Gen Grant as President in Fact and Name Foretold
The article argues General Ulysses S. Grant will be President in fact and name, noting his decisive, dutybound nature. It praises his administrative gifts, caution, and talent for selecting subordinates, while acknowledging knowledge gaps in formal civil experience. It frames his era as shaped by his military mind guiding policy on slavery, reconstruction, and national affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grant
Jacckson
Galena
Yates
Ilinois
Grant
Buchanan
Strafford
Peel
Gladstone
Congress
Bing
Atlantic Montly
Meareh
Strawberry culture and the joys of careful planting
An 1869 Damascus Farmers Club talk extols strawberry delight and labor. It praises Brooklyn Scarlet Albany Wilson and The Monitor, outlines soil prep, plant sourcing, root care, and spacing, warns against white grubs, and explains fall and spring tasks from planting to mulching for a productive patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monitor
Brooklyn
Thea Oak
Birds as Garden Helpers Boost Strawberry Crops
An essay praising birds for insect control and pollination argues that robins bluebirds and others safeguard strawberry plots. It urges leaving cover crops to ripen fruit while birds prune pests, then maintaining and tidying the patch after harvest for future seasons.
Northern Illinois Horticultural Society Seeks Planting Progress
In Aurora Illinois on February 17 the Northern Illinois Horticultural Society held discussions and essays on fruit tree diseases and transportation of fruit. Members debated bark louse control, profitable fruit growing in the region, and the value of grapes and Russian apple varieties with new grafts and subsidies. The group honored guests from Town and Wisconsin and adopted resolutions, naming officers and acknowledging the death of W. W. Beebee of Dubuque Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Iil
Suel Foster
Wier
Lacon
Wisconsin
Baldwin
Farm Ridge
Chicago
Railroad and Express
Warder
Cincinnati
Walsh
Aspidionis Condit- Sormis
Illinois
W. Lukens
Sterling
Ill
Sael Foster
Messrs
Dunlap
Weir
McAffee
Committee On
Arboriculture
Douglass
Waukegan
Schofield
Fox River
Europe
0. Andrews
Duchess of Oldenberg
Tcholsky, &c
Skinner
Marengo
Claston
Stark Apple
Goa
Nelson
Affee
Innis
Rockford
Wilmington
Victoria
Stickley
Wauwatoosa
Wisconsin State Cultural Society
Oldenburg
Japan
M. L Dunlap
Champ
Corresponding Secretary and Horticulture Committee Notes
Meeting notes show amendments to constitution for life membership and to restrict certain committees. Honorary newspaper reporters denied for one year. Various fruit varieties discussed including apples raspberries currants cranberries and whortleberries with selections and recommendations. A lecture on horticulture and a Tom Thumb troupe tour were also noted with future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Galera
O. C
Marengo
H. D. Emery
Chicapy
T. Skinner
Wilmington
McAffee
Shearman
Rockford
Motion
Strettoberriess
Green
Profife
MccAvoy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freeport Journal
James S. McCall
Gen. Grant
Charles G. Came
Indiaman Shite Board of Agriculture
Stu
Prussia
England
Strawberry Culture
P. W. Hathaway
Damascus Farmers’ Club
Northern
Ilinois Horticultural Society
J. W. Cochran
Blue Island
Cook County
J. Davis
Freeport
A. Bryant, Jr
Princeton
J. L. Kirth Palatina
B. N. Mckinstry
East Sumner
W. E. Lukens
Evening Susstoy
Tle
Miami
McCormick
Ditto
Philadelphia
Clark
Elgin
Tribuné
Commodore
Altar
Astle Minnie Wat
Hiv
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