The Underground Saloon of Federal Hill
Residents of South Baltimore recalled a cave saloon on Hughes and Covington streets that evaded Sunday closing for two years. Beer flowed for three days after a fresh cave opening released a buried stock, then another collapse buried the remaining ale and ended the venture.
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Baltimore
Federal Hill
Butler
Duryea
Zouaves
John A. Walton
Hughes Street
Covington
Hughes Or Covington Street
Warren and
Johnson Streets
Maney
Adam Biddle
Robert Henderson
Biddle
George Snyder
Covington and
Hughes Streets
Snyder
David Clark
Cross Street
Hughes and Covington
Baltimore World
You were born in America Dennis
A brief exchange reveals Dennis confirms birth in America while his parents are Irish, prompting a remark about nationality and heritage within a Christian World context.
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America
Dennis
Feeding Wheat as Animal Feed Compared With Corn
Professor D E Salmon of the U S bureau of animal industry reports wheat and oats offer better growth and fattening value than corn alone. When prices equal it pays to feed wheat and sell corn. Wheat is heavier per bushel, should be introduced gradually, and best fed as a coarse meal or mixed with other grains. Experiments show varied weight gains and costs with ground versus whole wheat, with mixed feeds often yielding best results.
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D. E. Salmon
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Animal Industry
Salmon
Gilbert
Professor Robertson
Ottawa
South Dakota
South Dakos
Kentucky horse loss leads to small verdict and trade tips
A Kentucky case ends with a $150 award for a killed horse and a cent for the husband state. The piece also covers silo sizes fuel for cutters and safety advice, England egg imports, and livestock market optimism amid a looming boom in animals.
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Kentucky
England
Christendom
Plan for a three-compartment garden using housed divisions
The plan proposes a three section gardening system to separate plant types. A drawing shows a house sketch alongside the proposed plant compartments for ordinary plants roses and tropical stock. The design aims to optimize growth conditions by grouping similar species.
Greenhouse design with cedar frame and glass cover
A detailed sketch describes a greenhouse house or series of houses with side beds and central pathways. It discusses wood versus iron frames, southern exposure, cedar construction, glass covering, ridge ventilators, a potting house with a cellar for the boiler, a chimney, and an estimated cost of about 2700 dollars including heating.
Cold storage and grapes keep well to midwinter
The article discusses packing material for grapes, stressing kiln dried sawdust free of fine dust, and notes cold storage as essential to preserve native grapes. It explains the dangers of air, moisture, and improper temperatures, and cites varying keeping qualities among fruits and pears.
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Guy Itidty
Kate
Ana Scornory
Plum varieties show resilience to curculio damage
It notes no plum varieties are curculio proof. Abundance resists with most fruit maturing despite crescent wounds. Domestica types may require tree jarring or henyards. Rural New Yorker endorses Abundance and four Japan varieties Satsuma Blood Ogon Burbank Willard. Willard described as earliest cultivar.
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New Yorker
Japan
Satsuma
Ogon
Burbank
Willard
Yellow iris noted as swamp-loving garden decorative
Meehan remarks in his illustrated monthly that the yellow iris thrives in dry garden soil yet is a swamp lover in its native habitat. In the old world it grows along lakes and ponds, often under water, and in the United States it blooms around mid June as part of the iris season with some Japan varieties flowering by mid July.
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Meehan
Illustrated Monthly
Japan
Training Grapevines at Illinois Station Trials
The Illinois station tested five training methods for grapes Concord Worden Moore Early Ives and Delaware. The horizontal trellis at 81 feet high with three wires gave the best overall yields, while stakes produced the poorest growth and smallest yield. The three wire trellis and the roofed board trough offered similar results to the horizontal system for most varieties.
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Illinois
Concord
Worden
Moore Early
Ives
Delaware
Variegated sycamore maple boasts lasting color contrast
Garden note extols a tri color leaved Acer pseudo platanus as superior to Japan maples. Variegation appears rose cream and green early, then cream on dark green later. each leaf uniquely marked with speckles and blotches. Rural New Yorker comparison favors the European variety for hardy beauty.
Regrafting Old Orchards For Profit And Health
The American Cultivator advises restoring vigorous old orchard stock by grafting into top varieties within 3 to 4 years, removing decayed trunks, thinning crowded trees to improve yield, and using cool frames or greenhouses for summer growth.
Dwyer Names Standard Strawberry Varieties for Profit
T J Dwyer of New York lists Parker Earle Lovett and Bubach Cumberland Triumph and Haverland among the best old strawberry varieties for profit. Best shade trees come from small planted trees trained to a compact heap. Timbrell strawberries at Ohio station underperformed. Grape root worm spreads to Ohio threatening vineyards. Peach grading should be two or three levels for trade.
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T. J. Dwyer
New York
Parker Earle
Lovett
Bubach
Cumberland Triumph
Haverland
Ohio Station
Kentucky
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Old Hill
Rose House
Eapply To
Hay Press
Congdon & Garpenter
Providence, R. I
Ayer
W. H. Winliams
Crook City
L. Ayer
DEPT
Flint
Flint Co. CO
Broad and Eddy Sts
Providence
Leading House Furnishers and Clothiers
The
Commercial Alliance Life Insurance € CO
BR. Trafford
Rhode Island
Butler Exchange
Addison H. White & CO
Market Square
R. I
H. M. Shove
D. C. Sweet
I. T. White
HW Johns
Taos
H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company
Maiden Lane
Chicago
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Boston
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