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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
3
Frederick C. Sibley describes a butter carrier device with top and side openings and sliding shelves. The design lets customers pick required pounds, keeps butter visible in sunlight, and reduces direct handling. Built from odor-free hardwood with leather hinges and smooth cleats, it promises an elegant, practical carrier for brick or bar butter.
The Farmers' Review notes steam dredges in Missouri and other states are deepening rivers and creating broad ditches to drain marshy lands. Dredges move in straight lines, piling spoil to sides and forming main ditches for laterals. Clearing timber stumps remains a key challenge to expand tillable areas.
A Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station note explains using carbon bisulfide to kill red and black ants after rain when they are active. A half to one cup of chemical into the nest suffices for small to large nests, with damp ground slowing vaporization. Caution: highly flammable and explosive, avoid matches or pipes, purchase from a chemist at about 50 cents per pound, not ideal for large scale use.
The striped beetle harms cucumber squash pumpkin and melon vines by eating leaf undersides and stalks both above and below ground when soil is loose. For small gardens under two dozen hills, cover vines with 18 to 20 inch squares of mosquito netting or cheesecloth, dipped before use.
A Farm and Home tip describes making 20 inch wire frames from No 12 or 14 galvanized wire bent five inches at each end and driven two inches into the ground at each hill. Netting covers the frame to admit light and rain while keeping out striped beetles. Protect cucumbers until they form laterals, then remove after about three weeks. frames kept dry last for years.
The article advises new orchardists to plant trees now to start profits soon after bearing. It covers spray reuse after rain, lime as a fruit food for stone fruits, and soil benefits in clay. It contrasts Greening pruning with Spy pruning and stresses removing dead wood and suckers while preserving fruit spurs.
A Grenad Sentinel editorial urges community leaders to grow track farming and small fruit ventures. It argues that planting a hundred acres yearly in strawberries and vegetables would yield more money for residents than a cotton factory, and calls for enterprising farmers to start the movement with modest capital.
Caroline Lockhart depicts a daughter in law scenario where a mother manipulates a dinner to shame her son's generosity. Whipple endures meat balls, boiled turning dishes, forced talk, and a coffee spill that causes him to fall, ending in a comic, chaotic scene.
Notes describe foliage hats made from oak leaves and acorns, a new light orchid accent with violets, and the dropped shoulder look returning for lace yoke dresses. Embroidered Indian crepe fabrics, beaded nightgowns, and square necklines update summer wear with rich textures and light trims.
A Baltimore scene unfolds with a sharp verbal duel as a woman hurls insults like robber and liar while a man, calmly smoking, recalls his days as a baseball umpire. The tension and playful taunt capture a brisk, urban moment in the city.
Wash clean cut into half inch pieces and boil twenty minutes. Drain return to pan add rich drawn butter and heat. Turn into a buttered ramekin break six eggs over surface sprinkle with butter salt and pepper bake until eggs set. Serve hot.
Soak a pint of beans overnight. Cook until soft and rub through a coarse sieve. Season with salt and pepper. Moisten with cream or tomato sauce to mold into a loaf. Place in a pan, top with bread crumbs and bits of butter. Bake until brown and serve with brown or tomato sauce.
The Skaguay Alaskan reports Alaska Wireless Telegraph Company of Seattle proposes a southern Alaska subscription of 20000 to finance a wireless line. Subscriptions payable when the line is ready, with telegraphic rates set for ten word aerograms and extra words. The line would run from British Columbia through major Alaskan towns to Valdes, with completion aimed for December.
Adjutant General Corbin received a shredded parchment from the Philippines showing a commission issued to Lieut Dinmont. Rats gnawed the sides and corners but spared the printed signatures of Roosevelt Root and Corbin. A replacement commission will be sent by the next mail return.
The Colored Emigration and Commercial association in Chattanooga adopts a memorial urging Congress to appropriate 500 million dollars to deport African Americans seeking to emigrate to Africa or other nations. Bishop Turner leads the movement as plans unfold to raise 100 thousand dollars to buy ships for training Negroes for sea life.
The Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific introduce a revised Colorado service. The Colorado Special departs Chicago 6:30 pm arriving Omaha 6:55 am Denver 8:00 pm and Colorado Springs 10:20 pm. One night from Detroit Cincinnati Cleveland Indianapolis and Chicago. two nights from Atlantic Coast points. Solid Chicago–Denver train with through sleeper to Colorado Springs. Additional Des Moines connection enables 7:00 am departure to Chicago 4:00 pm arrival. A second daily Chicago to Denver train leaves 11:30 pm. Accommodations include reclining chairs dining cars and day coaches.
Students toured the U S Capitol as Mr White guide shows busts of Washington Jefferson and Henry Wilson. A girl asks if the guide himself “bust” too, highlighting a playful moment in the Washington Post account.
Mountain Lake Park Maryland offers a peak summer retreat with 2800 feet elevation and 850000 invested in improvements. Five hotels and 100 cottages serve boarders while Chautauqua programs attract thousands for education and health benefits. Excursion tickets via B and O South-Western from June 1 to September 30 with returns by October 11, 1902. Contact L A Rudisall for information. tickets available through B and O 8 W agents or J B Scott Cincinnati O O P McCarty Cincinnati.
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease a cure for swollen sweating hot aching feet. At all Druggists 25c. Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE Address A. 8. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
A Washington Post quip notes the owl earns wisdom from stillness yet asks who has seen it act wisely. It suggests if a talk goes over your head, feign wisdom by looking owlish and hooting now and then.
The Boston Globe notes an advertisement for a product dubbed a reliable bug ex terminator. It markets itself as a dependable pest control aid suitable for anyone needing to exterminate bugs.
An old advertisement text touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents, promising relief for coughs and colds. It also cites testimonials about musical jobs and character, with a dated note from N. W. Samuel in Ocean Grove New Jersey and a separate quote on secrecy attributed to Richter.
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