Blaine Wit and Sarcasm Highlight 19th Century Debate
A portrait of James G Blaine as a sharp witted, combative statesman noted for crowning sarcasm over humor. The excerpt recalls clashes with Roscoe Conkling Theodore Tilton and Gay Hamilton recounting a Maine speech and a Kentucky teaching stint alongside quips about slavery and an inauguration prayer.
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Laine
Mr. Blaine
Roscoe Conkling
Maine
Washington
Conkling
Blaine
Theodore Tilton
New York Independent
Davis
New York
Hyperion
Blaine Laments Davis Amnesty and Punishment Traces
In an address, Mr. Blaine compared failing to punish Jefferson Davis and punishing Wirz at Andersonville to skipping the president and directors in a railroad disaster and hanging the rear car’s brakeman. He urged accountability beyond the condemned subordinate.
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Jefferson Davis
Blaine
Davis
Wirz
Andersonville
Blaine Attacks Greenbacks and Platform Break at Athens
The article notes Blaine's critique of the greenback currency as a never redeemable legal tender. It recounts a Maine story of a store sign reading Payment suspended for thirty days and Blaine's witticisms. It also describes an Athens Ohio rally where a platform collapse caused fear, and Blaine calmed the crowd saying There is always enough of a Republican platform left to stand on.
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Gal Hamiltton
Maine
William Pitt Fessenden
Blaine
Butler
Athens
Colorado
Senate
Treating Seed Grain with Formaldehyde for Smut Control
Minnesota experiment station recommends treating seed with 40 percent formaldehyde to kill smut spores while preserving seed vitality. Mix one pound formaldehyde to forty five gallons water, enough to treat about 100 bushels wheat or 75–85 bushels oats or barley. Apply by sprinkling and thorough moistening, then cover to slow evaporation and dry before seeding. Treat the day before planting for best results.
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Minnesota
Prize program to inspire children in farming skills
A speaker urges local men to fund yearly school prizes for best squash pear or corn to spark pride and ownership in children. By engaging teachers and school boards, the program aims to cultivate agricultural talent, creating a hereditary habit of practical effort and community support.
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H. W. Collingwood
Ancient Sea Walls and the Fate of the Marsh Road
W N Wheeler cites Harrison on a tradition of condemning and staking in the breach walls near the sea to prevent water from drowning the land. Spurrell’s paper recalls a medieval coastal road raised as a causeway and a skeleton found in the bank, suggesting a possible repair duty and medieval burial practices mentioned in London Notes and Queries.
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W. N. Wheeler
Fens
South
Lincolnshire
Harrison
Liclinshed
C. J. Spurrell
Archaeologia Cantiana
Dartford
Ludolph
Smiles
London
Use of Carbon Disulphite to Kill Pocket Gophers
D E Lantz from Kansas describes using carbon disulphite for pocket gophers. Under moist soil and simple burrows an ounce per burrow suffices, with liquid poured onto cotton or waste, pushed into the burrow and closed quickly. If burrows are extensive or soil dry the method is costly due to rapid gas dissipation.
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D. E. Lantz
Kansua
Isoo
S. 5
S. S
SWIFT
Atlanta
Pointed Paragraphs Insight From Atchison Globe
The piece reflects on human behavior with sharp maxims about rivalry restraint excuses for drinking and romance. It compares people to birds and engines to illustrate tendencies to seek attention and trouble, noting that cheaper individuals provoke more issues.
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Atchison Globe
Popular Gardening Tips For Garden Success
A compact guide on starting cabbage early in hotbeds frames or greenhouses then transplanting from May 1 to June 1. It recommends a self cleaning band hoe for amateurs and wheat hoe usage across crops. It explains testing soil with blue litmus paper and lime for acidic soil, and urges timely harrowing after plowing to avoid hard clods.
Hand Mysteries and the Lesser Side Theory
A Denver Post excerpt recounts a hotel news stand discussion on why right handed smokers keep cigars on the left side of the mouth. The tale links this habit to a broader idea of using the lesser side for routine tasks to keep the stronger side ready for emergencies.
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Striblen
Denver Post
Artificial Flowers How Orchids and Roses Are Made
Leslie's Weekly notes artificial flowers are hardest to craft for orchids and American Beauty roses. Workers can make about six roses daily when components are prepped, with skilled hands handling small delicate blossoms like jasmine. Much work comes from French prisons, with wages from 3 to 25 dollars weekly, and home assembly of petals. Market buyers include harness makers who resell to grooms for gala events and theater corsages, with many bouquets admired as artificial.
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France
Leslie's Weekly
Congressional push to curb big contributions faces doubt
The article reports on moves in Congress to ban large corporate contributions to campaigns, with Roosevelt backing reform. It notes state laws as a factor, cites Jamestown anniversary funding debates, and includes exchanges among La Follette, Dolliver, Taft, and Spooner relating to pensions, canal borings, and Indian lands, preserving names and positions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Committee On
America
Jamestown
Joe Cannon
Dolliver
la Follette
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