Raspberry Growing In Home Gardens Advised By USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture advises home gardeners to plant raspberries where space allows 60 to 100 plants per family. Planting times vary by region with spring in the East and rainy season on the Pacific coast. Prepare rich soil, avoid recent sod, prune tops to six inches, and set rows six to eight feet apart. Red varieties include Cuthbert King and St Regis. purple Cardinal Columbia. black Gregg Cumberland Older and Black Pearl. Regular cultivation helps moisture retention and weed control. old canes are removed after harvest.
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United States Department
Agriculture
United States
Pacific Coast
Cuthbert
St. Regis
Columbia
Gregg
Cumberland
Rancre
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Jet an Old Time Favorite
Jet has been used since ancient times with finds in bronze age ornaments and Roman relics. Monks at Whitby and Whitney used jet for rosaries while jet occurs in shale rock with coniferous wood sometimes seen in composition.
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Britain
Whitby Abbey
England
Whitney
Trustee’s Sale Notice of Frederick Counts Property
Public sale announced for about 25 acres near Mt. Williams in Chester Virginia. Property comes from Emma Baker and husband via four deeds dated 1912. Sale at front of Chester County Court House at 9 12 noon on Saturday with terms including bonds due in one year and annual installments. Trustee M. Lynch signs the notice.
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Emma Baker
Fredeé & Virginia
Court House
Chester
Virginia
One Million Feet of Timber for Sale in Frederick County
Sealed bids invited for about one million feet of white oak red oak chestnut and poplar on the 1250 tract near Mountain Falls Frederick county Virginia owned by The Handley Board of Trustees Bids may be rejected at Handley Board discretion bidder to remove timber within reasonable time land rights reserved terms require half cash and notes maturing by agreement endorsed to Handley Board bids to John I Sloat Chairman Commercial and Savings Bank Winchester Virginia publication date May 29 1922
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Mountain Falls
Frederick County
Virginia
Handley Board of Trustees
Handley Board
John I. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Winchester
Divorce suit filed in Winchester Court
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester 1922 Roy Holmes Ritter files for divorce a vinculo matrimonii from Grace McCarty Ritter on desertion grounds. affidavit shows defendant not resident of Virginia. she must appear within 15 days after publication. notice to publish weekly for four weeks in Winchester Star and post at court house door by jur e events. clerk B Beverley.
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Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Roy Holmes Ritter
Grace McCarty Ritter
Virginia
Winchester Star
B. Beverley
Brashkin Wife Muses On Clothes In Quarrel
In a witty exchange quoted from Detroit Free Press Brashkin’s wife admits moments of discouragement yet praises one constant flaw free detail the way she looks in last year’s clothes.
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John
Brashkin
Detroit
Mother to Be Ad Promotes Mother s Friend
An advertisement urges expectant mothers to read a message about easing childbirth with Mothers Friend a topical remedy claimed to reduce suffering during pregnancy. It cites a Scranton Pa testimonial, asserts safety and lack of narcotics, and notes the product is sold by druggists everywhere with a warning to avoid unknown substitutes.
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C. J. Hartman
Scranton, Pa
Bless the Child Story Sparked by Postwar Boston Glimpse
A fragment recalls a young girl who survived whooping cough and expressed belief that she was spared death because God does not like “little coughing angels.” The quote reflects a religiously tinged sentiment in a Boston Transcript snippet.
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Boston Transcript
After That He Evaded Traps in a Humorous Quote
A confirmed bachelor reflects on marriage after recounting a crowd encounter. He recalls stepping on a lady’s gown, the woman’s exasperation, and her quick, forgiving smile as she mistook him for her husband. He concludes marriage isn’t important to him.
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Wwe
Orchard Information on Ground Work Under Trees
They permit working the ground beneath trees and growing crops that tolerate partial shade. Gardeners are advised on head height for trees, methods to form or reduce heads, and sustaining a lawn under tall trees for versatile yard use.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bush fruit disease spray guidance for raspberries and blackberries
H A Gardinell of Missouri College of Agriculture says most raspberry and blackberry diseases resist spraying. Recommend planting resistant varieties like Kansas black raspberry, cutting out and burning old canes after fruiting, and cautious use of arsenate of lead for caterpillars. Currants gooseberries show leaf spot poorly controlled by spray. dust with Paris green for imported currant worm. use hellebore or pyrethrum after fruit development. For mildew apply liver of sulfur. plant lice require nicotine sulfate before curling. Plowing and burning debris helps leaf spot control.
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H. A. Gardinell
Missouri College of Agriculture
Kansas
Missouri
Paris
Desired English clergyman seeks safcook ad in Times
The fragment recalls an 19th century London Times advert for a cook described by a clergyman as essential in his household. He emphasizes not humor but embodying the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5 22, including love joy peace and gentleness.
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Safcook
London Times
His Choice In New Twin Brothers Fight Reckoning
Tommy visits newborn twins and selects the redheaded brother as the likely strongest fighter, a remark attributed to the Boston Transcript reflecting a family scene.
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Tommy
Boston Transcript
Prevent Damage to Trees in Orchard Care
Guidance urges protecting fruit bearing wood and sprouts while pruning avoid injuring fruit spurs. It stresses that long bare branches reduce yield and waterspouts help start fruit spurs. It asks if the orchard has been sprayed noting clean fruit depends on proper spraying.
Neglect Costly to Orchard Yields
Neglect leads to poor fruit tree production, comparable to unworked corn. The remark ties care to harvest outcomes, warning farmers that skipping cultivation reduces yield and profits.
Transplanted Tree Depth Adjusted After Nursery Plan
A gardener adjusts the transplanted tree to sit slightly deeper than its nursery row placement ensuring roots are covered and stability improved. The modification follows standard horticultural practice to promote healthy establishment.
Raspberry Patch Diseases
Raspberry patches face two or three serious diseases including bright canes dying and bark turning unhealthy and anthracnose giving canes a scabby look. Bordeaux mixture can help if not badly diseased. otherwise start a new plantation on disease free ground away from the old bed and avoid planting near old strawberries with pests.
Thornless blackberry joins new plant world from California
A thornless blackberry variety is introduced as the latest addition to the new plant world and is noted to have originated in California.
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California
Menthe Sulphur deemed remedy for skin troubles in ad
A faded ad promotes Menthe Sulphur for unsightly skin itching eczema and other irritations. It urges readers to obtain a small jar from any druggist and apply it like cold cream, claiming swift relief. The quirky phrasing reflects historical marketing of topical treatments.
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J. H. Lockhart
Glaize & Bro. Strickler & Wagner Winchester
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James L. Gardner Valley Lumber & Winchester
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Adfield
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Susquehanna Valley
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Atlin
South Carolina Avenue
Pennsylvania
Clark
Can. Pac
Foam Tee
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Senion Macnaie
Japa
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Ross
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