Garden misadventures in a stubborn spring tale
A verbose reminiscence tracks a family's attempt to grow a garden indoors then outside amid storms, pests, ague, and weather woes. The narrator recalls the leather-faced farmer championing women in gardening and the box on wheels to chase sunlight, ending with a reflection on progress and a Connecticut mill village.
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Mrs Clem Rumored to Face Fifth Trial
Rumor suggests Mrs Clem may undergo a fifth trial, the specifics and date unspecified.
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Tragic Death of Rufus Bishop by Strychnine
Rufus Bishop a 15 year old boy son of Samuel Bishop of this town died yesterday by taking strychnine in a suicide prompted by his mother’s rebuke. He warned he would trouble her more and end it all before night. Remedies came too late and he died shortly after. Benton Harbor Palladium.
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Cheap ice houses with simple materials proposed
Elmira New York farmers hear W A Armstrong describe a cheap ice house built from a small roofed enclosure with six inches of space around, filled with sawdust and tamped ice. He cites a nine by nine by nine foot example kept for years, notes drainage, and estimates costs of about 25 to 30 dollars for a fourteen foot square version plus packing materials like tan or straw.
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Postmaster General Sees Postal Spending Exceeding Income
The Postmaster General reports the department will run a deficit of 4 638 383 with no inclusion of 1 225 000 for San Francisco to Japan and China mail. Foreign letters rose over twelve percent, and postage income up eight percent. He recommends prepaying newspaper postage and urges postal savings banks and a postal telegraph.
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Woods found guilty of killing and selling hogs
George A Woods of New Carlisle was found guilty on Tuesday of killing and selling five hogs belonging to Fred Miller and was bound over in 1000 hours for the next term of Circuit Court. The hogs were sold in Mishawaka.
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Park patent illuminator gains East presence
The Inter Ocean reports a twenty year Park patent illuminator using naphtha to generate cheap, safe flame lighting. A simple tube and burner produce a bright flame at about fifteen cents per 1000 feet, cheaper than kerosene, with no explosion risk. The system is used in Philadelphia and other cities, portable or stationary, and may be a major advance.
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Gallant British Master of Niobe Saves Fifty in Cuban Crisis
A British Niobe commander, arriving from Kingston after a telegram from the American Consul, demanded executions halt at Santiago de Cuba. He refused to salute the Spanish forts, landed to warn the Governor, and threatened bombardment to save fifty Virginius prisoners, earning praise from Americans.
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