Farming Notes of Interest at Clemson College
The article reports cadet disturbances at Clemson College ending with cadets returning to campus and open investigations by parents and alumni. It also discusses South Carolina hog production, noting a 63.5 percent increase over ten years, current hog numbers near 1.1 million, a target of 3.5 million hogs, and a high hog price of 6000 dollars. It briefly compares hog farming in Serbia to South Carolina.
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Clemson College
Columbia
South Carolina
Delinting cotton seed with sulfuric acid methods
Farmers consult the agronomy division for delinting cotton seed using sulfuric acid. Prof. C Blackwell provides simple steps with wooden tubs, a holey tub for drainage, a funnel, and careful washing, drying, and handling cautions to avoid seed damage and wood deterioration.
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Prof. C. Blackwell
Favors Nitrate Measure In Senate Debate
Senate agricultural committee weighs a bill to fund a government nitrate company at Sheffield and Muscle Shoals Alabama for farm use. Testimony claims the plant could produce about 200000 tons of ammonium sulfate with 20 percent nitrogen and be cheaper than Chilean nitrates current price. The proposal traces to 1916 wartime legislation authorizing nitrogen plants for munitions and rural needs.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Sheffield
Muslc Shoals
Alabama
E. D. Smith
Dateam
Ent
War Department
Baker
Senator Smith
Pyar
Rachel End
Aurora Borealis Observed With Diffuse Northern Lights Near Town
Reports describe a bright sky glow last night around 9:30 near Charleston with three beams like distant searchlights and a diffuse rose tint. Navy Yard and Raleigh saw similar distant glow. New York linked it to a nationwide telegraph disruption and a rare aurora borealis spectacle across the Eastern seaboard.
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Charleston
Navy Yard
Havana
Raleigh
Associated Press
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Western Union
Northland
Telephone
Telmpany
Northern
New- York
Lederclepedia
An News Standpoints On Subscriptions Per Year
A terse note from An News outlines a subscription rate of two dollars per year. The brief mentions home delivery and urges readers to sign up.
Woman claims saving Gen Pershing life at Monroe Va
Mrs Augustus A Parker of Utica New York dies in Saute Rome New York after recounting how she saved a young John J Pershing from drowning at Monroe Virginia when her husband Col Francis H Parker was stationed at the fortress She reportedly held his head above water until help arrived.
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Utica
N. Y
Augustus A. Parker
John J. Pershing
Monroe
Rome
Francis H. Parker
Submerged Lakes Alleged in Tyrolese Alps
Reports indicate around one hundred lakes in the Tyrolese Alps have subsided or disappeared recently, with activity linked to geological shifts and water table changes in the mountain region. Authorities seek confirmation and map affected locations.
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Tyrolese Alps
Scottish Superstitions Around Death and Sea Life
In parts of Scotland death is believed certain after a household hawthorn flower is brought in. Sea superstitions warn sailors not to speak of four footed animals while at sea, and fishermen fear fish will flee if a barefoot woman crosses before boarding.
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Scotland
Memorial House of Priestley to Move to Penn State Campus
A frame house once home to Joseph Priestley, who discovered oxygen in 1774, on the Susquehanna at Northumberland, is purchased by Penn State graduate chemists to relocate it to the Philadelphia campus as a lasting memorial to the great scientist.
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Joseph Priestly
Susquehanna River
Northumberland
Pennsylvania State College
Philadelphia
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Dedicate Salvation Hall
Tokyo
Shigeenobu Okuma
Japan
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Toyo
Johannes de Groot
Augusta A. Parker
Pershing
Matthews
Tric
Barnes Electric
Barnes Electric Company
Rock Hill, S. C
Main Street
M. Godfrey
Bethlehem
England
Shakespeare
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