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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
3
The article delivers agricultural notes on land value, seed potato costs, tree planting depths, and livestock management. It critiques homesteaders moving west of the Dakotas and underscores efficient dairy, corn, and strawbery timing, plus comments on seed corn aid and mail service reform. It mentions Darwin, English meat dependence, Texas oil hopes, and a warning about a prairie Black country.
Reports discuss the value of brome grass for semiarid regions where timothy and clover fail. Some claim that as buffalo grass declines from overgrazing, brome could replace it, potentially creating a bonanza for farmers.
A reflective piece recounts old farming toil with MeccCormick reapers and long days in the sun, notes 1901 corn export decline, and foresees rising foreign demand shaping corn values. It praises evergreen shelter for birds during a March blizzard, critiques landlord stinginess, argues farm separators may replace creamery dependence, and supports shorter work hours for farm hands.
A farmer notes the west’s transformation from bare prairie to groved, high priced farms. He urges clear written labor contracts, warns against chasing new seeds, and touts clover seeding tricks. Ducks suffer a harsh spring blizzard, leading to rampant pot hunting and dwindling game birds.
A writer argues against limiting women to ornamental skills, urging widespread teaching of dressmaking to empower independence. He contrasts a few skilled women with many others who lack proper garments and access to dressmakers. The piece defends practical sewing, needlework, and self-reliance for women.
A harsh portrait contrasts a rural loafer with a hardworking farm boy. The loafer, described as coarse and unrefined, is said to emerge from hard fields to seek idle pleasures. In contrast the industrious farm boy rises to leadership in politics, business, religion, and education.
A farm property shows dereliction after a man’s moral decline from town vices. Tools lie fore shunned fields, three grain stacks sit unthrashed in February, and the owner, once debt free, wastes away reputation and prospects. His wife and children endure the ensuing misery.
Cereal breakfast foods such as oatmeal wheat corn and rice are often undercooked making them indigestible. Cooking in a double boiler for six hours the day before and reheating for breakfast greatly improves flavor and digestibility.
To set out an asparagus bed this spring cut old roots into pieces with a sharp spade and dig to a depth of a foot. Prepare the bed, fertilize heavily with well rotted stable manure. Do not cut in the first year and cut sparingly in the second. after that harvest freely. Do not cut after June 20 and let growth mature on the bed for abundant future yields.
Advice to plow and plant corn this year, follow with small grain next year, then reseed pasture. If keeping pasture, use a cutaway disk to disk thoroughly, sow clover and timothy, drag smooth to rejuvenate blue grass and refurbish the pasture.
A New York Herald writer highlights vanadium and lithium among rare metals with high prices per pound, noting their uses and extreme costs. Uranium, iridium, and hastened by glass and porcelain applications, along with seleniums light sensitivity, are described. The piece also references pseudophysostigmine as a costly drug, its seed sourced from India, Brazil, and Africa, once tied to deadly ordeals.
The Scientific American reports experiments in Japan attempting rain production by electric methods. Trials in Fukushima Prefecture began at dusk with clouds forming overnight and rain starting the next morning. Rain extended over miles as multiple falls occurred through the evening.
A lit home slot machine installed allows use of a sixteen candle power incandescent lamp or two eight candle power lamps for four hours by inserting 2 cents. At the Toronto general post office a new electric stamp cancellation device was installed, capable of canceling stamps on a thousand letters per minute.
New York city directory of early 1800s notes the almanac features and Shoemaker’s margins. It cites his habit of adding old saws including lines about travelers fortunes and moral maxims. The piece reflects social attitudes and humorous proverbs of the period.
A London Standard passage notes that many famed writers had troublesome boyhoods. Gibbon failed early, Hume was once seen as likely to be merely a merchant, Clarke mocked as a dunce, Belleau mocked as filthy, Dryden labeled a great gormless scholar, and Westminster schooling wasted by “Glorious John” Chushy.
The article notes limestone limewater can fossilize bodies, preserving features when buried. It cites Burns disinterment in 1815 revealing perfect features and Lord Nugent uncovering John Hamylon’s body two centuries later with unchanged form and likeness.
A humorous anecdote describes Dumas sending a letter to "the greatest poet in Pareia" and the misdelivery chain that follows. The envelope ends with the salutation "Aly dear Alfred" addressed to Alfred de Musset, discovered by Victor Hage through a lottery.
An Argonaut report notes a chemistry professor questioned a student about treating a patient who ingested heavy osmlic acid. The student, aiming for the ministry, replied he would administer the sacrament, reflecting his dual study path and the humor of campus life.
The piece quips on Mrs Gablet hosting a lively conversazione with rapid chat and a sustained musical programme. It hints at assembly chatter and her skill in balancing conversation with ongoing music.
Joseph Choate, ambassador to Great Britain, discusses Lincoln’s career and character from his early life through his struggles, growth, and presidential leadership. Published by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway. six cents postage to F A Miller in Chicago.
Very low rates during March and April via Chicago and Northwestern Railway. fares include 30.00 from Chicago to Helena Butte Anaconda Ope and Salt Lake City 30.50 to Spokane 33.00 to Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria and numerous other points. Tourist sleeping cars daily from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. For maps and particulars apply to the nearest ticket agent or A F Cleveland 234 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
Observers compare Prince Henry of Prussia’s special train with regular trains and acknowledge that Pioneer Limited cars on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul route offer superior buffet, compartment, and sleeping cars. The public can travel like princes and still enjoy better service in standard daily service between Chicago, St Paul and Minneapolis.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway known as the St Paul Road began using electric lighting in 1888 and led in traveler comforts. Its Pioneer Limited trains set unmatched luxury and beauty in cars, a standard unlikely to be equaled.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway expanded the Pioneer Limited by introducing a new dining car 82 feet long and six inches wider and taller than previous cars. It seats 86, with a kitchen large enough for six cooks, six waiters, and a conductor. The prior cars lacked space for the growing number of patrons.
Summer fare sale by Railway offers lowest round trip rates to California with flexible routes from Chicago via Kansas City Omaha or St Paul or mixed itineraries. Electric lighted trains on the Pioneer Limited route. Write for full details to A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
California Illustrated showcases California scenery with tinted half-tones and fine letter-press. The Chicago 400 is offered free on application or mailed for two cents postage to W B Kniskern, 22 Fifth Avenue, Chicago Illinois.
$50 round trip from Chicago to California on The New Overland Limited departs Chicago May 27 with three days en route. Luxurious daily train with drawing room sleeping cars observation cars and dining and buffet services. Electric lighting and personal tourist car excursions to California Oregon Washington. Apply to ticket agent or A F Cleveland Cleveland Ohio.
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