Prunus Pissardi Group Rejuvenated by Selective Cutting
A lawn display of nine Prunus Pissardi plum trees ringed by variegated Cornelian cherries was thinned to restore balance as plums grew tall and threatened the circle. After cutting plums to stubs and washing for San Jose scale, the group recovered its color and vigor, with cherries blossoming brighter and scales eliminated. A neighbor thought the cut vandalism, but now admires the renewed display and anticipates possible future trimming if needed.
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San Jose
L. H. Bailey
JT. Greiner
N. Y
The Farm Woodlot A Call for Systematic Woodlot Care
Wm. W. Hutt urges Ontario farmers to manage bush as a productive asset. He argues woodlots are neglected, replaced by waste, and require deliberate planning to yield fuel now and merchantable timber in the future, transforming steady use into lasting value.
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Nature
Wm. W. Hutt
Ontario Armers Institute
Lesson in physics explains hothouse heat retention
An old professor of physics explains why hothouses stay warm. Sunlight enters through glass as light, hits objects, and becomes heat. Heat waves are too long to pass back through the glass, so heat accumulates and the house stays very warm in winter.
A Watercress Farm Described as a Moving Chessboard Patch
A watercress bed sprawling 200 yards long is tended over shallow canals with flowing water. Narrow wooden paths and bridges form a chessboard pattern as cress is grown, weeded, and harvested by a gardener kneeling on a plank using a table knife. The crop matures in 10 to 14 days, with cold weather slowing growth.
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B. M. Hess
Sorting table and gas fumigation in orchard practice
A sorting table apparatus for apples and a chute for rapid transfer to barrels is described. Orange Judd Farmer notes that fumigation effectively controls many insect pests, though eggs survive, and warns proper generation and handling are crucial. Farm periodicals discuss chestnut cultivation in suitable soils as a future crop for long term family benefit.
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Orange Judd
Home Useful Hints From An Old Newspaper
The passage offers practical care tips: string beans make salad, dry flour pol ishes tinware, boil water fresh to avoid flat taste, marinade means pickle or vinegar cover, use hot milk for mashed potatoes, potatoes au gratin explained, hats cleaned by rubbing, wash on the board and air dry, mirrors cleaned with wet newspaper first and dry crumpled paper last, avoid soap and ammonia for very dirty mirrors.
Cuba Exports Cane and Oil Boost Foreign Trade
The report notes Cuba begins cane sugar exports to England after 25 years. U.S. kerosene output reaches sixty million barrels with $500,000,600 in sales and byproducts. American shoe exports reach six million dollars, with Britain and Mexico and Canada as major buyers. Romania's oil output rises to 310,000 tons by 1902. three firms dominate. Kerosene and gasoline go to Germany, Britain, Norway, Bulgaria and France. crude oil largely to Austro-Hungarian refineries.
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United States
Mexico
Cuba
Canada
Great Britain
Roumania
Germany
Norway
Bulgaria
France
Future growth of women’s degrees noted at Dublin
The article reports that women will be allowed to take degrees at the University of Dublin in the future. It also covers language additions at the University of Chicago and a new applied science school at the University of Iowa with Prof. L. G. Weld as director, plus varying living costs at Yale and student spending figures for seniors.
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University of Dublin
University of Chicago
Applied Science
Board of Regents
University of Iowa
L. G. Weld
Deaggiste
St. Paston Co
Dept
Reston
Mass
Food habits vary by nation and fruit choices shift
Americans eat about 12 pounds of coffee per person annually while Danes Norwegians drink more tea in England. German markets show California prunes and apricots overtaking French and Italian fruits as the cheaper brighter California fruit fills shelves.
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England
California
France
Italy
Dear Little Lamb Afraid Father Will Put Her With Goats
Brooklyn Life recounts a child fearing separation after a father reads the parable of the sheep and the goats at judgment. The girl weeps, fearing she or her parent may become goats, until a mother reassures her she is a lamb and will reach Heaven.
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Brooklyn
Not Always a Finished Prophet and the Ice Cream Memory
A fragmentary column humorously critiques self made men and foibles of vanity. It shifts to a nostalgic reminiscence of childhood ice cream licks and a playful moral about simple pleasures and missed opportunities in life.
Orbra Young Proves Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure
A Tenn. boy aged ten, Orbra Young, suffered years with kidney trouble causing nightly awakenings. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills, he slept through the night and was cured. The notice urges other children with kidney and urinary issues to seek treatment and urges parents to ensure health for growing children.
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Crossroads
Tenn
Orbra Young
Lester Young
Orbra
Dodd
Dean
Doan
Jno. Ti
Shoner
Ridgeville, Indiana
Bank
Miss Carrie George Undergoes Third Limb Amputation
The Ashtabula Record-Herald notes Miss Carrie George has had her limb amputated for the third time. She remains in the hospital and is progressing. The Rochester Post-Express echoes the report as a growing country community concern.
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Ashtabula (O.) Record-Herald
Carrie George
Ohio
Best 500 Pound Steel Range Offer From Sears
A home trial promise invites readers to cut out the notice and mail to Sears Roebuck in Chicago to receive eight big pictures of a 500 pound steel range and other stoves at no cost, plus a $1.00 steel range offer. The pitch claims the top steel range can be placed in any home regardless of income.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Corena Colt
W. L, Douglas
Brockt On
Mass
Ancestry Pride in The Latest Ancestors
A humorous exchange from London Tit Bits notes Mrs. Upperton and Mrs. Newridhe discussing pride in ancestry while a genealogist proclaims a new wave of ancestors as the latest trend. The quip highlights fashioning lineage as a social feature.
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Appears In Frayed Ad
An old newspaper fragment touts Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and a 25 cent price. The note cites refunds if the cure fails. Other material mentions rail lines, dye facilities, and quotes about polite society and memory, including Piso's Cure for Consumption and Ram's Horn slogans, with various names and dates.
Fall Kidney Pills Declared Vital For Kidney Ailments
Fall chills bring a call for Dean's Kidney Pills sold worldwide as a remedy for back pain hip and loin ache. The advertisement claims the pills relieve swelling dropsy symptoms correct urine with brick dust and help heart palpitations sleeplessness and dizziness.
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Dean
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