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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
6
Field notes explain Hessian fly harms wheat and that late sowing often reduces infestation. Kentucky tests show varying infestation by sowing dates. frost, geography, and local timing affect flies. The piece also discusses San Jose scale in North China and identifies Chilocorus similis as a natural enemy.
The U S Department of Agriculture report traces the San Jose scale’s spread through Japan and North China. Marlatt’s Japan study shows the scale arrived in Japan with American plant stock, while in North China foreign fruit districts blend with natives, leaving origin uncertain.
North Dakota experiments show bacterial colonies in topsoil vary widely and that continuous grain crops deplete organic matter, while rotations including clover, peas, and grass improve humus. Green manuring is less effective than plowing under a grass crop. A five year rotation with two years in grass, one in cultivated crop, and two in grain best maintains soil fertility.
The Agriculture Department reports progress against peach diseases, notably yellows and peach leaf curl, with a new problem called little peach blamed on fames attacking young roots. Efforts focus on resistant stocks and soil readiness. soil improvement is crucial for orchard success.
A significant blaze at a Philadelphia marble and granite plant caused about $50,000 in damage. The incident disrupted operations and prompted a rapid response from local fire units. No injuries were reported, and investigations into the cause are underway.
Dick Branning keeps a rattlesnake named Pete as a household pet after saving it from a blast waste pile. The serpent guards the home by rattling and striking at intruders, even alerting inhabitants when a rubbish barrel catches fire. Branning rejects offers to sell the animal despite its notoriety.
A speaker on a car rear rails at a crowd, likening them to a rook colony. He describes rooks stealing sticks from nests as a metaphor for human behavior, claiming common faults and "rooks tulid their nests" in spring. The group avoids eye contact as the tale ends with grim humor.
Michigan lawyer Henry C Smith recalls defending a black man accused of stealing a ring. He claims to have used an eloquent legal plea and emphasized race to win. After the case, the client offered the ring back as retainer, which the lawyer refused to accept.
Henry and Nancy Cross, married residents of Washington Court House, Ohio, are charged with killing Ralph Thompson age 10 whom they had taken from Fayette County children’s home five weeks prior. Coroner’s post mortem reveals extreme abuse including burned and frozen injuries and a ligature mark around the neck.
An expert vault opener, famed for swiftly resetting safes by phone, remains unfazed when a Boston firm loses a combination and Philadelphia vaults go inaccessible. Despite four days of cash borrowing and anxious officials, he notes many banks lose figures daily and his steady service is preferred to a single risky day of outage.
A New Yorker in Berlin chats with a German on a Lustgarten seat and learns the man is the Kaiser himself. The encounter, recounted by the New York Times, highlights how public opinion of Kaiser Wilhelm II evolved from madness to admiration as truth about him emerged.
Dr William Denham argues palmistry has a scientific basis in a new book The Laws of Scientific Mind Reading from Putnams. He aims to strip mysticism, present a logical, non occult view, and place palmistry among modern sciences as a useful tool for self knowledge. The book promises rational studies and to reduce superstition and divorce rates by dispelling nonsense.
A fragmentary note discusses an ideological novelty named Integr alieahonal proposed as a state aided institution. It mentions premies in Jardin des Plantes and references Liem Tamers Aseae Non temers in a cryptic context.
Fragmentary text references Mrs McKins ley and Mrs Slurricon and mentions Whitt Homes and husbands. No coherent event, date, or identifiable organizations are readable. Unable to determine a specific news item or outcome from the legible content.
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