Farmers oppose eight hour law in Walla Walla area
The farmers union of Walla Walla Columbia and Garfield counties filed against the eight hour law with Secretary Howell. They argue harvest work needs more than eight hours, labor is scarce, and cooks cannot feed crews on Sunday. They paid 200 dollars for publication and the argument may appear if the measure advances.
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Olympia
Farmers’ Union
Walla Walla
Columbia
Garfield
Howell
Meek Death on Picnic Train Claims Aberdeen Carpenter
William C. Anderson 38 a carpenter of Aberdeen was killed when the Aberdeen special train to an Merchants excursion broke between cars and threw him under a car on the tracks. His wife on the train was grief stricken. Anderson from Battle Creek Michigan lived at 718 West Second and was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and the Carpenters Union.
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William C. Anderson
Aberdeen
Merchants
Anderson
Whiteside
Battle Creek
Mich
West Second Street
Michigan
Odd Fellows Lodge
Carpenters’ Union
Mrs Lena Gustafson seeks arrest in suspected desertion plot
Mrs Lena Gustafson says her husband is not dead and that a plot to desert her and their two children is under way. She obtained a warrant and sent it to Escanaba police after a May trip by Gustafson and his brother Axel to Michigan. A May 15 letter claimed Ed Gustafson died in Escanaba, but Lena finds no proof and continues questioning the report to support herself and two children.
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Lena Gustafson
Escanaba
Mich
Gustafson
Axel
Michigan
Ed Gustafson
Concentration and Specialization for Big Success
Maurice Switzer argues that success comes from specializing in one line of work and mastering it. He warns against dispersing energy and urges persistent, focused effort to become as knowledgeable as the founder of the chosen field.
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Maurice Switzer
Leslie
Lawyer Trunk Confusion Marks Mediterranean Trip
A Cleveland attorney returning from his first overseas trip recounts a comic customs encounter in New York. When asked if his trunk contains personal property, he asks for clarification and insists there is no real estate inside, prompting humorous exchanges at the pier.
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Cleveland
New York
Custom House
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pepys Library Bequeathed to Magdalene College Cambridge
Pepys library since 1724 is held by Magdalene College Cambridge. Pepys directed in his will that after his nephew John Jackson's death the books and manuscripts pass to Trinity or Magdalene. The receiving college must submit to annual visitation by the other to ensure the trust is properly fulfilled.
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Pepys
Magdalene College
Cambridge
John Jackson
Trinity College
Net the Season’s Favorite Frock Emerges in Lace on Net
A fashionable frock showcases thread run lace on a net foundation with flouncing from the latest long tunics and a blouse suggesting a neat bolero. The ensemble highlights net as a summer fabric worn in trendsetting style.
The Home Canner On The Farm
The home canner helps farms save waste from perishable fruits and vegetables. It preserves surplus produce for winter use and sale when markets are not ready, ensuring nothing spoils. Every farm should own a canner to protect seasonal harvests.
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Seison
The Deadly Cutworm In Western Kansas Wheat
Entomology Professor George A. Dean identifies the cutworm as the wheat destroyer in western Kansas. Infestations are mainly in fields with volunteer wheat and nearby grasslands. Weather may limit losses. plowing in summer and reducing volunteer wheat lowers risk. use dust barriers or poison bran mash at field edges to kill migrating worms.
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Kansas
George A. Dean
Kansas State Agricultural College
Growing Alfalfa Seed Sowing for Best Field Results
The guide explains preparing land for alfalfa by plowing deeply in year one using manure, cleaning corn or potato crops to allow soil settling, then double dishing rolling and harrowing in spring. It details sowing with a wheat drill mixing six pounds cornmeal to ten pounds alfalfa seed and calibrating to sixteen pounds per acre, or using a drill with blocks to place rows forty two inches apart for cultivation.
Orchard versus hay on same land warns farmers
The article counsels farmers to dedicate land to either orchard crops or hay. It argues that attempting both on one plot reduces yields and argues for separating the enterprises to maximize results.
Straw as Fertilizer Boosts Farm Returns in Missouri County
A Missouri county ships large quantities of straw to a local paper and strawboard mill. The straw earns farmers about 50 cents per ton as fuel, while an estimated 2.50 per ton value as organic matter improves soil. A 1000 ton pile at Sikeston is ready for shipment. The county agent urges using straw as bedding and top dressing for crops to encourage soil improvement and reduce selling for cash.
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Missouri
Sikeston
Urging immediate action against diseased trees
A local opinion warns that diseased or infested trees threaten neighboring properties. The author urges prompt cure or removal, advising cutting down and burning if treatment is not possible to halt the spread.
Home-made finishes for whitewash and cement
A pound of cheap soap dissolved in boiling water and added to about five gallons of thick white wash yields a gloss resembling oil paint. Silicate of soda mixed at one to ten with whitewash creates a fireproof cement.
Energy in the Sun and its Vast Radiant Loss
Garrett P. Serviss explains in the Spokane Review that at Earth's distance the sun emits energy equivalent to 66 globes of earth-mass coal daily, yet only a tiny fraction is intercepted by Earth and planets. He notes most radiation travels through space and argues the sun’s luminosity sustains its stellar status as a spendthrift.
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Earth
Garrett P. Serviss
Spokane Review
Disputes Over Intelligence Between Mabels Dog and Baby
A Louisville Courier Journal quip contrasts a disagreement about whether Mabels dog is smarter than a baby. The piece follows with a Judge quip from the Cincinnati Enquirer about striking out on one's own and the ease of ignoring advice. A New York Mail line notes life as bubbles, either bubbling with cheer or frothing mad.
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Mabel
Louisville Courier- Journal
New York Mail
Witty Quotations From Various Papers
A compilation of light snatches and quips from newspapers including remarks on marriage, taxes, editors, and domestic life. The humor touches on social norms and everyday misunderstandings with a playful edge.
Publishing Notice for Missed Herald Deliveries
Publisher requests subscribers served by city carrier to call City Messenger Co. at phone 72 if they fail to receive the Herald by 6 p.m. Tuesday or Friday. Christian Science Church announces services and reading room hours at 517 Finch building with daily hours 1 30 to 5 except Sundays.
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City Messenger Co
Christian Science Church
First Street
Broadway
Finch Building
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