Fruit packaging varieties in markets and regions
American Agriculturist discusses popular fruit packages across regions. It notes the thirty-two quart strawberry carrier as standard, outlines peach basket and six basket carrier use by location, and describes crate sizes, covers, and prices per thousand for different markets from Maryland to Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
York
Cartier
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
West Virginia
Blue Ridge
Alleghany Mountain
Michigan
American ‘Apticulturist
New York
Potato Growing Practices Unearthed In Fractured Note
Fragmentary OCR text notes late planting and usual practice for potatoes. Mentions tubers, foliage destruction, and teas performed by pens before maturity.
Cheese Curing Rooms and Moisture Control Techniques
The article outlines methods from the New York agricultural station for curing cheese with careful moisture management. It discusses low temperatures, moderately large cheeses, and a moist, saturated atmosphere using felt packs and hygrometers, plus design ideas for curing rooms with ventilation and subearth ducts to cool air.
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New York
Swiss chard and New Zealand spinach praised for summer greens
The article notes spinach performs poorly in summer and highlights Swiss chard and New Zealand spinach as the best summer greens at the New Jersey station. Chard, a beet family plant with leafy stalks, grows like beets and yields abundant leaf stalks resembling celery. It can be sown in succession into July, with early plants producing tops and later leaves frequent throughout the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey ‘Station
New Zealand
Little Bears Skip School For Mud Turtle Fishing
Two young bears Nipper and Jumper skip class to fish at a river bend with cousin Jumper dictating plans. They pull up a mud turtle instead of big fish and hide the catch until teacher and Grandmother Bear expose them. The tale ends with a lesson on honesty and reform.
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Nipper
Grandma'Bear
Jumper
Jimmy
Bear
Goodby
Juniper
Jumiper
Jack
Wwe
Lia
Teacher
Slum Hollow
Reform School
Cincinnati Enquirer
School on a New Plan Opens in Winona Like Ind
A boys school planned for Winona Like Indiana aims to provide affordable practical education so students can enter the workforce quickly. Wealthy donors have funded the project with enough capital to construct buildings and cover five years of operating costs. The school will feature two departments: agriculture and manual training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Ind
Lemonade Sales by Ten-Year-Old Leland Hawkins in Hoopeston
A ten year old boy from Hoopeston Illinois named Leland Hawkins sold lemonade to workers at the Sprague canning machine factory, described as the largest factory of its kind in the world. Each hot day he sold iced lemonade to the men, earning as much as 1.50 dollars on some days.
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Leland
Ostrich Tactics on a South African Hunt
A hunter and taxidermist recounts a South Africa expedition told through an Apache Indian contrast. He describes stalking two ostriches on a savanna like hills, misjudging cover, and tracking their evasive moves before a clever escape. The account ends by debunking the ostrich burying its head myth.
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South Africa
Philadelphia Post
Writers and Works Across Time and Trials
Goldsmith wrote the Vicar of Wakefield in six weeks and drew on personal recollections. English penned Ben Bolt in 1813, later made famous by Du Maurier. Pope plotted verses on scraps of paper. Bronte’s Jane Eyre faced widespread rejection before success. Whittier reportedly thanked doctors as he neared death, claiming weariness. Fiene's will urged his widow to remarry to ensure at least one man regretted his death.
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Goldsmith
Wakefeld
Thomas Dunn English
Ben Bolt
George du Maurier
Alexander Pope
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre
England
Whittier
Fiene
Arab Mother's Advice on Marriage and Power Dynamics
An old Arab proverb outlines a wife’s role in marriage advising to become a devoted, silent partner to please her husband. It urges feeding him, guarding his sleep, concealing his secrets, and remaining cheerful to earn divine blessing.
Old Acquaintances React to Wealth in Abridged Tale
A visitor from home notes wealth alters old friends. Mrs. Cumrox muses that rich people feel the same but old companions often speak with a superior tone, recalling the line I knew them when they were poor and hungry. The Washington Star references a familiar social tension.
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Cumrox
Turkey
Washington
Star
Fragmentary court note on assault with malice alternatives
A partial courtroom exchange records questions about whether the plaintiff struck the defendant and if the assault was with malice aforethought. Witness statements are garbled but suggest a denial of malice and ambiguity about the act.
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Sory
Sorit
Unclear fragmentary report from early newspaper text
Fragmentary OCR mentions quotes about a town and a person named Dickey at a hotel with references to ink chemistry and a Dr. Lewis and Ribancourt. No coherent event timeline or clear outcome is evident.
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Awhich
Lewis and
Ribancourt
Hot Weather Garments for Men and Boys Featured in Sale
A bustling catalog lists summer wear including blue serge outfits, ready to wear suits, outing suits, skeleton pants, and blue gray coats with vests. Also advertised are Alpaca coats, crash suits, barbers coats, white duck pants, and a large line of washable children’s garments and men’s summer undergarments and negligee shirts.
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Jonas
Offich
Bareville Store Calico Line Debuts In Short Lengths
Bareville Store introduces a new line of Black and White and Silvergrey Calico fabrics in short lengths. The goof styles are offered at low prices, with den yard rates advertised.
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Sheese Carins
Little Bears
Avere
Gertrude
Horatio
Rufe
Louie
Neli
Tommy Smith
Johnny
Iwaya
Repgie
Dickey
Bes
Atlanta
Constitution
Idvers & Rathon
Clothiers
East King Street
Lancaster, PA
Jac. C. Doerr
New Holland, Pa
Independent Telephone
Bareville
Lansdale Cambric
J. K. Stump
Stis
M. Store
A. Z. Store
New Holland
M.store & Sons
Prin Colrs
Diabote
Otice
Clarton
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