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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1898
Page
7
A collage of quips and jokes from various papers including Chicago Post Brooklyn Life Washington Star and Chicago Journal. Bits feature flirtatious lines, cannibal jokes, conundrums about poles and glasses, and playful dialogue about weddings, spouses, and gossip with names like Mrs Porkusie Detroit Free Press and Up-to-Date.
A collage of quips and brief exchanges from newspaper parlors and entertainment columns. It includes a Cleveland Plain Dealer clip about a man seeking a marriage license with a gun and a lighthearted riff on gossip, film remarks, and social anecdotes from various years and papers. The tone remains playful and dialogic, capturing social chatter and quick-fire jabs.
In this Prairie Farmer article John M. Jamison discusses how clover grows across the central states and north to Minnesota, thriving on dark loamy soils with adequate drainage and manure. It improves soil, fits in rotations with corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, and timothy, and yields heavy crops when properly managed, though failure occurs on overly wet or dry ground.
A compact farm notes item discusses a lightweight farm gate design with measured lumber needs and costs, plus construction tips and a post installation note. It then shifts to agricultural commentary on sheep, wool prices, and better wheat cultivation, urging efficiency, ventilation for flocks, and cost reductions through improved farming methods.
A sensible young married woman in St. Louis dismisses her mother’s spirit contact after a violent wardrobe noise at night. Years later in San Francisco she confronts a medium who reveals the alleged message, prompting her blunt reply to avoid such theatrics.
An Indiana educator named Kemper suffered weeks of collapse from overwork and illness. After trial of various remedies, a supplier’s blood and nerve medicine claimed to restore his health. An affidavit from a notary public supported the cure, noting Kemper’s recovery after nine bottles.
A Brown City editor describes visiting a model eight acre Edmonton garden owned by Donald Roan. He sold produce including onions, beets, cabbage, and tomatoes with high yields and details prices paid by buyers. The piece notes a government agent guiding visits and mentions the long greenhouse, and a GK era of agriculture and seed promotions amid a mix of advertisements.
A fashionably dressed woman and a dahlia velvet hat companion stroll on Fifth Avenue while a pair nearby elicits animated chatter. A mother and friend observe, remarking on the couple and a remark about wives and manners. Various ads and letters follow, reflecting period life and endorsements.
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