Methods to remove or suppress calf horn growth
The article outlines two early methods to prevent horn growth in young calves. One option removes the horn at one month by lifting skin, extracting the horn nub, then covering the wound with tar plaster. The second uses caustic potash rubbed on the horn area to kill the horn tissue, noting risks to fingers without protective wrapping. It then notes New York Times commentary on apples and fruit market pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Saratoga
Spinach Leaf Maggot Threat to Crops
Professor C M Weed notes the spinach leaf maggot links to onion and cabbage maggots with fifty five per thousand infestation. The pest develops in pigweed and goosefoot leaves, making control tough. Recommended steps include picking infected leaves in spring and eliminating pigweed to curb breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Weed
Neoc
Rich manure method boosts early rhubarb growth in spring
The Boston Cultivator notes an old practice of placing rhubarb under a barrel with heads showing and surrounding it with stable manure to prevent freezing and promote fermentation. Drained ammonia and early soil nitrogen enrich the bed, yielding vigorous growth and potentially better prices when market demand rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Flowers on the Farm Promote Home and Pleasing Gardens
W. P. Perkins argues that farms should include flowers to create a homey, attractive setting. He champions the sweet pea for continuous beauty, advises planting on moist ground, fertilizing with wood ashes and nitrate of soda, rebloom care, and mulching roots before dry spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Perkins
Popular apples shift as York Imperial rises in taste
A dated discussion notes Baldwin King and Newtown Pippin losing favor to the York Imperial in English markets. It lauds York Imperial as sweet with tender flesh and red blush, while praising Newtown and Albemarle Pippin as aging standards.
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Baldwin
King
Newtown
England
Pippin
Ashes as natural fertilizer for New England soils
A Massachusetts ploughman advocates hardwood ashes as cheap, effective plant food. He notes soils in New England are potash hungry and that ashes provide mineral content without human-made additives. With guaranteed dry, clean ashes of about five percent potash, farmers can boost many crops.
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New England
Massachusetts
Toads in apiaries and simple fences feature in reader notes
Beekeeping readers discuss toads as both threats and allies, noting they eat pests but could prey on bees. A humane fence around hives is advised to exclude toads, plus tips on garden and kitchen notes follow, including bread making hints and recipe scraps.
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Beth Day
How to Rid Homes of Cockroaches
A Washington Star report suggests two home remedies for roach infestations. Sprinkle borax to kill roaches or place a smooth tin vessel with cake inside and a ladder of laths for access, trapping them overnight.
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Washington Star
Youngest New England sea captain captains Charles J. Willard
Captain John A. York of the schooner Charles J. Willard in Portland Maine has just turned eighteen and has commanded the six man crew for a year. The vessel sails between Maine ports and New York.
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New England
John A. York
Charles J. Willard
Portland
Maine
New York
Wise Words and Maxims of Candid Reflection
A collection of aphorisms on frugality health energy and character. It notes that trials reveal weakness and that great achievements come from patient effort. It warns against boasting vanity and careless speech and highlights the value of conscience over guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guck
Shortest Will on Record from Uniontown
In Uniontown Pennsylvania the shortest will on record was probated for W H Lohr of Bullskin Township. The fourteen word will gives all rights to Mary A Hoover. Lohr was fatally shot on December 26 1895 while hunting and asked his comrade to draw up the will for his sweetheart who he hoped to marry. Administration was granted jointly to them. The estate includes a half interest in a mill and timber tract valued at about 1000 dollars.
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Uniontown
Penn
W. H. Lohr
Bullskin Township
Mary A. Hoover
Lohr
Mary
Lobr
Pittsburg Dispatch
Nion
Cleveland
A Cat Named Tabby At Shawmont Fire Station
Fireman Samuel Moore of the Shawmont pumping station touts his cat Tabby as the finest feline. Raised among workers the mouser caught rats and mice, then shifted to a carp diet. The notable moment came when Tabby retrieved a two pound fish from the river bank beside the station.
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Samuel Moore
Shawmont
Tabby
Sam
Philadelphia
Odd Table Decoration At Hardware Merchants Association Dinner
The Philadelphia basedHardware Merchants and Manufacturers Association held a dinner at the Union League Club with striking table décor. Smilax and vines hid hardware tools while centerpieces included a tandem bicycle and an ordinary wheel. Each guest napkin carried a wood violet and white carnation with a small four-surfaced file beside each plate.
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Hardware Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Philadelphia
Union League Club
New York Journal
Arizona's Remarkable Bridge Opens To Public
A natural rock bridge in the Tonto basin near Flagstaff becomes accessible with new rail and stage roads. The 550 foot span crosses a 200 foot deep canyon over the Hows river. The bridge forms a graceful arch with level upper surface and the canyon walls are honeycombed with caves containing many stalactites and stalagmites.
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Arizona
Tonto Basin
Flagstaff
Wild sunflower belle and society women in early 1900s gossip
An Atchison Globe note profiles a popular young woman amid social currents and fashion, contrasts modern hair trends with past styles, and mentions Mrs Cleveland guarding her children's privacy. It also surveys women in medicine, society, and politics, naming several public figures and notable achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Woman’s Exchange
Albany
N. Y
Mme
Hatoyama
Ella Knowles
Montana
Kitty Reed
Washington
Reed
An Inexpensive Beautifier and Youthful Outlook
A Boston Transcript style note suggests inner uplift as an inexpensive beautifier. It urges smiling, recalling pleasant memories, kindness received, and generous thoughts toward friends. It posits lasting youth comes from wide sympathies and a loving heart, not cosmetics.
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New Church
Boston Transcript
Allegorical veil and fashion notes mix with notable women news
The passage describes a decorative spider and fly motif on a lace veil and changing fashion trends toward looser veils, followed by brief dispatches on prominent women: Mary E. Lease leaving lecturing for preaching, Parisian servants as sole legatees, Martha Carey Thomas joining Cornell trustees, Toulman Smith as librarian, Helen Gould funding NYU scholarships, and a 33 year old English woman auctioneer's success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Mary EK. Lease
Paris
Martha Carey Thomas
Burn Mawr College
Cornell University
Toulman Smith
Manchester College
Oxford
Helen Gould
New York University
England
Fashion notes preview spring gowns and accessories
Slight paniers appear on models and plain gored serge skirts flare to six yards. Demi length trained skirts return for ceremonies. Marie Antoinette shapes influence summer wraps and bishop sleeves. Narrows belts and lace flounces finish slim waists while velvet capes with ostrich trim grace youthful cloaks. Tea gowns favor soft cling fabrics with flowered silks and new tapestry cloth for Louis XVI jackets.
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Logansport
J. B. Allfres
Hursthold Affairs
Atchison
Atchison Globe
Elkins
West Virginia
J. Stanley Brown
Mollie Garfield
Gear
Iowa
Hernando de Soto Money
Mississippi
Empress of
Austria
Mary E. Wilkins
Countess of Warwick
London
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