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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1903
Page
7
A detailed guide explains how plants fit seeds for winter, using methods from wind dispersal by dandelions and thistles to animal aided spread. It covers berries attracting birds, explosive capsules like jewelweed, and wind driven cones, noting interdependence among plants, insects, and animals.
The Country Gentleman explains why cabbages spoil in cold storage and outlines a field storage method. He describes digging furrows between rows, pulling plants late, and stacking heads with roots down in wide four foot wide rows. Straw and earth are added with air vents formed by straw, then the ground is leveled for even heaps.
The Red Polled breed, a hornless, deep red cattle favored for dairying and beef, traces its name to 1846 from Norfolk and Suffolk breeders. Originated in England, brought to America in 1873, and valued by small farmers. It is hardy, uniform, and prepotent with strong milk and flesh traits. Also an economic note on feeder cattle values and crop yield estimates from the October government reports.
A Baltimore American quip recalls a cannibal king advised by the head physician to stop his meat diet. The king, pondering, recalls the last missionaries who visited the island claimed they were vegetarians, sparking a wry, hopeful thought about changing his diet.
A French visitor in London on a foggy morning strolls with an English friend in Hyde Park. He jokes that the fog proves the sun never sets on Britain's dominion, calling the sun a non-rising sight in this dim scene.
In a humorous exchange a boy asks what connoisseurs mean when ads claim the goods are the best. The great manufacturer defines a connoisseur as an eminent authority who admits their goods are best. A separate cartoon bit shows a mouse quipping about women’s screams upsetting him, a light Boston Transcript moment.
A brief humor piece recalls Brer Jimson tired of worldly hollowness while Squar Hickory springs guns around his coop. The excerpt contrasts quarreling couples with stuttering men who cannot finish sentences and notes a woman's voice rising for a favor.
Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on Friday January 20 1908 by E E Davidson H M Bell John Taylor James W Mack and D B Taylor under the act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations for a charter of the Canoe Township Water Company to store and transport water and water power for commercial and manufacturing purposes in Canoe Township Pennsylvania and these purposes to have possess and enter all rights benefits and eat act of seer and its.
Notice is given that an application will be made to the Governor for a charter of a proposed corporation to be called poses in Pine township Indiana County Pennsylvania under the 1874 Act and supplements. Names include E. E. Davideon H. M. Eil John Taylor James W. Mack and D. B. Taylor with Jacquer & Taylor as solicitors.
A petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania dated January 30 1903 seeks incorporation under the 1874 act for the Green Township Water Company in Green Township Indiana County to supply water to the public. The petition is filed by E Davidson H M Bell John Taylor James W Mack and D B Taylor with Jace Taylor as solicitors.
A local retailer announces a fresh stock of carefully chosen goods. The update emphasizes quality and variety aimed at attracting shoppers seeking reliable selections.
Pereny and others apply to the Governor of Pennsylvania on January 1908 for a charter to form a corporation to supply water to the public in Pine township Lancaster county with rights under the 1874 Act and its supplements as amended by Jack and Taylor December 31 1902 and related to the act of assembly.
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