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Library of Congress1910

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 5, 1910

Missouri Matters The Growth of Springfield Elections and OfficeSeeking The Agricultural Outlook Correspondence of The Journal Springfield Mo April 30 1910 The weather for the past winter and the spring to the present time has been de lightful The fall months are uniformly pleasant in this latitude The winter weather is often far from pleasant changing frequently from cool to warm with quite a percentage of cloudy and rainy days The spring weather is apt to be tedious warmer and cooler The past seasons however have been an ex ception The winter months set in dry and cool and so continued for an unusual ly long period Late in February the weather began to get warmer and up to the present writing we have had no seri ous or sudden changes All kinds of fruit trees have been full of blossoms which fortunately have not been subject to either freezing weather or cold rains so that at the present time the prospects for a large fruit crop are excellent Two or three weeks ago the blossoms on the trees presented a beautiful picture One of the most beautiful of the blossoms is the peach and one of the most fragrant

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 29, 1916

D June In Missouri Correspondence of The Journal Springfield Mo June 13 1916 The month of June is to us full of joy and beauty To begin we have been favored with an abundance of delicious straw berries gathered fresh from our own patch in the garden For more than four weeks morning noon and night we ate them without stint or weariness and handed over the patch at surplus times to neighbors and friends We have also been bountifully supplied with radishes lettuce beet greens and yesterday we picked our first mess of string beans This morning we cut our first crop of en dive and dug our first mess of new pota toes one hill being sufficient for the days needs Not only do we partake of the eatables but our eyes are being feasted with the sight of the beautiful Flowers of almost all early varieties are to be seen everywhere in profuse abun dance particularly is this true of the roses which just now are exceedingly pro fuse A week ago we were charmed and delighed with the sights which met our eyes as we drove through the Btreets of the city Last night in our

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