Goethes Last of the Goethes and a Creamy Joke
A loosely connected set of items from a midwestern paper covers a velocipede owner in Jacksonville and a Peoria arson injury case. It notes Ex-Gov Ogleaby lecturing at Carlinville, a Havana birth anomaly, Illinois state bond payment, and a missing Peoria resident feared drowned. Also reports spurious Chicago counterfeit currency, the Alton Grafton Railroad, Pontiac’s temperance victory, a Fulton County doctor’s suicide in Cincinnati, a Champaign child’s death, and a reward for Henry Christian in Madison County. Includes a Harper's story joke about milk delivery through post offices, and a quip about Nevada liberality in court fees. A Goethes anecdote closes with a thwarted visitor tale and a bronze statue dog.
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Charles Barclay
Peoria
Tom
Charles O'Gorman
Chicago
Alton Grafton
Pontiac
Wm. Harris
Table Grove
Fulton County
Ilinois
Cincinnati
Johnson
Champaign
Henry Christian
Henry Wiese
Pleasant Ridge
Madison County
Hedge Fence Planting Guide by A Waddell
Instructions for how to plant hedge rows with stakes and spades, including spacing, depth, and plant selection. Emphasizes sorting plants, discarding weak stock, and ensuring a sturdy fence by planting only the healthiest specimens. Details techniques for planting depth, root trimming, and post-planting soil compaction.
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Iean
A, Waddell
Kindness to Animals and Shelter in Winter
A call for humane care of domestic animals in cold climates urges owners to provide food and shelter. Even small investments in trees can yield wind breaks and shelter, protecting livestock and fruit trees, reducing suffering during harsh winters.
Larch Debate Rages Over American Timber Potential
The piece questions whether American larch will thrive on prairie soil and produce suitable timber for building, contrasting with European larch. It notes a reader’s inquiry to a Free Port Journal writer about growth rates, usefulness, and ornamental value, alongside a separate report of a drunken, halfnude ball crowds in New York at midnight.
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Freeport Journal
Poles
New York
Forest tree planting urged by Illinois horticultural society
The Illinois Horticultural Society urged state action to promote forest tree planting with tax relief or premiums. Committee members from Marengo Farm Ridge Princeton and Galena discussed propagation methods for grapes and other fruit. They endorsed windbreak planting, hedging with Osage orange and honey locust, and recommended timber and nut bearing species.
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Mr. Stoughton
W. Beatt
Galena
Wuurras
Messrs
Elmer Baldwin
B. N. McKinstry
D. Wilmot Scott
E. H. Skinner
Marengo
E. Haldwin
Farm Ridge
A. Bryant, Jr
Princeton
8. Edwards
la Moille
Hi. H. McAfee
Freeport
Concord
Hartford
Clinton
Ives
Delaware
Baldwin
Bryant
Scott
Dunlap
Maratow
Oold
Wier
McAffee
General Assembly
Brooks
Corone
Thomas Hunt
Ridott
Jained
Crow
Crystal
Ake
James Shaw
Mount Carroll
T. McWhorter
Aledo
H.beebee
A. Bryant
E. H.skinner
G. Minkler
Oswego
W. E. Lukens
Sterling
Peter Inness
Aurora
D. C. Schofield
Elgin
J. Ss
Shearman
Rockford
J. G. Burbach
J. Periam
Champaign
D. B. Wier
Lacon
H. H. McAffee
Minnesota
Wisconsin Horticultural Societies
J. W. Robson
Scotland
Walsh
McAfféé
T. Hallet
Townsend
Society
Illinois
Foster
McAfffee
Community meeting thanks railroad companies for aid in tree planting
The group resolved to thank railroad firms Chicago Burlington and Quincy. Illinois Central. and Western Union for allowing members free travel on their roads to support tree planting efforts. They also praised Hon. S Edwards for his efficient service and hailed him as a zealous co worker in horticulture. Adjourned.
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Chicago, Burington & Quincy
Illinota’ Central
Western Union
S. Edwards
Common Window Glass Making Described In Detail
The narrative details glassmaking in Pittsburg with a five-man team blowing and shaping molten glass into cylinders, their transfer to flattening ovens, rolling onto sheets, and cutting into panes. It notes annealing, carriage handling, and the diamond-tipped cutter used to produce precise pane sizes, plus a remark on diamond wear and value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Bullt
Lawrence
Marriage Cautionars Challenge in Far North Scotland
A tale from the far north of Scotland recalls a practice where a man seeking marriage must produce five cautionars totaling twelve pounds Scots to gain consent within six months of wedlock. Norwich Cont becomes noted for a book-keeper famed for striking chirography able to write with both hands simultaneously.
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Scotland
Norwich
Cont
Lord Lovewel’s Farewell on the Velocipede
An archaic verse scene portrays a lord departing on a velocipede while a woman named Balden gate Belle asks when he will return. The lord, silent, mounts his vehicle and rides away, leaving questions and romantic tension in his wake.
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Lord Lovewel
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Faprron
Prophiston
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Wiemar
Goethe
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August V. Goethe
Ottilia Vv. Pogwich
Baron von Goethe
Cerbern
Tam
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Flarper's Magazine
Congress
Harper & Brothers
Sr. C
Nevada
Bob Wagstall
Scrub City
Wu __ Journal
Hedge Fence
Northern Fintols Horticultural Sostletys
ubEn
T. J. Trowbridge
Boston State House
Washington
Boston
Velocifedal
Lady Belle
Lord Lovewell
Glore
Lord Lovewell Hay
Best & Hart
Excha
C, Dwight & Co
American Insurance
A. PD
L Nvng
America
Agen
Schoo
T'Talsay
Latin and Mathematt
Hettinger
Howard Mouse
Stephenson Street
L. G.toran
Poinell
H.R. Curtiss
Illino
Pennsylvania House
Roskford
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