Night Assault on Gillett Farm Citadel
Confederate Colonel William Robinson leads 200 troopers in a bold attack on Thomas Gillett's plantation near New Bern, striking through a moonlit lane. A sentry falls early, the charge falters, and rebels press a perilous rear assault before Robinson is wounded and the defense holds with 17 casualties.
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American Press Association
Oath Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Burnside
Roanoke
Newbern
Fort Fisher
Cushing
Plymouth
Wilmington
Gillett
Fort Macon
Atlantic
Trent
White Oak
New York
Trent River
White Oak River
Baron Eggloffstein
Thomas Gillett
Gillett’s
William G. Robinson
Second
North Carolina Cavalry
Robinson
Alexander McRae
Waverde
N. M. McRae
Carolina
Baron's Corps d’Elite
Langner
Martinez
Lanner
Baron Eggioffstein
Raspberries Blackberries Profitable Crops and Cultivation Notes
A Cornell Ithaca report reviews raspberry and blackberry yields and practices. Red raspberries average 70 bushels per acre, blackberries 100, with blackberries rarely profitable for evaporating. Recommendations cover pinching, thinning, canes, and pruning, plus disease controls and root health. Also notes on Russella juncea as a new decorative plant and its propagation and uses in horticulture.
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New York Station
Cornell University
Ithaca N.Y
Insect Threat to Stored Delaware Grain and Control
A bulletin from the Delaware station explains that grain insects first show by rising temperature in stored grain. Insects multiply mainly in warm settings, causing major damage. Substances bisulphide or carbon disulfide fumes can kill all insects, eggs, and larvae. apply carefully with bin open top and avoid flames, treating half the grain at a time.
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Delaware
Agitated Bridegroom and Self Possessed Bride Scene
A fragment from a Boston Globe piece depicts an agitated groom right after the ceremony and a self possessed bride stating it is her usual custom. The dialogue hints at a ritual or kiss question within a marriage rite.
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Serena
William
Boston Globe
Onion Crop Revival Through Transplanting Under Glass
An American Cultivator writer explains a new onion culture method using early hotbed transplanting to extend the growing season. The piece notes white onions fetch higher prices in the East, praises soil and climate, and outlines seed starts, transplant timing, and field prep for best yields.
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Helaxs
Hoebeda
Choosing eggs for incubation and preventing grain pests
Beginners should not judge eggs by size or shell, or attempt to pick pullets. Use medium, sound eggs of normal shape and similar age for best hatch results. Fresh eggs hatch in about 19 days. mixed ages cause staggered hatching and extra trouble. Also report that a grain pest called weevil allegedly infested the World’s Fair exhibit, urging farmers to burn sourced grain to stop spread.
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Russia
India
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