Orchard pests to fight in farm notes
The article lists pests attacking pear, apple, cherry, quince, and plum trees. It notes eggs laid in June, hatching in June and July, with damages from pear tree slug, maple maggot, eat caterpillars, grape vie flea beetle, blackberry gall, strawberry slug, cherry aphis, and fruit bark beetle. Remedies include Paris Green, arsenites, hellebore, kerosene emulsion, Bordeaux mixture, and removing canes for burning.
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Paris Green
Every Day Dairy Rules at Waterford Creamery
Waterford Creamery patrons must keep milk and cream tanks clean and odor free. Tanks run 45 to 47 degrees F to avoid spoilage. cans are rinsed, washed, and scalded after each use. Milk from morning and night cannot be mixed if warm. Collectors act as inspectors and may refuse dirty or sour cream until corrected. Patrons must report collector incompetence or negligence.
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Great
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Turkey chicks die in the rain amid bleak spring for farmers
Weather this spring harmed turkey chicks raising for Thanksgiving. Farmers in Jefferson County report heavy losses as wet cold conditions killed chicks within days. Statewide famine fears rise for next fall while egg supplies surge and egg demand remains strong.
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Jefferson County
Chicago
Straw hats in demand as hot weather hits Fairfield
Dealers report straw hats selling fast as heat drives shoppers to stock up. Fairfield sees a rush in hat purchases with local retailers noting strong demand and brisk sales in the current warm spell.
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Fairfield
Favorite Prescription for Women by Dr Pierce
Such women with demanding duties benefit from Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription which strengthens and prepares the system for childbirth. It is a medicine of known composition, non alcoholic and glycerine based, endorsed by medical writers, with a free endorsement book available by request. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are advertised to cure constipation by addressing its root cause.
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R. V. Pierce
Affalo
N. Y
Straw hat sales surge as warm weather arrives
Dealers report a burst of activity selling straw hats as the season shifts from cool to warm. Customers rush to buy the lightweight headgear, trading winter hats and headgear for the sun ready items. Despite brisk sales, merchants note the cool spell previously hurt summer merchandise and fear the gap may take time to close.
The Childs Mind and the Spirit of Youth
A reflection on how the young child embodies peace and tolerance, radiates cheer, and trusts adults. The piece favors nurturing a child’s mind through sympathetic, unforced development and notes the scarcity of wiser elders who respect a child’s intrinsic thinking.
Legend of Freiburg Shoe Maker and the Ghost
A Freiburg shoemaker supposedly died suddenly and was buried near a cross marked by a skull with a nail in the temple. After rains, his widow remarried and a parish ghost appeared at the preacher's bed, pointing to the temple nail. The body was exhumed, the murder proven, and the wife confessed and was executed.
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Freiburg
Baden
Walt Whitman Walks with Friends in Philadelphia
The noted poet Walt Whitman, known and loved by daily acquaintances, walks with a companion to the Philadelphia ferry. He greets old friends on the boat, stops for street scene chatter, and visits ill George, distributing messages and tiny papers for absent children as others speak freely around him.
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Walt Whitman
Whitman
Philadelphia
Walt
George
Carpenter
Craftsman
A Cruel Ending The Lonely Death Of Laurence Sterne
In London rooms on Bond Street, Laurence Sterne died with a lone lodging house servant as only attendant. A footman learned the dying irony as Sterne uttered Are you coming now The body was later stolen and shipped to Cambridge to be dissected at the university. A friend fainted upon recognizing him, while mourners moved on in a workaday world. Myrtle Reed via Book News Monthly.
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Book News Monthly
Pratt's early typewriter pioneer and patent history
John Pratt, born Unionville 8 S. C. on April 14, 1831, devised the pterotype, the first practical typewriter. Provisional protection was granted by Britain in February 1864, and patent No. 3163 issued December 1, 1866. Returning to the U S he secured U S patents in 1868 and sold several London typewriters in 1867.
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John Pratt
Unionville
S. C
England
Pratt
United States
London
Mexican Musicians Glow In Subtle Harmony
A reader praises Mexican musicians for their artistry and musical reading, noting they read music well despite many not knowing their language. The remark contrasts with other orchestras heard across the country. An old woman asks for a pennyworth of carrots, and the grocer jokes about tossing in extra goods and the horse to boot.
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Columbus Dispatch
London Mail
Countryman Cheats Photographer For Half Length Portrait
A California photographer agreed to a half price portrait with a countryman who bargained for a half length view. The photographer delivered a view from the waistband down, prompting the sitter to utter harsh remarks about the work and the arrangement.
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California
Philadelphia Inquirer
New Curate Questions Husband’s Invalid Status
In a curt exchange, a curate asks if a husband is a confirmed invalid and if he is permanent. Mrs Billyus replies the curate’s conclusions are wrong, and a doctor states he cannot last a month.
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Billyus
Church of England
Beehive warfare in ancient sieges described
Historical notes recount two bee based weapons in sieges. Themiscyra under Lucullus used bees cast from mines to attack Roman workers, while in Chester Norse and Danes faced Saxons. Saxons then rolled beehives into the besieging force, yielding stings that halted the assault and forced retreat.
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Themiscyra
Pontus
Lucullus
Mithridates
Bibliotheque Royale
Brussels
Chester
Dormouse Delicacies From Ancient Roman Tables
The article traces dormice as a Roman delicacy from dormouse dishes and jelly feet to sausages and dormouse fattening. It notes Bambonselvergius as inventor of many sausages and mentions Petronius Arbiter describing dormice fattening and a poppy seed honey sauce believed to induce sleep.
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Rome
Tiberius
Bambonselvergius
Petronius Arbiter
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