How to Produce an Excellent Landscape Effect with Group Planting
Country Gentleman suggests arranging ornamental grounds by natural affinities among trees and shrubs to educate observers while enhancing beauty. It outlines grouping maples oaks birches magnolias tulip trees catalpa ash elms poplars willows and shrubs like Cydonia Spirna Syringa Diervilla Cornus Deutzia Philadelphus in cohesive species groups. The sample plan places tall trees rearward with shrubs front, and uses climbers Ampelopsis Akebia Lonicera Menispermum Bignonia in secluded areas, with evergreens positioned for wind protection or screening.
Forest Preservation Improve Value of Wood Lots
Prof. W. KR. Lazenly argues in Ohio Farmer that increasing wood lot value requires keeping cattle out and replanting with young, thrifty trees. Break up vacant ground, sow ash white oak chestnut walnut hickory and other valuable species, and remove inferior specimens to ensure tall straight trunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
W. KR. Lazenly
Ohio
Seed stock curation guidance for gardeners
Examine your seed stock and discard doubtful or uncertain varieties. Test a few seeds in a box to judge vitality and prune anything that fails to sprout or grow. List good seeds and needed seeds, then place orders early with a trusted seedsman for reliable supply. Amateurs seek variety. market gardeners favor standard market sorts.
How to Buy a Horse from a Veteran Expert
An old horseman warns buyers to trust their eyes over talk. He advises unhitching the horse, testing by leading and observing stance, gait, and reflexes. Watch for weakness in back legs, moon blindness signs, temper, and breathing as clues to true condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Small Greenhouses Heating Plan For Exceedingly Small Rooms
A plan for heating tiny glass-side greenhouses uses an oil stove in a brick enclosure with a sheet-iron hot-air tank and a distribution pipe system under benches. Heated air circulates, with a vented lamp chamber to avoid kerosene odor, and multiple apparatuses may be placed at each side for even heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Donnell
America
Death of Congressman Philip S Post in Washington
Washington reports the death of Representative Philip Sidney Post of Illinois at Hotel Hamilton after a brief illness caused by heart failure from gastritis. He served in multiple Congresses and was a former consul general of Austro-Hungary. Remains travel to Galesburg with funeral planned in Illinois. Avalanche blocks Philadelphia and Erie line near Lock Haven as trains are beset by heavy snow. Crews rescue stalled freight and mail trains, with passengers endangered by near-ice wall.
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Washington
Philip Sidney Post
Illinois
Hotel Hamilton
Chicago
Galesburg
Crisp
House
Gen. Post
Arepublican
Orange County
Tnion Army
Fifth Hilnels Infantry
Vienna
Austro-Hungary
Post
Grand Army Eireles
Department of
Ilinois
Renovo
Lock Haven
Philadelphia & Erie
Alleghenies
Susquhanna
Ritchie
Ilyner
Erie Mail
Burnet Refuses to Produce Bonds in Court
W L Burnet former United States district attorney was sentenced by Judge Sage to sixty days in jail for contempt after refusing to produce bonds tied to a trust. If he does not purge himself at the end of the term he faces indefinite confinement, effectively a life sentence, tied to earlier arrest prompted by Mrs Mirza Bennett who accused him of handling several thousand dollars in trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnet
Cincinnati
W. L. Burnet
United States
Sage
Turner
Mirza Bennett
Utica Woman Shoots Husband and Mother-In-Law
In Uricea New York on Sunday Stella Flint eighty two shot and killed her husband William Flint twenty three baker. She then shot his mother Mrs John B Flint in the arm and shoulder while attempting to intervene. Police believe the act stemmed from an insanity episode and the trio lived together in an unhappy home.
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Uricea
N. Y
Stella Flint
William A. Flint
John B. Flint
Stella
Louis Galloway and wife murdered near Edwards Miss
Louis Galloway and his wife, both found dead near their cabin on R G Wither's plantation about a mile from Edwards Mississippi the previous Sunday. Police say they were beaten to death with crab irons and that Galloway had shown $100 in town the day before. An arrest has been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epwards
Miss
Louis Galloway
R.G. Wither
Galloway
Gossip of Women Writers and Celebrity Notes
Miss Florence Marrayar plans a US lecture tour on ghosts and the occult. Maxwell Gray, author of The Silence of Dean Maitland, is now an invalid. Evizaneth Pueros Warp writes the Atlantic serial A Singular Life in a mystical early style. Lady Collins Campbell launches The Realm weekly with notable contributors. Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, draws illustrations for Douglas Campbell's Auld Robin the Farmer.
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Florence Marryar
Maxwell Gray
Dean Maitland
Isle of Wight
Evizaneth Pueros Warp
Atlantic
Lady Collins Campbell
The
Realm
the Realm
Princess Louise
Marchioness
Lorne
Douglas Campbell
President Cleveland answers Hawaiian royalist visit inquiry
President Cleveland says the idea of royalist interference links to ship departures is absurd. He recounts meeting in 1889 with three Hawaiian commissioners seeking restoration of the queen’s government, and his written reply clarifying U S limits and congressional authority.
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Cleveland
Wasunthoros
Senate
Lodge
Hawaiian Islands
Committee of
Hawaii
Secretary of State
J. A. Cummons
H. A. Wideman
Samuel Parker
Lilivokalant
United States
Congress of the
Congress
Ghover Cleveland
Wealth, debt, and caution in 1900s proverbs
A collection of adages on finance and prudence. The notes discuss debt, frugality, luck, and restraint in investments. It mentions Thomas W. Prior, manager of the Schiller theater in Chicago, securing a five year lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Prior
Schiller Theater
Chicago
Oil and water separate on salt cue joke
A patent compound maker pays 25 dollars to a chemist to learn how to separate oil and water in an emulsion. The chemist takes the check, adds a pinch of common salt to the liquid, and the two-phase separation occurs immediately, leaving the client with the knowledge he sought.
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Vasily
Crossed Letters and Houghs in Local Comedy Bits
A collage of verse and jokes from historical papers. A fond note on crossed letters contrasts with a farm pun about hough and cough. Advertisements promise travel berths, theater shows, and mail seat reservations in Chicago venues.
Royal Baking Powder Declared Absolutely Pure by Government Chemists
Government chemists report after testing various brands that Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure and superior in strength compared with other brands. The finding underscores Royal’s quality among baking products.
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U. S
Nighttime tale from Cincinnati ribune spoof
A mock interview style exchange mocks a Western or rural speech about someone sleeping on a doorstep and waking to a chasing goat. The dialogue parodies slang and a mischievous tone from a Cincinnati newspaper.
Low Rate Excursion Tickets From Multiple Hubs
A January 15 1895 notice announces half rate rail tickets by Missouri Pacific and Ron Mountain routes to points across Arkansas Louisiana Texas and more with through sales from St Louis and other hubs to Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Colorado. Also mentions stopovers and conditions and references various unrelated excerpts from periodicals.
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Missouri Pacific Railway
RON Mountain
Souis
Cairo
Missouri River
Arkansas
Louisiana
K. C
Texas
Deming
N. M
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
St. Louis
Missouri
Harrisonville
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison, St. Joseph
Omaha
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Round Trip Excursion Tickets Across Southern Rail Lines
Tickets at one fare round trip to Tennessee Kentucky Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Florida on the Louisville and Nashville and Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis lines. Valid dates January 4 February 5 March 5 April 2 and 30 1805. Inquire at the ticket counter or write to C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky Jackson Smith D P A Cincinnati O or Geo L Cross NW P A Chicago Ill.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Florida
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville
Chattanooga
N. W
P. A
Chicago, al
Fragmented Patagonian tale and jokes headline
A jumble of humorous snippets and patronizing ads from a 19th century paper. It includes a Patagonia tale fragment about Tom and his wife, a mock dialogue on supper and a corner purchase near a post office, plus a kidney health ad and quips about wives and washing.
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Tom
Patagonia
Detroit Tribune
Syrup of Figs Offers Comfort and Health Benefits
Promotes Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels. Claims widespread satisfaction and medical approval with no objectionable substances. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co, name printed on every package.
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Hall
F. J.cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
California Fig Syrup Co
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Charles E. Page
Boston
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Utica
Edwards, Miss
Gossip OF Women Writers
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Wiemra
Kan
T. R. Hazzard
Sedgwick City
Plymouth
N. H
Dan Wren
Hazzard
Wren
Oxy
Dumps
Hough
Hough & Cough
Chicago Journal
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Gest
de Amsterdammer
Black Crook
McVicker’s
New York
Minnesota
City Mills
West Ornery
Western Dairy
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Louis
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Golden Medical
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Golden
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Royal Baking Pr
McBride
IH. C. Townsend
Jillison
Buffalo Courier
Atlanuta Journal
F. R. Lorz
Scott St
Covington, Ky
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Hale
Tar Pike
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Hostetter
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Ian
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Demorest
de Longpre
Robert Browning
Nathaniel Hawthorne
General Sherman
Hey
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Haydo
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Per Alexandre Dumas
Fils
Alexander Fet
Aterral
Merc
Grover Cleveland
Handel
Governor McKinley
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Farleft Rosebery
Henry Irving
Filen Terry
Henry W. Longfellow
Senry M. Stanley
Herbert Spencer
Edwin Booth
Henry Ward Beecher
Padere Wk
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Leo Tolstoi
Laou Grant
General Sheridan
Joseph Jefferson
Oleon Bonaparte
Epress Josephine
Hen Bach
Phoebe Cary
Aliee Cary
Thomas A. Edison
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