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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
3
The article notes diverse rural concerns from crop values to wildlife. It highlights wheat exports via the Suez route, farm rents, garden crops, prairie chicken nesting, strawberry profits, pea shelling by clothes wringer, storing Fameuse apples with potatoes, and pocket gopher damage to evergreen groves.
A collection of quips and anecdotes on school pranks, debt in farming, negro labor in the South, marital wit, overbearing fruit varieties, and the value of cornstalk feed, reflecting era opinions. The piece blends humor with agricultural observations and social commentary from the period.
The Northeasterstown horticultural society named six top apples for planting Tetefeky Duch ess Plum Older Wealthy Walbridge and Northwestern Greening. The report notes 40 long keeping seedlings tested for hardiness and hints a winter apple supply for the region may come from these varieties. It also mentions a rural mail route boosting daily paper readership among farmers and reflects on dietary preferences of wild carnivores, flowers, and ancient agriculture.
A grower reports that cutting raspberry canes to eight inches prolongs fruiting by about two months. New growth next season will yield a good crop of high priced berries after the main crop. He sold some September berries this year and notes they taste inferior to berries in the proper season.
A horticultural advance covers tender plants with boards and mulch to withstand severe winters expanding grape growers in southern regions and tea roses. A dairy farmer reports a farm separator boosts butter yield by nearly 20 percent, reduces wash labor, and cuts costs while increasing product value.
Evergreen windbreaks work best when Scots pines have a clear 24 by 24 foot base space. Planting too thickly or too close to deciduous trees causes crowding and broken lower limbs, reducing shelter. Two rows set 24 feet apart with broken joints offer stronger protection at 15 years than six rows at 12 feet.
A survey of future progress argues science and social change will drive 1900s to 2000s. Tesla predicts solar engines wireless telegraphy and a shift to aluminium, with mass health and city life changes. Population growth, urbanization, and automation reshape industry transport and daily life as technology advances.
A fragmented mix of verse and prose imagines a future city with pure water and equal temperatures, governed by health laws and simple living. It celebrates condensed milk, affordable foods, and mass production to reduce household costs, envisioning a time with less need for multiple kitchens and exertion.
Buffalo Pan American exposition opens May 1, 1901 and is billed as a major event. Railroads seek low round trip fares to Buffalo but demand protection from ticket brokers or scalpers who might abuse reduced rates. City officials and rail leaders discuss ordinances and coordinated action with other cities to curb scalping and preserve railroad revenue.
The article profiles Sandor Milliken, a young Nashville native who plays Claire in The Sprightly Romance of Marsac by Molly Elliot Seawell. It notes her unusual name is her real name and praises her clever, brief stage career.
The War Department in Washington releases a Philippine forestry report by Captain Ahern. He estimates nearly 590 tree species exist in the archipelago and believes public forest lands cover a large portion of the islands, with Mindoro Paragi and Mindanao heavily forested. Mindanao’s ~20 million acres are nearly timbered, and Mindoro and Paragui hold 5 million acres of virgin state forest. Ahern notes vast virgin tracts on southern islands with 10 000 to 20 000 cubic feet per acre of high quality timber and trees over 150 feet tall. He urges thinning to maximize annual growth, citing millions of cubic feet of timber ready for harvest.
Cairo correspondent reports a benign paternal government will guide early Sudan reorganizations. Highlights include new codes restricting alcohol, prohibiting usury in lending, and requiring formal authorization for mortgages. Trade and navigation are free, with a magistrate in each district.
Stockholm December 24. The condition of Prince Oscar Duke of D Nicholas is much improved after a serious illness. The report notes the disappearance of Lieutenant Count Faeleky, military attache of the Swedish and Norwegian legation in Berlin, attributed to mental disturbance.
New York reports Oscar Aaronson died from pneumonia contracted during the six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. An autopsy found pneumonia as the cause, not injuries from the fall. The body was moved to Aaronson's home in Tronkivn for funeral arrangements today.
Advertisement claims many have kidney trouble unseen. Promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as cure all for kidneys bladder liver and rheumatism. Asks readers to request free sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
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