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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
7
An agricultural column invites Northern Middlesex farmers to submit brief, pithy remarks for publication. Readers with few lines to share are encouraged to write in, as the agricultural editor will condense them for the column. Long essays are discouraged.
A rustic speaker recalls farm life and the plowboy days that shaped identity. The narrator contrasts youth’s pride with aging perspective, noting how changes in the plow mirrors changes in the self. The verse meditates on memory, growth, and the pull of tradition.
The editorial notes progress toward legislation on pure butter, reports on tent caterpillar and canker worm activity, and describes pressing issues in fruit farming. It cites pruning methods, a frost hurt apple crops in parts, but optimistic notes from Centre village. It highlights June crop prospects, especially apples, with state-by-state condition readings from the Crop Reporter.
The Crop Reporter notes peach prospects are phenomenal. It lists water needs for fruiting strawberries and praises Swiss chard over beet tops. California prune production is estimated at 125 million pounds, up 15 million from last year.
The careful gardener uses land efficiently as young orchards come into bearing. Cultivation between rows is essential. Mr. W. S. Johnson of Allentown, Pennsylvania practices this with strawberries and raspberries to maximize yield.
A collection of gardening notes advising on interplanting crops among fruit trees, tobacco as an insecticide, tree wound painting, poison ivy cures, and pruning timing. Practical tips discuss early bearing fruits between tree rows, tobacco dust use, Schaefell healing paint, and pruning after spring growth to boost buds per Prof Saunders.
Farmers in the corn belt learn how distilled spirits from corn fuel smokeless powder, with Britain Japan and the United States placing large orders. The shift expands corn markets, as 29 products now come from corn, including glucose, grape sugar, starches, refined grits, and flourine, benefiting farmers through various industrial uses.
The article outlines corn products including dexurime glue substitutes corn oil germ and gum variants and a rubber substitute made from corn waste. It notes corn rubber’s heat resistance pliability and potential 25 percent price reduction versus para rubber. Chemists in Chicago refined the product for broad use from bicycle tires to linoleum.
Mrs. Annie B. Bushong urges farm families to treat girls as essential to farm life and to nurture balanced minds and healthy bodies. She warns that unhappy home life harms children, urging parents to provide education, virtue, and opportunities while keeping girls from seeking city life.
John Harry, eighty, lifelong West Fallowfield, Pa., gazed at a telephone at a Chester County office. When the operator said Hello, he dropped the transmitter and fled, declaring the device the work of the devil. He had never traveled far or seen steam vessels.
New York lost another game to the Bostons due to weak batting as Willis was effective aside from the fifth and seventh innings. Mercer proved easy for Boston. National League results include New York 3 and Boston 6. Chicago 7 over Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn awarded Philadelphia 9 to 0. St Louis rain in St Louis.
A list of properties including a fine house on Branch street two on Wilder street one on Walker street three in BaldVide and several fine tenements. Also a furnished house in Chelmsford Centre. If you wish to purchase or rent a house in Lowell or vicinity call us. More than 500 places for sale.
In Providence the first game ended Providence five Toronto forty seven while the second finished Providence one to Toronto half. At Worcester both Worcester Montreal games were postponed due to rain and Springfield Rochester contest also delayed by rain.
Paris June 22 Tod Sloan rode in five races at Maisons Laffitte today but only secured a third place on Madagascar at 7 to 1 in the Prix Revend.
The sole game tomorrow features Emmet against Elm at the Fair Grounds for the city championship and a $50 purse. A large crowd is expected as both teams boast strong followings and fierce bets. Coburn and Farley lead a fine Y M C I battery, with Coburn’s puzzling pitching and Farley’s sturdy support. The Shamrock club has disbanded, while Billy Bagley shines for Westford Academy. Russell and McHugh join Emmets after Shamrock dissolution. T Rs and Ts of North Billerica add depth, eyeing scalp of city clubs.
Sporting notes report that Centralville A C will play Haverhill Terrors on the cricket grounds in Dracut this afternoon with a planned match between Centralville A C and Beachmont B C on the Dracut oval Saturday June 30. It also covers Billy Chisholm refusing to box Keefe at the Dewey theatre in Lawrence due to no pay and a promised six round bout for a good sum that turned into a free event.
We present several first class residences in the Highlands and other select locations with unusually favorable purchase terms. Interested buyers may receive full information from T. H. Elliott at Central Street. Also a small farm is available to let located on the electric railway line.
The advertisement touts the Yusea Mantle delivering 50 percent more light and three times the strength, with long life and low cost. It promises 100 candle power per light and mentions installation of gas cooking ranges on installment plans.
The record lists charges of $4.50 per chaldron and $2.25 half chaldron with no meter usage fees. It notes no charge for running supply ply for street mains into consumers’ cellars and that orders left at the office are promptly attended to.
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