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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
3
A detailed reader guide shows how to harvest tender corn for winter use and dry it with a homemade evaporator. It describes prepping corn, quick cooking to set milk, drying in 24 hours, and packing in heat treated paper bags. It also outlines plans for a simple evaporator built from a goods box, posts, and a furnace, to dry fruit and corn safely.
Instructions on removing asparagus tops to prevent seeding and improve beds. Methods to dry wet gardens with coal ash trenches. Selecting best seed beans and storing surplus. Guidance on peach orchards noting closer planting and earlier bearing and the payoff of a single good crop in four years.
The Maryland geological survey of 1899 estimates six million dollars spent in ten years on road construction and repair, much of it frittered away on poorly laid roads lacking drainage. Farmers lose about three million annually due to bad highways, compared with first class macadam costs in Europe. The report links national road inefficiency to broader farming prosperity and cites U.S. road conditions as lagging Europe.
Instruction describes securing a forked eight foot sapling and inserting two oak legs six to eight inches from the fork to point fence posts.
A 60 foot line marks five feet apart for ground use. Use any block or stump for chewing. Cut with a double bit ax of three pounds with a thin edge and a thick edge. When no natural fork exists, join two timber pieces two inches square and ten inches long to form an artificial fork. Bevel one end to spread.
A farmer’s tale on using reason to cut needless trips and fatigue. Do one thing going and another coming if possible. Keep your wits about you to save steps and hours each week.
A Chicago Chronicle recounts a humorous method where a woman uses social observation to obtain desired purchases and outings from her husband. The piece presents a contrarian male as easily influenced by carefully staged scenarios.
A humorous exchange unfolds with Mrs Woodby boasting of a shopping day and a costly vase as Mrs Pepprey insists on precise wording. A brief aside about a black eye shared between Brown and Robinson adds a touch of casual observation.
An advertisement extols Nebraska as a land of plenty with cheap farm land and easy terms. It promotes The Corn Bell and The West Nebraska Grazing Country booklets and announces cheap excursion tickets on the B. & Q. system on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, inviting readers to learn more from P. S. Eustis, General Passenger Agent in Chicago.
A Helena era anecdote recounts Col N S Jones, probate court matrimonial chief, attempting writing for a Genoa Ohio weekly. After a sour squib praising a local man led to a public spat, he quit journalism, recalling his only experience as a molder of public opinion with a remembered hard fight.
The Dewey birthplace, 1837 in a house later owned by Captain Edward Dewey and then T. R. Gordon, was moved to its current site in 1890. Gordon notes guests visit as a shrine and shares a glowing testimonial about Peruna remedy from 1890, praising its effect on his wife’s catarrh and sleep.
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