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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
5
State chemist Jno M McCandless explains that chemical analyses can mislead on soil fertility and offers a self test with ten plots to determine if lime phosphoric acid potash or nitrogen are needed. Plant cotton, apply varied fertilizers, record growth, and compare diagonal lime strips to identify improvements.
Census figures show tobacco expanding in Georgia with acreage up 188 percent and production up 319 percent from 1889 to 1899. Average yield increased to 479.9 pounds per acre in 1899 from 29.7 pounds in 1879. The 1899 crop totaled 1,106,600 pounds worth 159,659 dollars, grown by 8,621 farmers on 2,304 acres.
Aubrey de Vere recalls how Tennyson praised Burns as exquisite yet light while Wordsworth valued Burns for returning poetry to nature but found his amorous verses tedious. Henry Taylor echoed similar sentiment, deeming both Burns exquisite songs and serious works tedious reading.
A Washington Post anecdote portrays Secretary Shaw as the administration’s chief storyteller. He cites a western man who gained wealth by luck at others’ expense and a Town figure who, after failing at a seven up game, laments the alarming signs of prosperity of dog gone fools.
A caustic anecdote from Barrington Beaumont's memoirs recounts a Scots lord and Lady Clermont debating emigration. The tale implies officials screen departures to ensure only men of understanding leave Scotland. George Selwyn adds a quip about the lord being embug s ad.
Testimonial from Raphael praising asthma relief after using a trial bottle from Taft Bros Medicine Co. He had suffered for 22 years and could not work, but after trying the trial, he bought a full bottle and regained health. Addresses listed include 286 Rivington St and 129 St N Y Cito 8. Trial bottle offered free on receipt of postal.
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