This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1969
Page
16
The piece explains monoecious and diocious plant reproduction with examples like oaks and fruit trees. It offers pruning and care tips for ivy, philodendron, and perennials, plus notes on snails, soil mixes, and common landscape plants for shade or sun.
An old practical note describes using flat tin lids about one foot square with one end on the ground and the other raised three inches to trap snails. The method relies on bait and shelter to lure snails beneath the lid for collection.
A gardener outlines growing lilies from Madonna and Regal stock to trumpet and aurelia hybrids. He details soil, drainage, depth, planting, watering, feeding, and minimal disease control while urging beginners to read the book Let's Grow Lilies by Ginny Howie.
Estimated spring cabbage production in southeastern Ohio is 84 000 hundredweight, about 93 percent of last year. Yield per acre is 210 hundredweight, down from 225 in 1968, and reports say the crop looks good but trails last year. Fall cabbage planting may reach 1900 acres versus 2000 last year.
Midday color turning bluish and loss of lawn springiness signal drought distress in bluegrass. Footprints remain for minutes after walking. Nightly cooling and dew revive grass, but midday wilting shows low root moisture and need to start irrigation to keep color. Hardy Kentucky bluegrass and fine fescue endure drought and recover after rains and cooler weather.
Garden notes report a mild winter benefiting native dogwood Cornus florida with good bud set and fewer borers on white forms. Pink dogwood struggles with borers. spraying with rose oil and systemic poison is tested. Also notes new crabapple Dorothea, its origin, size, and autumn small yellow fruits, plus other seedlings and historic roses Rosa hugonis and Harison’s Yellow Rose with bloom timing near Memorial Day.
Celosias, relatives of cockscombs, offer lighter, open forms for garden or indoor displays. Easy to grow from seed with thinning, they bloom in a spectrum from greenish yellow to crimson, providing bold color without effort.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.