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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1897
Page
3
A narrator and Ralph Carriston confront a web of espionage and alleged madness. Carriston trusts a phantom witness while insisting Madeline Rowan is missing, prompting police involvement and a plan to publish a photoprint of a supposed suspect.
A medical man voices unease about Ralph Carriston amid a troubling climate around his cousin who may be declared mad. He fears Carriston’s scheming to gain control of the supposed lunatic and the risk of a wrongful certificate that could remove Carriston from the man's life, bringing distress and danger if exposed.
A report describes how greased or chemically clean metal wires and small glass rods can float on water. Dr A M Mayer notes a surface air film creates a trough on which objects rest, allowing even dense metals to float when pristine.
A well known young society woman earned the title grand laugh after joking about a gentleman's small hand. At a private gathering the topic turned to hand size and she quipped that while his hands were small he could squeeze hard, then halted as laughter swept the room.
An old southern planter faces death after fifty years on his plantation. He notes corn and mint as crops while no cotton grows. In his final moment he requests the tombstone inscription "Corn, but not for cotton" before passing, a noted New York phrase accompanying the scene.
In a whimsical tableau the Living Skeleton sighs for a heart, the Fat Lady dismisses a skeletal key, and a two headed girl joins with a laughing duet in minor.
An Ohio Experiment Station piece outlines beet sugar factory risks, emphasizes farmers gain beet and mushroom cultivation experience, and details soil, planting, thinning, and weed control. It also explains mushroom spawn production, bed preparation, and torchlit Grand Rapids quarry growing conditions.
A. H. Apted operates a year round mushroom plantation in an old plaster quarry near Grand Rapids. The mine maintains 60 to 65 degree temperatures, stays open day and night, and avoids trespassers. Dry winters risk moisture loss and fungus. Apted’s setup counts as a pioneering urban cave farm with potential for expansion.
Bulletin No 120 from the New York Experiment Station reviews using the spring-tooth harrow to conserve soil moisture, leveling ridges with a smoother, and choosing tools by soil type. It notes disc harrows can harm mulch, while light summer harrowing preserves mulch. spraying grape vines with Bordeaux mixture aids foliage and fruit ripening. It also covers feather pulling in poultry and how shaded ground preserves soil moisture for better growth.
An old catalog style page offers Salter seed seeds and plants with prices such as 14 cents per package and 1.00 for 25 packages, listing items like Round Globe Beet Kaiser Wilhelm Lettuce Earliest Carrot and Giant Yellow Onion. Interspersed are quirky lines about humor, health products, and teething remedies likely from era advertisements and short anecdotes.
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