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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
7
The article explains spring and summer grapevine layering, detailing root formation, burial depth, and timing for best plants, and advises on handling, pruning, and separating rooted layers. It also criticizes county road work supervision, contrasting expert railway planning with incompetent road commissions.
A satirical yet pointed editorial argues for balanced views on road quality, praising both poor and good roads for shaping character. It compares regional textures of clay, sand, and mud across the Yenkee Virginian Floridian Tillolian to moral and social vigor, suggesting roads influence behavior and mobility.
A Virginia inventor Thomas J Crowder patents a rural mail box system with large regional boxes at road centers and dual keys for residents. The first door opens to reveal many private compartments while a second key accesses individual boxes. A bottom slot serves as a mail depository and an electrical alert system may notify owners when parcels arrive.
Farmers are advised they can save by setting wheel tires at home. A galvanized trough heated with fire, linseed oil, and basic tools enables swelling tires. Steps include soaking wheels, securing a stake and auger holes, and using a sapling rod to manipulate the wheel during the process.
Instructions describe how to position and mount a wheel using a sapling rest and oiling technique, noting time and conditions for heating and avoiding charring. The text contrasts this craft with blacksmithing and comments on jury impression tactics, citing Mme Bionchini’s Parisian fashion in a trial, highlighting a black dress, a mongolie collar, and a high hat with ostrich plumes.
A sale on crochet quilts offers price drops from 60c to 45c per case and 85c to 71c per case and $1.00 to 76c per case. Customers may receive their money back if not satisfied after inspection at home.
Wash goods offered at deep discounts with Madras from 12 4c to 4 3 4c per yard. White goods, lawns, and percales reduced to 4 3 4c and 8c. Men s work shirts slashed to 25c each. Calico yard goods down to 3 4c. Amazon Brush Binding advertised at 5c. We claim equal to any brush binding.
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