Onion crop tips and sweet potato cultivation notes
A practical guide discusses onion yields of about 600 bushels per acre with thorough seed bed prep and late-season cultivation. It also covers sweet potatoes on gravelly soils near Marietta Ohio, seed timing for Timothy, and general garden protection, with notes on soil types and fertilizer use from The Orange Judd Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ds Sun
Jin
Wisconsin
Judd Farner
Ohio
Don
Marietta
Muskingum River
New York State
Cleveland Briefs Reflect War, Politics and Crime
At a mothers meeting in Cleveland Adjutant General Corbin drew praise amid debate over soldiers’ wounds. A Pennsylvanian ad shows costs covered by pay. NC campaign seeks literacy voting tests risking disfranchisement for Black voters. Seamen from a Norwegian ship wreck ate a raft mate. two murderers in Pittsburgh face hanging. Lorain bar owner shot. Greensburg backs Tenth Pennsylvania reception for Admiral Dewey. A wealthy Allegheny County man leaves a $25,000 income trust for the poor. News of a Philippine death and a new super gun in England surface amid local trolley injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Corbin
Philippines
Cleveland Volunteers
James E. Barnett
Charleston
Wiliam Wasco
William Patterson
S Anna Sestak
Alice van Horn
Fittsburg
A. MuUiung
Dreyfus Trial Hearings and Counterfeiting Report
At Rennes the Dreyfus court martial heard Major Hartmann argue that Dreyfus as an artillery officer would not have missed such gun knowledge. Havet linked the bordereau to Esterhazy, while Labori unsettled General Gouse about forged papers. Counterfeiting ring seized with bogus notes and imitators of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters highlighted. Beware of counterfeit products.
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Rennes
France
Dreyfus
Hartmann
Deloye
Mercier
M. Havet
Institute
Esterhazy
Uhreyfus
M. Labori
General Gouse
Piquart
Picquart
Gouse
Henry
AL. de Fond Tedtobee
Shean
Pangerers
Roget
Lamoche
Secret Service
Great Traveler Rev H R Haweis Praised as Clerical Era
A profile notes Rev H R Haweis as the century’s premier clerical traveler. From 1885 to 1895 he preached at Boston University and Cornell, covering about 109000 miles outside Europe. His travels across Italy Germany and Morocco inspired writings and would fill volumes.
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H. R. Haweis
Lowell
Boston University
Cornell
Europe
Italy
Germany
Morocco
The Brook and Life’s Long River of Time
A poetic meditation begins with a spring turning into a brook that joins rivers shaping valleys and human life from birth to grave. It contrasts pure living with impurity and ends with a healthful Grain-O advertisement and livestock shipment listings to Norristown, Kneedler, Pottstown, Linfield, and West Philadelphia.
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Carr
Bos
McMillen & Rowland
Norristown
Harry Bryan
Kneedler
Thomas & Wissinger
Pottstown
J.D. McKalip
Linfield
West Philadelphia
J. A. Creps
Sleeping car service on New York to Atlantic City to end
The Pennsylvania Railroad will discontinue the through sleeping car between Pittsburg and Atlantic City on train No. 6 with last eastbound trip on September 10 from Pittsburg and last westbound trip on September 11 from Atlantic City. Also included are a Millwood testimonial for Anderson's Indian Herb Cure praising relief from rheumatism after three months use.
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Pittsburg
Atlantic City
The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Millwood
Anderson
James Anderson
Indiana Pa
Frances Campbell
Grasshopper tale and Garcia laryngoscope origin
A Missouri farmer fed mixed green parts and bran to grasshoppers leading to deaths in a escalating predation chain. The piece cites a New York Tribune remark on the Missouri incident. It then profiles Senor Manuel Garcia born in Spain 94 years ago, noting his peninsular war exile and later invention of the laryngoscope after brigands robbed him and his father while touring Mexico.
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Missouri
New York Tribune
Rebhed
Senor Manuel Garcia
Spain
Wellington
Badajos
Gounod
Verdi
Wagner
Garcia
Mexico
Senor Garcia
Double Header Mint Error Notes Slips in 1891 Coin
Obscure mint error discussion from Philadelphia dated 1891 notes imperfect pieces in circulation. Expert handling and scrutiny claimed to prevent flaws, with two examples said to exist. FP T Anthony, ex-postmaster of Promise City Iowa, cites Mystic Cure cure claim and sale by a Indiana vendor.
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Erhard
Philadelphia
T. Anthony
Promise City
Aldmmgcisia
Indiana
Glasses promise headache relief at fair by Conover optics
At the fair an optician E.L. Conover of Indians, Pa. advertises glasses said to prevent and cure headaches. A separate note invites fairgoers to have their photos taken by Smith, described as the leading photographer.
They Biont Blay on Gericke and the Boston Orchestra Leader
Chicago teacher W S M Matthews recounts how Boston Symphony leader Otto Gericke controlled performances. A New York engagement was canceled in Boston as the hall sold out. Later Gericke allowed a New York concert, which became a triumph and elevated Boston as a premier orchestra.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
W. S. M. Matthews
Chicago
Gericke
New York
Higginson
Boston
Boston Orchestra
Los Angeles Times
Emperor William’s Joking Train Tale Brightens Carriage
A London News item recounts Emperor William’s amusement after a Cadmen estate journey story. He joked with a station master about a comical dinner mishap, noting boot soles on a table, a falling plate, and a servant toppling with a tray of potatoes and peas, all causing smashed crockery and hearty laughter.
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William
Cadmen
Qoherent
Bosts
Beckine
London News
Why Darling Bride Complains of Skipped Baseball Night
A newlywed bride in a three week marriage rushes to embrace her husband and thanks him for skipping baseball to come home early. The husband remains silent about there being no game. Petroit Kree Press.
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Love
Petroit Kree Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sephaid Crrefalae
Lie Lapeer
Orange Judd
Greensburg
Tenth Pennsylvania
Admiral Dewey
Adam Reineman
Allegheny City
Philippwines
David Eheur
Yushington County
Jacob Schurmannu
FS Commission
Woolwyich Arsenal
En.l
Alachi Donahy
Republic Iron Works
Pitsburg
Mat
Lorain
Jian
Coffee Acres
Daugherty Bro’s
W. I. Moore
Homer City
Biont Blay
Dr. Hobbs’ Sparagus
Sterling Remedy Co
Newell
Kerrz
Jones St
Sioux City
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
John & Cammeron’s
Life, Fire & Accident Insurance
Farmers’ Bank
F Water Street
Armers
Indiana, PA
Penn Run
Roller Hills
G. E. Frantz
Lockard
Indiana County
Penn’a
Vogel Bros
Dr. Peal
Dr. Peers Pee
Peay Manicius Co
Daugherty Bros
Hompson
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