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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
1
A poem urges living in the moment, connecting with others, and acting with honest joy. It argues against overthinking questions of fate, instead embracing active service to fellow men and the world. An hour of self forgetting joy can ease mood and restore youthful spirit.
Elen Klen, a wanderer with a gift for the flute and organ, signs a contract as organist with the Ponikla curate after years of roaming. He plans a respectable life with Olka, but faces poverty, longing, and a cold night as he walks home to a warm future.
Washington correspondent seeks methods to remove blackberry vines in an old Kittatinny patch and to kill grape vines. Grapevines may be killed by grubbing after cutting below the crown. Blackberries are best killed by mowing at season end, burning, deep plowing, thorough harrowing to expose and burn roots, then repeating if needed. timing is crucial to prevent sprouts.
A French publisher offers to insure women against widowhood by using subscriptions to three publications. For every thousand subscribers they set aside 15,000 francs to fund annual payments to subscribers who become widows, paid out according to age. The plan targets widows among subscribers and uses the fund to support them each year.
The New York Press warns that get rich quick marriages mirror the fate of other speculative ventures. Fast unions promise wealth but often end in regret, aligning with the cycle of poor investment choices and financial ruin.
L A Clinton of Storrs Experiment Station argues thorough tillage exposes soil particles to feed roots, enabling phosphoric acid and potash access for good crops. He notes farmers must decide between deep tillage alone or combining it with commercial fertilizer.
The article describes scale or black spot in peaches with greenish brown spots on fruit that rot and deform. Affected leaves perforate and twig bark discolors. Spores spread by wind insects and birds. treatment calls for removing infected fruit and wood and winter sprays of copper sulfate.
Professor L. R. Taft of Michigan warns pruning should be cautious and tailored to live buds. He advises severe cuts for a year old trees to encourage thick limbs but notes danger in pruning bearing peach trees after late frosts threaten buds and crop. A low head with open sunshine aids later pruning thinning spraying and picking.
Grafting vines by whip grafts can convert cuttings or small canes to better varieties. Use stocks and scions of equal size cut slantingly and fitted precisely. Two bark splints and bass matting bands hold the unite until growth begins, then remove. Rattia is favored for its softness and strength.
A witty quote notes that marrying a rich wife makes a man appear smart if he can keep all he earns through the union, reflecting social satire from New York Press.
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