Albania Awakens to Self Rule and Mountain Traditions
National Geographic notes Albania’s return to power with Yugoslav backing, amid a complex Adriatic crisis. The article surveys Albanian origins, blood feud customs, Islam and Christianity, education under Turkish rule, and the desire to manage lands and farms autonomously with Italian wartime influence fading but footholds in farming reform remaining.
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Lbania
Yugoslavia
Italy
Great Britain
France
Adriatic
Albania
Europe
Balkan Peninsula
Byron
Childe Harold
Balkans
Koritza
Viores
Valona
Vitamins Grown in Our Gardens
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article explains benefits of home gardens for vitamins. It highlights freshness flavor reduced transport and greater use of vegetables along with the role of fruits and tomatoes in supplying vitamins and planning a garden.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Three Letters Puzzle Confounds Salesgirl in Boutiques
A humorous 1920s dialogue shows a French shopper insisting on payment in three letters and prompting the salesgirl to decipher the request. The exchange unfolds with puzzled explanations and a light, witty tone.
Successful farming tips for a productive year
Practical advice on planning, seed choices, and farm labor management. Sow celery and cabbage seeds for later harvests. Emphasizes investments in better seed and machinery, balanced fertilizers, and using rainy days for planned work.
Choice of Tractor Depends on Needs
Farmers should select a tractor based on farm size and tasks. The New Jersey State College of Agriculture offers ten guidelines covering reliability, local parts, service follow up, belt pulley and friction clutch, mechanical governor, kerosene compatibility, air cleaner, magneto with impulse starter, hitch compatibility, enclosed parts, and appropriate plow capacity for typical New Jersey farms.
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New Jersey State College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Flushing Ewes Aids Breeding For Next Spring Lambs
Farmers advised to start mating about five months before lambing. Increase ewe condition by good pasture or extra feed ten days prior to breeding, a practice called flushing. Trim wool at the deck to avoid hindering mating and lambing success.
Rape as a Hog Forage on Sour Soils
Discussion on planting rape for hog forage when soil is sour. It grows on poor land but less than on rich soil. plowing and disk harrowing before sowing may boost yield.
Clover Improves Soil for Better Crops
Sweet clover helps soil when it grows well and should be limed on acidic ground. After a good sweet clover crop, grain or corn yields rise. It is easy to eradicate sweet clover. Buckwheat can be plowed under but is not as effective as sweet clover since it is not a legume.
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Albania
Adriatic
Sicily
Durazzo
Constantinople
Rome
Via Egnatia
Italy
Brindisi
Elbasan
Ochrida
Krusha
Monastir
Vodena
Pears Rise as Year-Round Market Favorite
Pears become a steady year round fruit in markets with growing popularity as a fresh snack and in desserts when canned. The fruit traces a history of spreading from the northeast and southwest regions during early settlement times.
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United States
Get Chicks on Ground and Access to Grass
Advice for early chick management urges letting chicks roam on grass while cool weather persists. Provide a runway to return to heat when needed so they can seek warmth and be drawn back to the stove.
Collecting Broomsticks for Garden Stakes
The note urges gathering broomsticks and similar stakes from neighbors as they are useful for staking heavy growing plants. It recommends grabbing any neat stake and storing it, noting a typical dearth when stakes are most needed. Stout stakes for tomatoes are specifically mentioned.
How to Write Friendly Personal Letters in 1925
Advice on private content and audience for letters, stressing caution with sensitive or gossip tied to others. Emphasizes making letters personal, answering questions, and avoiding mechanical nonpersonal notes to keep friendships alive and engaged.
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Duncan
Brown
Grass Growing by Night Lights At Jumping Brook Club
Popular Mechanics reports that electric illumination at Jumping Brook Golf Club in New Jersey accelerated grass growth on greens. Grass under lights grew four inches in three weeks while unlit grass grew only one inch.
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Jumping Brook Colf Club
New Jersey
Popular Mechanics
Remarkable recovery after years of illness in Forest City
Mrs Oscar F Borgelin of Forest City Iowa testifies that after a year of sickness and back pain she improved dramatically following Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She now tends to housework milking chickens and cares for an eight month old daughter. The letter promotes the product as available from all druggists.
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Forest City
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Oscar F. Borgelin
Unbeatable Smith and Jones Courtroom Exchange
In a courtroom scene Smith sits with witnesses as Jones bursts in and studies the lineup. He concedes by saying two of Smiths witnesses have been used by him before, implying Smith will win.
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Smith
Jones
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