Road Tax Reform Suggested by Scranton Writer
William H. Richmond of Scranton argues Massachusetts leads in road funding but criticizes how funds are spent locally. He urges state and county boards of engineers, civil service rules for road supervisors, annual surveys, proper drainage, and vigilant oversight to ensure year-round road maintenance and prudent use of public money.
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Department
Board of Engineers
Civil Service
Board of County Engineers
William H. Richmond
Scranton
N. Y
Horticultural Notes on Apple Orchard Tactics
A noted orchardist advises July rest to harden wood and warns frosts like spring chills and fall freezes ruin valleys. Seedling apples struggle yet varieties are needed in the west. Failures stem from neglect, bad locations, poor varieties, and insect problems. A northeast slope with bowlder clay is ideal, yet soil limits hinder most growers.
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Noreast
A Promising New Potato Maule's Thoroughbred
Maule's Thoroughbred is praised as a promising new potato in the Nose class. An Ohio station test yielded 357 bushels per acre, with private growers reporting strong results under average care. Early verdicts suggest trials may pay for those willing to experiment, noting the importance of quality, maturity, shape, color, keeping quality, and yield.
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Maule
Ohio Station
Packing Butter A Method To Preserve Delicate Mayors
A New York World note outlines how to pack butter for six months or more using glazed jars or tubs, brined and scalded, with thorough washing to remove buttermilk. The process seals air with parchment, cloth, and salt to preserve aroma and prevent rancidity while allowing a gentle ripening of flavor.
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N. Y. World
Splendid Earth Road and Roadbed Mixtures
A Missouri Roads Improvement Journal article discusses preventing earth and water contact on road beds to improve roads. It argues for using a mix of 16 parts clay 22 sand and 62 gravel with impervious roofing for underdrained earth roads and notes current meeadam and telford roads are often misbuilt pseudomorphs.
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Haupt
Meeadam
Telford
Missouri Roads Improvement Journal
Protecting Trees With Narrow Wire Netting
The article describes a cheap tree protection method using very narrow wire netting wound around shade trees along streets. It notes horses and equipment threaten bark, but the netting protects without harming appearance. The technique requires beveled top edge for a neat, flush fit.
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Orange Judd
Thinning Orchard Trees For Better Fruit Quality
The article urges thinning apple and pear trees to improve fruit quality. It notes many neglected trees have excess wood, reducing light and sunshine to fruit-bearing branches. Proper thinning requires sound judgment, and better to have fewer high quality apples than many inferior ones.
Soaking Seeds Before Sowing
Experiments show soaking seeds in a weak nitrate or soda solution prior to sowing speeds up germination and strengthens early growth. Too strong a solution retards germination. Eleven day old corn plants had 15.92 percent albuminous matter with nitrates versus 11.69 percent without.
Good Roads Advocated by Rural Readers
A civic note extols good roads as benefiting farmers by enabling longer village stays and easier trips for fetching more supplies, arguing that improved highways support both lazy and thrifty farmers.
Trade outlook dull but hints of improvement by Bradstreet
R G Dun and Company reports mixed signals for early 1890s trade with easier money markets and smaller domestic receipts but signs of potential spring activity. Bond payments reduce pressure, iron and steel show cautious gains while cotton and woolen sectors face softer demand and widespread plant curtailments.
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Bradstreet
New
York
R.G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
The Cuban Resolutions Move in Havana
News from Washington shocks Havana as the senate foreign relations committee leans toward recognizing Cuban belligerency. Spaniards fear war buildup while Cubans celebrate the prospect of U S action and shipbuilding. Germany and France are noted as foreign powers observing the crisis.
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United States Senate
United States
Madrid
New York
Congress
Spain
Germany
Acquittal in Ohio Riot Case and Philadelphia Fire
Col. A B Colt was acquitted after a three day jury deliberation on manslaughter charges for ordering troops to fire during a riot at Washington Court House Ohio. The blaze in Philadelphia began early Sunday at 1416 Chestnut and spread to adjacent properties causing about 1.075 million dollars in losses, largely insured.
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A. B. Colt
Col. Coit
Samuel Welch
Jasper Dolby
Washington
McKinley
Col. Colt
Fayette County
Philadelphia
Hazeltine
Chestnut Street
American Baptist Publication Society
Homer le Houdellier & Co
Chestnut
Salisbury Addresses Unionists on Monroe Doctrine and Armenia
London February 1 The Marquis of Salisbury told a Metropole Hotel banquet that Britain fully supports the Monroe Doctrine as President Monroe understood it though not a legal obligation. He warned against overstating commitments to Armenians and urged patience as sultan reforms take effect, noting no power desires intervention and order may reemerge. An editorial in the Chronicle called Salisbury’s remarks dangerous, urging restraint.
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Venezuela
Olney
United States
Monroe
Lord Salisbury
England
Berlin
Gladstone
Europe
the Chronicle
Beral
Lord Palmerston
America
Senate Passes Free Silver Substitute by 42 to 35
Washington February 3 The Senate approved the free silver coinage substitute to the House bond bill by 42 votes to 35 with a seven vote majority for free silver. Senator Mills reversed his position to oppose the measure while Senator Morrill spoke in closing remarks as the session wrapped.
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Yeas
Allen
Bacon
Kate
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Blanchard
Brown
Butler
Call
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George
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Martin
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Wisconsin
Murphy
Nelson
Fulmer
Pratt
Proctor
Sherman
Thurston
Vilas
Wetmore
United States
Treasury
Supreme Court voids 1805 1803 apportionment acts in Indiana
The Indiana Supreme Court declares that legislative apportionment acts of 1805 and 1803 are unconstitutional for Gerrymander aims and timing. It rules next November’s election must run under the 1885 act, notes de facto status of current legislators, and doubts a de facto legislature can enact a new law.
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Supreme Court of
Dadiang
General Assembly
Salter Seed Co Catalogue Offers Grains and Grasses
The notice promotes Salter's Seed Co offerings including Silver King Barley 116 bu yield prospects, Silver Mine Oats, and Teosinte and various grasses. It advertises a 10 cent postage offer for a sample pack and catalogue from La Crosse Wisconsin, with prices and packages for vegetables and seeds.
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Salter
John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Time and Tide Warn of Rheumatism Prompt Aid
An old column warns that delay worsens rheumatism, especially in mid winter, urging prompt treatment. It promotes St Jacobs Oil as a remedy claimed to cure worst cases in any stage, citing a testimonial fragment and urging haste.
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St. Jacobs
Weekend Garden Spot Excursion Fare Offer
Roaring along in early notices a multi city sale announces a single round trip fare to all points on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad across Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and parts of Kentucky with stops allowed and tickets valid thirty days from sale dates January 14 28 February 1 and March 10. Contact RP Atmore or J K Ridgely for tickets if agents cannot sell you one.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Misrasippi
Florida
Kentucky
Wmckots
RP. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago, Il
Pasrs
J. C. Jucken
GN. A
Clark Street
Chicago
California bound tourist trains and farm land ads from 1896
A carousel of rail excursion offers and land prospect pieces. Phillips Rock Island excursions boast fast Chicago to Los Angeles service with high patronage figures. Advertisements promote Home Seekers' Excursions to Virginia and the Carolinas, Big Four and Chesapeake routes, and land prospect pamphlets from the Cornell. Also notes Florida Limited schedule and theater listings in Chicago.
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Phillips Rock Island
Chicago
Los Angles
A. Phillips & Co
California
Phillips
Sevastian
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Pure Laxative Remedy
Knowledge endorses Syrup of Figs for health benefits and relief from constipation. The California Fig Syrup Co markets the remedy in 50c and $1 bottles, claiming it cleanses the system without weakening organs and is free from objectionable substances.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Poisoned Air and Water Prompt Malaria Fears
The item warns of malaria and fevers from tainted air and water. It touts Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestion, nervousness, rheumatism, kidney complaints, and age-related infirmities. Uncle Ebon endorses a wineglassful three times daily for health.
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Ivor
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