Pineapples on Indian River East Florida Field and Moonlit Mullets
A narrative describes pineapple culture along Indian River Florida, detailing plant structure, cultivation, and a harvest cycle. The piece then shifts to a moonlit mullet fishing excursion aboard a torchlit boat, with phosphorescent fish and glowing water creating a magical scene near Jupiter Narrows. The writer praises Indian River as a tropical-feeling region with oranges, palms, live oaks, and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Florida
Indian River
Tropics
Jupiter
H. K. Isenam
Prophecy of Cousin Aurelia and the Needlework
A verse portrait from Margaret Holmes in Youths Companion traces Cousin Aurelia at her embroidery frame. It ponders whether her patient toil will yield wisdom wealth or fame, while foreseeing a distant future and a passing era of plenty for a girl of the time as she stitches and dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madamoiselle
Coulase
Aurelia
Guardon
Margaret Holmes
Dish Washing Advice For Ladies Using Gentle Soaps
A historical advice column urges careful dish washing to protect hands. It warns against scalding water and harsh soaps, recommending mild soap, soda in water, and white cotton oil soaps for china and light washing to avoid rough skin.
Unsolicited confidences and the harm of indiscretion
A satirical piece warns against spreading personal facts about oneself or others. It describes the confidant woman as a sieve of secrets, drawing strangers with frank talk while harming both speaker and listener. It urges discretion to protect business, friendship, and home life from careless gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Illustrated America
A Cure for Garget in Jerseys by Aconite Warned
A Wisconsin dairy note recounts using tincture of aconite to treat garget in Jerseys with multiple cows improving after doses. The writer cites Morrison of Fort Atkinson and notes the practice taken as experimental, yielding several successes. The piece also covers Babcock’s butter extractor tests, winter dairying advantages, and practical dairy handling tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith B. Morrison
Fort Atkinson
E. A. Hallett
Hoard
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Babcock
America
Europe
La Salle Locate Fort Ruins in Indian Territory North of Washita
June 25 report unveils a large stone fort ruin north of Old Spanish Fort near Yellow Hills. The site includes a moat and smelter ruins built for silver mining, with blue flint arrowheads and Spanish inscriptions suggesting Spaniards inhabited the fort during La Salle’s era. Historians differ on La Salle’s death, but the camp is tied to his expedition and potential relics may emerge from ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Wearnenromp
Tex
Old Spanish Fort
la Salle
Washita River
Yellow Hills
San Gabriel
Venice style Casino and pier planned on Lake Michigan
Exposition plans describe a Venetian themed Casino built 1000 feet offshore, connected by an 80 foot wide pier. Burling Whitehouse designed a nine pavilion two story wooden structure with a 180 foot central pavilion, linked by gondolas and bridges, plus a 56 foot gallery around the center. A harbor for small craft and thirteen state columns at the pier end are planned, with night lighting and water sunk lamps. A separate item notes a West Superior shooting fatality in a sporting house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Michigan
Burling & Whitehouse
Chicago
St. Gandens
Worlds Fair Notes Highlights of Exhibit Plans
Illinois appropriates 800000 for a state exhibit and will build a 350000 structure under the State Board of Agriculture. Georgia Alabama and Tennessee counties form a tri state exhibit plan in Chattanooga. Chile contemplates participation with a 100000 appropriation. West Virginia to erect a 20000 building. An Englishman seeks 10000 for a Columbus portrait, claimed from Antonio Moro ca 1570. The Manhattan Yacht Club seeks space for yachting exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Board of Agriculture
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Chatanooga
Tenn
Chile
West Virginia
Columbus
Chevalier Antonio Moro
Isabella
Royal Family of
Spain
Manhatan Yacht Club of
New York
Meadows Wildflowers and June Meadowside Memory
In the Meadows the day is cloudy and the field shows diverse greens, red clover, white clover fading, yellow flowers, shooting star and yarrow, with Indian tobacco and meadow scenery recalling Montana. Also notes on deafness cures, Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion, and a Boston carriage firm failure with debts around $100,000. A Lords debate on the Irish land bill resumes with a second reading and next committee date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Montana
Harrow Dock
House of Lords
Also Mentioned on This Page
Narrows
Mary Anderson
Mary
Johnnie
Papa
Tommie
Dashaway
Travers
Jerseys
Creamery Journal
Lake Michigan
West Superior
Wis
George Burke
Nellie Skinner
Nellie King
Cowboy
Hall
F. J. Chenney &Co
Toledo
Kimball Brothers
Boston
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