Elusive lights drift above fields evading seekers
In quiet skies strange auras drift near the silos as quick, furtive lights dart aside avoiding capture. The scene evokes brief, fanciful observations of elusive motes and the longing to grasp them.
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1890
Page
1
Butcher-Turned Speculator Loses Big in Sierra Nevada
John Powers, a Pine Street butcher, borrowed to invest in Sierra Nevada stock amid a regional mining boom. The shares climbed to 3250 before a crash. Powers faced $10,000 in broker debt after selling late, missing a potential million, and returned to his trade as a market clerk while the brokers covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Comstock
Sierra Nevada
Union Consolidated
north end
Union
John Powers
Tayea street
Van Ness avenue
Powers
Pine street
Virginia City
nob
Johnny” Powers
New York Herald
No Smallpox in Ireland Reports Say No Deaths Last Year
London News notes no smallpox deaths in Ireland in the previous year marking a decline from earlier decades. Ten year average 130 deaths, but since 1888 only one year with fourteen deaths, 1887. earlier totals include four in 1835, two in 1886, one in 1884, three in 1889, none in 1899. Also reports accident risk from electric ventilating fans with a worker losing an arm in Georgina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
London News
Jonathan Apple and Practical Farming Notes for Rural Readers
A Rural Section article extols the Jonathan apple for its dependable yield and good eating qualities, with portrait. It also shares farm advice from Illinois beekeepers on selling honey by sample and avoiding granulation. Further tips cover bacon canning, canvas sacks, and general poultry and hog practices for Texas farmers.
The Stratagem Pea Deservedly Popular Variety
A seed variety praised for large pods and high quality. It mid season, high yielding, with easy picking and self supporting bush growth under eighteen inches. The description notes other reliable peas like Telephone Yorkshire Hero and American Champion as successful introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
champion
England
Telephone
Preventing roup in poultry with lime and warmth
Damp warm weather favors roup and can be hard to prevent even under good conditions. Keep air stacked lime handy, dust poultry house floors and yards with it, whitewash walls occasionally, and place a lump of lime in drinking water. Not foolproof but simple and cheap, warmth and cleanliness remain best, lime adds light and aids moisture absorption for healthier fowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Jonathan
Pennylvania
American Pome logical society
Texas
Texas Farm and Ranch
Public health warned on sulphur treated fruit and farm upkeep
Experiment station notes urged preferring healthy, brown fruit over chemically tainted produce. sulphurtreated fruit can injure flavor and health due to sulphuric acid formation. The piece also stresses winter farm tasks, tool care, and do it yourself painting with white lead, raw linseed oil, Japan dryer, Prussian blue, and carriage varnish for woodwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Silgard
California
Europe
Japan
Dorset Horn Sheep and Dorset Horn Ram Portrait
Breeding horses remains a lottery until mares carry pedigrees as strong as sires says The National Stockman. Dorset Horn sheep gain popularity in this country. buyers split attention with Shropshires as Dorset horn rams are shown. The Dorchester England ram pictured is 1 year 5 months old, a typical Dorset horn exemplar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockman
Dorchester
England
Home Made Feed Cooker and Dump Wagon Inventions
An illustrated guide on a home made feed cooker using a barrel and an eight inch stovepipe with a snail grate, plus a dump wagon design for four wheeled wagons. Instructions cover constructing water heaters from simple metal parts, securing watertight joints, and converting wagons to unload manure efficiently with minimal labor. Also notes crop yields in Minnesota, the Dakotas, California fruit and wine, Kentucky tobacco, and Louisiana sugar cane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Minnesota
Dakotas
south
California
coast
Kentucky
Movable Poultry Yard Fence and Sheep Buying Advice
A Southern Cultivator guide describes a movable fence using rails, pickets, and posts with projecting ends, plus standard lumber sizes. The article also discusses sheep selection focusing on size constitution wool length and body shape for breeding quality. It includes cider keeping tips and plowing with three-horse teams, plus seasonal beekeeping notes and US crop production trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen
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DENTON
Fred Garey
A. W. SHORT
MI ATAY
COIF
VELA
THIRD STREET
Mechanica
Chenilata
Cartera
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alices
KNOTTS & THOMPSON
Hintsnoroucn
S.F. CREW
Mr. L. COULBOURN
RNEFERENCES
Dr. S. Beck
Kent Co
Stevens Bros
S. Charles St
Baltimore
Dey & Kugler
Thompson Ave
N. Y
Produce National Bank
Chestnut St
Phils
J.J. MEDAIRY
GU. K. MEDAIRY
J. H. MEDAIRY »® Co
North Howard Street
Maryland
R. Co. GARRETT & CO. Fruit and Produce Commission
LITTLE DOCE ST
PHILADELPHIA
J.B. KK. EMORY
FLW
NEAVITT
EMORY & NEAVITT
SOUTH STREET
MELVWILIe
WIL H. CASHO
CHOPTANK HOTEL
DENTON, MARYLAND
S. E. DOWNES
PARKER'S FAIR
Hestere Gray
Cura scolp diseescy & heir talline
R. OWENS
LATIOUNLY-AT-LAW
Baltimore, Md
St. Paul St
JQEUES Y GARLY
DesTos
Mob
ore MELVIN
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
F. M. ECCLES
HILLSBOROUGH
D' ALEX, HWARDCASTLE
Denton and vicinity
QECBEN GAREY
Dexton
ManyLawp
PW. DOWNES
J. W. WYANT
DINTON, MD
HOWARD BRYANT
JILWO& I. BRYANT
ATTis-aT-LAW
JAMES SN. TODD
Dentox, Mo
THOMAS M. COOPER
PLINY FISHER
AVTORNEY-AT-LAW
Drentox, Mo
elOHN W. CLARK, Jr
wellomesn
Willery
Caroline Queen Anne's
Talbot
GEORGE M. RUSSUM
WENKYT Kh. LEWIS
RUSSUM & LEWIS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Caroline, Talbot
Queen Anne
HENRY IRWIN
WM. T. TUFF
Preston, Md
Caroline county
upper Dorchester
Tuckahoe
PROF
J. &. HADLEY
M.RG.V.S
Hadley
Wadley
EASTON
Emory
Denton-Ridgely
WESTERN UNION
OTOTOAM
HI. M. WRIGHT
Federalsburg, Md
THISTLEDOWNS
Electrie
Georgina
electric light works
Detroit News
Tou Gouttamanty
Mr. Nicefello
Thomas Meehan
Qne
Illinois
Springfield
P. J. England
Macon
Apel
Louisiana
Dodge
MOVANLE
New York World
Quimby
United States
Pittsburg
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