Des Moines Fire and Crime Notes plus Local Disasters
A scattered Iowa roundup reports Getchel & Sone lumber yard fire in Des Moines blazing in multiple locations damaging $30,000 in timber and millwork. Other items include a Chicago firm financial collapse, a fatal horse accident, a drowning suicide, a murder arrest, population figures for districts, and assorted local anecdotes and opinions from London Queen.
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Cuartes Mantis
Strawberry Point
Chicago
Col. Judge
Des Moines
Getchel] & Sone
Harros
Council Bluffs
Paris Count harasses American guests with petty extortion
Lecy Hoover describes a Paris boarding house owned by a French count where an American couple faced repeated furniture removal and harassment. Four policemen seized trunks and money, and several Americans left the house after a long, tedious intimidation, illustrating dangerous arrogance toward visiting Americans.
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Lecy Hoover
Philadelphia Telegraph
Paris
Paris 4
List
Length of Roots in Plants and Crop Implications
The article discusses root length and function, noting roots extend well below soil surface in wheat and peach trees. It cites Prof W T Beal of Michigan Agricultural College and Prof Thomas J Burrill, detailing deep root growth, arching for food, and the tap-root behavior of the first root.
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W.T. Beal
Michigan Agricultural College
Felker
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Beal
Thomas J. Burrill
Illinois Industrial University
Freeport
Giant squash record sparks debate on science and practicality
Massachusetts Agricultural College President Clark harnessed a squash that lifted sixty pounds on August 21 and reached 5,000 pounds for ten days starting October 31, with 4,120 pounds on October 24. Observers watched daily. Prof. Parker wrote a poem, and Seeley admitted awe. The plant produced extensive root systems, with nodal roots measuring up to four feet and vines projecting over fifteen miles, though the work yielded little scientific or practical gain. The report appears in the Chicago Tribune via the Garden section.
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Clark
Massachusetts Agricultural College
D. P. Penhallow
H. W. Parker
J. J. Seeley
Maynard
Irene Ail
Chicago Tribune
Enterprise in Matrimony Captured in Mystic Tale
Toe Norwich Bulletin praises a Missouri style matchmaking scheme in Mystic where two men rode in a rustic wagon seeking a widow for marriage. A widow agrees after a five week wait, the plan culminating in a speedy married couple and a hopeful path to happiness.
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Norwich
Nic
Mystic
Portraits of Faubourg St Germain Ladies Today
A writer depicts the women of Faubourg St Germain as they live today. They rise at noon meal, attend Mass in the morning, care for children and home affairs, embroider, weave, and sew for the poor. Weekly receptions, charitable work, and social visits fill days. They ride with friends or young children, attend theaters five to six times each winter, and host private concerts. Dressed modestly with pearls and diamonds, many are educated in convents with governesses and English maids. They learn music, history, and geography and often write their own language. Many do not marry or wed late due to dowry concerns. some become nuns, while most marry by twenty eight to wealthy gentlemen or plebeians.
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Gray
Grayfriars
James Brown
Bobby
James
Robby
Senet
Trafll
Bern
Oll
Anid
Dogeish
Ita
Dan
Zharper
Tpg
Mank
Faubourg St. Germain
Society of Children's Friends
Bois
Grand Opera
Italiens
Mystery of Missing Providence Grocer and Wife Recalled
The Providence Journal recalls the twenty five year old disappearances of Jeremiah Perce, a Sabin street grocer, and his neighbor Mrs Harrington. Perce left for New York on business and never returned, sparking elopement rumors. Mrs Harrington later took her child Mary to shop and vanished from contact, with further family deaths speculated.
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Providence
Jeremiah Perce
Sabin Street
Harrington
Thomas M. Harrington
Mr. Perce
Lost Harrington sister found after decades of search
A Providence family’s long quest ends as a missing Harrington sister, Adele Sam, is located in the West. Her marriage, two children, and a return to relatives near Boston and Providence emerge through telegraphic notices and letters. The tale traces her journey from Dallas to Texas and Baxter Springs, then to Fort Scott, with names Barter and Perce appearing in the family history.
Summer care for apple orchards and pest control notes
Advice on removing base suckers to boost tree health, scraping bark smooth to deter borers and bark lice, and using ashes lime charcoal or plaster around stems. Emphasizes soil replacement after sucker removal, inspecting for sap sprouts and tent and canker worms, and washing stems with soft soap to deter pests.
Fall sowing of onion seed on Long Island yields partial success
A Long Island Gardener reports sowing onion seed in autumn to form wintering sets, with September timing the best for bulbs to survive. The method showed some maturity in summer but winter risk remains. timing and local conditions dictate success while green market onions may benefit from fall sowing.
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Peter Henderson
Long Island
Eliweioun Agriculturist
How to Make Fruit Trees Bloom by Tightening Cord
A correspondent describes a method to induce fruiting by wrapping strong twine around a tree or limb and tying it tight. He reports that in several experiments both apples and pears bloomed above the cord while areas below remained leafless, suggesting the cord restricts sap flow to roots and stimulates buds. He advises repeating the process yearly and removing the cord later.
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Tim Bunker
Alpine Winn hay harvests defy Alpine cliffs and danger
Swiss hay called Winn hay grows on steep Alps at 3000 to 6000 feet. Harvesting is perilous, with iron-shod workers roped to holds, yet one man makes about a hundredweight daily. The hay sustains Alpine cattle when valley produce falls short. The piece also notes Canadian Methodists running 10 educational institutions with 90 instructors and 1,500 pupils, endowments around 400,000 dollars and last year expenditures near 90,000 dollars.
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Alps
Methodists of Canada
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