Necessity of spraying to control disease in fruit orchards
A detailed guide urges fruit and berry growers in the northwest to adopt Bordeaux mixture with Paris green for pest and disease control. It explains formulation, preparation, and timing, noting early spring and post bloom applications with a focus on preventing rather than curing diseases like scab, blight, and mildews, while highlighting pests such as codling moths and caterpillars.
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Ags Jong
Sibel
Comvan Paris Grean
Northwest
Paris
Bordeaux
Hordeaux
Man Fails at Making a Bed in Humorous Tale
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts a man’s humorous failed attempt to make a bed and tidy the room after his wife left home. He struggles with smoothing shoes and blankets, tucking at the foot, and wrangling misbehaving pillows, concluding with a plan to give up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York Hotel Offers Bonus for Marriage and Babies
J B Martin a New York hotel proprietor says he pays employees $50 for each baby born to a married couple among his staff, with a total of $5150 paid in bonuses last year and more planned. He claims the policy boosts reliability and retention, noting marriages and children reduce turnover and improve staff steadiness.
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New York
J. B. Martin
Martin
Capital of Cardboard in Paris Sketch
A London writer notes Paris appears unreal around the Champs Elysees with tall gray buildings and shuttered windows. He describes painted cardboard doors and a lifeless streetscape, contrasting it with London's warm colors and noisy bustle.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
London
Anyona
Where Reform Should Begin
A studious man orders in a hotel restaurant and clams up over a misread menu. After clarifying that the reform should be in the egg, not the spelling, he tastes the dish then asks the waiter to take it away as the egg proves too reform-minded for him.
Last Resort for His Case in Love and Space
Aprapas of leap year recounts a tale where Robert Aart, an American novelist, ponders love during a dinner. A philosopher offers a cure through astronomy, but the lover finds no relief until an alchemist suggests marriage as the true remedy.
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Aprapas
Robert Aart
Atelo-Americna
Shan
Nils Oye
Chestet
Philler
Phillers
Exiles sufferings in Siberia described in 1907 letter
A dated August 1907 letter from the Aui High Road describes 120 exiles sent to build the Kolessnava wheel road under Cossack guard from Irkutsk. The narrative recounts daily four a.m. starts, long workdays, freezing tents, rain soaked clothing, and harsh conditions as they trek across flooded ground and endure rheumatic sickness, with crews digging long trenches knee deep in nitre.
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Siberia
Aui High Road
Irkutsk
Pashkovo
A. Mh
Seventeen Year Old Girl Saves Boy From Frog Pond
Emma Werner of Corona, age 17, plunged into Frog Pond after spotting Robert Piel, age 10, in danger on Randall Avenue. Despite thin ice, she reached him, pulled him toward shore as onlookers arrived, and both were brought to safety.
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Emma Werner
Corona
L. J
Frog Pond
Robert Piel
Robert
Randall Avenue
Bey
Werner
Youngest Midshipman Alfred Volta Joins Annapolis Cadets
Alfred Shepard Volta of New Orleans, born March 6, 1891, becomes the youngest midshipman at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis after entering July 6, 1967 following mental and physical exams. He was appointed by Representative Robert C. G. Davey from Louisiana's Second District, and educated in New Orleans public schools before joining the academy.
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Navy
Loursiana
United States Naval Academy
Annapollis
Alfred Shepard Volta
New Orleans
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Robert CG. Davey
Alfred Wolfe
Mason's Sacrifice for White Bear's Stand with Modocs
In Oregon frontier past, Mason known as White Bear faces siege by Modocs at his cabin. He negotiates with Leaping Bull to spare Mrs. French and her family, offering himself in exchange for safe passage and survival, ultimately held prisoner until the tribe’s control returns.
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Beeni
Minnie
Silas French
Oregon
California
Hoshat Masa
Pacific
Mason
Dusack
Bull
White Bear
Leaping Bull
Gen. Crosby
Mison
Yulies
Ile
Spek
Len Mason
White Gear
Bear
Miiis
Thal
Lill
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I. L. Washburn
Minnesota
Rone
Pope Aviy
Yole
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