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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
7
A home yard benefits from planned spacing of trees and shrubs along lawn edges to preserve open green space. Dense crowding reduces light and invites dampness, while selective groupings or screens around walks and buildings enhance spaciousness and charm for children.
A Nebraska farmer, T A Gieyvens, defines a real farmer as one who grows diverse crops suited to the locale and keeps stock fed on the farm, using rotation to maintain soil productivity rather than selling crops as raw material. He argues such practices justify the title of farmer.
Clay soils hinder air and water movement in roots and restrict root fiber expansion. Sandy soils lack adhesion, fail to retain moisture, and expose roots to excess heat. Chalk soils are too cold for roots due to poor solar heat absorption. Tows Blomestead. Making New From Old describes renewing gourd plates and sickle sections to refurbish an old machine, realigning parts with the pitman for proper operation.
A Country Gentleman reader describes using cheesecloth frames as lightweight greenhouses. He built square open boxes eight frames each, covered with cheesecloth to protect vines and boost yields. Cucumbers, watermelons, eggplants and Brussels sprouts thrived earlier and more robustly under cloth, which also vents moisture and deters bugs. The method proves cheap, roughly 214 cents per yard for the coarse unbleached cloth.
A Kansas industrialist touts sweet clover as a cheap, hardy legume that revives exhausted soils. He explains soil bacteria feed on humus, release plant nutrients, and boost humus, nitrogen, and soil structure while clover’s hardiness helps it establish on worn land where other forages fail, paving the way for alfalfa in tough regions.
A short article promotes practical training from corn contests and introduces a simple corn sheller built from a small hoard piece with notches along the edges. The American Agriculturist provides the picture and description, noting the sheller’s moderate size and hand operation for shelling corn.
A simple wire and wooden spool device is explained to loosen corn kernels. A hole is bored at each end a wire is threaded and wound tightly around wood. The wire is then passed through the opposite end and secured. Rubbed over ears the device loosens the grain.
The article urges farmers to lay concrete or cement block foundations this season, arguing concrete is permanent and cost effective. It emphasizes proper tillage, timing, and soil preparation to create a mellow seed bed, and contrasts concrete with older brick walls as a modern, sturdy choice.
A New York Sun writer recalls hedgehogs that invade winter camps in Maine and clean floors by gnawing away greasy wood. A woodsmoke describes how hedgehogs enter camps after meals rich in pork and fat, consuming grease and leaving a bare floor but often requiring new flooring due to damage.
A collection of era anecdotes ends with a printer's error saving a friend and Horace Ham fat in Manchester. It recounts a London admirer's gift and a typo claiming Ham fat starves, then shifts to a 1720 cholera legend about Sardinia and Marseilles sparked by a viceroy's dream and a wary ship captain.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column argues against eliminating stage fright. It questions a proposed simple operation to remove fear, noting it would curb listeners and blunt bold speakers. The piece defends the value of stage nerves for art and human discourse.
The London Mail notes the Transsiberian Railway charges for first class about two thirds of a penny per mile, second class just under half penny, and third class four miles per penny. Emigrant fare equals roughly a shilling per 400 miles, a cost the government would deduct if the traveler lacks funds.
In a Northern Christian Advocate item a domestic economy class prompts Emily to name the best way to keep milk from souring. Her concise reply delights readers: you should leave it in the cow.
A Boston transcript notes a joke where a lodger explains his brother as two half brothers in a humorous misunderstanding. The exchange hinges on size and a house request for spare cats, illustrating social wit in a casual lodging scene.
The excerpt presents a collage of brief lines and names from diverse sources including Boston Transscript and Fliegende Blatter. It mentions a mirror check, a towel, a banker, and a casual banter about running off with cash, suggesting a fragmented literary or journalistic collage without a cohesive narrative. The lines hint at satirical or observational content rather than a single event.
Partial list of offerings includes two acre tracts near Lititz with a two story frame house and stables priced around 1500, a 20 acre parcel miles from Lititz with improvements, a three acre tract with a nearly new two story frame house near Lititz priced 1500, a two story brick house on Front Street Lititz with modern amenities, and several properties on Broad Street and Orange Street Lititz priced from 2400 to 2500. Also bank stock and several 5 percent bonds available.
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