonnie’s gentle nature contrasted with her indifference, and his barking brought a minor moment of disturbance.
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