Farm Notes on Trees and Wild Pests Across Regions
The column surveys slow growth of white ash and conifers on the Pacific coast, notes self-renewing pine forests if fire and sheep are kept out, and discusses urban tree challenges from paving, smoke, and wires. It covers zebra hybrids, poultry wearables, crab apple trading, and shifting labor immigration including Japanese farm labor, plus agricultural research on new crops and pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Central
North
Deaths and life terms in Lincoln county whitecapping case
In Brookhaven Mississippi Judge James Wilkinson sentenced several of the county’s prominent men to varied penitentiary terms and some to death for whitecapping, witnessed by about a thousand residents. The event sparked shock across the South as harsher penalties than expected were announced.
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Mississippi
Brookhaven
Miss
Lincoln County
James Wilkinson
South
William Bryan Jr Reinstated After Lincoln Academy Dispute
Lincoln Nebraska December 21 William Bryan Jr suspended last week by chemistry instructor at Lincoln Academy has been reinstated and pursues all studies. Principal Hodgman resisted publicized outcome. Mrs. Bryan investigated and allowed son to remain away until father returned. The case centered on the instructor calling the student too sassy.
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Lincoln, Néb
William 4. Bryan, Jr
Lincoln Academy
Colonel Bryan
Bryan
William, Jr
Hodgman
New Year's Breakfast in Japanese Tradition
A London Chronicle summary notes New Year breakfast as a religious rite with ritual tea, a potpourri of dishes, and a sacred sake ritual. Special lacquered stands bear dumplings and symbolic foods. Dishes hold meanings like longevity, conjugal happiness, and progeny, though not all are eaten. The orthodox practice marks year’s end with ceremonies before the meal. Eight killed and several injured by a wall collapse in Minneapolis. James H. Haggin adds 55 acres to his Bluegrass stock farm, now owning land across Fayette, Scott, and Bourbon counties valued at over half a million dollars.
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Anders
Siu
Plicell
London Chronicle
James H. Haggin
Fayette, Scott
Bourbon Counties
New Year Customs From China and Poland Revealed
New Year's visiting rules appear ancient. Chinese visitors use elaborate silk backed cards listing titles, often large enough to roll for carrying. return to owners as valued keepsakes. Polish New Year’s Eve features a St Sylvester ball with a kiss at midnight, then couples resume dancing or share tales of the departing year.
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Clinames
Poland
New Year Festivities Rise Across Russian Homes
In every country house in Russia a feast and a New Year procession unfold with horses, sheep, hogs, and other livestock dressed in garments for the landlord’s house. The aim is to parade animals to the dining room, but if the landlord guards a fine apartment, he directs the revelers to another room and permits the mob to claim it.
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Russia
Up Old English Dust
A fragment crafted in playful archaic diction describes the ritual transition from the old year to the new at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The lines evoke a festive, ceremonial tone rather than reporting a verifiable event or person.
New Years Violets and a December Warmth
A verse from Denahow's Magazine recalls violets in winter, sighing over flowers that bloom despite snow. The speaker notes a hidden warmth of friendship guiding those royal dreams beneath turf and snow, a lyrical reflection on seasons and sentiment.
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Denahow's
Shooting In the New Year
A fragmentary historical musing describes New Year celebrations among early German settlers in Tyivania and North Carolina style mansions. It recalls old houses Swan Ponds Mount Welcome Ingleside and Autepost, and notes a tradition where guests march from house to house, firing salutes with gunfire and marking the passing of another year.
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Tyivania
Pointe Place
North Carolina
Swan_ Ponds
Meassut
Mount Welcome
Ingleside
New Year Sermon Tramping Guests At A Rural Gathering
A New Year gathering described with rustic detail as front yard visitors arrive after a distant journey. The scene includes a sudden shot, the door opens, guests enter shivering, and the group shares coffee apples and cake while discussing cotton prices and a past possum hunt. The mood shifts to playful tunes with songs like Dixie and a casual social atmosphere noted by the New York Post.
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Walt White
New York Post
County Clerk Directory Entry Fragment
Fragmentary directory note from a county clerk listing names and offices, unreadable portions obscure exact roles or events, with stray characters suggesting a government record page from a local office.
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Old Hickory
Studebaker
Champion
Wagoner
Ohio
Page
Elwood
West
McClure & Wells, Srnsties
Europe
Cedar Beck
City Street
Belek
Africa
Gaya
Philippine Islands
Flores
Sentpf
Aoed
Heve
Japan
Wash
Lecter
Globe
Oklahoma
Lakue Horaki
Tecard
Paol
Sassy
Kenteky Mountaineer
Podness
Minneape Me
Beeves
F. T. Cox & CO
Springfield, Ky
Ty Hincombe Batt
Buncombe
Len Hames
R-Twnwrsen, Ja
W. F. Trusty
Springfield
Kentucky
Haydoud& Barter
J. M. Burton
Omflon
J. H. Lampton
Opera House
T. Scott Mayes
Atty-At-Law
Sretaer Dde
Carl RS
C. C. McChord
W. D. Claybrooke
Selecman
Haydon & Thompson
Clert
Sayt of
Vermoner
Ceewen
Ier
Sumine
Ceram
St Rowe
Pator
Tiel
Jas
Nea Palland
L E. Christian
Oceana
W. Va
Ken Canterbury
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