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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
3
The notes discuss beautifying home grounds with plants like caladiums and perennials, sowing seeds, and using lawn clippings. It advises maintaining beds, removing fading flowers, and promoting frost resistant growth with care routines and seasonal tasks. Also mentions chrysanthemums and various perennials and garden maintenance practices.
Tulips increase by bulblets that grow from the sides of the larger bulb. Under proper conditions the larger bulbil divides into smaller bulbs, the Walks will bloom and increase each year. Lift, divide and reset every third year, plant in pots two inches or deeper. Auratum Spectum Longiform Browallia suit pot culture. Water after planting and store in a closet or cellar to keep soil moist. Bring indoors in January or February if early bloom is forced.
Instructions outline selecting two to three year old iris clumps, lifting and bedding them, then potting in a cool cellar before frost. Gradually reintroduce light, move to a southern exposure, and expect bloom in February and March. White varieties promise extended flowering with proper care. Housegrown irises are delicate but cost-effective versus outdoor blooms.
The passage warns of troubles with asters and pests in the garden. It describes guarding plants, removing wall sections near the base, and relocating dates. It mentions weeds, beetles, and a spotted plant named Moonding, plus using kerosene and careful spraying to control issues.
A dated tip explains keeping steel garden tools from rusting in damp air. quarterly, apply a paste of graphite, tallow, camphor gum, and tal low or lard to clean steel surfaces, let stand 24 hours, then wipe. Longer storage improves protection.
A humorous tale notes windfall apples bought at the tree and windfall cucumbers sold dirt and unloved. A doctor later suggests medical restfulness and nerve relief by breathing exercises as a remedy for anxiety.
Mindanao Island, largest Philippine island, is transitioning from a rough frontier to a developing region under American oversight. Reports describe Moro religion, education pushes, and local leaders building schools, plus the role of baseball in easing tension between Moros and Filipinos. A separate note recounts a Canary Blockade in New York and sleep advice about pillows.
A Suabian countryman sent a petition to military authorities requesting furlough for his son to visit his parents. He apologizes for poor handwriting, saying his schooling was limited to a common school education under a teacher who was very thirsty. A separate note mentions a Wisconsin inventor's wrench with side-threaded center tool for quick action.
Legend says the Wel castle of Hapsburg stood without walls until a tripod guest saw the lord’s followers forming an unbroken circle around the stronghold at dawn. The king’s vow became the family boast that loyal subjects could defend in any emergency.
The 1916 Sunday School lesson by F C Sellers analyzes first Corinthians focusing on the cross as power and wisdom. It explains Pauls authority, unity, and the cross as the center of salvation, contrasting divine foolishness with human wisdom and outlining key theses on redemption.
A dubious panorama of bell towers lost to war, with details on carillons and clockwork mechanisms. A London correspondent recalls a Mechiin recital by Joseph Denyn and the ethereal rise of bells from silence to majestic sound, then a plunge into winter rumbles and cascading chimes. The piece ends with a 1943 British-American Cultivator advisory urging frugal living and sympathy within families.
A water craft built for speed by D N Brown of Grand Haven Michigan features a thin galvanized iron hull over basswood, two tanks attached near the rear outrigging, and a four cylinder motor. The craft reportedly reaches 40 miles per hour and may reach 60 with improved design.
Warren Clement of Millvale reports a dramatic Maine pond incident where a white cat dives repeatedly for frogs. The animal stalks underwater, surfaces with a frog in its mouth, then repeats the feat, impressing onlookers with its agility.
A compact extract shows a Victorian style urging daily bearing of burdens, avoiding crowding wrong-sized auto tires, and a humorous campaign exchange with Senator Sorghum about speeches. It preserves the tone and quirky dialogue about attention, complaints, and leadership.
An Erie style miscellany recounts Stephen Decatur Bridges of Verona Maine nicknamed the Salmon King disputing whether fish have brains and preferences. The piece cites the New York World on fish hatchery issues and the state of Penobscot waters. It blends quotations and quips about marriage, luck, foxes, and daily life with reflective musings on parenting and space.
A collection of short vignettes and quips on domestic life travel, diplomacy, and humorous misunderstandings. Jests about wives, children, convicts, soldiers, and sailors mingle with light observations on manners, travel mishaps, and cultural sayings.
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