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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1910
Page
4
The Department of Agriculture highlights methods to reduce the English sparrow population. Ned Dearborn recommends nest destruction during the breeding season, trapping, and alarming feeding sites to deter sparrows, noting their seed diet and potential damage to fruit crops. He also mentions legal and practical considerations for humane control.
TE Ko Peacock of Berlin New Jersey says the dahlia jack rose is highly profitable for farmers growing flowers as a side line. He notes blooms last season fetched $6 per hundred and a Massachusetts grower sold his output at $150 a dozen, with more years of growing planned to expand praise.
This report notes the Jack rose led blooms on the farm amid extended droughts with first class stems and longer joints than many standards. It remained a top seller for cut flower orders due to forcing quality and brilliant crimson color, fetching higher prices than chrysanthemums and rivaling jacqueminot shades.
A Vermonter signing as A Partner From Town argues back to the farm as the cure for high food prices. He contends farmers must be paid better to lure workers back, cites low beef milk and vegetable prices, rail costs, and advices self-sufficiency with land, garden, and home production to ensure affordable provisions.
A New York farmer describes a lime spreader built from an old mowing machine axle and components. The design uses collar fed four bars, iron feed rods, a galvanized hopper with a false bottom, and a sliding bottom to regulate discharge. A long pole and supports attach to draft frames, enabling in or out of gear operation and targeted fertilizer application. Also noted is a new fruit variety named pecult, discovered near North Yakima Washington. It resembles a cross between peach and apricot, ripens early after strawberries, and features a bright yellow color with no red blush, suited for market boxes.
In a London Opinion cartoon caption Bob taunts about twins, denying a boy and a girl identity, prompting a quip on ignorance. The exchange centers on whether the pair are both the same or different genders.
Quote attributed to Homer about seizing duty and honesty. Brief note on urging action without excuses, reflecting timeless counsel.
A London Globe critique contrasts primitive and modern pokers from green stick to brass with a twisted column. It argues the iron poker remains the essential, robust tool while ornamental versions misrepresent history and fail to perform.
In Nehavend at Ecbatana the new Moslem power defeated a major Persian empire, a battle dated as theVictory of Victories. The clash ended Zoroastrian rule in Persia, expanding Arab dominions across the region from the Caspian Sea to the Indian Ocean and reshaping world history.
A tapestry buyer in Paris spurns a grand piece and later learns the expert had offered a similar original at half the price. The expert later views the buyer’s two newer fragments and notes the original would have been far cheaper. The tale ends with the expert guarding his client’s discovery.
The piece describes a youth marriage in Tunis where a betrothed girl must be fattened to fit silver shackles and satisfy a family driven custom. If the husband is a widower the first wife’s shackles are added, delaying the ceremony. Stout girls are said to be snapped up faster, with the process sometimes failing and the arranged match ending.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a speaker puzzled by weight gain from eating two meals a day. The joke contrasts crowded meals with the idea of combining breakfast and luncheon into one and dinner with a late supper into the other.
A Cleveland Leader item notes a playful exchange about forgiveness within marriage. A wife is described as forgiving of faults with quips about guilt and remembering errors, reflecting domestic humor from the era.
A London Sketch excerpt features a brief exchange where the Prisoner declares five years enough while the Counsel offers apology and restraint, reflecting a sharp, ironic courtroom banter about punishment and mercy. The excerpt centers on tone and wit rather than plot detail.
A concise aphorism notes that glory is the top candidate to avoid being mere vanity, reflecting Renan's contemplation on ambition and self-perception.
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