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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
2
Prof. C. Georgeson details Japan’s harvest timing from late October to early November. Rice is cut by hand with sickles, bundled, and dried at the border before threshing, winnowing, and marketing. Primitive and improvised mills, bamboo accents, and mat sacks illustrate traditional processing. He notes superior Japanese varieties and efforts to introduce them elsewhere.
Farmers discuss using year old silage for milk production, noting older silage digests better and sustains yields. Experts advise building summer silos for drought times, with careful sizing to allow a year’s supply, and fermenting silage to avoid milk drops when cows are on new feed.
The Obte Experiment warns gardeners to be alert for leaf spot on muskmelons and begin early prevention. Wet weather favors the disease. spraying for downy mildew should start now and continue at intervals to reach mid August yields.
The Haling government will pay $1,000,000 to drain the poutine marshes by a German ayndinate. Hind farmlig is typically followed to the detriment of the farmer, aligning with common outcomes in such schemes.
The article discusses pear blight as a major threat to orchards and notes that recent new pear varieties may be blight resistant but often lower in quality. It advises continued cultivation, careful feeding, and wary experimentation with new varieties, warning that hardiness and quality rarely coincide and that only a few new varieties may prove superior.
A farmer reported cows sick after eating beet pulp and dying with severely damaged stomachs. The article suggests sugar beet pulp may not be the cause and cites a Western station finding toad dust from ore transported in cars contaminating beet pulp. It warns railroad handling of dirty ore can endanger cattle feed.
A reader asks where to source eggs for November incubation since lacking hens. He notes store eggs hatched poorly and seeks advice on dependable egg sources and best practice for using an incubator.
Experiments in Wisconsin at Madison and Stevens Point test irrigation as a drought remedy. Last year severe drought boosted irrigated potato yields by about 1460 bushels. Well drained land aids post freshet work and drought resilience as roots grow deeper, sustaining plants through crises.
The piece narrates a comic scene where a horse is lost after a boy is supposed to guard it while a man drinks. It juxtaposes reflections on speech and trust with a social jab at rising prices. A digression on voices and sounds deepens the humorous tone.
A brisk chat shows Mrs Benham arguing a wife may love two men if the husband is not sane in company. Betham questions the idea as Mrs Benham urges the wife to try to love her husband. Learned and Ignorant features Miss Dimpleton teasing Mr Carpington for knowing classics but not common sense.
Tess convinces her husband that golf is sinful on Sundays. Jess reveals he never cared for golf and only played to please her.
An exchange features a man discussing a earned salary and a four year effort to secure a position. A housekeeper asks how to prevent mold on preserve jars and a correspondent suggests turning jars upside down as a solution.
A humorous social exchange recounts a man noting the appearance of Mr. Styles at a ball and later alarming a bystander as he shouted to watch out while crossing the street in his motor car. The incident captures prewar- era manners and public road safety as a brief social vignette.
A self-conscious young man asks why the world loves a jover. A coarse cynical figure replies that pity is akin to love, highlighting social attitudes and playful irony in a domestic scene.
A humor sketch about a neighbor remarking on thrift while misinterpreting economy. A couple debates porch chair painting, joking that the cost included a new gown. A brief dialogue riff on marriage and stage etiquette with opera glasses shared.
A dialogue fragment features a beautiful girl addressing Yeu with a marriage proposal conditioned on him making a name for himself. The suitor questions the meaning of self fame, and the girl reframes it as earning a name for her. The exchange reads as a wry social meditation on reputation and partnership.
Strawber announces to Old man his plan to propose to Misa Quillcutter tonight. Singerly questions the necktie as the engagement scene unfolds with banter about whether a yes means true love.
The dialogue features Miss Maison and others debating expertise and titles. A jokey exchange about typewriters, pretended expertise, and nicknames reveals character quirks and social humor. The Doctor jokes about being called an old idiot, underscoring wit and impatience in casual discourse.
Farmer Corntossel and his wife argue gently about accusations that their mill is never skimmed. He defends their practice, saying the product is already skimmed when purchased from the dairyman.
Snippets mock social life with Celia recalling Ophelia’s party where guests submitted sealed guesses on the groom to name a maid of honor. Chauncey Depew’s blues in Paris and lines about prominence and a witty exchange on writing draw laughter in a breezy column.
The article notes Mr. Balfour as the latest in a line of Irish secretaries who rose to prime minister, a path not seen since the 1830 appointment of Lord Stanley later known as the Duke of Derby. It lists prior Irish secretaries who became PMs: Wellington, Peel, and Melbourne.
An early 1900s newspaper snippet touts Templeton Business College with Ellis Cabinet and Gregg shorthand programs, urging inquiries from local business and professional men. It also highlights Dr Doyen praising German colleagues, mentions Dr Bergmann’s long days, Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children, a French painter Paul Merwert linked to the St Pierre disaster, and Burdock Blood Bitters as a health tonic.
A New York Sun reporter notes Boer leaders urge preserving race spirit while acknowledging South Africa now flies one flag. They claim the Dutch have a glorious past in former republics, likening to Scotland Wales and Ireland. Also features Missouri Pacific fare notices for home visitors excursions to Ohio and India with sale dates and 30 day return, plus a Hoboken woman said to have saved many lives from drowning and grown weary of counting.
Ohio professor Elliott testified before the ways and means committee on fur seal preservation in Alaska. When Rep Tawney asked his occupation, he listed pomologist horticulturist viticulturist artist and naturalist, prompting a quip he came from Cleveland. The piece ends by noting Dr Thomas Electric Oil for croup emergencies.
A Brooklyn rope company produced the largest coil of wire rope ever made in the city last week. The 17 700 foot long coil weighed 22 030 pounds and consisted of forty two strands of crucible cast steel. It took sixteen days to manufacture and was valued at two dollars per foot.
Fragmentary report notes forests of leafless trees in parts of Australia. It mentions a plant respiration process through a tiny stem and references a term linked to leaf- like activity. No clear event or named entities emerge from the readable text.
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