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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
2
A union grower outlined an improved method for topping onions for market using a seven eighths inch spruce topping bench and crate system. The guide covers bench construction, safe topping technique, and notes onions keep better with tops on, avoiding overheating and rot. It also mentions crate costs, usability, and extending onion shelf life.
A Chambers' Journal summary describes native platinum and related noble metals found on the Ural slopes and in Brazil, California, Australia, Canada, and other regions. It explains the alloying metals palladium osmium iridium rhodium ruthenium, and notes platinum’s high melting point, uses in crucibles and telescope coatings, and palladium’s color and hydrogen permeability. Osmium is extremely hard and heavy, osmiridium contains osmium and iridium, and iridium and platinum form a minor alloy used for precision instruments. Zirconium and uranium are mentioned as valuable elements.
A Philadelphia Record quote mocks the idea that readers of Boswell's Life of Johnson truly study the classics. A bookish young woman criticizes pretenders who know only secondhand details, recalling her dusty library visit where Boswell had not been checked out in thirty years.
An old note explains umbrellas do not prevent sunburn on hot sunny days especially on asphalt or concrete where reflected rays intensify heat. Experiments show greater sunburn under an umbrella on the water than when unprotected.
The article describes frogs shedding their winter skins as they warm. A frog sits under a plantain leaf blinking, shivers, and arches its back. A creature called a lig crek appears and the old skin splits, the frog wriggles free, peels off the skin, and eats it.
A short guide explains making extra large durable soap bubbles. Mix white castile soap, warm water, and glycerin in a cup, then blow through a small pipe. The recipe yields bubbles large enough to reach the floor and last for hours.
A playful yet simple pastime described for small gatherings. Blindfold a participant, attach a whistle to their clothing with a string, and have others seize and blow it while the blindfolded player tries to identify the whistle bearer. When revealed, pass the trick to another participant for continued game play.
A lighthearted school day anecdote shows Elsie declaring she learned to spell man and mom asks how, with Elsie replying You spell it the same way only smaller letters. The piece also offers a drapery tip for young housewives and notes range improvement grasses and forage guidance including through manuring and overstocked prairie lands increasing hay yield.
Reports from state departments of agriculture detail mid April conditions for peaches. California shows normal crops with late ripening. Delaware expects under half a crop. Illinois hedges on none in central areas. Massachusetts nearly no harvest. cold December buds damage. Missouri generally poor though southern counties show 25 to 60 percent. New Jersey 25 to 50 percent of average. North Carolina around 50 percent. Ohio about 77 percent. Texas half a crop after late freeze. Virginia conflicting but not full. West Virginia under 15 percent. Georgia improves versus earlier, northern light yield but overall many trees bearing large volume. W M Scott entomologist Georgia Dept of Agriculture.
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