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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
4
A cheap lean-to hot house on the farm provides a winter supply of vegetables and can include mushroom growing. Build against a southern exposure with glass top, benches along both sides, and a coal stove for steady heat. Self-build lowers costs, second hand sash help, and a small warm-house can pay off by growing tomatoes lettuce radishes and other produce.
Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, are hard to kill as they live underground. Experiments at Cornell show many methods fail. fall plowing six inches deep, thorough soil pulverizing, and occasional stirring destroy pupae and adults, though young larvae survive. A three year effort suggests rotation of crops aids long term control.
A reader recalls insomnia relief from eating a pint of peanuts and drinking milk before bed. The tale unfolds with surreal dreams of a dragon, a two headed bull, a windlass task for a skybound climber, a train vanished centuries ago, and a tent being lifted into the clouds before awakening after nearly ten minutes of sleep.
The Minnesota experiment station outlines methods to defend orchards against rodents. Suggestions include whitewash tinted blue to coat trunk sides, a poison solution for twig tips, and placing strychnine on corn meal mush or soaked grain for base-area treatment.
Experiments in England show early fall planting of fruit trees is advantageous while planting in November yields results similar to April. Late fall and early spring planting appear equivalent. In the United States actual in-ground planting may differ from heel-in methods. US drought and cold could alter outcomes.
The grape, quince, currant, goose berry, rose and other trees and plants readily grow from cuttings if properly managed. Best results come in fall after leaves drop. spring is possible. Use yearling wood about eight to twelve inches long with two to four buds. Make upper cut two to three inches above the upper bud and lower cut just below the lower bud.
The guidance urges diversified fruit planting and steady market supply. It notes keeping ponds clean for ice, using available help from boys, and spreading sand on pond edges to prevent滑 issues, while noting many families use limited ice yearly.
A horticulturist at the Botanical Gardens in Washington reports experiments show plants thrive in nearly pure coal or a mix of two thirds coal and one third mold. Charcoal dust replaces sand, strengthens vegetation, and helps cure unhealthy plants by wrapping the pot with a charcoal ring. It preserves materials, provides carbonic gas, and can demand more water with extensive use.
A movable apple packing bench is built from 2x4s cut to four feet for legs and longer top pieces. The top is attached to the legs with bolts and rope to allow the bench to open to about three feet high. Heavy canvas is nailed and stitched around the end ropes to cushion fruit and prevent bruising.
Hill the dirt about one foot high around the young trees to protect from freezing and pests and to drain water from the roots during winter. After growth starts in spring level down. This describes the first cultivation around the trees.
Readable fragment quotes Chesterfield urging high aims and steady effort toward perfection. The line suggests perseverance improves achievement even when perfection is unattainable.
A solemn report describes a dead good woman found with an old love letter in her bosom and a bad woman’s body dragged from a black river, also bearing a letter. The dual findings suggest a tangled tale of affection and danger in the night.
Professor James IH Breasted of the University of Chicago reports a newly uncovered inscription in Abu Simbel’s Sun temple detailing Rameses II marriage. The 41 lines describe the union, noting the word for snow appears here in Egypt for the first time in history.
The Journal of Public Health cautions that hurried actions in business voting marriage religion and daily life lead to dyspepsia apoplexy corruption divorce spendthrift behavior and legal battles, noting a rising trend as the tribe increases.
A husband playing euchre with the Mountain house belle while his three month bride embroiders. He apologizes for blocking the light and the wife quips she can see through him. Linpingcott's.
At the New Zealand International Exhibition in Christchurch a story telling competition will be held with eight prizes. Entries must be based on colonial life and stories are not to exceed 3,000 words.
A proverb on how wisdom grows when one realizes they can make as many errors as their neighbor and learns from these missteps to improve.
A famed Washington architect back from Boston laughs at a sign in a top Boston club reading Only low conversation permitted here. He remarks the reading room at the club mirrors the city’s quiet elite mood and humor.
James R. Keeler of Fenner street Cazenovia New York recounts 15 years of back and kidney pain. He tried many remedies but found relief from the first box and full restoration after two boxes. He praises Doan’s Kidney Pills and recommends them to others. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Boston Record tale from Als ton New Mexico reports a cat that visits a neighbor after each meal with two kittens. One neighbor wanted the gray kitten but the cat kept feeding all three felines at every meal, defying the woman’s plan to claim the gray kitten.
The Buffalo Express notes a surge of homesteads in Canada West with 4 174 entries in July, 1 212 from the United States, mainly Dakota and neighboring states. Canada welcomes settlers for farming knowhow and capital, while other origins show smaller flows. A Sleeping Car Story follows: a porter sleeping on duty explains his sleepiness after smoother service in the St Paul line.
H J Myers of Newark New York a U S N says a leg humor left the area below the knee after three years of illness. He tried doctors remedies then Cuticura soap and ointment bathing daily and applying six or seven boxes. Thrice weekly use cured in three weeks and no recurrence since.
General Frederick D. Grant cites a misunderstanding in a dinner remark. He likens it to Maj. Green who asked his servant to have his boots resoled. The servant paid 35 cents, noting the boot seller would have taken 50 cents if payday were nearer.
The text explains adjusting field glasses to equalize focus between both eyes to prevent blur, dizziness, and headaches. It notes natural eye focus should be equal, and unequal focus causes strain. Remedies include a pair of glasses or a single lens to balance the eye power.
A new dental clinic at Strasburg University treats school children, with teachers guiding exams and dental hygiene. A single doctor can inspect up to eighty children per hour and nearly three hundred per day, teaching how to use a brush and ensuring practice at home. The movement spreads to Wiesbaden and Mulhausen where similar clinics will be built.
King Friederich August of Saxony donated a full size reproduction of Wechselburg Church pulpit to Harvard’s Germanic Museum. The sandstone pulpit from the early 1200s stands 15 feet tall on Romanesque columns and is considered the museum’s most significant gift since the emperor’s casts.
A reader note from Eleanor R. Parker explains that oil paintings can be cleaned by a cautious amateur. Dip a cloth in tepid Ivory Soap suds and wring nearly dry, wipe the picture gently to remove dirt and specks, then coat with boiled linseed oil using a flannel cloth.
A new market for Yarmouth herrings has opened in the Caucasus with an experimental shipment sent by Scotch merchants. The fish are being handled by Prince Louis Napoleon Murat.
The Garfield Tea Company states their preparations comply with the National Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906. Serial No. 384 will appear on every package as proof of government assignment.
The statement notes that God has many names but remains a single being, reflecting a theological perspective attributed to Aristotle.
Congressman Sulzer sent seed shipments to model tenement inmates thinking residents would grow plants on window sills or fire escapes. A friend who owns the tenement complained that ten families were growing cabbage cucumbers and tomatoes in bathtubs, making the seed plan a failure.
Worth Knowing asserts Allcock's Plasters rank highest in medical science and skill with unmatched ingredients and method. The notice extols originality and warns imitators trade on its reputation. It says the plasters always perform quickly for weak back rheumatism colds lung trouble strains and local pains and guarantees the best plasters made.
Mr. Birrell announces in the House of Commons that rifle shooting will be included in elementary education with permission under restrictions. Children of certain ages may be taught to shoot at miniature ranges, with instruction funded by public funds.
A Boston led group of engineers and capitalists headed by William O. Weber plans a tidal power device to manufacture compressed air. They intend to erect a demonstration plant at South Thomaston, Maine to prove the concept.
Local retailer advertises hats and children's dresses made to look like new using Putnam Faceless Dyes. The notice highlights dyeing services for clothing items to restore color and appearance.
Advertisement for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming to soften gums reduce inflammation ease teething pain and cure wind colic priced at 25 cents a bottle.
Japan builds in its shipyards 40 vessels including two battleships. Also offers a dubious medical ad for nerve cures by Dr. Alice and Dr. R H Aline with a free trial battle and treatise from Philadelphia.
A man with marble quarry asks what to do with marble. He builds and seeks other builders, showing how possession of power or an estate drives action, ambition, and service.
Frank J Cheney sworn to pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Statements claim internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Advertisement notes testimonials, product sales by J Cheney & Co of Toledo and availability from druggists for 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The railway board plans to partly build rolling stock in India to expand tender opportunities for domestic manufacturers. The scheme extends to state lines with up to 25 percent of tenders in India, detailing wagon frames bodies axles wheels to be sourced domestically via indents and contracts.
Dr Fridtjof Nansen Norway's Arctic explorer and Britain’s minister dismisses sympathy for travelers as misplaced. He argues travelers seek nature's spell and the thrill of battling the wild, noting civilization’s center does not understand. He also rejects alcoholic beverages, saying liquor only briefly raises temperature then lowers it.
A longtime sufferer from stomach dyspepsia and indigestion credits a shift from starchy and greasy foods to Grape-Nuts with restoring digestion and energy. She reports rapid improvement after two weeks and ongoing health, aided by the Postum Co. claims and the book The Road to Wellville.
A Buffalo Express item notes a New York publication detailing the process of collar making. It hints at how the garment wears out and suggests observing the side window of a laundry for a view of wear. The brief reflects practical trade insight in a domestic publication voice.
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