Home Fruit Garden Techniques For Small Plots And Clones
The article explains how to convert city lots or small plots into productive home fruit gardens. It covers soil enhancement, drainage, transplanting, pruning, dwarfing through grafting, and combining crops to maximize space. It lists multiple fruit varieties suited to a northern Ohio climate for three garden sizes.
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Rhode
Stephena Rateripe
Bartlett
Koonce
Duchess
Kieffer
Beckel
Allen
Richmond
Lombard
Mary
Willard
Boston
Concord
Campbell's Early
Niagara
Brighton
Victoria
Columbus
Brandywine
Glen Mary
Warfield
Gandy
Alexander
Crawford
Stephens
Gage
Becker
Brent Baldwin
Canada
Gregg
Cuthbert
Taylor
Kids Long for Warm Weather and Splash Fun
The speaker reminisces about impatient waiting for spring and summer days, eager to strip to swim in the creek, dive from a log, and avoid soap baths. He recalls his mother's soap scrubbing and compares childish tub experiences to outdoor water play, ending with a hopeful line from the Chicago News.
Feelings of Uncle Joe Cannon on Defeat
Former House Speaker Uncle Joe Cannon returns to Washington after loss in election. A reporter seeks insight on the meaning of defeat, but Cannon declines, calling political defeat too large a topic for a closing interview.
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Uncle Joe
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Washington
Cannon
Magazin
Demoralizing Change Worries Manager Over Stage Players
A manager laments adjusting players used to winter stage work as he notes the difficulty of returning to nine innings after a four act drama. The exchange mocks self importance and temperamental routines.
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Pittsburgh Post
Up to the Doctor
A fashionable patient asks the doctor what is wrong, and the stylish physician answers with a brisk greeting. The exchange captures a light, humorous tone typical of Pearson's Weekly's social sketches.
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Pew
Pearson’s Weekly
Uncertain Farm Exchange Echoes Tense Warning
A cautious field hand named Sambo listens as a farmer reassures him with a proverb about a barking dog. Another speaker, Al, warns that the dog’s barking will soon stop, hinting at looming trouble. The dialogue suggests racial tension in a rural setting.
Apparent Nonsense in Artesian Pitch He Talks Well
An exchange notes a speaker who sounds miserable yet persuasive as he drums up business for an artesian company. The Baltimore American quote frames a paradox of tone and effectiveness in advertising.
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Artesian
Baltimore American
Thunderstorm Clashes With Suffragette Meeting Nearby
In a Penny Illustrated Paper fragment a suffragette meeting is noted taking place in the house next door while a thunderstorm rumbles in the night. The brief implies community activity and weather coexisting in a local scene.
Soaking Sapleigh Clever Wife Remarks Attributed
A witty quoted line from the New York Sun praises Sapleigh with sharp brains and charm, describing her as the ideal marriage partner and noting Miss Keene as a contrasted option in a playful social exchange.
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Sapleigh
Miss Keene
New York Sun
Uncle Rhea on Truthful Talk in Washington Star
Quote from Uncle Rhea endorsing truthful speech: I don't object to man tellin all he knows if he truly knows all he tells, per the Washington Star.
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Rhea
Washington Star
Arctic Hunger Echoes in Governor Amundsen Lecture
Irman Governor's handling of a refractory prisoner is recalled by Captain Amundsen in Madison Wisconsin. He highlights hunger's torment during six months on limited rations and recalls banquets feeding memories. A German prison governor story contrasts harsh discipline with a cookhook reading task.
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Irman
Amundsen
Madison
Wis
South Pole
Slany
Fritz
The Terrible Child Told At Washington Public Printer
A Philadelphia Telegraph quotation recalls a public printer recounting a classroom scene. A teacher asks about a pussy cat's clothes and faces silence until Jimmy Smith asks if the teacher has never seen a cut.
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Washington
Mary
Jimmy Smith
Philadelphia Telegraph
Street Car Gallantry and Fair Strap Hangers
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item quotes a Euclid Avenue street car exchange about seating etiquette. Two women complain of standing long rides and discuss whether men should offer seats and if a thanked gesture would be possible. The dialogue highlights social tension and courtesy on public transit.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Entreaty Substitutes for Dinner Order in Local Observance
A playful exchange between a head waiter and a diner unfolds as the patient patron requests a change to his meal. The diner asks to replace the order with an entreaty, reflecting a humorous twist on service norms and a nod to literary whimsy.
Miner Josh Blobbs Wins $1000 Lottery Prize
Josh Blobbs, a miner, has just won a $1000 lottery prize, as reported by Punch. The win adds a notable triumph for the laborer amid rising local earnings.
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Josh Blobbs
Punch
Distance and the View
A brief exchange mocks a baron's spending as he travels with his wife. The speaker quips that when they walk the wife stays near the show windows, highlighting social commentary on display and behavior.
Village Orator Supports Roof Repair Proposal
A village note records the Orator seconding a proposal to repair the reading room roof noting leaks in wet weather and urging endorsement. Pinch.
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Reading Room
Genius of a Painter Da Vinci Story of Master and Student
The tale recalls Leonardo da Vinci as a pupil who must finish a master's unfinished work. The master presses him to try, and Da Vinci prays for skill. His steady hand and awakening vision culminate in a triumphant painting and the master proclaims, I paint no more.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Nage
da Vinvi
da Vinci
Kodiak Island Bears Largest Known White Polar Breed
The Kodiak bears of Alaska are the world’s biggest carnivores, weighing 2400 to 3000 pounds and standing up to a cow’s height. They are white, with long fur, and tracks reach up to fifteen inches long. The island’s population of about 1500 Eskimos lives along the coast and works in salmon fishing.
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Kodiak Island
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Kadiak
Chicago Tribune
Fights in Aquarium Highlight Angel Fishes and Morays
A New York Zoological Society bulletin notes angel fishes show fierce temper and occasional fatal injuries in tank fights while green morays disembowel a rival. Also, sculptor studies tigers guarding Nassau Hall in Princeton with animal-house models in Central Park.
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Knights of Old
New York Zoological Society
Aquarium
New York Tribune
Nassau Hall
Princeton
Arsenal
Central Park
Siy
New York Post
Piece For Little Brother
Raymond’s family learns of a baby brother when he returns from school. He comments that the pie must be cut into more than three pieces, reflecting a child’s blunt humor about a growing family. The scene was reported in the Indianapolis News.
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Raymond
Indianapulis News
First Grade Physics Class Wonders About Fire Inside
A teacher asks a first grade class about the body's constant fire. A young student replies she can see smoke on cold days, illustrating a humorous misunderstanding from a national magazine excerpt.
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National Monthly
Mystery of Agreement Between Opposites Examined
Fragmentary note discusses citing a case where two opposites agree. Mentions a girl with a pomitive manner in a decided negative and includes garbled references to Baltimore Amertont and Macau lat. Footnote style snapshot shows unresolved phrasing and unclear names.
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Baltimore
Little Dutch Girl Jansje Bowman Receives Carnegie Hero Medal
Eleven year old Jansje Bowman of Dordrecht Holland saved a six year old boy from drowning at the harbor last summer. She leaped into the water fully dressed and dragged the boy ashore after a severe struggle. For this act she is awarded the Carnegie hero fund medal and a gold bracelet.
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Dordrecht
Holland
Netherlands
Minde
Jansje Bowman
Hero
Jansje
Janije
A Trick With Paper and Glass On a Table
A magician describes a method using a tumbler centered on a table a small paper piece and wax to create an air division effect. The trick involves securing a long hair to the glass and paper with wax, using a dark table cover and printed paper to conceal details, and extending the hair to several feet.
Ripples game at party taps memory in circle
A party game called ripples has players sit in a circle and recite a verse word by word starting with a chosen title. Anyone who forgets a word drops out and the last player remaining wins the game.
Walnut Shell Boats And Geographical Letter Game
Instructions describe making a walnut shell boat using a shell a cardboard match white paper and sealing wax plus a matching geography game where players draw letters from a bowl and name towns starting with the revealed letter. The winner is who collects the most letters.
How Dick Goes When Mother Calls Him for Errands
A humorous vignette shows Dick as a bundle of motion for chores at home yet springs to life and speed when the band plays, as if powered by steam, a lighthearted peek at child energy and distraction.
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Lil
Steam Power
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Bureau of Plant Industry
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Long Island Agricultural Experiment Station
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Briggs
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