Macadam Road Care and Longevity Principles
The article explains macadam road maintenance focusing on gutters basins and culverts clearing and weed removal. It notes loose surface stones may appear after first spring but should be collected and reused and that wear depends on traffic stone quality and climate. Resurfacing practices favor smoothing and delaying full resurfacing until stones wear to the lower layer with a cap of about three inches in the center and up to $200 per mile yearly cap.
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Massachusetts
Gas Engine On Farm Sets Modern Labor Pace
A two horse power gas engine powers the cream separator churn and pumps water while running grain grinding and wood sawing tasks. It operates with minimal fuel cost per hour and produces no smoke or dirt. The author details heat water for the creamery and envisions mobile use on light trucks for farming tasks.
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New Yorker
Restoring Barren Orchard Trees With Soil, Manure, and Ashes
To restore fruitless old trees dig around them, pulverize soil, and apply well rotted manure mixed thoroughly. After a couple of weeks spread wood ashes on top for peach apricot and plum trees. If pruning and fertilizing fail, replace trees with better stock and keep soil rich for three to four years before reseeding or using as hog pasture.
Minnesota farmer hires German labor for farm work
A Minnesota farmer claims to have solved farm labor issues by hiring two buxom German girls for farm labor. He states they do not require stables or buggies and are ready for work every morning without late hours.
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Minnesota
Pruning Fruit Trees For Better Growth This Season
Prune fruit trees once a year with guidance on timing and techniques. Do most pruning in fall or late winter to avoid injury, remove dead and crossing limbs, and keep cuts smooth to heal quickly. Avoid stubs and heavy midsummer pruning. reserve large cuts for dormancy.
Keeping Grindstone True on the Farm
The article notes grindstones suffer wear from daily use with softer stones breaking down faster. It suggests sharpening dull spades on the stone to even its surface and warns against sun exposure which alters hardness and causes the stone to wear out of circle. A flat cover or box is advised if stored outdoors.
Farm Hints for July Pruning and Silage Tips
Advice emphasizes Independence in farm life. Visit successful dairymen for knowledge. If silage is hard to handle use a silage fork. Prune grape vines early in the month for best results. Grass and weeds in young crops attract mice during winter.
Swiss Petition Seeks Block on Alpine Invasions
More than 100000 signatures backed a Swiss league petition to the federal council opposing mountain railroads and hotels in the Alps. Proposals include tunneling the Matterhorn and laying a glacier sledge railway on the Aletsch, drawing strong protests from Alpine clubs led by London's Alpine Club.
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Berne
Switzerland
Swiss League
Federal Council
Alps
Matterhorn
Aletsch
Europe
Rhone
Alpine Clubs
Alpine Club of
London
Martin Conway
Whymper
Zermatt Valley
Val Tournanche
Raven locks turn yellow in Belleville tale of mistaken peroxide
Shelly Sherr of Belleville, once a brunette, bleached his hair on the bad advice of a friend using peroxide. The result is a progressing yellow dye, fading from raven to burlap and straw, with no remedy to reverse it while it runs its course.
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Belleville
111
Shelly Sherr
Shelly
Professor Smith gathers curious Buddhist manuscripts overseas
Prof. David Eugene Smith reports Buddhist priests showing strong interest in his search for mathematical material in the Orient. He has secured a number of curious manuscripts and will add valuable casts of old numerical inscriptions from the Calcutta museum to his large collection.
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David Eugene Smith
Orient
Calcutta
Smith
Fed Thieves Snack on Fried Snake Eggs in Barn
In Rising Sun Maryland Henry Burkens set a bait for intruders after robbers emptied his feed. He fried nine snake eggs found while gathering cordwood and left them as a supper. The next day the feed box was empty and crusts lay on the floor. Onions are said to cure many diseases, but what will cure onions.
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Rising Sun
Henry Burkens
Burkens
Philadelphia Zoological Garden
A. P. Williams
Burnetts Creek
Ind
Mr. Willams
J. D. Richardson
Lafayette
Sloan
Different Effect on Mrs Goodsole as Boy Smokes
Dialogue shows Mrs Goodsole upset by her boy smoking while he jokes that it makes him sick at heart. The exchange reflects parental concern and a child’s casual defiance.
Damage From Rats Spreads Across Farming Regions
Milwaukee grain merchant J H Van Burden warns farmers lose at least 100 million dollars yearly to rats. He cites feeding tests showing 50 cents daily per rat and a rat population near 150 million, with about a third in cities. Governor Hughes jokes about Venice in a West End Republican club address.
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Agricultural Department
J. H. van Burden
Milwaukee
Old Surgeon Gives Up Coffee for Postum Cure
An ex coffee drinker describes nervous tremors and insomnia from coffee and credits Postum with restoring his health after three years of using the beverage substitute. He shares a testimonial praising Postum and urges boiling per package directions, noting friends and family adopted it.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Velivilie
Queen Alexandra at Mansion House fete inspires playful kiss
A story from Harpers Weekly recounts Queen Alexandra’s London Mansion House fete last spring. A flower maid named Molly, both pretty and plump, smiled up to the queen and received a quick kiss, prompting her mother’s gasp and the maid’s cheeky remark that the kiss would be interesting to tell her grandchildren.
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Queen Alexandra
Mansion House
London
Molly
Harner's Weekly
Remarkable grass seed offer from La Crosse firm
A promotional notice claims a local farmer on 100 acres sold seed worth 4800 and produced 800 tons of hay. It markets The John A Sniver Seed Co catalog with claims of Billion Dollar Grass and Macaroni Wheat, advertising green food products and barley yields, urging readers to mail for seeds and a catalog.
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Notich
John A. Sniver Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Sly Miller
Victoria
Deafness Cure Claim via Constitutional Reaction
An old advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and can be cured only by constitutional treatment. It promises $100 for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and urges sending for circulars from F J Culnkey & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F.J. Culnkey & CO
Tuledo
Draggiate
Ida
All Beach
Wilfred sits on his father’s knee as his mother fixes her hair. The father jokes about Marcel waves, but Wilfred notes there are no waves on his bald father’s head, saying it’s all beach. Harper’s Weekly.
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Wilfred
Harper’s Weekly
Allen’s Foot-Ease Powder Ad Promises Fast Relief
In this ad Allen’s Foot-Ease powder is pitched to cure painful smarting feet and ingrown nails. It claims to make shoes feel easy and offers a trial package free. The notice invites purchases from all druggists at 25 cents and warns to accept no substitute. A. Olmsted, Le Roy New York is listed.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Merry Widow
Maxim
Little Jessie Gold Mining Co
Pearce
Cochise County
Arizona
E. C. Griffith
Pres
State St. Chesebrough Mfg
New York City
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsed by Physicians
An appeal extols Syrup of Sigs and Elixir of Senna as a reliable laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage escalation. The ad claims the product is pleasant, natural, approved by physicians, and urges buying only the California Fig Syrup Co. genuine article from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Toybee
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Hompson
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Washington, TO
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