Chrysanthemums and a Neighbor's Garden Bond
A stylish woman in a country garden admires rival chrysanthemums and forges a flirtatious exchange with Mr Ware of the next cottage. He reveals bulbs, not prize blooms, as the source of her hopeful beds. She insists on planting them herself, linking to Olga Richardson via shared acquaintances. He returns with plans to visit again.
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Mr. Ware
Coun
New York
Atb
Manhattan
Miss Richardson
Forty-second Street
Olga Richardson
Miss Trelawney
Oive Trelawney
Olive
Missing parsnip harvest as thief shadows garden
In a rural scene Mr Ware balks at an early morning theft of his planted potato and bean provisions. He laments a rapscallion stealing the pertaties set aside for planting, noting a fine new banket and an empty basket beside the fresh flower bed.
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Mr. Ware
Michael
Tattoo Marks Save Lives and Aid Identification
Pearson's English expert on tattooing argues tattoos aid identification in war and peril. He cites a Royal Horse Guards captain killed in the Matabele conflict identified by his mark, and a later client spared after a devil tattoo convinced captors. Sailors also bear two color designs as deathproof identifiers, including Arabic password runs and common nautical motifs.
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Royal Horse Guards
Far East
Jack Tars
Sagacity of the Ant Demonstrates Reasoning Powers
A University of Pennsylvania student built a four path two foot metal roadway with red and blue routes. An ant chose the red path to cake until a lamp heated it, then the ant persisted. After cake, the ant learned and avoided the red path, showing memory and reasoning. a second cake produced a blue path approach, avoiding the hot red path.
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Biological
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Good Fruit or Profitable Fruit In Oklahoma Fields
Northwest and east of the Alleghenies show fruit quality versus profitability. Ben Davis apples win praise for planting and long storage, while good shippers demand versatile fruit. Strawberries wash out for shipping, so growers plant both home use varieties and shipper varieties. Asparagus is scarce in Oklahoma gardens but easy to grow, with beds needing winter manure and careful forcing in spring. A dangerous friendly bull on a Dodge Mountain farm ends with a dramatic life-saving dog intervention.
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Alleghany Mountains
the West
Ben Davis
New England
New England States
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Station
William T. Orbeton
Dodge's Mountain
Mr. Orboleton
Searce
Chas
Greene
Lespedeza and seed corn notes from the farm column
Agricultural seed notes discuss Lespedeza striata as a southern forage plant, its climate range from the Trinity River to the Carolinas, and its salivation effects on horses that fade with time. Seed sowing guidance and per acre quantities follow, plus remarks on its soil-reclaiming value and annual seeding benefits. Also included is Farmers' Review advice on saving seed corn with a cellar-drying method and a note on a Wyoming county churn scheme and a counterfeit butter claim.
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Japan
Texas
Trinity River
Carolinas
Gulf States
Kentucky
South
Charleston
Farmers’ Review
A. T. Evans
Knox County
Minnots
Feeding Fodder and Chickens in Victorian Agriculture
Reports from a stockmen convention discuss corn fodder for draft horses in the corn belt and the validity of nitrogenous feeds for grown versus young horses. Articles also cover artificial incubation of chicks, brooders, and success rates, plus Georgia peach orchards facing a San Jose scale crisis and a coming market glut with potential orchard consolidation and shifts to different crops.
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Belgium
Georgia
San Jose
H. A Mathews
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Enchantment
Frank GB. Swiet
Ermicut
S. B. McManus
Tonawanda Review
Wyoming County
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