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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1903
Page
3
Essex Spurrier describes a handmade gate latch system that allows wide opening for riders without the gate slipping shut. The design uses a U shaped wire, a knee bend to catch the latch, and a half inch rod catch to hold the gate open or drop the latch when closed. He notes it as a practical invention shared with farmers.
The article explains how pruning and heading back rose canes in rich soil influences flowering. It compares two scenarios, showing how cutting before planting or after promotes base shoots or strong headed shoots, and notes that to produce large prizes, the strong canes should be cut back to two or three buds.
In pruning second year bushes focus on decoration over size and cut canes at the base. Let strong canes rise from the base and remove any shoots from below a bud or graft to prevent single flowers. Plant the bud four to five inches below soil to encourage root growth from the bud or graft.
R W Richardson secretary of the National Good Roads association endorses H NR 15369 creating a bureau of public roads in the agriculture department. He urged national state and local cooperation for improved highways, noted extensive unpaved areas and wasteful methods, and praised Brownlow’s effort as timely and worthy of support.
Practical guidance for planting trees with emphasis on correct hole depth and width, soil richness, root positioning, and settling. Cautions about sun exposure, sap flow, bark health, and handling damaged roots. Advice includes washing to combat insects, using a soft soap lye lard whitewash mix, and timing. Also mentions coal ash for raspberries and currants.
A Pasadena hunter James B Holmes recounts in Outing how three grizzly bears attacked as he hunted in California's Coast Range in August 1896. He fired at close range, was knocked down, and though his leg was bitten, he escaped as the bears fled after the match box ignited by a bite.
A two day fire heated stone steps is cooled as ten Fiji natives perform barefoot walks around a pit. Two Dunedin doctors examine a walker and find nothing abnormal. The group chants then completes the circuit in ten to fifteen seconds with unusually cold feet and no burns.
The Graham county jail in Clifton Arizona is described as the strongest jail in the world. It consists of four large apartments carved from solid quartz rock with a masonry vestibule and three steel gate barriers. The facility has housed some of the southwest border area’s most desperate criminals and has never seen an escape attempt.
A witty exchange about thrift and economy between a husband and wife. The wife notes saving her wedding dress for a potential second marriage as a sign of thrift, prompting the husband to question what counts as economical. The snippet captures domestic humor on prudent spending.
Waterbury with 60000 residents shows 27000 to 30000 Irish or Irish descendants dominating city affairs and Gaelic taught in night schools. Separate notes mention Prof. Hand visiting New York, Joseph Battell offering to rebuild Middlebury after fire with fireproof structures and a ban on saloons if voters approve.
The article profiles several North Dakota apple grower Mrs. Laura B. Alderman whose orchards defied local doubt, Chicago designer Miss Elinor C. Clapp known for distinctive jewelry, Greek scholar Miss Mabel Hay Barrows who writes and stages Greek plays, and Mrs. Zimmerman of Minneapolis who runs a hospital for injured wax figures restoring damaged likenesses.
The article discusses electricity in daily life with claims earth is negatively electrified and Paris is served by seven power companies. It mentions heated gloves for motormen, Kansas telegraph pole mileage at 9.24 percent and value of 851 828 dollars, Tyndall’s sky tint theory, and Prof Springer’s proof that sky blue is electrical in origin and air conductivity.
Testimonial notices from C F Given of Sussex New Brunswick and Julian Weisslitz of Buffalo New York praise Peruna as an effective cure for colds and catarrh with swift relief and restored health. They urge others to write to Dr Hartman for free advice.
A playful exchange features a waiter and a guest with flirtatious humor about curried eggs and insinuations of a mare's nest. Sibyl notes sincere, attentive interest while deflecting accusations of wifely folly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children are advertised as a remedy.
Advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a five cent price and money back guarantee. Claims quick cure for colds and promotes a trademarked stove line The Klean Kool Kitchen Kind highlighting smokeless, ashless cooking for comfortable kitchens.
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