Gooseberries in Iowa urged for wider cultivation and best American varieties
A Iowa note urges farmers to grow more gooseberries, praising American varieties like Downing Houghton and Champion over foreign types. It warns mildew is a major threat to English stocks, advises fall planting, row spacing, sun exposure, and good drainage, and highlights optimal hive and bee-keeping practices to avoid fertilized workers.
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Iowa
M. J. Wragg
Iowa State Register
Crown
Houghton
Crystal
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Preparing Bees for Wintering in Indiana Convention
L B R Jackson emphasizes wintering bees as essential to profitable beekeeping. Key points include starting preparations by late October, stocking with sugar honey free of pollen, using cane sugar for winter stores, filling upper-story frames with winter stores, keeping bees dry and free of drafts, minimizing brood rearing in fall, and maintaining at least two old bees per young bee during winter. He advocates single wall hives on summer stands for best results.
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Ees
Indiana
Rio
Muth
L. BR. Jackson
Selling Turkeys and Dealer Standards in Local Trade
A penurious breeder of inferior stock faces scrutiny as turkeys are weighed and sorted. Dealers reject weak birds, favoring better stock to preserve the locality’s turkey reputation. On arrival, turkeys are inspected for freshness and blood spots, then packed in paper lined boxes with equal numbers of hens and toms.
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Samuel Cushman
Bees and beekeeping notes from Kansas farmer and others
An article section discusses gentle behavior of bees during honey gathering and proper swarm handling. It explains brood and surplus hive placement, timing for adding upper boxes, and readiness of a swarm on foundation frames. It also covers powdery mildew in apples, sulfur as a remedy, Bordeaux mixture for downy mildews, and a note on blue grass history and cautious experiment.
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Kansas
Port Arena
Parise Rural Press
P. S. Kennedy
Veal over Butter: Dairy Profit Shifts to Calf Rearing
The National Stockman argues veal production is more profitable than making butter when butter prices are low. Dairymen already buy calves from milk producers and fatten them, predicting higher value from prime veal. Experts note veal quality favors exclusive milk feeding, with eight pounds of milk yielding one pound gain. Producers may favor veal as butter likely falls, easing butter oversupply.
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Holland
The County Fair 1898 Prospects Bright for Harvests
The 1898 county fair season promises unusual success with favorable spring and summer crop conditions aided by August rains. Livestock feed is abundant as hay and forage crops thrive. oats and wheat yield well, corn may be lighter though adequate for feeding. Farmers urged to attend with families to celebrate and elevate fair standards through communal participation.
Wheat and live stock shape world commerce and farming
The article notes wheat's dominant role in global commerce through soil work, farming tools, transport, and mills. It urges stock breeders to modernize methods to reflect improved conditions. It warns twig blight is damaging fruit trees, especially apples and quince, harming orchards in several regions.
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King Shotress
Winter King and the Joys of the Fireside
A poetic scene unfolds of winter as a regal figure, marching from the North to bless the poor, with frost winds, icy imagery, and children skating beneath a snowy landscape. The verse extols kindness, warmth, and present happiness over looming sorrow, urging joy in the season.
Edward Marsden of Alaska Aims for Indian Education
A Northern-born full blooded American Indian from New Metlakahtla Alaska, Edward Marsden, recently graduated from Lane Theological Seminary after studies at Sitka Industrial School and Marietta College. He plans to return as a teacher and missionary among Alaska Indians, possessing diverse skills from bricklaying to clock repair and surveying, and fluent in two Alaska Indian languages. Marsden’s self-made path, aided by Alaska friends, reflects public-spirited ambition and a model of perseverance for American youth.
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North
Idian
New Metlakahtla
Alaska
Sitka
Marsden
Cincinnati Young Men’s Christian Association
Marietta College
Lane Theological Seminary
British Columbia
United States
Some Young Americans and Innuit Eskimos of Alaska
A writer highlights Innuit children on St. Lawrence Island who study in American schools. They are tall, capable, and quick to learn English, with strong drawing and carving skills. Their culture shows tender compassion, sharing food during scarce times, as teacher Gambell feeds thirty or forty pupils and the kids return leftover beans to share. They are patient, industrious, and explain how they seek to gather food in the short Arctic summer.
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America
Alaska
Outlook
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Straits
Gambell
Over-curious wisdom and varied world notes
A collage of facts and anecdotes covers public funerals costs, envelope history, Mexico’s presidents, violent deaths, sea foam origins, Lincoln town council, Toronto dentist aid to poor children, polar fox coat changes, Cape Gisnez electric light reach, women as electric car conductors in Chillicothe, hats with Conductor ribbons, and Empress Augusta crosses given to German servants.
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Toronto
Cape Giisnez
Dover
Chillicothe
Ohio
Elation Should Be Suppressed in Hospital Banter
A dialogue captures a young doctor praising frequent call nights and an older mentor praising the effort while stressing steady attendance. The exchange underscores professional discipline and the pressures of medical on-call life.
Fragmented Domestic Wisdom and Odd Advertisements
A garbled collage of 19th century advice and product pitches mentions marriage advice from Fuller, old patent medicines, dogs wearing shoes in London, a Teething remedy, and references to Castile remedies. It notes unusual claims, a Brooklyn mother, and ample hay pricing in western Connecticut.
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Fuller
Connecticut
Washing a Wild Tiger Tale of a fearless moujik and tiger bond
An 19th century report recounts Peron hiring a Cossack who, with no French, calmly cleans a tiger’s cage. The tiger awakens but the moujik proceeds, washing the beast with a sponge as the animal purrs and rolls, then is led away before attempting another dangerous display.
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la France du Nord
Peron
Moscow
Beton
Ensign Haxles's Last Words at Cardenas Death Scene
The Chicago Chronicle reports a private letter recounting Ensign Bagley's death aboard the torpedo boat near Cardenas. Wounded severely, Bagley was aided by Reagan who raised him to the deck. With moments to live, Bagley opened his eyes, thanked Reagan, and spoke his final words before passing.
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Haxles
Chicago Chronicle
Ensign Bagley
Wisslow
Cardenas
Sater
Reagan
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