The Swashbuckling Poet King of Montenegro
Portrait of Nicholas, seven years old in a Montenegrin village, as a famed warrior poet and ruler. He commands satire and song, defends Turks as foes in war yet forgives them as comrades, prints a journal named the Dove, and wields poetic justice under a fig tree to punish insults with epic verse.
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Czar
Nicholas
Montenegro
Sverska Ulieca
N Cholas
Irkos
Tomos
Vladikas
Montemasters
Peter II
Rjeka
Niksie
Homer
Carlope
Clio
Terpsichore
The
Dove
Vuka
Emerald Valley
Cettigne
Suleiman Pasha
Osman Pasha
Plevna
Dvorska Ulica
Vienna
Weat
The Age of Concrete and Its Growing Popularity
The article traces concrete from early 19th century origins to mass use by 1895, highlighting its rapid setting, water absorption, and strength growth. It notes Panama Canal bags, steel skeletal ships, and its potential to replace wood and brick in housing, sidewalks, tunnels, bridges, and dams. It cites rising lumber costs and building demand as drivers of concrete's spread.
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Portland
Panama Canal
National Magazine
Rest and nature cure vacation advice from The Naturopath
A short summer vacation on nature’s bosom is urged as essential to avoid overtaxing health and money. The piece extols simple living, listening to birds, and appreciating flowers as a remedy for illness and burnout, citing benefits for a renewed year. It also quotes Lord Chesterfield on flattery’s appeal to women.
Financier supports family on twelve dollars a week
The Detroit Free Press notes a so called prosperous financier who is not rich yet supports a five person family on $12 weekly. The item highlights contrast between perception of wealth and actual earnings.
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Detroit Free Press
Payn and a Poet Caller in Cornhill Year Past
Anecdote recalls editor James Payn of Cornhill Magazine confronted by a caller offering a treatise on sarcoma and carcinoma. Payn dismisses the poetry request and notes the caller’s odd paper roll. Nearby, Youth’s Companion references a medical journal office in the same building. London pensions report 64,212 pensioners, 44,782 women.
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William H. Rideing
James Payn
Sir Massingberd
Payn
Edi
Cornhill Magazine
Witherey
Mny
London
Production of Onion Sets Gains General Attention in Markets
W R Beattie notes the onion set method uses small undersized bulbs replanted to yield large onions. The industry concentrates near Louisville Chicago Platte River Nebraska and southern California on 2500 to 3000 acres with about 300 bushels per acre. Onion sets suit various climates but require less early spring planting and soil not overly rich.
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W. R. Beattie
United States
Louisville
Chillicothe
Chicago
Ill
Platte River Valley
Nebraska
New Jersey
California
Alfalfa Transplanting Breakthrough by Professor Hansen
North Dakota agronomist Professor Hansen has tested transplanting alfalfa using a tobacco cabbage cauliflower and tomato transplanting machine at five locations. He reports 6000 plants per hour with a plow system and says the method could reduce dodder and dish injury. Russian alfalfa varieties produced as many as 500 shoots per crown in gardens. Over 1200 farmers coop erate and report strong drought resistance in last year’s conditions.
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H. A. Hansen
North Dakota
Siberia
Department of Agriculture
Thle
Hansen
Letters for Marking Bags from Veggie Stamps
An initial bag marker uses a beet or potato. Cut a flat surface, carve the letter as shown, and stamp with shoe polish ink. Most letters must be reversed in order to print correctly.
Technique for Cutting a Bag Pattern from Vegetables
The instruction explains drawing a letter B on paper, cutting it out, then laying the pattern face down on a vegetable to cut around it so the bag's shape is formed. It emphasizes tracing the pattern onto produce and trimming to match the outline.
Average Fertilizer Formula for Corn Use
Average fertilizer for corn is 800 to 1000 pounds per acre of a blend containing 9 percent potash 7 percent available phosphoric acid and 2 percent nitrogen. A ton of this formula can be made from 860 pounds muriate of potash 1000 pounds acid phosphate and 260 pounds nitrate of soda.
Cutting Cowpeas For Harvest Then Stacking To Barn
Cowpeas may be cut with the mower and after a full day in sun the vines are raked up and lie another day in the windrow. They are then bunched in small groups and after another day or two put into larger bunches and left to stand as long as weather permits before being drawn to the barn.
Suspicious Seeds Prompt to Send for Examination
Advice urges placing seed samples in an envelope and mailing to a station for testing if seeds seem unsound or suspicious. The note emphasizes safe handling and official examination by a research institution.
Value of Poultry Products and Quail Diets in Gardens
The article examines quail diets showing seeds of weeds form most of their food and occasional fruit damage to vineyards when birds gather in large numbers. It also argues poultry products are a major farm crop, with profits tied to better production and market strategies, improved packing, and transportation to balance seasonal shortages.
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E. L. Beal
W. G. Chambers
Los Angeles
F. H. Stoneburn
Ucts
Inside Silo Construction Standards
The silo interior should have a smooth perpendicular wall to aid material settling. Double boarding with paper between causes slow drying and early decay. Doors must seal airtight when closed.
Winter Radishes for Home or Market Use
Winter radishes in white and pink varieties are described as desirable for home tables or markets. To secure crisp tender roots, sow seeds in rich soil with ample vegetable matter.
Locating the Silo Near Feeding for Stable Stowage
The silo should be located close to feeding and kept near to ensure efficient operation. Silage is heavy and feeding occurs 500 to 700 times yearly. anchor or secure the silo to prevent movement in high windstorms.
Care of Soil Defines Horse and Land Value
The piece argues soil care affects the value of a horse to a producer and directly impacts land feeding. It asserts that lumpy soil cannot adequately feed roots, linking soil texture to agricultural productivity and stock value.
Carden and Farm Notes
Topping corn reduces yield. Bees make a delicious product. Harly oats usually yield more than late oats. A tile under four inches diameter is not advised. Mulch with wheat offers little practical benefit. Bordeaux mixture sprays prevent potato blight. Impervious coverings slow but do not stop silage deterioration. Prepare alfalfa seed and roll after sowing. Legumes keep farms productive. Do not plant alfalfa seed too deep. Spread barnyard manure to boost corn. Tobacco depletes plant nutrients and requires heavy fertilization.
Feeding During Molting in Hot Weather
Molting is a natural phase not a disease and needs no medical treatment. Feed fowls as usual but reduce carbonaceous foods in hot weather. Use oats wheat cut clover alfalfa or legume seeds more when warm. Include green foods and roots like beets and turnips. Limit corn and other heat producers.
Poultry Care Guidelines From an Old Almanac Note
This article offers practical poultry care tips covering feed, housing, and management. It highlights low turnips for poultry, rice control, goose mothers, dry bran for year round feed, shade in yards, occasional sweet milk, and avoiding overfeeding in turkeys. It stresses sharp grit for grinding, oats for bone growth, summer egg quality, age limits for ganders, history of geese, crowd limits for chicks, day yarding, and night housing to reduce losses. It also notes market timing, feed components for pullets, and stresses exercise, warmth, variety, warm roost areas, droppings catch platforms, and shelter from sun.
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Egypt
England
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Praised by Ohio Woman
Upper Sandusky resident Mrs Benj H Stansbury credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of fatigue backache bladder trouble and nervous distress following a hospital suggestion. She urges other women to try the remedy citing thirty years of recognized use and testimonial proving its value.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Foreign Beliefs Are Queer In Superstitions On Weddings
The passage lists varied beliefs from Spain and Slav countries about weddings and hair, mirrors, candles, and rivalries at ceremonies. It notes hair splits as signs of witchcraft, blond or red hair as linked to witches, a candle blowing contest foretelling death, and specific rules for bridal positions and bans on broom burning. It also mentions bed side positioning for child health, smoking before age forty-five, birch broom wards, a pink silk bag with wax, and weekly shirt changes.
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Spain
Germany
Art Trade Totals Figures From Last Year
Imports reach 17.643 million dollars for works of art twenty years old and over free of duty plus 673135 dollars of American produced art works from abroad. Exports total 989321 dollars in paintings and statuary.
Nurse Ellen Emerson Serves at Massachusetts General
Miss Ellen Emerson granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson works as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston praising devoted service to humanity.
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Ellen Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Streetcar Strapless Sketch Raises Passenger Concern
The Status notes a lingering prospect of a strapless street car and observes that passengers remain involved, hinting at ongoing debate or risk to riders.
The Man Who Shoots at Random Never Hits
A proverb-like remark notes that aiming without precision leads to failure, stressing the futility of reckless action. It highlights the value of careful aim and deliberate effort over indiscriminate shooting.
Doctor's Postum Testimony Highlights Coffee Alternative
A physician from Missouri credits Postum with curing his long standing functional heart trouble after stopping coffee. He claims caffeine caused heart and nerve issues and says Postum is a better tasting, nourishing substitute. He prescribes Postum to patients and endorses its health benefits, urging others to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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