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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1955
Page
8
A partial gardening plant list from the Elyria Chronicle Telegram page includes chrysanthemums and other perennials. It names flowers such as gaillardias asters peonies irises and several annuals, with codes for varieties and sections on garden planning and substitutes.
Fall is ideal for a hardy perennial garden that blooms from spring to frost. Build a ten foot wide garden at the back of a non north facing garage, with thoughtful paths and backdrop. Ensure good drainage, test by filling a ten inch hole, and amend soil with manure compost peat and fertilizer. A 12 inch bed depth suffices. mulch with leaves or straw to protect in winter.
Dutch Elm disease spreads across the nation as gardeners, arborists, and municipalities seek help from agricultural chemists. No sure cure exists yet, though chemicals applied via special techniques show promise. the market for a remedy is about $3 million yearly. Research teams across Connecticut, Rhode Island, Illinois, Massachusetts, and federal agencies pursue treatments, while trees decline in the Northeast and upper Midwest.
A Detroit era style guide discusses tree leaf scorch from sun and heat, outlining symptoms such as brown leaf margins and scorched foliage. It notes factors like high temperature, dry winds, rot, and soil moisture, and suggests regular feeding, watering, and proper soil management as ways to fortify trees against drought and sun damage.
Boston officials summarize NFPA guidance for gasoline safety during peak lawn mower and outboard motor season. Use standard safety cans, store outdoors or in a garage, refuel only when cool, avoid smoking, fill outdoors in open air, and prevent static ignition by careful pouring.
Kosinski cashed a $48.25 check and later learned it was stolen. He believed he lost the money until a letter arrived with $31 and a note saying part of the money back. The incident highlights the honesty of Kosinski and the remainder of the stolen funds.
Develop them in glossy enamels and spray with thin shellac to fix the colors I to withstand daily usage. This pattern S82 may be ordered separately for $ se it will be relabeled in the Painting Pattern Packet of five beautiful patterns for only ige.
West Virginia Turnpike tolls were raised about 20 percent to boost revenue. Passenger cars pay $1.95 for an 88 mile trip from Charleston to Princeton, up from $1.65. No change for heavy trucks, but small increases apply to pickup and panel trucks.
At the Ohio State Fair in Columbus the Mohawk Indians George and Theresa Torrance faced tax officials over sales tax stamps. They lacked a vendor's license and produced a letter from a former US Treasury assistant secretary authorizing tax free sales of homemade products. Officials ruled the Torrances correct.
News Items Of Days Gone By recalls no paper for Labor Day ten years ago and September 2 1955, with brief mentions of past events and a note about the holiday’s lack of publication.
Exterior woodwork should not be smoothed with steel wool as iron left behind rusts when wet. Use sandpaper for staining to avoid rust stains. Fibrous wallboard sheets must have gaps between edges to prevent buckling in damp weather. California planned a golf store and expansion. Elyria housewives could buy Turkish towels for 25 cents each.
A Minnesota paper by product from the pulping process shows promise as a road binder and anti dust spray for unpaved surfaces. Tests in New Britain and at Minnesota Ontario Paper Co. demonstrate its adhesive qualities for road underbases and reclaiming old surfaces amid early trials in cold conditions.
Tips for making rosin coated nails by dipping in rosin turpentine mix and using an old kitchen strainer. Straining paint through nylon stocking to remove skin and pouring turpentine over paint before sealing prevents skin formation. For vertical surfaces use a waste type remover to avoid running. For a personal home repair query, write to Mr Cobb with stamped self addressed envelope.
A gardening note offers lawn renovation steps including reseeding thin areas at about 1 lb per 300 sq ft, peat moss mulch, and organic plus inorganic fertilizers for fall feeding. It covers weed control with crabgrass remedies, plus drying preservatives for dried plant materials using glycerine and water mixes, and care tips for asters and zinnias including vase life.
Readers receive guidance on when to plant permanent grasses like Kentucky Bluegrass, favoring fall for establishment to avoid weeds and heat. Curing onions for storage is outlined, with tips on drying, temperature, and timing. The piece also offers practical landscape ideas for shady banks using vines and dwarf shrubs, plus a two-wall stone layout option.
Identical twin daughters Jackie and Jean Shivers in Des Moines Iowa remembered their father Jack Shivers on his two birthdays with identical gifts and now birthday cards. They live hundreds of miles apart and did not coordinate their selections. The article notes a thought on affordable lawn grasses offering high quality permanent turf with low maintenance and labor.
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