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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
7
The passage discusses forget me nots as hardy perennials suited to cool moist soils, blooming best in fall and early spring, with self seeding in gardens. It covers growth habits, spacing, and propagation, plus marigolds in single and double forms, with African varieties suitable for borders and mixed plantings.
Bright annuals with satiny flowers and delicate colors suit solid beds borders pots and shrubbery borders in shaded places. Sow seed in spring open border or cald frame transplant seedlings about a foot apart in sandy soil. Can be grown as biennials by sowing in July and transplanting to a cold frame for May open. Blooms from early spring to frost reaching about one and a half feet high.
The article discusses two marigold types from distinct species French marigold Tagetes patula and African marigold Tagetes erecta with different growth habits for bedding or borders. It notes both tropical American nativity. It also covers annual phlox Phlox Drummondii, praising ease of growth from seed, mass plantings, color range, and use in borders, cut flowers, or window gardens with transplanting tips and mildew caution.
The article explains hardy and large flowered chrysanthemums, noting greenhouse handling for the latter and garden planting for the former. It covers sowing times, spacing 10 to 12 inches in hotbeds, thinning eight inches, and care like pinching to boost flower size.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines forelimb conformation and barrel structure affecting speed, durability, and health. Describes chest width, knee, cannon, pasterns, hoof soundness, wind puffs, ringbone, side bones, navicular disease, and abdominal hernias with guidance on recognizing and evaluating unsoundness in riding horses.
Henry Reuterdahl joins naval reserves in New York coast patrol. A German socialist convention is set for August 12 launching discussions in Berlin. Frelinghuysen seeks Mongolia explosion inquiry. Medical officers race to 20,000 as reserve camps open June 15. Hipolito Villa detained in El Paso planning a new expedition. Naval academy first-class graduation moved up to June 28 for more submarine chasers. Auto theft roundups continue from St Louis to Chicago. Government to study anti submarine inventions on an unprecedented scale. Beeren droeck to head Belgian relief, Hoover succession. Balfour notes US wartime effort. Wilson proclaims Red Cross Week ending June 23. Canada tightens military service evasion rules for ages 18 to 45.
President Wilson discussed plans for American troops in France with Major General Pershing at the White House. Pershing is to lead his division to London and Paris to coordinate with British and French authorities and be briefed on Allied strategy before action. The president may promote Pershing to lieutenant general and possibly general under the conscription law.
A price rundown from Cincinnati markets listing flour types with cash ranges, corn and hay prices, oats, wheat, butter eggs and poultry values, and live stock rates for cattle hogs sheep and bulls. Includes No 2 red wheat at 2.52 to 2.52 and hogs at 14.50 to 16.10 per hundredweight among others.
A Washington Park reader shares relief from female trouble nervous spells and backache after using Lydia E Pinkham remedies and lauds youthfulness. The notice urges readers to seek free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co and promotes Kilmer Swamp Root kidney medicine with sample offer.
A brief domestic exchange describes husband’s teeth as good though unseen by the speaker. The conversation mentions a nighttime fright and a prior awareness of "them" without specifying what was heard.
An advertisement promotes Freezone a drop on corn or callus to loosen and lift it without pain. Marketed as a Cincinnati discovery the product dries instantly shrivels the area and should not irritate surrounding skin. If unavailable, retailers are urged to order from wholesale houses.
The report states Australia contains about two elevenths of the world's sheep, highlighting the nation’s prominence in wool production per updated estimates. The finding underscores Australia's key role in global livestock and textile markets.
An ad promotes Cuticura soap and ointment for eczema, itching, and burns with a free sample offer by mail. It mentions medical pills from Soren Wreht and vague protection tactis, using sensational language to push tonics and laxatives.
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