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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
8
A Northern Middlesex agricultural column invites farmers to contribute brief, pithy paragraphs for exchange of opinions and experiences. Readers with a few lines to say are asked to write in, with the agricultural editor ready to edit for the column. Long-winded pieces are discouraged.
Holman Day recalls Aunt Belindy weaving a burlap rug with stitches, hooks, and patient guidance that shaped a family memory. The narrator describes children gathering around, the frame, colors chosen, and the pride of final work. Time passes, Belindy rests, yet the rug remains a cherished, tearful link to home.
An old farmer reading circle at Cornell grew to 20,000 members and now prepares a course for farmers wives focusing on household economy. The piece discusses cold storage cellars, self built with local materials, and even moon phase beliefs about hog slaughter, inviting readers to share views.
In a brief note, researchers describe the grape root as a hardy target, yet facing a formidable adversary in an insect foe. The passage hints at agricultural challenges and potential remedies as growers watch for effective control measures.
The text notes a grape root worm emerging late in June, a poison spray may be used. It reports Kansas winter wheat at 76,095,543 bushels and corn at 104,523,677 bushels, with declines from last year. It also mentions cattle turning to beef due to high meat prices, and Rhode Island Red hens' eggs weighing a pound.
Broad notes on United States poultry economics totaling 455 million dollars with 350 million chickens and 14 billion eggs. Science highlights plant breeding progress with crops like grape, raspberry, strawberry, tomato, maize and wheat improved by hybridization. Pruning grape vines advised after leaf fall, with guidance on bud selection to avoid overloading and to keep fruit-bearing vines near the ground for future bearing. Also covers pig growth practices stressing early start, steady gains, and efficient feeding. and notes on legumes for hay and pasture, praising their superior nutrition and soil benefits.
Guidance from Country Gentleman and American Agriculturist on soil nutrition and chick rearing. Advocates bone meal soil dressing for nitrogen and phosphoric acid, warns against long use of stable manure, and describes feeding regimes using rolled oats shredded wheat and crumbled cake for rapid chick growth and profit.
The American Agriculturist reports that grinding grain is profitable for feeders with large cattle and hog herds. Farmers vary on calves, many grinding both grain and fodder, noting ground fodder with grain finishes cattle and sheep well. Wind, water, horse, and steam power are used to run mills depending on local resources.
A Rural New Yorker contributor argues for spreading swamp muck after winter frost, using sleds and a fork hook to load heaps, then mulching with lime or ashes in spring. He favors mixing muck with stable manure, cautions against full scale composting, and notes relative fertilizing value varies by source.
Gallery of French gilt frames etchings engravings artotypes and water colors includes a hotogravure titled Returned from Calvary priced from 25 cents to 4 dollars. Georg Baker at corner Merrimack and Sonny Street under bank offers holiday articles and mirrors with telephone contact.
The Reviewer's January issue highlights five of the world's most valuable paintings as part of a yearlong series. It includes features on The Floral Setting of the White House, European shopping, New York girls art schools, and a new Harriet Prescott Spofford serial A Little Old Woman. Also in fiction, short stories, poetry, and fashion, with illustrations and patterns offered.
A list of feature sections across McCall's Magazine for January includes Holiday Fashions Fashionable Weddings On Choosing Christmas Presents What to Wear and How to Make It The Secret of Charlotte Ferrar's Good Looks Some Delicious Cakes How to Improve the Appearance Fashion Hints for Children Games for Holiday Parties A Queen's Christmas Present Dressmaking Notes The Neatly Dressed Woman The Kind of Women Men Like Our Young Folks Corner Breathing Exercises as an Aid to Health That Christmas Eve story Fancy Work Department New designs in embroidered centrepieces Nurs ery Notes Little Civilities Premium Pages Fashion Pages
Cyrus Townsend Brady showcases When Blades are Out and Love's Afield as the complete novel in the January issue of New Lippincott, with multiple short stories by Sander son Ma son Schinz Sabin Flower Hollingsworth Wharton and others. The issue also covers poetry and essays including Washington as a Predestined Capital and Talks with Chinese Women, plus extensive magazine reports on water works and mining adventures.
The Hesperian quarterly highlights January with Christmas Bells a poem by Mamie Sylvester Paden A Bit of Flat Head History by Enrique Palmer The Christmas Tree illustrated by Mrs Hattie A Chute Frances Burney life work and court life Contemporary Science and Current Literary History featured in this issue.
Mc Clures Magazine for January features Clara Morris memoir in New York, a vivid Emperor William portrait by Ray Stannard Baker, and Great Achievements of Modern Bridge Building by Frank W. Skinner. Kipling's Kim continues with illustrations. Also stories by Raine, Wilcox, Flynt, and Wyatt, plus Will Payne comedy and sister articles. Universal Brotherhood Path section follows with essays on hygiene, self battle, and Egyptian dynasties.
The issue includes two standout features Rock Me to Sleep Poses and Ben Hur Tableaux with ten and seventeen illustrations respectively. It also presents portraits of eighteen English Grand Opera singers at the Metropolitan Opera House and an article on securing operatic engagements. Plus The Ancient Christ The Spoken Word illustrated by Skredsberg's The Son of Man, and varied sections on recitation, declamation, entertainment, physical exercise and current thought.
Life Publishing in New York debuts Overheard in the Wittington Family a richly illustrated volume by C Allan Gilbert. The book features heavy paper with black and color plates and a unique cloth and paper binding. Gilbert’s wash drawings show rich tone and delicate treatment of graceful young women.
The January issue presents the leading story Margaret Kelly's Wake a $500 prize tale by 8 C Breau and C E Burns followed by the $125 prize winner When Time Turned by Ethel Watts Mumford. Additional stories include The Father of His Country An Arizona Pastoral by Frank B Chase An Arizona Pastoral Frank H Mayer and The Vanishing Window by Richard Barker Shelton.
In January Atlantic, Woodrow Wilson opens a series on The History of the Reconstruction of the Southern States. Elizabeth Bieland writes on The Time Spirit of the Twentieth Century. R. Van Bergen surveys Empress Dowager of China. Charles A. Conant analyzes The Growth of Public Expenditures. Mrs. Sara M. Handy recounts The Last Days of the Confederacy through a woman’s perspective.
The January Century issue features W L Scaife on Pittsburg and R B Johnson on the year's Boer War, with Cromwell and Rowland Robinson profiles, Mrs Wiggin and Miss Jewitt serials, poetry, and art. It includes reviews, major articles on education gaps, and notes on Lincoln era works, plus “Through Picturesque America” views and home fashion pieces.
The January issue presents varied pieces from Going Back to the Soil to Great Tasks of the New Century. It includes Bishop Lawrence on wealth and morals, Churchill on Lord Roberts, park making, a snowy Rocky Mountain workday, Cyrue Adames on exploration, Grogan’s Africa journey, and an editorial on world events.
Prominent managers announce premieres and revivals across cities. Pitou selects Philadelphia for Garrett O Magh with Chauncey Olcott. Trilby debuts for Isabelle Everson. M liss comes to Boston Grand Opera House. many stars including Maude Adams, Blanche Bates and Sarah Bernhardt’s son Maews headlines. productions target New York London and Chicago with tours and autumn openings.
Veteran actor Charles Constantine once famed at Boston Opera Comique dies in New York aged about eighty. Mary Mannering reportedly scores big in Janice Meredith at Walack's New York.
The subscription sale for Mme Marcella Sembrich and her renowned company at the Boston Theatre opens for the week of January 7. Four performances are planned Monday, Wednesday, Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoon featuring Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, Don Pasquale, La Traviata and Faust with a stellar cast including Lara, Bensuade, Russi, Dado, Galaga and Mattfeld. Bevignani conducts.
An elderly retired merchant in West Philadelphia watches for his three sons each night. One son is a clergyman, one a lawyer, and the third a dentist. all are in their forties. The father locks the door and remains awake until the last son returns, a ritual begun in boyhood and followed still.
A brief note likens Christmas celebrations in churches to long drawn out events, comparing them to linked bees in a poetic, reflective tone. The line hints at extended services and ornamented rituals characteristic of holiday observances.
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