Care of the Farm Wood Lot and Planting Desirable Trees
A. Scott Kansas Agricultural College urges farmers to treat timber as a productive asset. Left to nature, valuable species are lost and land yields decline. Plant catalpa, cottonwood, red cedar, white and Austrian pines to restore value. Proper underplanting on rich, flood-prone soils can yield 3,000 to 20,000 board feet per acre in decades.
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A. Scott
The
Kansas Agricultural College
Catalpa
Hedgerow Obstacle Draws Roadside Attention
A rank untrimmed hedgerow blocks a clear view along the road, hindering passage for travelers and spoiling the appearance of the property it borders.
Poultry as a Second Crop
The article advocates poultry as a viable second crop on ground grown for other crops. It argues poultry can be produced without harming existing crops and may even benefit them, highlighting the untapped potential of integrating poultry farming with crop production.
Nesting and roosting box design for hens
A Farm and Fireside correspondent describes a modular hen nesting and roosting box with easy access and secure nesting, featuring secret egg hiding, ample ventilation, movable sections, accessible components for cleaning, and a bench foundation with fifteen inch square nests and a front door.
Advice to Amateur Farmers from Farm Journal
Farmers are advised not to expect hatching from fried eggs and to shade potato patches in extreme heat. The Journal notes no essential link between duck raising and quack grass in modern science disclosures.
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Farm Journal
North Carolina plan utilizes nitrate of soda for corn growth
The method calls for applying nitrate of soda near the roots once corn stalks reach eighteen to twenty inches in height. The article notes the paying value of this practice is greatly underestimated.
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North Carolina
Critter Wisdom and Practical Farm Tips
A collection of agricultural advice discusses profitable sheep pairing, official tuberculin testing for livestock, winter canvas covers for horses and cattle in New Zealand, and ration optimization using mangels. Practical notes emphasize harness care, long-lasting equipment, and economic feeding decisions.
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New Zealand
Kansas
C. F. Chase
Kansas Agricultural College
New Hampshire Station
Waifs of the Titanic Identified as French Orphans
Two young French boys aboard the Titanic were taken in by Miss Margaret Hays in New York after the disaster. They called each other Louis and Lola and spoke French. Mme Navraitil of Nice claimed the children and said their father, her ex-husband, was lost with the ship. some survivors recalled a man named Hoffman.
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Margaret Hays
New York
Hoffman
Moving Picture Teaches Hygiene at New York Child Welfare Exhibit
In Manhattan the Chil dren's Aid Society exhibit drew crowds of women and children as a cinema screen showed a baby's bottle with dirty flies and germ-filled nipples. A pretty woman then fed the baby, provoking groans and indignation as the lesson on cleanliness unfolded.
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New York
Children's Aid Society
William F McCombs Leads Wilson Campaign Team
William F McCombs of New York heads the effort to secure the Democratic presidential nomination for Woodrow Wilson. Born December 26 1875 in Hamburg Arkansas he is a Princeton and Harvard Law graduate and has long been active in New York politics. He chairs the tariff revision committee of the National Democratic Club and serves as a trustee of the College of the City of New York. He has paused his law practice to devote full time to the campaign.
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Woodrow Wilson
William F. McCombs
New York
Mr. McCombs
Hamburg
Ashley County
Inventor’s Patent Fly Catcher Tale Turns Grim
A visitor at an asylum hears a would be genius boast of a patent fly catcher. The plan uses a two door parrot cage on a tall pedestal with ladders and a missing rung to trap flies by causing a fatal fall onto a marble slab. The tale ends with a macabre punchline.
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Nere
John D. Rockefeller
James brothers reward public image after Kansas City escapade
The James brothers robbed a cash box near a Kansas state fair cash receipts worth about $2000 in broad daylight before a crowd. They later gifted a reporter a watch, claiming they bought it, and teased he could name someone to kill. the tale appears in Life magazine.
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James Brothers
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Gad's Hill
Kansas City
Eli Perkins
Khansias City
A Fatal Twist in Votes for Women Debate
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt shows Tenry agreeing that women are intelligent and pay taxes, then the couple discusses whether women should have a say in spending money. The man exits the house after admitting the twist in the argument.
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Tenry
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Keeper of Lockup in Fliegende Blatter Quip
A policeman brings in a prisoner. The keeper jokes about making room by tossing out a tramp named Habermichel who will be back tomorrow.
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Habermichel
Definitions of men via quirks from Blue Mound Sun
A US newspaper excerpt presents humorous, compact character sketches. It contrasts traits with playful definitions and labels a saint as a man after death and a fourflusher as a politician.
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Blue Mound
Looking Up Transient Charm and Official Scrutiny
Local exchange mocks urban growth as residents joke about militia visits and state health inspections tallying three and two times respectively, highlighting city development and external oversight.
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State Board of Health
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Buddy
American Press Association
Louis and
Lola
William F. M’combs
William F. M Combs
Fly Fighting Committee
Ani As
Mer
Caine
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Howett
A. Pr. Rohdwell& CO
Minneapolis
Minn
Wishkah
Aberdeen Printing Coo, Incorporated
Harper
Kentucky
Fred "Hewitt Humboldt
Aberdeen
Wash
South F Street
Mississippi River
HOTEL
Washington
Griffin & Morck
Aberdeen, Washington
L. L. Maley Aberdeen
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