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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1894
Page
6
The Women’s building Russian exhibit features dolls showing life across Russian society. A northern region figure wears a linen overgarment like an ulster, with magenta and yellow braid, a dark cotton dress, vivid embroidery, a bright head kerchief, a red cord pouch, and bark fiber sandals on small feet.
A New York Ledger piece discusses elephant warfare tactics with lions and tigers, an African explorer tale of elephants killing lions in deep water, and notes on animal blush and facial expressions across species. It also covers nine year old Raudl Koczalski debuting as a concert pianist in Leipzig and described as a prodigy by London and London News.
Farmers overlook winter composting of manure, yet proper regulation and multiple turnings in winter produce finer, more usable compost. Compost improves nitrogen retention, reduces loss from rainfall, and boosts spring growth, making manure as valuable as commercial fertilizer.
Consensus notes detail bean planting gear and spacing using an 11 tooth drill valued at 35 dollars, 28 inch rows, seed 6 inches to a foot apart, and Schofield's Early White as a preferred variety. Red Kidneys yield less and fetch limited demand in South America. Growers favor small two horse cultivators, avoid dew risk, some use weeding tools, and beans should not be cultivated in heavy dew. Bean cutting costs run about 35 dollars, beans piled in small high bunches, and harvest begins before shelling. A bean thrasher needs 10 horsepower and handles 300 to 500 bushels daily. steam thrashers manufacture them.
Educators nationwide show strong interest in road improvement through inquiries and programs at institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which since 1890 has built a road science program. Brown University contemplates a professorship in road engineering, while rural counties resist adopting county road systems, citing antiquated maintenance and high initial costs but potential long term gains. The piece cites a San Francisco Examiner summary noting farmers bear heavy costs from bad roads, with Tennessee losses exceeding 7 million dollars yearly in haulage costs.
The piece extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for rheumatism catarrh and other diseases linked to impure blood claiming it tones and vitalizes the system. It contrasts with the Chicago exhibition describing its vast scale and overwhelming topography as observers ruefully seek meaning amid crowds and spectacle.
A note from the era describes a German described road concrete made from casein calcined magnesian limestone glycerin silicate of soda and linseed oil. It can be pressed into molds and dried to a hard finish suitable for ornamental panels and wall coverings. It is praised for its potential in improving roads and infrastructure. Bad roads are linked to profanity intemperance cruelty and poverty ending with Horner Ticas.
A classic medicinal advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with a money back guarantee. Trial bottles offered free at several local stores. large bottles priced 80c and $1.00. Notable notes include aluminium horseshoes failing commercially and light humorous items from periodicals.
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