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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1897
Page
2
Practical garden notes cover sowing thickly in drills with little trans planting and thinning to six inches, blanching methods using boards and tiles, and preventing leaf burial. A tale of celery experiments ends with winter storage tips and encouragement about eating celery.
A Rural New Yorker excerpt collects barn fire anecdotes from a social gathering. Stories include a smoker's pipe igniting straw through barn cracks, a lantern causing a blaze after a horse incident, and a horse dropping a burning match into litter, highlighting unpredictable ignition risks and misattribution.
The bulletin from the Wisconsin Horticultural Society notes celery thrives in deep black loam that holds moisture yet drains well. It discusses varieties with Giant Pascal or Golden Heart as choices and suggests growing your own seeds for better results. After eating the tops, roots store well in the cellar similar to potatoes.
Denver Field and Farm cautions high feeder prices risk a steer market drop as many buy feeders now. Expect a fall dumping of longhorns, overflow of cattle, and heavy losses for buyers. Grow cow herds instead, raise calves, and avoid overstocking feeders amid looming auction sales and debt.
The Central States Fruit Grower notes gooseberries struggle in hot dry summers suited for grapes, with mildew harming leaves. England grew gooseberries while France Italy and Spain favored grapes. Hordeaux mixture offers protection for both gooseberries and grapes. The article discusses borers and various control methods, stressing thorough, trusted treatment and careful inspection.
E A Fitz Gerald and guides Zurbriggen and Harper endure a dreadful night on a cliff in the New Zealand Alps. They sit on a narrow ledge as rocks rain down, candles warmed by masking sheeting, boots frozen stiff, and the party struggles through through a frigid dawn to begin descent.
Mrs. J T Willis formerly a Dawson City washwoman left Tacoma two years ago and joined a cattlemen party to the Yukon diggings. She staked a claim now valued at about 250000 and is famed for introducing the first boiled shirt among Yukon miners. Her husband, a Tacoma blacksmith, remained behind ill and unable to work.
A Texas rider bets a cowboy Dick that a bicycle racer can cover fifty miles faster than a bronco. The race ends with Dick’s horse collapsing and the cyclist winning, prompting the narrator to claim a half interest in the ranch.
For over thirty years a single Brooklyn navy yard room manufactures flags for US ships and every nation. Foreman James Crimmins oversees precise measurements, color testing, and star stitching as women sew with skilled needlework. The large brass floored room hosts semi monthly officers balls and houses testing devices ensuring flags endure frost rain and sun.
A Chicago man received a photo from his girlfriend in another town. The photo had been wrapped in newspaper and a store ad stuck to the image. The bold headline on the ad read See the name on the leg, startling the man as he looked at the face beneath the paper.
In this Town Topics snippet Bluejowls and 7 Footlights discuss a stage sketch. Bluejowls defends a legit feel while noting steady salary as his variety work. The exchange hints at performer identities and the era’s entertainment dialect without further context.
A fragmentary quote argues that early rising makes one healthy wealthy and wise though misread text questions farmers as the nation's richest class. The Indianapolis Journal remarks on the adage and contrasts it with rural prosperity realities.
The Hawaiian Legislature plans an extra session beginning September 6 to ratify the treaty with McKinley and to convene Congress two months earlier. Local officials cite urgency for formal approval and alignment with federal action.
The steamer Australia reports Minister Hatch arrived August 20 with notices calling a September 6 extra session to rush ratification of the Washington annexation treaty. Aiming to sway Senate leaders, anti annexationists plan a September 14 mammoth demonstration with Senators Morgan and Quay en route. The Bennington arrived from San Diego after a nine day voyage.
In a letter dated August 26 Senator George G. Vest to Congressman James Cooney explains that in 1894 he relayed precautions about delaying an exam of Sedalia First National Bank to avert a run. He states he acted on information from Cyrus Newkirk and J C Thompson claiming solvency and asset realization. He denies personal ties and asserts public duty motive and openness to full investigation.
Thomas Doyle of the Perry district, a Oklahoma legislator, was ejected from a freight train near Guthrie and injured. He later attacked a police officer in confusion, was knocked down in self defense, and remained unconscious briefly. In Indiana, Ambia bank cashier Fred McConnell vanished with his wife and keys left vaults empty. cashier’s aide Blanch Moore opened the vault to find it empty. about $4,000 is missing from a $25,000 capital, $36,000 assets bank.
Debs dominated the St Louis labor gathering urging abolition of government by injunction and praising radical action. He warned of escalating conflict, pledged to lead from the front, and urged a three week adjournment to rally support and prepare for further direct action.
In New York on September 2 a full blooded Chinese man married an American woman, Carol B. Dinsmore, 23, at city hall. The groom, John A. Taylor, spoke little English while the bride led the talk. They met at a Mott Street mission where she taught him. they plan a wedding trip to Oakland, California, later.
Kash Berkener a Cal freshman Benjamin Kurtz disfigured for life after a campus clash on September 2. Two others Frank Marshal and Conlon sustain broken legs. President Kellogg bans future toysties and orders excluding Negroes from Klwood Exweon Indiana where a 50 person Black settlement faces expulsion after years of harassment.
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