Passing Of Wood Engraving And Its Printing Shift
In memoir form Harry Seon recalls early wood engraving for illustrated papers. He describes boxwood blocks carved by hand after pumice and bath brick prep, inked with India ink, then printed, and notes the evolution to oil or watercolor expanses and photographic halftone methods replacing traditional, laborious blocks. He cites Whittier's Snow Bound as an example of early boxwood prints sized two inches with reversed imagery for printing.
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Whittier
Birthday Stones and Their Meanings in Persian Tradition
The Chicago Journal lists the old Persian birthday stones by month. January garnet stands for constancy and fidelity. February pearl and amethyst signify purity and peace of mind. March jacinth or bloodstone denotes courage in affection. May emerald protects happiness in love. June agate promises long life health and prosperity. July ruby wards off love doubts. August moonstone favors conjugal felicity. September sapphire brings cheerfulness. October opal represents hopefulness and faith. November topaz denotes friendship fidelity. December turquoise brings success happiness and many friends.
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Opal
Topaz
Turquoise
Chicago Journal
Armadillo Legend Tells Of Shell Shield And Snake Slaying
Col. W W. Putnam recalls the armadillo as a common plains animal once plenty in Western Texas. He recounts Mexican legend that prayers led to a shell worn by the creature giving immunity from venomous snakes and turning it into a steady foe of reptiles.
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Texas
Plains
Col. W W. Putnam
Kansas City
Belvidere
Mexico
Old
That man you recommended lacks the first requisite for office
A Baltimore American quotation questions a candidate’s fitness, noting he is naturally retiring. The exchange highlights concerns over temperament and suitability for political office.
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Baltimore American
Love for others the test of true life in faith
Henry F. Cope argues the essence of Christianity is selfless service. The “new” religion fades when souls cling to self, while real conversion comes with social living and a universal law of love. He urges sacrifice, mutual aid, and humble service as life’s guiding aim. Fulton and Hudson are honored for their impact on the city and nation.
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Henry F. Cope
Gal. v
Nazareth
Aberdeen
Scotland
London
Feyther
Aweel
Popular Mechanics
Europe
Hudson And Fulton Insight Of Seeing Not Just Looking
A sermon discusses Hudson and Fulton, praising their gift of insight. It contrasts looking with seeing, noting Hudson’s ability to perceive the significance of the North River and Fulton’s parallel vision, leading to lasting contributions beyond mere exploration.
Just as I Am Hymn and Its Author Charlotte Ellicott
Feature on Charlotte Ellicott Brighton hymn writer famed for Just as I Am and The Invalids Hymn Book. Compares her prolific output and lasting Evangelical impact with her lifelong illness and travels on the European continent.
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Charlotte Ellicott
Brighton
England
Polite Japanese Quip Turns To Mild insult at Banquet
A Washington Star recollection recounts Inspector General Hornaday describing a Japanese guest Takashiro who, asked if Japanese women’s feet were bound, deflects the query by correcting a Chinese custom and praising the host’s courtesy with a bow. The note shifts to agricultural advise on green corn stalks and Angora goats aiding fire-guard trail work in California.
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General Hornaday
G. A. R. Toa
Washington Star
Coronel
Takashiro
California
Humus Benefits for Fertilizer Use and Soil Health
Humus forms after fertilizer decays and must be produced by keeping soil moist during plowing. Moist ground yields more humus, while sun-exposed fertilizer loses value. Humus lightens and loosens soil, improves ventilation, reduces heat, and helps bind sandy soils for better structure.
Replacing Bees With Foreign Queen Stock
The passage discusses gradually replacing common bees with Italian or Cypriot varieties by removing the old queen and introducing a fertilized queen. Guarding the new queen in a small cage helps her acceptance, and over months the colony shifts to the desired type as the old bees die. The queen is forced to lay many eggs daily to accelerate the process.
Beekeeping Advice for Winter Honey Stores and Hive Protection
The excerpt advises beekeepers to ensure a steady truce with nature by protecting hives from storms and providing abundant honey for winter. It suggests sowing crops that boost nectar to help bees lay in a large honey supply, especially when maintaining many hives.
Willing Quack Grass and Household Tips Chronicle
A Michigan farmer shares a method to kill quack grass by deep plowing and weekly cultivation for six weeks, plus notes on removing surface roots. The column also offers homemaking advice from cleaning linoleum with milk to preserving plums in sugar syrup and orchard care.
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Michigan
Selecting Seed Potatoes for Better Yields Says Vermont Contributor
A Vermont contributor to the American Cultivator urges farmers to save and select their best potatoes for seed next spring. By setting aside smooth, rot free tubers, and planting those from careful selection over years, farmers can improve seed quality and reduce shortages, echoing a practice from Green Mountains where seed once sold for five dollars a bushel.
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Vermont
Green Mountains
Rye feeds horses and straw mixed rations advised
The article explains rye as a horse feed comparable to oats and wheat when ground finely and mixed with cut straw or hay. It notes half rye with corn to help the meal stick, and warns straws for sows, advising against straw piles for pigs to prevent illness. It ends with poultry notes on water, culling, and green feed benefits.
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Cornell University
Texas heat kills boll weevil, signals earlier cotton harvest
Dr W D Hunter, government entomologist in charge of the Southern field, reports in a Dallas bulletin that oppressive Texas heat has decimated the boll weevil, the major cotton pest. Ninety nine percent of the parasites are dead, though heat also accelerates incubation in cotton bolls, possibly yielding an earlier harvest.
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W. D. Hunter
Dallas
Texas
Grades of Cream Defined by Butter Fat Percentages
Kansas Agricultural College outlines cream grades by butter fat: first grade 20 percent or more, second grade 25 to less than 30 percent, third grade less than 25 percent. Creameries seek 30 percent and above for higher butter yield due to greater overrun.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Movable Schools of Agriculture Proposed by USDA
The USDA recommends movable schools of agriculture by state experiment stations. Fifteen farmers can be enrolled as students and the school may run for a year or longer. Instruction should reflect local needs of the region.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pudding Fashioned From Fine Crumbs And Eggs
Soak fine crumbs in milk for two hours. Beat yolks with melted butter nutmeg and vanilla. Fold in stiff whites. Bake in a greased dish in a steady oven and serve hot with hard sauce.
How to unmold jelly using warm water technique
The procedure instructs rinsing the jelly mold in cold water, draining, then using warm water to loosen. It advises warming the mold more for jelly inside and tilting it to ensure the jelly releases evenly from all sides before inverting onto a dish.
Pancake Batter From Simple Pantry Mix
The recipe lists one pint of sour milk three teaspoonfuls melted lard three eggs beaten one teaspoonful soda and flour to make a batter. Beat egg whites and yolks separately fold in stiff whites last then bake on a griddle like other pancakes.
Onion Celery Mushroom Rice Stew Recipe
Combine one cup onions fried to brown one cup celery cut in two inch pieces shredded and stewed in vegetable stock for thirty minutes one cup fried mushrooms and two cups boiled rice with a cup thin brown sauce. Heat ten minutes and season with salt and pepper.
Onions in Cream Instructions for serving onions with cream
The recipe instructs boiling seasoned onions until tender but intact, draining well, then pouring one cup of cream over each pint of onions. Let the cream scald, season with salt and pepper, and serve hot. A sprinkle of minced parsley is optional. Boiled onions pair with hot sauces such as tomito, brown, or mushroom.
Not Bread and Nut Milk Cake Mix Instructions
A two item recipe segment describes making a brown sugar vinegar syrup to cook, cool, and cut into squares, followed by a nut bread style batter using milk sugar flour nuts baking powder and eggs with a rest period before baking in a moderate oven.
Simple Slow Simmered Beef Ribs in Tomato Gravy
A basic stovetop method for beef ribs uses two pounds of ribs one pint of canned tomatoes one large onion one red pepper six cloves and a quart of water. Simmer very slowly two to three hours season with salt and thicken gravy with browned flour before serving.
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Clermont
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Empire
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A. W. Snyder
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America
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Lamb of God
God
Coburn
Buenos Aires
New York City
New York
Manchuria
Rio Janeiro
United States
Kosmos
Missouri
F. D. Luckey
Schoenleben
Kansas
Interstate Association of Live. Stock Sanitary Board
Chicago
Worcester
Mass
Japan
Tokyo
Henry Savage Landor
South Pole
Shackleton
Menelik
Abyssinia
Menell
Ceylon
Burma
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