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Newspaper
Our Church Paper
Location
New Market, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1902
Page
4
George H Hepworth argues modern business habit of auditing stock should apply to self appraisal. He urges daily solitary reflection to purge selfish impulses, seek virtue, and pursue personal righteousness, claiming true world change comes from inner reform and heavenward living.
Francis Stanier of Peplow Hall near Market Drayton died recently at about two weeks' illness. His favorite American and Japanese geese fed by him vanished after his death, though over 100 birds once gathered at his window. The flock disappeared. none seen since.
A humorous exchange where Willie asks why women are called the opposite sex and the old man muses that it may be because they are contrary. The dialogue captures a light, folksy view of gender in a vintage voice.
The article explains that stable manure lacks sufficient nitrogen and emphasizes potash and phosphoric acid as the essential, retrievable nutrients. It advocates frequent cultivation to expose soil elements to air and moisture, enabling dissolution and uptake by roots, with potash and phosphoric acid remaining usable when applied in winter and broadcast over crimson clover or bare soil.
The Western Agriculturist argues buyers should prioritize quality size and disposition over color. Farmers once chasing fashionable colors now seek useful, well-bred horses regardless of shade, noting color is a matter of taste and variety benefits the breed.
Dairymen note that animals will eat smut covered corn without showing harm, but the disease spreads via manure and ground deposits. Farmers urged to inspect fields every ten days during growth and again before harvest, cutting and burning infected parts to prevent sow feeding and future losses.
Hackneys are a British carriage horse with high knee action and strong endurance. They range from fourteen to fifteen and a half hands and have produced fast trotters, with some selling for a thousand guineas. In England they are saddle horses, and their bloodlines influence French coach horses. American breeders are introducing high quality Hackneys as valuable additions to horse stock.
The article explains how to plant and manage asparagus roots, stressing strong buds and proper cutting times. For new beds avoid cutting until year three or four, avoid late-season cutting, and limit early harvests to allow roots to mature for long term yields. It compares the root to a cistern and urges keeping up with buds for continuous annual returns.
Shipbuilder Cramp announces a method to convert cornstalks into smokeless powder cellulose alcohol mats and cattle feed with potential to raise corn value by 5 per acre. He envisions small plants costing up to 150 000 across the corn belt and a chain of facilities in major states. The claim drew cautious interest from Western senators amid reports in the Sioux City Tribune.
A traditional ad touts Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for liver disorders and constipation. It cites a testimonial from Michael Maher of Little Falls, New York, claiming illness from jaundice and liver trouble was cured by one bottle. The ad urges buying the product and offers a medical adviser book free via stamp mail order.
A catalog listing Henkel & Co. offerings including church music, catechisms, sermons, biographies, and religious works. Items are described with formats and prices per dozen and individual copies, plus miscellaneous printing services and additional books for sale. Numerous Lutheran titles by Henkel, McIntosh, Rhodes, Bolick, Salyards, Fox, Crouse, and Stork are included with cloth, paper, and gilt-edged bindings.
A newspaper sketch contrasts the autocratic Czar Alexander III with his son Nicholas II noting the Czarina’s sociable demeanor. It describes the imperial couple's dinner hour routine with ministers visiting late and the Czarina engaging in embroidery while the Czar works at his desk.
A Florida paper observes farmers shifting from oranges to diversified crops after a major freeze. Sea Island cotton declines in price, prompting broader cultivation of tobacco grapes sugar and rice. Wet lands may yield rice and sugar while uplands subdivide for fruit and vegetables. staple crops aim for highest profits.
A Richmond Pantagraph item profiles a Ford resident who earned cash by trapping rabbits and cats using apple cores as bait. He collected three dozen rabbits, twenty seven black cats and other fur bearing animals, selling them to fund his family’s winter clothing, rent, meals, oil, and provisions.
Ida Kays of Nemaha County Kansas describes a gardening technique mixing lettuce radish and slower germinating onion seeds in the same beds. Onions mark the rows allowing easy weeding while radishes and lettuce harvest before onions mature. Marly or late cabbage and related forms may also be sown this way.
Ornamental trees improve estate value more than other investments but should not crowd the house. Do not plant large trees too close. keep branches from touching the building and maintain light and air under the canopy by trimming high. Fifty feet is near enough to the house for large growing trees.
Article urges create a small dry coop hospital to isolate sick fowl to prevent contagion from roup and waterborne spread. It notes Nasville 1902 Peabody College Summer School and announces Southern Railway round trip sale to Nashville for June 1902 event with limited travel dates and extension option.
A notice asks readers to inform the editors of any used advertisements. It notes ads will be discontinued if known to readers and mentions the paper does not expect favors for nothing while criticizing schemes that require advances.
Workmen demolishing a barn at Cobb's Ferry New York uncovered a rats nest stuffed with US currency. The money, partly chewed, is believed to total around 1000 dollars in 5 10 and 20 dollar bills. Professor Thomas Thompson owns the property and claims ownership of the found funds by equity.
The article describes a beetle species in Australia acting as an energetic undertaker. Troops bury decomposing remains by hollowing soil, sinking bodies several inches, then covering the grave. Females lay eggs in the tomb and larvae feed on the plentiful food.
The Boston Herald notes Harvard professors stress how a narrow gap separates mankind from apes and chimpanzees. They emphasize a thin partition but affirm human distinction with gratitude.
The rifle bird of Paradise in New South Wales drew global interest years ago. Its eggs and nest are strikingly handsome with red and violet streaks on flesh tinted ground. Nests display cast-off king snakes to deter nest robbers. Mrs Wicks remark precedes a quip about a milliner bill and trimming.
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