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Newspaper
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Location
Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
5
A Colorado newspaper page compiles quirky items and social quips. It lampoons politicians, entertainers, and everyday life with humorous takes on May Yohe in Paris, Carrie Nation, train robbers, sultans, ankle bugs, and a New York farmer's wife inheritance.
Charlie and an Anglo-Saxon youth named Alexander Brand plot a tunnel escape from a grimy dungeon. The Barron Peterhoff misreads the scene, pardons follow, and Charlie learns Arline Brand’s link as he faces breakfast with the baron and contemplates the next move.
Charlie and Baron Demetruus Peterholt leave Steen dungeons arm in arm at dawn. They head to the baron’s palatial home where Charlie shares his tale, the baron eager to expose the “unholy fraud” and aid in unmasking the culprit. The scene sets for a decisive confrontation to come.
A university group of students in a fraternity house played hearts with chips for scoring. When jackpot was proposed, a devout theological student, shocked by the term, declared he was through and left. Despite attempts to explain, he would not resume the game.
The London News notes French, German, and Italian are spoken in Switzerland. 1888 counts show German 2,083,097. French 634,613. Italian 155,130. The latest official census shows German 2,319,105. French 733,220. Italian 222,247. Some cantons show reduced German use, notably Neufchâtel with 22,000 speakers down to 17,000.
The view that hard work created Shakespeare’s genius is absurd. His finest imagination was a divine gift, not earned through toil. Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, and Keats wrote rapidly, with fevered energy, and could be revised by managers, proving mind’s natural gifts over effort.
A Brook lyn widow who received an advertising circular from a local undertaker firm responds with humor and a Philadelphia angle. She notes her brother died in Philadelphia last year and suggests writing to his family, turning a routine pitch into a pointed personal jab.
M Paul Bonnier reports the ear senses altitude through barometric pressure changes in addition to hearing. He demonstrated the sensation during a balloon ascent and notes the faculty may be more developed in birds than in humans. The discovery suggests ordinary tasks gain beauty through diligent execution.
Mr Edward C Post secretary of a Michigan beet sugar cooperative reports sugar in beets varies by depth. Tops above ground contain substantial sugar but not more than lower parts. Beets grown mostly below surface yield higher sugar. The article also notes grasses and pastures influence on stock feeding and soil humus. Rotating sugar beets with other crops reduces soil drainage and boosts yields for wheat rye barley oats peas and potatoes in German trials.
Creamery picnics are now held in parts of the northwest especially Minnesota under creamery managers or patrons associations. Attendees include patrons their families and other farmers. The gatherings foster thorough discussion of dairy business and are praised for their informal friendly atmosphere.
A horticulture essay notes that most planted trees fail to become fruit bearers. Estimates show only one in a hundred trees planted may prove a good bearer, with Missouri figures at one in twenty bearing and one in fifty fruitful for years. The piece urges societies to educate growers on proper planting and care to expand orchards.
The greatest damage from the lumberman is not just cutting the forest but fire and ground slash. Fire destroys seed trees and hinders natural regeneration, leaving only fire resistant species. Locust fringe plantations offer coppice vigor and utility for poles. railroads in Europe plant it along tracks for profit.
Prof. Andrew M. Soule warns that few grasses and clovers suit general culture in the middle south. Farmers should favor well established varieties, study their soil adaptability, and resist chasing flashy novelties until proven valuable.
The Ohio Experiment Station urges six day interval spraying to stop grape rot and recommends Soda Bordeaux mixture or ammoniacal copper carbonate. Regular Bordeaux mix is only sometimes safe on Catawba grapes. For Concords and early varieties, Soda Bordeaux should be used until August 16 with one Catawba post dates, notes Botanist A Db pey.
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