Christmas Flowers and Garden Highlights of the Season
A miscellany of holiday plant notes praises cyclamen poinsettia and ardisia for festive color and durability. It covers care hints, size tips, and market trends including azaleas heath ericas ferns and related foliage. Also mentions cantaloupes in Tennessee and fruit varieties for restaurants. A separate brief reports the arrest order of President Morales in the Dominican Republic and a local court case in Michigan involving a railway clerk and a church singer.
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Boston
Daffodils in Winter Forcing Varieties Noted
Polyanthus Narcissus offers two favored varieties for window gardens. Paper White narcissus is the most popular forced for Christmas. Chinese sacred lily N Tazetta grows twenty inches in forty days and flowers in four to six weeks after planting in a shallow bowl of water. Van Sion is the classic double daffodil best for forcing and brightens March rooms with strong golden blooms.
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van Sion
Green
Garden Magazine
Roosevelt Named New French Pear With Bright Red Blotches
A new French pear variety named Roosevelt is described as very large with light yellow to lemon color and bright red spots on the sunny side. The flesh is white delicate and well flavored. The tree is robust and highly productive.
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Roosevelt
Horticultural Briefs on Fruit Crops and Spraying Needs
The American Pomological Society reports on cherry fruit and also covers pear plum peach grape and small fruits. Professor John Craig of Ithaca New York serves as secretary. Winter killing of fruit trees underscores the need for thorough spraying to control pests and diseases on poorly drained or rich soils.
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American Pomological Society
Association
John Craig
Ithaca
N. Y
Weather forecast shows scattered showers and flurries
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness across Illinois with showers or snow flurries and fresh southerly winds. Indiana expected to see showers and warmer temperatures with strong southerly winds. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin likely to experience showers or snow flurries with brisk southerly winds. Iowa forecast for showers or snow flurries with fresh southerly winds.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Market Quotations Chicago Jan 10 1924 Cotton and livestock mixed
Chicago prices show mixed boards with wheat and soy futures quoted high and low ranges. Cattle hogs and sheep figures listed from Chicago and East Buffalo markets with receipts and price bands for various classes and weights.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Dunning & Stevens
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Narrow Escape on Mississippi Steamboat Sinks Near Cairo
Fred Ferguson of a traveling show escaped when the steamer Frank sprang a leak and sank near O Bryan's Landing below Cairo. Captain James Conners swam to the sinking vessel, rescued occupants including Ferguson, and a lifeboat was loaded with women and children before the ship went down in about 40 feet of water with no insurance.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with reward offer
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills through testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and F Cheney Co. It claims internal action on blood and mucous membranes and offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Buster Brown At Graham Theater Tuesday Night
Manager Chilcote announces Buster Brown for Tuesday night January 16 at the Graham theater. The company has spent a fortune on the production and the theatrical world calls it a sure cure for the blues. Children are urged to obtain one of the funny Buster Brown books at the theater for the show.
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Graham Theater
Buster Brown
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Iowa Central Railway Seers Excursion Half Rates
The Iowa Central Railway announces excursion fares effective through March 31. Half rate after noon Saturdays for return by Monday from points within 150 miles, minimum 75 cents. On sale Friday for 75 to 150 miles, return by Monday. One fare plus 200 for distances over 160 miles, five day limit. Applies to cities with seasonal amusements and all local stations. inquire with Iowa Central agents.
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Seers
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