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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
7
Color guides when to harvest apples and tomatoes to avoid color loss from immaturity. Immature apples stored age to baked appearance. immature tomatoes for canning or catsup yield poor color. Ripened fruits produce deep red canned products, while half ripened yield pale to red shades. Growers should know mature colors and pick at proper time to maximize market appeal.
The San Jose scale injures about 150 kinds of trees and shrubs. Some plantings are severely damaged while others stay scarce and non injurious. Apple peach pear plum sweet cherry and related plants are among the most affected with many related wild and ornamental species listed.
Instruction urges thorough cultivation of fruit trees until bearing age and permits growing garden vegetables strawberries and other small fruits between tree rows. Emphasizes orchard management and crop interplanting for efficiency.
A reader muses on memory gaps and why a recalled name suddenly returns after a lapse. He recounts forgetting a versatile actor's name among friends, yet recalling parts they've seen him in, and wonders where forgotten facts reside or hide. He speculates on memory as vast or external, noting how things often reappear after a night’s pause.
The Ohio State Journal argues sincerity is the supreme virtue shown by deeds not words. It contrasts spirit and intellect, notes sincerity resides in fundamental beliefs, and warns sincerity differs from complacency despite shared acquaintance.
Thomas Sully the portrait painter was born in 1788 at Horncastle England. He moved to Charleston in 1792 with his actor parents and later spent time in New York and Philadelphia. Noted portraits include Commodore Decatur Lafayette Madison Jackson and Marshall in major galleries. He died in 1872.
The story describes Native legends about garnet mines in Arizona. It recounts a cold winter night when the daughter of a great Indian chief died and sparks from the chief's chimney sprinkled the mountains, supposedly forming garnets that adorn the land, reflecting a longheld sentiment about the gemstones.
A struggling morning in a kitchen leads Eleanor to envision Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale as she contemplates aiding the war effort. A nurse offers money as essential support while a brother’s return inspires resolve. Eleanor mails letters, pledging to assist from the home front.
Genius must walk alone and looks that way. Most everybody else can afford a car. Cuticura complexions promises clearer skin with daily use and optional samples by mail from Boston. Sold by druggists. Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Easy Job. A doctor told him to bully himself up. he is an architect, which ought to be easy.
An old advertisement offers $100 for an incurable case of catarrh cured by Hall’s Contig canna and Mediceye taken internally, touting 40 years of sales by J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. followed by a quip about a wife shaping a man and his seamy side.
An article urges women to support the front by home work and sacrifices, promoting nursing study and self care. It advertises Medical Adviser, a 1000 page home health book, and Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for nervous or ill health with a testimonial from Mrs. Julia Curtis.
In a brief exchange the visitor Glubclatter visits the Right Place Store in Petunia and is met with a curt reprisal about a proposed marriage. The subtle humor portrays manners and local color in a small city setting as the exchange ends with a jab at the visitor’s intent.
A terse exchange recalls a household tally as Boldston asks how many are in the family. The reply yields a playful miscount and a remembered quip about where one might be hidden, revealing a small, humorous moment in daily life.
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