Up-to-date Hints on Cultivation and Weeds in Horticulture
This article reviews spraying fruit trees by contract in Bridgeport to combat elm leaf beetle, notes growing herbicide practices, and reports the appearance of Bracted Plantain in Pennsylvania meadows and lawns. It highlights Weed control by hand pulling and burning and cites Prof. L H Dewey.
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L. O. Howard
Department of Agriculture
Bridgeport
Conn
W. S. Bullard
L. H. Dewey
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Easton
Bethlehem
Mississippi Valley
Dewey
Maryland
Illinois
Geo, C. Butz
Penn
Nature of Foul Brood and its broader impact on bees
A Farm and Home writer notes that foul brood was once thought to affect only larvae, hence the name. Hilbert’s 1875 investigations showed the disease can attack not just brood but also mature bees, sometimes including the queen.
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Farm and Home
England
Hilbert
Foul brood in bees spreads rapidly through hives
The article warns that foul brood disease spreads quickly via spores in combs honey and pollen and through workers cleaning cells. It notes transmission by nurse bees feeding larvae and air currents at hive entrances and cautions beekeepers to disinfect equipment to prevent spread.
Root Killing of Fruit Trees Raises Regional Queries
Rural Life notes an unusual winter in which young apple trees in nurseries and orchards suffered extensive root damage. The piece reports inquiries from north Iowa and Wisconsin about causes and whether some varieties are more susceptible to root killing.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Citizens urged to form shade protection league for city trees
The piece urges cooperative effort to defend shade trees from pests. It cites a Washington summer plan with coupons joining a league to destroy injurious insects near homes. It outlines simple garden actions and yearly timing to curb fall webworm elm leaf beetle tussock moth bagworm eggs and related pests.
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Washington
League
Prickly Lettuce Invades New Pennsylvania Areas
A description notes Prickly lettuce Laetuca scariola spreading rapidly in Pennsylvania, attracting attention from farmers and gardeners. The European species appeared in America by 1868 and resembles common garden lettuce when seed is produced, with long narrow leaves clasping the stem and having prickly margins.
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America
Milk Shortage Hits Townsville During Tick Plague
In Townsville North Queensland the tick plague has wiped out milk yielding cows leaving residents relying on tinned milk as the sole dairy supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsville
Queensland
Employment of Women Signals Shifting City Labor Roles
In New York City the Forum notes a rapid rise of women in gainful occupations since 1880. Census figures show women growing from about 15 to 17 percent of workers, with sharp increases in professional services, domestic work, manufacturing, and trade, reflecting a major labor shift.
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New York
Chambers Street
Forum
Wall Street
Sea serpent sighted off Borneo by Tam o' Shanter crew
Captain Peabody of the Portland packet Tam o Shanter reports a giant sea serpent off Borneo about 190 feet long, surrounded by a field of snakes over fifty miles. The creature followed the ship, outpaced other sea serpents, and reportedly swallowed a large shark after a clash with a colossal alligator.
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Peabody
Portland
Tam O' Shanter
Borneo
New York Tribune
Ehien
Bishop Pontopiddian
New Orleans
Bald Rascal Struggles Amid Vanity and Debt
A correspondent describes a smooth talking gambler known as Rame Old Joker, noting his impecunious brother writes of hard times and claims generosity earned him better fortune. The text mocks him as a cultivated rascal who is bald as a door knob.
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Bluely
Imps in verse and sermon across ages
The term imp once meant a child. Shakespeare used imps to describe children in the tower. Jeremy Taylor mentions beautiful imps singing hosannas to the Savior in the temple.
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Shakespeare
Jeremy Taylor
Reading Between Lines at London Tid-Bits
A brief exchange shows Miss Elderly refusing a request while The Rejected quips about reading faces. The gag underscores a playful tone in the London journal.
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London
Forgive Our Sins Before They Are For Given
A Boston Beacon quip recalls a boy named Johnny asking his teacher what must be done to have sins forgiven. The teacher response begins with defining sin and forgiveness in a concise moral joke.
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Johnny
Boston Beacon
The lammergeier Shaves Itself on Mountain Peaks
The piece describes the lammergeier or bearded vulture found across Old World mountain chains. It claims the bird shaves its bristly beard using feathered tufts near the eyes, nostrils, and under mandible, aided by claws like razors, producing a full bristly plumage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Francisco Examiner
Nes
Lie
Balzac Museum at Levallois-Perret Mystery
In Levallois-Perret near Paris a Balzac souvinir museum formed from Balzac home fragments remains hard to visit. An archaeology student uncovers carvings and door ornaments including a head held in the right hand with the inscription Plus Despair. The collection’s owner and purpose are unknown.
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Levallois-Perret
Paris
Balzac
Excerpted praise for Cheerful Yesterdays in Atlantic Monthly
Announcement that the November Atlantic Monthly will publish a series of reminiscences on Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, spanning fifty years of his life and interactions with many movements and figures. The autobio historical papers promise a cheerful tone and notable insight.
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Atlantic Monthly
Thomas Wentworth Higgins
The Feature Fly
The piece argues flies illustrate persistence, noting their relentlessness when after a person and their resistance to elimination. It compares patience to Job and concludes attempts to kill a fly often cause personal harm, as presented in the Atchison Globe observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libre
Atchison Globe
Skepticism Arises Over New Preacher in Town
A fragment shows townsfolk debating the new preacher’s politics and ethics. Some say his sermons echo political aims, while others defend the message citing the golden rule as misused by critics.
Mrs H Sheppard Praises Dr Kay's Renovator Cure
A Omaha reader from Room 24 Fdling Block reports relief from constipation and internal hemorrhoids after using Dr Kay's Renovator. The ad notes the product is sold by druggists for 25 cents and two dollars.
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Mra. H. Sheppard
Omaha
Neb
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Omana
Nex
Missouri
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Missouri Land and Live Stock Company
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Ruaito Building
Chicago
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