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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
9
An apparent ad fragment notes Hampton's Ave store promotes checks valued at one hundred dollars and urges redemption of checks in ten dollar multiples. It contrasts cash offers for stamps and asserts checks are redeemable for larger sums, though the readable text is garbled and incomplete.
Retail notice touts spring fabrics and dress goods at low sale prices. Carpenter's Store promotes silk, batiste, dimities, and voiles with dramatic discounts, claiming vast selections and new shipments. Limited-time sale runs ten days, with samples offered by mail.
A garbled fiction piece from March American Magadbie features Fin nia McGhesney, a traveling saleswoman, and a boy who spends a night with a stranger in a country hotel. His mother questions the room, exposing gaps in memory and names as she derides the “cussedext creatures” and recalls shared rituals and family scenes from Dayton.
Obituary fragment from Hunterdon County notes Miss Jane Martonis of Assbury dying at her daughter Catharine Davis’s home in Glen Gardner after long illness. Mentions Apgar family, Wyckoff, Prall, and Davis as relatives. Appx ages and generations listed, including 21 grandchildren and 84 great grandchildren.
Farmers can grow their own seed with careful land preparation, cultivation, and timely harvest. Selecting high quality seed from the patch, thrashing lightly, and cleaning grains improves yield and quality without extra cost. A Scotch gardener cites success in growing sweet corn seed for a northern firm, noting winter is the best time for seed selection.
A French inventor designs a five compartment metal feeder for early spring bee nourishment. The end compartments hold a syrup feed that flows into 250 bee cell imitators, with two runways guiding bees from entrance to cell compartments.
Farmers are urged not to muleh when ground is wet and to top dress late seeding grain with long manure. Winter vetch is hardy and stays green through winter. Corn yielding 70 hushels an acre may produce about one and three-fourths tons of stover. The ground should be stulphed when frozen to prevent upheaves as thawing disturbs soil. The two-horse, low-rear Wapon is common among New England farmers.
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