Smoking Hills Mystery in Western North Carolina
A puzzling natural phenomenon near Asheville in Buncombe County appears yearly with rising dark smoke columns about four miles long and half a mile wide. Sightings began in September 1886 with no proven cause, while witnesses in the smoke zone detect no odor or color. Tourists and artists visit for photographs as scientists remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Caroline
Asheville
Bunesimbe
Elery
Lns
Charleston
Great Ester Dead and the Belgium Eater of Calf Head
Belgium mourns for a famed eater who consumed two stewed rabbits a calf head and one dinner’s worth of sausage and pudding at a fixed price. A wager on seventy hard boiled eggs led to illness and death, with doctors citing indigestion though friends blame the egg. The article notes royal military command in Germany Austria Italy and Russia with sovereigns as chief commanders and a German general staff.
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Belgium
Innta
Germany
Austria
Italy
Russia
Leutenant
Iis
Swinge
Count Schlicien
Oy von Moltke
German Empire
Count Schlieffen
Men for the Jury Drawn for June Term of Court
List of grand jurors drawn for the June term starting June 2 and weekly panels through June 23. Names span Blairsville, Brushvalley, Mahoning, Rayne, Washington, Wheatfield, Pine, Center, Coppock, and surrounding townships with multiple alternates and assigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Harry Hannah
J. C. White
Banks
John E. Pierce
Phillip Bowser
Wr. S. Williams
Blacklick
Wainwright
Blairsville
Harry Wiggins
John RB. Carry
Frank P. Johnston
B. Miller
J. T. Frey
Broshyaley
John E. Craig
Boffington
Alex. Bennett
Canoe
Branghler
Cyrus Work
Center
G. C. Robertaan
Washington
Madison Carnahan
David Cummins
James Harman
Wheatfield
East
George W. Rutter
West
Is Wagner, Young
Paul Elder
Alex. Fuller
George Knox
John W. Hoffman
L. C Ferguson
Alex. Rankin
David Gressley
Brushvalley
Albert L. McCrea
D. C. Grumbling
Buffington
John P. George
Borrell
A. Lapstey
Samuel Sheffler
Cherrytree
E. Somerville
Glen Campbell
Henry Lewis
Grant
John A. Craft
Indiana
John McAdoo
A. W. Lickert
Jes
L. Calp
Heth Lowman
Archie Fieming
John F. Crepa
H. C. Christy
Mabsring
Samuel Krithart
Silas McMillen
Mahoning
North
S. S Shaffer
South
Matthew Lewis
Marion Center
John T Park
Montgomery
J. A. Armstrong
H. Brady
Robert Conner
Rayne
W. P. Frech
Saltshung
Hail Clark
Jon
Serene
John W. Johnston
Anthony Stuchell
C. L. Anderson
J. J. Antchison
Wm. M. Liggett
O. AL. Mack
White
M. H. Johnston
C. E. Henry
Indiana County Fair Set to Lead Western Pennsylvania
The Indiana County Agricultural Society reports the fair will surpass all prior records this season. Butler and Armstrong counties exit county fair business, while Indiana promises a prosperous, model event attracting neighboring counties to attend in Indiana.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Butler
Armstrong County
Indiana County
Wound coverings for pruning by Professor Card lessons
Professor Fred Card tests coverings for pruning wounds finding common lead paint most effective for healing, grafting wax close behind but less durable. Coal tar hinders healing despite durability, pine tar offers no real aid, shellac fails by not lasting or aiding healing or preventing checking.
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Fred Card
Grawling Chicks Face Leg Weakness in Rapid Growth
Rapidly growing chicks are prone to leg weakness and hard to cure once down. Maintain even temperature and charcoal for bowel health. A dry location and ample exercise promote healthy growth in growing chicks.
Bulbs For Easter Blooming
A correspondent advises gardeners to bring bulbs potted or boxed kept in frame or cold cellar into the greenhouse about two to three weeks before Easter so they will bloom on schedule.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offered in Pa Markets
What thin folks need is a greater power of digesting and assimilating food. Dr Kings New Life Pills tone and regulate the digestive organs gently expel poisons from the system enrich the blood improve appetite make healthy flesh. Only 25 cents at Daughertys, Indiana Pa, Wm I Moores Homer City Pa, and L N Parks Marion Center Pa.
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Dr. King
Daugherty’Bros
Indians
Wm. I. Moore’s
Homer City
L. N. Park
S. Marion Center
Onion growing tips for good prices and soil needs
A Ohio Farmer summary by Professor W J Green notes onion culture thrives with abundant soil food near by. Muck soils require less fertilizer and ease of work, while upland soils need heavy manure before and after planting. Proper drainage, lime, bone meal, and superphosphate aid decomposition and yields range 500 to 1600 bushels per acre with muck favored for ease of cultivation.
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W. J. Green
State Station
Ohio
Spee
One Tile Drainage Best for Underdrained Roads
Ira Go. Baker of Illinois reports tests from the state experiment station showing a single tile line three to three and a half feet deep along one side of a road provides nearly complete drainage in poor soils. Two shallower lines offer little added benefit, with water surface lowering from a single deep tile outperforming two shallow lines.
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Illinois Experiment Station
Ira GO
Baker
Illinois
Horses for the Farm Vermont Morgans Enduring Drafts
The American Cultivator favors Vermont Morgans for heavy farm work arguing they outpull larger drafts in mud, travel 8 10 miles a day on dirt roads, and endure long work periods. It urges breeding compact 1000 1100 pound horses with sulamb disposition, ox like willingness, and mule like endurance for New England farms.
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Vermont
Maine
Canada
Clydes
New England
Lilly Roads
Sulamb
Early Rhubarb Garden Notes with Compost Heading
Early rhubarb plants in the garden are described with a heading about fine old compost. The text mentions using heat or horse manure over some plants and covering them with a layer, lodging a reference to early stalks and bees and other uncertain terms.
Individuality in Cows Highlights Raising Best Heifer Calves
Advice from W. J. Fraser of the Illinois station emphasizes selecting offspring from the best cows for raising, noting wide differences in dairy cow value and profitability. Guidance covers feeding, culling, and breeding top cows to a quality dairy sire, plus practical tips on making hotbeds with well-packed manure and leaves for lasting heat.
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W. J. Fraser
Illinois Station
United States
McCreight's Store Announces New Stock And Goods
Call in to see our fresh stock of Working Parties shirts hosiery and shoes plus a complete line of groceries garden seeds barrel salt and country produce available for exchange of goods or cash.
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Smoking Hills
Stubbs
Bishop Stubbs
Oxford
J. R. Green
Lr. Stubbs
Longman’s Magazine
Mr. Green
Dr. Stubbs
Green
Tie
Blairaville
Charles Kerler
Arthur Farla
Brushyalley
J. H. Rhine
Herbert Stephens
Alex. M. Barkley
Conemaugh
D. H. Dunlap
Wm. Fleming
I. T. Ryan
John Hoover
Greco
Samuel R. Waddle
H. M. Conrath
Frank Myers
John Fee
Harry McCreary
James Simpson
Wm. Streane
D. Fisher
S. M. Black
Lawrence Shields
Bheloda
Thomas M. Carnahan
Thomas Buckley
Alvin BR. Palmer
David C. Brown
Brussels
Ilverware
Rogers
Pholstering
Amblers
Steving & Sutton
Deposit Bank Building
Indiana, PA
McCreight’s Store
Church Street
Ita
J.C. Moore
Saltsburg
Penn’a
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