Schwab on Manufacturing: American Scale vs German Quality
Charles M. Schwab contrasts American and German production ideals. He notes Americans boast output now while Germans prize top quality. He argues the U S can win globally by lowering costs or elevating quality through science and skilled labor.
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Charles M. Schwab
Germany
United States
The House Cleaning Mania
Janet V Strauss argues spring cleaning fever harms marriages and daily life. The piece satirically notes wives endure endless tasks, clever misuses of cheap materials, and the burden of upkeep. It contends homes should fit ongoing costs and that people matter more than the house.
Great Power of the President
John C. Spooner argues the president holds supreme power over treaties beyond Senate ratification. He contends the president may negotiate and, after Senate approval, still withhold exchange of ratifications if later information suggests it serves the public interest. He views this power as inherent to executive foreign relations authority.
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John C. Spooner
Senate
White House
Rain on the Prairies Inspires Gentle Storm of Growth
A lyrical meditation from the New York Sun celebrates summer rain waking flowers and crops. It imagines buds lifting, grasses lengthening, trees reaching, and grain becoming strong as the earth receives a hopeful blessing. The poem personifies rain as a patient messenger bringing life.
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New York
The Master Man
In Cuba Marguerite Maguire resists a bold suitor Dick Shepley who hijacks a car to hurry her to a Bremen sailing to New York. She fights fear yet consents as she recalls a childhood vow and they race toward a dramatic, fateful wedding at the harbor while a cheering crowd watches.
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Wek
Don Carlos
Carlos
Mavana
New York
Dick Shepley
Marguerite Maguire
Fregously
Midge
Moment of consent on shipboard marriage scene
On a crowded pier a couple confronts a pivotal vow as a nervous reverend, a weeping bride, and a fretting mother witness a decisive yes. The scene shifts to the rice strewn deck of a liner with shore fading, sealing a consent amid anxious eyes.
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Boston Tost
Boiler explosion blamed on dry barrel of apples
An old riverman reports hearing a muffled explosion on the levee in Memphis. A damaged trunk containing dried apples exploded, leaving a grisly scene and no identifiable victim. Locals speculate a planned blast with unknown consignee, possibly tied to the lighthouse tender Oleander voyage.
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Hickey
Sexale
Memphis News- Scimitar
Oregon
Oleander
United States
Spirit Photography Exposed as Simple Fake by Photographer
A Spokane controversy over alleged spirit photographs cites local artist Carpenter calling the works fakes. The piece explains a double printing method where a group of faces is printed hazily and a living person's face is added, with other faces masked by cotton to create the ghostly effect.
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Carpenter
The
New York Herald
Spokane
Wash
Rich Bride Hosts Reception With Orchestra Joke
A newly rich woman gives a large wedding reception for her daughter with a twelve-piece orchestra led by a celebrated violinist. At mid-evening the butler announces in grand fashion that the violin eats in the dining room while the rest eat in the pantry, a line that accompanies the tale of well-meaning manners turning sour.
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Vais
Efficient Potato Seed Cutter For Large Plantings
A practical seed cutter table to speed potato planting. Build a three foot by six foot bench with a knee height of about twenty five inches and a front six inch high barrier. A central trough and a front eight inch hole drop cut tubers into a floor basket for quick handling.
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Indianapolis News
Start the Pigs Right in Corn Ration and Ringed Pigs
The article warns that starting piglets on corn too early leads to contracted stomachs from unbalanced rations. It notes pigs may root soil if allowed to range, and suggests adding middlings and oilmeal to balance feed. Stock foods without drugs add value for balanced rations.
Cotton pest protection notes for Texas season
In the cotton growing season farmers learn new protections for bollwort leaf worm sharpshooter and cotton square borer by Paris green and other measures. The boll weevil needs further study but a severe winter reduced pest pressure for Texas crops this season.
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Paris Green
Texas
Weather bureau chief predicts six month winter forecasts
The Missouri State University weather bureau director says advances may let the U S weather service forecast January to March weather by late September. Global air eddies drive winter differences and once more stations are in place, long range forecasts could become routine.
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Weather Bureau
Missouri State University
United States Weather Service
Corn marker runners and side arm details for sled system
This item describes a corn marker setup with 2x6 inch runners 2 feet long and a swivel side arm attached to a sled. The arm length is 119 by 134 inches with a 1014 foot rope setup to pull along a singletree, for rows 3 Wy feet apart, and the arm is reversible.
Winter Chickens Profit Guide for Hatchers
Winter months allow profitable chicken hatching from September 1 to June 1 with November to January broods offering real profits. Chicks endure cold better, face fewer heat-related issues, and winter-fed costs stay steady though growth is slower. Early winter hatchlings yield heavier feathering and prepare birds for April and May peak prices.
What Lime Does for Land
Farmers think lime unnecessary because fertilizers contain lime but ground bone and phosphates do. Air-slaked lime chemically sweetens soil and frees other plant foods, making soil more workable. Its main role is improving soil chemistry, not just supplying lime as plant food.
Buckwheat rotation said to deter wireworms on potato land
A New York farmer claims wireworms will not survive on ground grown with buckwheat for two seasons. He suggests rotating crops to clear potato land of the pests by cultivating buckwheat.
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New York
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