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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
3
A poem by Ethelwyn Wetherald contemplates daily life as jewel like with love. It envisions God recognizing work rewarded with a Heavenlier heritage where each day is filled with love beneath night stars and above morning stars and sustained by hopeful music.
Edgar Hollister confronts his wife Beatrice over alleged infidelity. Beatrice flees after revealing her father, an escaped prisoner, is the real cause and begs for trust before departing for good, leaving Hollister in shock.
In a tense domestic moment, Edgar struggles after a breakdown and his wife reappears, confessing she had to return. Her admission then triggers a fragile, emotional reunion as he steadies himself with her presence.
Dr Woodrow Wilson relates a Virginia tale of a minister faced with a Latin question The prompter student overheard goose in Latin and misled the examiner The minister finally chides the youth urging him to answer for himself in a cautionary lesson about cheating.
Henry James remarks on the difficulty of modest biographies. A London publisher anecdote about Jones, the art critic, and the Whistler life illustrates the challenge of making a biographer appear greater than his subject.
A Boston woman could not cover an embroidery purchase at a department store and left it on hold. The next day she returned with cash, but could not recall which saleswoman assisted her. A clerk identified her as the buyer and retrieved the goods.
A girl asks a librarian how to spell German phrases and reveals she is engaged to a friend in Germany. The librarian correctly identifies the phrase and guides her, noting the effort will please her fiancé. The scene captures a brief exchange at a bureau of information with a hopeful, forward tone.
The article notes that only low caste Hindu women tend to the sick in Hindoo women’s rooms, resulting in many crippled children. It reports English women opening a hospital in north India where forty Hindu women are being educated as physicians nurses and surgeons.
The article argues hydraulic rams are a cheaper, efficient alternative to pumps for lifting water where a 4 to 5 foot or greater drop exists. It notes a No 6 ram with 3 inch feed pipe and 50 feet run performed eight years, suggesting galvanized underground piping and winter protection.
The Montreal Herald describes a self dumping fruit pail with a ground lowering system. A hook over the limb and two hooks join to dump the pail when reached ground, with a rope attached to an old car for return. The device uses a pail rope and stiff wire.
A reader asks whether to use a 1 inch or 2 inch pipe to lift water 600 feet away and 60 feet high. Local guidance favors 1 1/2 inch pipe, citing lower friction loss and adequate flow for an 80 foot windmill delivering about 180 imperial gallons per hour, with 8 foot mill sufficient if pumping only. Larger pipe adds unnecessary weight, cost, and friction reduction favors a larger bore for reduced friction, but the 1 1/2 inch diameter balances efficiency and expense.
An illustrated device uses a strong scythe blade bolted to a sled with a wrought iron rod follower. The maker claims the machine can cut about 24 acres per day. Although handling is harder after cutting, overall labor savings are substantial.
The usual choice is a light slate tone to conceal dirt. A ready made special floor paint is advised over hand mixed paint, especially for those lacking painting experience, and can be bought in tins sized to fit the area. For a 12 by 18 foot floor, calculate area and purchase accordingly.
Feet of Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Wu Ting-fang have undergone surgical reduction restoring their feet to normal size. The move is seen as potentially influencing other women of the Chinese aristocracy to adopt the practice.
A letter from Cyril G. Hopkins of the Illinois University soil department to David Bradley Mfg. Co. cites that plowing corn stalks under generally preserves nitrogen and humus, aiding soil health, with burning advised only in dry, late-spring conditions or when heavy, late stalks hinder capillary action. burning becomes rarer as humus declines.
J S Underwood of Johnson County offers practical alfalfa guidance on soil, drainage, pasturing, weed control, timing of harvest, and yields. He reports average hay yields of 3 to 3.5 tons per acre and seed yields of 5 to 8 bushels per acre with specific cultivation steps. The piece notes a two year plus collaboration by the US Bureau of Forestry with AT&T and later with the Postal Telegraph Cable Co studying pole durability.
The article notes fall planting benefits in much of the temperate zone but warns a northern line where fall planting of most fruit trees is not safe. It also distinguishes soil analysis from actual availability of mineral nutrients for plant food.
The Round-Heated Apple Tree borer Saperda Canida is native to America and destructive to apple trees. Wrapping trunks with paper tar or fine wire screens protects roots and trunk from eggs, young grubs, and mice, with proper application and inspection in late summer or early fall.
Albert Bates of Du Page County Illinois cautions farmers to manage wood lots for fuel wood. He argues trees should be planted closer, not far apart, to produce straight trunks with many small branches that split easily and pack compactly for wagon transport. He advises planting seeds of fuel wood and encouraging existing seedlings to grow three to four feet apart.
A Farmers' Review opinion notes many farmers still do not grow any small fruit for family use. It argues raising fruit is affordable if operations are properly run, and buying often costs more than growing.
Orchard owners discover bitter rot declines with more sun exposure. Experimenters will prune trees to increase sunlight as a strategy to control the disease.
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