Hope For Our Fruit Men Plan From New York Market Commission
A telegraphed plan from Col. Harris Weinstock in New York outlines a state market commission proposal for California fruit growers. It urges organization, standardization, state labeling, and warehouse receipts to access loans up to eighty percent of value at low interest through state endorsement.
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New York
Harris Weinstock
California
Interet
State Commission Market
Commission Market
Growers’ Association
State Market Commission
San Bernardino bond half spent on road program
About half of the 1 750 000 San Bernardino county bond issue has been expended according to a report covering the period ending September 30. The study shows day labor material methods averaged 9160 per mile for concrete roads and 5600 per mile for macadam roads. Over 75 miles of new roads have been completed with costs expected to drop as crew organization fronts diminish.
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San Bernardino County
Compassion
Persian Colony Plan by World Fair Commissioner General
Persian Colony Ali Kuli Khan, commissioner general of the World’s Fair, announces plans to establish multiple Persian colonies in the state immediately after the war. He cites climate similarity to Persia and aims to bring Persian fruit and vegetable raisers along with rug and tilemakers to the area.
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Ali Kuli Kahn
Persia
Irreverent Quotes and a Humorous Shop Exchange
A collection of witty lines and a lighthearted anecdote from London Answers. It features an irritable simile about self torment and a shop scene where a young woman questions a camera, confusing the Belvedere with the Belva, highlighting social wit and domestic humor.
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London
Theater Invitation Sparks Bosom of a Wishbone
A humorous London Mail quip imagines romantic theater plans. A dialogue between Fred and a partner hints at fate and whimsy as the narrator jokes about a wishbone guiding their night out. The item captures a lighthearted look at social allure and plans.
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Fred
London Mail
Lightning Conductors Conductivity Ranked by Materials
Experiments show the top conductors of lightning include metals, gas coke, graphite, salt solutions, acids and water in order. Best insulators are india rubber, gutta percha, dry air and gases, wool, ebonite, silk, glass, wax, sulphur, resins and par.
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India
House's Mission Rumors Stir Washington Opinion
A Washington column discusses Colonel House's supposed mission to improve U S German understanding and to "jack up" diplomats. It notes speculation on influencing German nativity voters and predicts delicate diplomacy, amid other Congress and Senate chatter on Philippine policy and preparedness remarks.
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Washington
Colonel House
House
United States
Germany
Texas
America
Europe
A Valuable Road for Barstow to Silver Lake
Nye county raises 1025 dollars to build a road from the Nevada state line to Silver Lake. L R Lothrop, road commissioner, to investigate. project would shorten Salt Lake City to San Bernardino route by about 103 miles via Silver Lake. Cost from Silver Lake to Barstow estimated at 3000 dollars. Utah and Nevada work largely done, California remains. The effort shows local initiative to improve cross-state connectivity.
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Nye County
Nevada State Line
Silver Lake
Board of Supervisors
Las Vegas
Barstow
Salt Lake City
San Bernardino
Goffs
Ely
Nevada
Utah
California
L. R. Lothrop
An Exception in a Brownings Magazine Quote
An aphorism from Brownings Magazine questions pursuit of price and power with a quip about obtaining what one desires, followed by a lighter line about a medium soft boiled egg.
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Browning
Cover Crop Uses In Cold Weather Feeding Soils
Cover crops can be turned into hay. Legumes pull nitrogen from air to enrich soil. Winter cover crops prevent erosion and nutrient leaching, provide winter and early spring grazing, and add organic matter to the soil.
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E. P. Hood
Arthur W. Dunn
White House
Jones
Philippine Islands
Senate
Hitchcock
Philippine Committee
Mondell
Gardner
Wyoming
Massachusetts
Marshall
Capitol
Ollie James
pan-American Scientific Congress
Nev
This County
Robert J. Burdette
George Eliot
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Chevrolet
H. C. Ryerson
Daggett, Barstow and Vicinity
Nal Bernartini
U. S. Depositar
D. Roberts
W.S. Hooper
I. E. Brunn
H. FE. Warris
J. 8. Wood
B. Smith
J. E. Davis
H. B. Stow Janking
Planet Hotel
Santa Fe
San Bernardino, Cal
H. C. Muller
Ctorville, Calif
ER. T. Hillis
Ford Repair & Parts
Barstow, Calif
National Orange Show
Southen
AN Bernardino
Los Angeles
Pacific Electric Railway
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