Destructive gypsy moths invade New England states
The gypsy and browntail moths are established across New England except Vermont with Massachusetts most affected. Officials report efforts in residential areas while forests suffer, as Rhode Island and Connecticut lag in severity. The bulletins explain life stages and control methods including creosote treatment and kerosene soap emulsions for caterpillars.
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New England
Cieh New England
Vermont
Massachusetts
Worcester
Getthee
Rhode Ishamed
Connecticut
Tlomestead
Potatoes In Maine Flourish With Fertilizers and Tools
A Maine potato study by L G Dodge reports the industry in a flourishing state. It notes common rotation with clover sod, plowing, and fall fertilization while detailing spray regimes for blight, beetles, and the equipment needed on large farms. Experiments at Ottawa show enclosed cheesecloth gardens produce tender lettuce and beans.
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Maine
L. G Dodge
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Cannila
Farm Furrows and Horse Sense in Iowa Advice
Iowa Homestead advises farming practices to break soil around young plants to curb weeds and save moisture, praises a tooth harrow for this task, and notes a fence can separate garden space from poultry. The piece adds a quirky remark on horsemanship and cautions against mixing poultry and garden crops on the same plot.
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Iowa Homestead
Joys of Life in Hawaii Delights and Mosquito Troubles
A World’s Work article paints Hawaii as a paradisiacal scene with birds singing and gardens lush while noting a pervasive mosquito presence. Describes spacious verandas, servant availability, and plantation wealth, comparing homes to southern plants with modern touches. Recounts family leisure under a great monkey pod tree and sea views, illustrating an idyllic, spacious island life.
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Hawaii
Nfe
Finn
Lfe
Protect the White Birch From Bark Poaching
A Plant World feature admonishes readers to spare birch trees from bark stripping. It notes the aesthetic damage of striped trunks on roadsides and urges careful harvesting only from fallen logs or hidden trees, to minimize harm and preserve the tree for future passersby.
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Plant World
Life in Ouar: A Missionary and a Moroccan Knife
A missionary in Algeria recounts a tense encounter with a fanatical Marocco Alssaoua in Ouar. A streetknife exchange follows as the missionary offers a book and cash to rescue his life, ending with the note that his life in Ouar was bought back for a franc.
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W. G. Pope
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Alssaoua
Marocco
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Allah
Muhammed
Amel
Shahedi
Liverpool Post
Distorted Aphorisms and Misspellings From the Globe
A clipped passage from the Atchison Globe presents a bundle of garbled aphorisms and stilted phrases. It laments failures in business due to advice scarcity while noting social quirks and quotes about aging, deception, and perseverance.
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Aoman
Dbehig
Atchivon Globe
Washington's Wooing Through Mrs Custis and Cupid
A narrative in New Broadway Magazine recalls Martha Custis and George Washington's courtship at Major Chamberlayne's Virginia plantation. An officer from Britain visits, Washington courts, and the couple wed at Williamsburg before settling at Mount Vernon. The piece ends with White urging calm and effort, noting fate and history hinge on steady effort rather than dramatic events.
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Martha Curtis i
Cora A. Moe
New Broadway
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Whl- Hainsburg
Virginia
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Indy
Williamsburg
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Martha Parke Custis
John Parke Custis
Mount Vernon
How Ricesetti Met His Wife and the Ophelia Model
The article recounts how Dante Gabriel Rossetti met his future wife while Millais painted Ophelia for the Academy in 1852. The model was a young Sheffield tradewoman named Elizabeth Siddal, working behind a bonnet shop counter. Rossetti fell in love, taught her painting, and eventually married her.
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Millais
Ophelia
Academy
Raphaelite
Dante Gabriel Russetti
Shefield
Samme
Elizabeth Siddal
Young Rossetth
Misread Vacation Claim Shocks Philadelphia Press
A witty exchange cited by the Philadelphia Press highlights a clerical slip about a minister’s husband not taking a vacation. The line contrasts the terms vaca tion and vacation, underscoring a humorous miscommunication in a published quote.
The Society Quote on Pain and Acquisition
A quoted line speaks of pain as a frame and of giving, losing, and acquiring without hesitation, regret, or meanness. The exchange features a kind old gentleman asking a boy about pain, with the boy answering no and reframing pain as a frame.
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Mythle
A Stressed Liver and Digestive Help From Golden Medical Discovery
A discussion warns against mistreating a tired liver with drastic drugs and urges addressing digestion first. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non secret glyceric extract that restores stomach function, cleanses the system, and supports liver activity, advising regular use for vigor and strength.
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Pierce
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