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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
6
An archaic styled verse laments fashion pressures on Caesar, imagining him freed from attire and accessories. It contrasts imperial pomp with ordinary wear, questioning societal norms and the burdens of dress while imagining Caesar in simple garb and comfort. The piece blends satire with costume imagery and classical allusion.
Wa Shepler presents Dolly’s Diary entries revealing a young woman’s plan to become an old maid to devote life to her mother. The narrative follows family tensions, a birthday necklace gift, and Dolly’s resolve as she observes relatives, marriage prospects, and moral duties with a humorous tone.
A diary recounts a young woman’s life in the late 19th or early 20th century, detailing clashes with motherly expectations, friendships, and romance. She navigates social duties, vows to remain devoted, and contemplates marriage to Harry Jones amid family pressure and society’s norms. The entry ends noting a note on silver imports: the United States imported $7,500 more silver from Mexico in 1900 than in 1849.
A collage of humorous snippets from period papers ranges from irksome shop waits to bridesmaid jokes and snoring solos. It traces editor replies and light banter about manners, music, and domestic mischief. Phrases capture a lively snapshot of social humor and cartoonish media quips.
A Florida widow, after her husband’s death, sustains and expands the family saddle and harness business with an assistant, becoming the county’s most lucrative dealer. Across Georgia, a woman rides a 40 mile mail route, farms, and sustains a family of four. in Savannah area a widow earns a strong income as a government contractor. A Virginian trainer gains fame and pay with a salaried female saddle horse trainer in London. a woman at a railway is praised as the world’s only female train dispatcher, receiving equal pay to men. An old station anecdote and a humorous dialect piece close the column with social commentaries.
A field notice from Orange Judd Farmer explains practical methods to control the common asparagus beetle. It recommends trap plants, spraying with green parts and water, or dry Paris Green mixed with flour, plus hand collection of young insects. It stresses starting control now to protect this year and next year’s crop and details timing for spraying after cutting ends and before vines mature.
The article explains that fruit flavor, notably strawberries and melons, is shaped by rainfall and sun. Wet seasons yield larger fruit with less sugar, while dry periods concentrate sugar, improving flavor. Drainage and potash and phosphate fertilizers help. variety selection also matters. Bark beetle damages peaches, plums, and cherries, with trunk punctures causing gum, twig damage, and leaf death. Remove brush piles and infested wood. caustic washes and burning infested twigs reduce beetles.
The varying results from refined petroleum against San Jose scale raise doubts about applying the crude product to fruit trees. While contact may destroy the scale, widespread use has caused many dead trees and uncertain long term effects. Even with careful, identical applications, outcomes vary, and reckless use harms entomology’s reputation. A ten to twenty percent water mix may serve as a workable alinement wash, slowing spread until further studies clarify safety and efficacy.
A historical notice explains how to smooth soil before sowing cabbage and other seeds. It describes using two boards joined by barrel staves, with cleats and a crossboard to create a spring tension device for leveling soil. The carpentry steps specify nailing supports across the ends and center for stability.
A historical farm column discusses using a beveled underboard and a five foot stent wire to ease planting, plus seed brand recommendations. It urges preserving wild fruiting plants to aid birds, notes moisture and pulverization improve germination, and argues cultivation benefits weeds by forcing ongoing tillage.
The Farmers Review notes that choosing Tinnts Select plants for crops like strawberries and raspberries is crucial. It warns against using old stock from Wile plantations as it yields little profit. Proper selection underpins plant improvement, and if one cannot select personally, hiring experts is advised. Law and ax contests are common amusements in Tesmeois.
The piece argues vast money goes into baseball while health is pursued with costly methods. It promotes Zoe Tetters Stomach Hitters as a remedy to strengthen stomach and digestion and to cure dyspepsia constipation and kidney weakness amid a flurry of quotes and garbled dialogue about greatness and a new ball.
A reader misinforms that daily scalp washing clears dandruff and hair loss. Experts explain the only cure is to destroy the dandruff germ with Newbro's Herpicide, which kills the germ and lets hair grow normally. A humorous aside notes medical chatter about surgery and mistaken cures.
The ad touts Allen's Foot-Ites foot powder as relieving tight shoes and a range of foot ailments. It notes druggists sell it for 25 cents and provides sample details, listing Olmsted and Le Ray as addresses. Also mentions travel fare. Northern Pacific will offer a 45.0 round trip to Seattle Tacoma Portland with sale dates July 6 to July 14 and return by July 15.
A garbled OCR fragment cites police counts for England Scotland and Ireland, Canadian saloon figures in 1830 and present, Manitoba population, a Thames steamer fleet, a Burdens cycle track damage linked to electric light failure, and an 1801 Hamburg pier ad noting cigars and pipes. overall, disjointed data with many missing figures.
A June 3 report describes blacksmith Godland suffering severe rheumatic pain in the back and shoulders for years. After trying Dodd’s Kidney Pills, he improves markedly, becoming pain free and healthy. The notice claims the pills cure rheumatism and other ailments like dropsy and heart trouble.
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