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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
3
An extension horticulturist from Clemson urges quick work on old orchards. If 40 percent of trees can be restored, renovation pays. otherwise replant. Details on pruning spraying worming cultivation thinning and variety choice accompany notes from local residents and events in Knightstown Manilla and surrounding areas.
Ashes in small quantities benefit gardens by sweetening soil, especially clayey ground. Wood ashes outperform coal ashes and can improve sour soils. Much garden soil is sour and swampy or poorly drained soils are typically acidic.
The USDA advises killing weeds as they emerge or before, noting establishment makes removal harder. Keeping the top two inches of soil continuously loosened prevents serious weed problems.
A concise reflection on youth as a treasure of adventure and imagination. The verse contrasts pirate ships, stars, songs, and magical lore with youth itself as the true treasure, ending by naming sailing ships, songs, rainbow journeys, romance, and wisdom as belonging to youth.
A British Medical Journal debate centers on the whereabouts of Doctor Jenner’s cow used for first smallpox vaccination. St George’s claims the hide, the Royal College of Physicians shows a horn mounted on a plate, while others like Mr. Turner and Dr. Jackman contest ownership of the real horns. The dispute likely remains unresolved.
In parts of China the land remains bountiful under harsh conditions. Every inch is utilized, soil continually broken, crops tended with care. Despite crude methods, China maintains 245 million acres under cultivation yielding billions in output, with potential 50 to 100 percent gains from scientific methods.
A lively exchange features two maidens debating a man described as “fairly made of gold” yet “too full of brass” in a humorous vignette. The banter centers on appearances versus inner worth, using metallic imagery to define character.
The term golosh used in Great Britain and England derives from an old word galoch noted by Chaucer. It referred to an overshoe, sometimes leather or wood, not a rubber. The etymology links to Spanish golocha meaning wooden shoe and possibly Latin gallicae for Gaulish footwear.
A gold finger ring houses a tiny compass set in place of a stone. The device is described as useful to electricians for testing high voltage lines and examining armatures and stators to determine positive and negative poles. The ring features a circular window in the top through which the compass needle is visible.
A Chertsey report states sharks teeth and fossils from ages past are raised from the 1400 foot well at Virginia Water as warm water now gushes forth. The find suggests land once lay beneath the sea.
Thomas J. Passwater as trustee of Ripley School Township announces a public sale of Walnut Ridge School property in Ripley Township Rush County Indiana on Saturday April 18 1925 at 1 00 PM. The sale covers 1 acre of the NE quarter section 27 15N 8E plus a frame coal house two privies and one iron pump the sale is on premises and for cash.
Dolls made to resemble young girls are a new toy trend. Artists craft heads in clay then cover with stockinette, paint, and attach goat hair to create lifelike dolls that mirror their young subjects.
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