Preparation and care of tobacco plant beds in Piedmont NC
This excerpt from A Manual of Tobacco Culture outlines seed sowing from December to March for abundant plant supply. It details virgin sandy beds, thorough burning, deep breaking, precise seeding with Yellow Orinace, trenching, top-dressing with stable manure or alternatives, and careful protection against cold and the tobacco bug with brush coverings and a high fence. It also covers staged sowing, top-dressing between relies, irrigation, and shelter management for healthy transplant readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben House
Leap Year Mischief and Pencils Made in Minute Detail
A Detroit man faces a bold leap year proposal from a practical woman who helps free his mudbound wagon then refuses marriage. The article then explains how slate pencils are manufactured from slate through milling, kneading, cutting, drying, kilning, and finishing, noting much of the work is done by boys and cost is low. It also includes miscellaneous humor about horses, Bible measures, and a student’s spelling joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Cnos Ur Starne
Yin
Willsou
Spooner
Detroit Free Press
Education of the Chinese Emperors Sons Revealed
The Hong Kong Daily Press outlines the strict early education of Manchu princes. Sons rise at dawn for Chinese literature lessons, get surrounded by eight fellow students, and may be flogged for missteps. The day includes Manchu Mongol languages, foot and horse drills, and meals weighed for discipline. At fifteen marriage follows. the emperor sleeps with sixteen imperial attendants. Annual New Year banquets allow co view of wives, while petroleum stats cap the other column of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Abo
Ba Ha-Cho
Toozebib
Se-Fu
Li~ Jery
Ansta
Sour Lake and Its Gaseous Wells in Hardin County Texas
In Hardin county near the Houston line the Sour Lake area hosts wells bubbling with gas and oil. Visitors report flames from open gas vents, yellow and blackish oil, white sulfur, and a skin beautifying deposit called Youth and Beauty. The region promises a striking watering place amid a prairie and forest, with potential for a tourist magnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sour Lake
Texas
Hardin County
Houston
Texas and
New Orleans
Emelle
Jie
Desmand
Also Mentioned on This Page
He Winston Sentinel
Geo. M. Mathes
Preston Roan
Winston
THE
Raleigh Christian Advocate
Black & Reid
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Ith
I. W. Durham
Practical Marble Worker
Winstor
N. c. BB
T. Vogler
Winston Main
Beck & Moore
Barrow & Beck
I. C
T J. Brow
Brown's Waren
NEW Hardw
Anne
J.B. Vaughn
Saveor Vaughn
Prather
Vance
Brown & Vaucan
Robert D. Johnston
Henry S. Foy
Ialso
Loth
Jas. A. Gray
United States
Hinsion, N.C
Santorp
Lea Broadway
T.W. Sanford
M.D
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
Mr Gray
Groeries
Mar Street
Merchant's Hotel
R. B. Davis
Catawba
Piedmont
All Brothers
Hickory
N.C
Iris
V Inwy
Bible Terms
Ezekiel
Pereoreum
Hanowr
Germany
Pennsylvania
Europe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!