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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
7
The article extols pergolas as attractive yet affordable garden additions. It covers materials such as oak or pine and notes birch rots quickly. It also discusses weed and morning glory control and tips for maintaining tidy fields and equipment while gardening.
A guide by Lima R. Rose on using caladiums to hide unsightly spots at the rear of the house. Details include planting early in spring, preparing soil with peat mold and well rotted manure, and mixing meal into the oil to boost growth and beauty.
An article discusses methods to control bindweed and related morning glory weeds. It describes plant growth, root spread, and cultivation practices, noting plowing, salting roots, and sulfuric acid as control options. It argues against spreading via cultivation and highlights mowing and persistent cultivation as part of an integrated approach.
A nostalgic piece celebrates old fashioned flowers favored by grandmothers and mothers. It lists fragrant pinks, sweet william, mignonette, wallflowers, alyssum, and notes how their memories stir longing for earlier days and inspire better writing.
A fragmented reminiscence discusses how cash terms hurt credit adoption among grocers and dry goods merchants. It notes merchants rarely extended accounts, preferring ready money, and reflects on the social prudence urged by Uncle Eben to avoid risky credit schemes.
Successful transplanting advice stresses choosing a cloudy or evening time, ensuring soil is moist but not waterlogged, spacing seedlings, trimming two thirds of leaves, and never exposing roots to sun. Holes should be prepared with water, plants inserted firmly, then soil dressed and kept shaded briefly.
In 31 years Josiah’s reign sought righteousness before God. He removed idolatry, toppled altars, groves, and carved images, and burned priestly bones at altars. He repaired the temple with Levites, nobles, and lay deputies overseeing craftsmen, finances, and workers to restore proper worship.
A long passage lists various kitchen preparations and recipes. It details croquettes of lamb, fish souffle, corned beef puff, mint and parsley sandwiches, almond omelets, and other dishes. It also includes guidance on nutrition and economical cooking, with notes on eggs, omelets, and leftovers.
Thomas A. Edison is credited worldwide with inventing the phonograph and patenting it in 1877. The piece notes prior vibrations of sound but credits Edison with both recording and reproducing sound, as cited by the British Encyclopedia.
A fractured verse passage recalls a woman’s eye guiding a man to paradise, followed by a long vintage recipe fragment detailing pickled onions walnuts and chutneys. It includes stepwise instructions for brining onions, Bengal chutney, and tomato chutney with spices, sugar, vinegar, and fruit.
A humorous note on the auto owner’s dilemma to buy feed for a horse and the cost of gasoline. The piece contrasts meat and potato cuts with fuel purchases, while a backdrop of civic chatter and education vibes frame the joke.
To dry beet tops swiss chard celery and rhubarb select tops in good condition wash carefully cut leafstalks and blades into quarter inch sections spread on screens and dry. Swiss chard and celery follow the same method as beet tops celery may also be prepared like pumpkins and summer squash rhubarb uses young stems for drying.
Preparation notes describe stewing lent growth by skinning leafstalks and cutting into quarter to half inch pieces. Do not use blade of the leaf. Chip hats are made from Lombardy poplar wood buried three years to dry, preventing darkening and preserving white color.
A San Francisco Bulletin essay notes war elevates bachelors over peace, granting them unprecedented dignity as wives and family roles shift. war demands the unattached man, unused to social control, becomes essential to military needs, while married men are hindered by duties at home.
A collage fragment shows World War I era humor and statistics. It cites sugar production figures for 1918 from the New York Journal of Commerce, noting U S and foreign sources, imports, exports, and per capita use. It also includes a comic exchange about a boy confessing to window-breaking and a mock classroom scene about whistle signaling in darkness.
A historical note explains English farming thrived until about 1850 when wet seasons and rising imports from the United States collapsed prices. Western prairie lands opened by railroads enabled big ranches to ship surplus east, pushing grain beef bacon and cheese into free markets. English land values fell about 40 percent, rents dropped one third, and rural populations declined.
The article discusses fatigue as a toxin in the blood arising from work. It describes fatigue as self poisoning until rest or food neutralizes or burns off these toxins. It then transitions to praise of Great American Inventors, highlighting Falcon, steamboats, submarines, cables, and marble polishing machines, and naming figures like Morse Bell Edison the Wright brothers Sperry and McCormick.
The piece markets a cleansing soap with a free sample offer, then shifts to a Coal Trade Journal note on growing Junior sizes. It discusses domestic coal demand, tonnage shifts, and retail impact for small dealers amid rising anthracite shipments. It also mentions John Black of Glasgow clarifying the lion rampant is not the Scottish flag.
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