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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1884
Page
4
A speaker asks for patience as the day grows hot and noon pulses with heat. She declares every hour counts toward a task and pleads for a little longer to finish the work. The plea ends with a firm but hopeful request for more time.
The Modern Age outlines elaborate preparations for the queen’s journeys including pilot engines, traffic suspensions, army-like guard details, and telegraph support. It notes her private routines, dispatches, and the extensive, discreet control she exercises over correspondence and diplomacy from the royal train.
A note that many of John Greenleaf Whittier’s early poems are lost with no trace. Among the missing works are Isabella of Austria written at age twenty Palo Alto Bolivar and a poem on Henry Clay.
The article warns that jumping from grain to dairy without preparation leads to costly mistakes. It cites poor cow selection, unsuitable barns, inadequate forage, drought risks, and inconsistent milk, urging gradual, planned shifts with phased herd building, grain until milk thrives, and learning through books and associations. It advocates small test plantings and gradual farm-wide change to dairy.
The author argues the prairie apple grower needs cold hardy varieties, critiques current Western planting habits, reflects on old seedling orchards, and urges windbreaks with apple trees to protect farms. It highlights the value of selecting few reliable, hardy varieties and the role of seedlings in pomology history.
Mr G W Bailey of Wellington Kansas shares his walnut growing method. He details ground preparation planting spacing marking furrows then dropping nuts and trampling to set them. He explains pruning to control side branches and confirms labor in early years yields a sturdy tree with long term payoff.
The article urges farmers to plant shade-trees as soon as frost ends and before spring buds swell. It recommends locations around farm dwellings, near cattle yards, and in pastures to provide shade for livestock. The cost is described as unimporant and the practice essential for warm weather relief.
A Pittsburg Dispatch piece argues the craze over snake fascination is mainly superstition. It notes various animal reactions to snakes in cages and asserts humans are no more captivated by snakes than birds or small mammals, urging a sober view of literary metaphor.
Two university men visiting Sacramento sought powder for duck hunting. They bought a can of baking powder advertised as new and universal. After trying three caps with no discharge, the store owner refunded a dollar and suggested they were hunting instead, returning the powder to the shelf.
Two Rufus Choate daughters living in Boston recounted a dinner table quip from years ago about Emerson and his Egypt visit. When asked what the Sphinx would say to him someone replied you’re another.
Israel Phillips of Greenfield Mass is regarded as the oldest commercial traveler in active service. Six quarts of bread yeast saved the life of an ox in Connecticut that had eaten his fill at the meal box.
The Louisville Post reports Squire H C Reece in his office prints red tickets and affidavits for oaths of abstinence. Men sworn to quit drinking or vice sign with time limits. some pledge to avoid gaming or social contact. Citizens including a prominent businessman and a Chicago drummer seek legal oaths, with mothers and lovers watching reforms grow. Reece notes hundreds in revenue yearly, sometimes eight hundred dollars.
A Frenchman walking with a friend mocked a Newfoundland dog. The master shoved the dog into a shallow river to prove its intelligence. Two Newfoundland dogs grabbed the coat tails and swam, tearing the coat and forcing the owner to wade in to save his friend.
Winnipeg Siftings questions why English expatriates in Canada fail to rise as leaders or self made figures. It argues Englishmen lose prominence outside Britain and compare unfavorably with native Canadians and other groups, noting limited success and reliance on respectable mediocrity.
The article notes a rapid rise in French school libraries from 4,833 in 1865 to 30,000 last year, with 4,000 free public libraries also available. It contrasts this with England, which had 96 free libraries in 1882.
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