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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
7
The article outlines pest notes on Virginia creepers and grape crops, details caterpillar stages and moth descriptions, then shifts to practical farm practices. It covers grain stacking methods, orchard management, weed control, soil fertility, and profitable apple standards with anecdotal figures from Wisconsin and Virginia.
The writer notes many meadows badly need reweeding as pastures in northern Illinois suffer from a drought that halved bay crop and weakened grasses. Reports from New York and nearby states warn the bay crop is short this year and last. Two droughts together have damaged grass roots, leaving them unable to recover next year. Where rotation preserved roots are longer, meadow quality remains better.
Dr Charles Perrier studies 859 inmates at Nimes prison to compare heredity education and milieu across nationalities. He catalogs mental capacity and Bodily traits, noting English restraint and cleanliness, American audacity, and diverse backgrounds among offenders from France Germany Britain Italy Austria Roumania Spain and America.
The report describes inmates by occupation and background, noting that many had advanced schooling but still fell into crime. It highlights recidivism, assertion that most offenders started petty and escalated, and contrasts nationalities in behavior, praising the French and English prisoners for different traits while critiquing others.
The Russian government for years sought to curb liquor ruin among workers. The finance minister spoke of saving the population from inebriation caused by innkeepers profits. Authorities confined liquor to places with meals, imposed penalties for on credit sales, pawning, and barter. Licenses were required and violations punished.
An Ichourfa China correspondent cites a reliable source claiming a decree from Pekin orders writers to avoid certain characters representing England, Russia, France, Italy, America and Japan. Essays containing any of these characters will not be accepted, seen as a display of hostility to foreigners.
Broken china from the White House commands high prices as collectors mend and resell pieces. The steward handles disposal, while auctions attract buyers from Rochester to local papers. A Lincoln plate sold to Mrs Dawes and Lincoln, Grant, and Hayes patterns fetch high sums, with a copyright marked White House crest on genuine pieces.
The piece recounts a 19th century ballot dispute between Keyneth Maynor and Fillmore, noting Millard Fillmore's victory by one vote. It follows Kenneth Raynor’s later career as treasury solicitor under Grant, Garfield’s push to remove him, and a final defense of the incumbent by an unnamed official praising his age, loyalty, and service as a deserving but precarious holder of a treasury post.
The London Graphine reports that feminine cyclists suffer more injuries than male riders. It attributes this to women paying too much attention to distractions and not guiding their wheels firmly. It notes polite manners and saucy street scenes distract riders, risking serious consequences.
Maj Hasch MF recounted a hospital service scene at a Springfield Hogland gathering. A speaker read aloud from a manual beside a patient, prompting a bystander named Tommy to declare the talk irrelevant as the person beside him was already dead.
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