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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1896
Page
4
The article argues that many ardent sportsmen began on farms and feel pull back to nature in city life. It highlights farm boys' close ties to seasons, animals, and landscape, noting their keen awareness of spring signals, wildlife, and the earth’s rhythms, which foster practical knowledge and responsiveness. Forest and Stream references frame these observations.
A collage of quips and jokes from era periodical humor pages. One piece lampoons a husband returning anniversary gifts after a wife adopts bloomers. Other snippets feature a camp mutter, a museum tip jar, and a pithy English sermon parable about ancient cities.
The Great Anneas Gathering at Olympia drew pilgrims from across Hellas as Greece staged the Olympic festival. Tens of thousands camped in tents beneath snow capped peaks, while traders, artists, and scholars filled the city with markets, theater, and new works. Ferris notes poets like Pindar and Herodotus shaping public memory at this grand festival.
A New York Herald report describes a middle aged man on a Madison Avenue street car who, unable to find a seat, offers his place to a stout woman with balloon sleeves. He yields and watches as she reacts with rage and calls him a brute, while the crowd smiles.
The New York Ledger notes that high speed torpedo boats require large coal stores. To reach 40 knots these vessels would need about 50 percent more fuel, with 60 tons of coal constituting a quarter of sea-going displacement. At 20 knots fuel use runs 3.5 to 4 tons per hour.
A short humor vignette from Texas Siftings about a young wife instructing her husband to ask for poultry thread for basting a chicken, while directing him to the dress goods counter for dressing, highlighting playful domestic ineptitude and shop dialogue.
The article outlines peanut cultivation from soil prep to harvesting in Virginia. It covers soil depth, row spacing, broadcasting fertilizers, seed selection, planting distance, and covering method. It emphasizes weed control, soil loosening, and whether to use ridge or level culture based on field conditions. It notes July as harvest time and describes plowing and lifting vines, drying pods, and cleaning nuts before bagging, including hand selection for higher prices.
A Florida reader shares practical tips for growing gladioli in the warm climate. Do not leave dormant bulbs in the ground. Dry bulbs thoroughly before storage and avoid heat sources. Plant about four inches deep in January or February to bloom in April and May, with one bulb yielding multiple seasons.
O F Gilman describes a method for curing pea vine hay in Home and Farm column. He advises cutting available grass two weeks before peavines, cutting vines when pods yellow, avoiding morning dew, and hauling fresh cut vines the first day. He recommends layered storage with ventilation, using hay layers and green vines, preserving color and maximizing value while reducing labor.
Three masked whitecaps entered the home of Raymond Jones near Tamo Arkansas on a Sunday night. Jones was struck and fatally harmed. his wife and children were forced to leave the house at gunpoint and the dwelling was burned with its remains. Officers have not yet caught the assailants and the motive remains unknown.
Frank J. Cheney declares his Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6, 1886, lists F J Cheney & Co and endorsements, with claims of cure and testimonials. Also mentions tables and silence cloths for dining use in household guidance.
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