Meadow and lawn tips for farming and fruit growing
A farming note discusses meadow higher yield when hayed rather than pastured and notes digestibility for young grass. It promotes level culture for potatoes with better weed control and moisture retention, plus underdraining and compost. It also covers lawn creation, fertilizer strategies, and orchard fertilization with clover and green manures to improve soil and tree health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell Station
New York
5. N. Doty
Seed Selection and Seed Cleaning Boost Farm Crops
A Farm column stresses choosing seeds adapted to local climate and soil, noting northern origins can fail to mature in the south. It urges careful selection and grading to remove weeds and bad kernels, highlights potatoes needing fresh seed, and cites Aroostook County as a source for clean, true varieties to sustain yield and profitability.
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Indianapolis
United States
Aroostook County
K. BR. Puyle
Trade Review notes steady demand amid crops and inflation
R G Dun weekly review reports no drop in business due to labor disputes helped by strong agricultural prospects. May railway earnings up 8.7 percent year over year and 24.7 percent over 1900. Iron and steel contracts extend into next year. textiles steady amid limited stocks. Grain and export totals cited, with weekly U S and Canada failures and Bradstreet figures for wheat and corn exports since July 1, 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Iron
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Walt
Texas
United States
Canada
Irrigated Valley Town in Blossom Marvel
A cattle rancher relies on canned foods from New Jersey and Kansas City and imports butter from elsewhere while a patient Chinese gardener keeps fresh vegetables. Despite drought, he prioritizes roses, peppers, and shade trees, creating a verdant oasis that some deem overdone yet memorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enna
New Jersey
Kansas City
Kansas
Early Hawaiian stamps found worth hundreds, rare ruled border issue
Massachusetts dealer H M Whitney discovered two 1863 era stamps once used in Hawaii. The white stamps feature a central 2 with Inter Island Uko Leta 2 cents Hawaiian Postage and a ruled border per the old 1860s issue printed by the Polynesian Newspaper Company. Natal’s British annexation is noted.
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H. M. Whitney
Massachusetts
Whitney
Kingdom of Hawaiia
Th Polynesian Newspaper Company
Denver Woman Praises Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs I A Rose of Denver writes that after nearly two years of marriage she suffered from female troubles and painful menses. Four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and energy, enabling her to perform three times her former duties. She urges others to try the remedy and seek Mrs Pinkham's advice, noting a testimony fee mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida I. Rose
Lydia E Pinkham
Denver
Spa S
18Th Ave
Col
Lydia Ek. Pinkham
Mra
Gotham Nickname's Derision Turned Pride for New York
In world history the name Gotham was once used to deride New York. It later became a proud alias reflecting the city’s character and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham
New York
Allenue
d—Tarxest
United States
Ind
Fed
Domand
Imperial
Aold
St. Mi
Alaska
South Africa
Accurate aim of Jeanne d Arch cruiser guns fails
The French cruiser Jeanne d Arch cannot achieve accurate gunfire due to excessive vibration of the vessel, rendering firing trials ineffective and prompting revision of targeting and stabilization methods.
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Jeanne d'Arch
Luly
Patent medicine ads and cures from old newspaper
An assortment of 19th or early 20th century patent medicine notices peddle remedies. Allan's Foot-Enna promises cure for corns bunions and foot ailments. Dr Kline's nervine tone claims complete relief. Hall's Catarrh Cure offered with a reward. Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup promotes teething relief. Pyso's Care advertised as a cough remedy. Multiple testimonials, prices and contact lines included.
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Allan
Allen 8
Olmsted
Lelroy
N.Y
Havana
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New York Tribune Farmer
Reauty
M. Palmer Sweet
Iulr
Elgin Creamery
Cheess
Ohio
New
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State
Pennnsylvania
Central Stock Yards
East Liberty
Bradstreet’s
the Islands
France
Marseilles
Manchester
Marseills
Germany
Natal
Idal. Roser
Cabh Schmelzer Arms CO
Rover Self
P. ON
Thomason
Dr. Kline
St., Phila
Hall
Carney & Co
Toledo
Pyso
J. W. O'Bren
Third Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Ayer
AVE CO
Lowell, Masa
Lifs Taurant
Sermater
Idress Wood, Harmon & CO
Dept. Y-1
Broadway
New York City
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