Survey of World News Promises 1915 Expositions and Peace Talks
A 1915 projected schedule highlights worldwide congresses on agriculture and education at San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific Exposition. It notes a Pan American congress, a great oriental nations gathering, and memorials for Major Butt and Francis Millet. The piece also mentions the Intercollegiate Peace association staging an oratorical contest in St. Louis and the fourth American peace congress. It closes with notes on Secretary Wilson and a British war office briefing, plus Montana political changes.
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San Pranciso
Panna Vieje
Dorie
San
Americas
Latin America
North America
The
Intercollegiate Peace Association
St. Louis
Lake Mohank
Demonstration Farm Planned on Iron Mountain Tracks
Arcadia college, with Rev Father John Adrian in charge under L A Markham, will cultivate eighteen acres at once on the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain line. The project aims to extend to 25 to 30 acres, focusing on fruits especially apples, berries, and vegetables, plus corn, clover, alfalfa, and soil improvement methods as part of agricultural training.
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Iron Mountain
Missouri Pacific
Arcadia College
John Adrian
L. A. Markham
Lion Mountain
Arcadia
Missouri
Wen committee forms for Pacific science advance
A thirty member committee from universities and research labs forms to promote scientific progress on the Pacific coast. Notable names include Stanford president Lian Mar Jorden, Wheeler of the Daiweralag of Cattovela, and Lamet lab chief Miles glacier, coordinating efforts across universities and industries.
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Seleme
Pacific
Belenee
Americath
Cousinte
Lian Mar Jorden
Stanford Celebreity
Gelteet
Tel
Héadanabe de Wheeler
Javeddent
Daiweralag
Cattovela
Caerge Biles Hale
Mourit Dawe Wlectiatoris
Main
Ilievwerege
Miles Glacier
van Tabard Trewit Mavliwuchal
Tamme
John O Cusper Beanper
Cevatont Geolaaghetts Ly
Janodigmaneadt Tercholowy
Bilgerd
Culiente
Poten
Ceunge Hiliues Howhwur
Pele
Lerten
Best Clerk Biases in Sales and Customer Loyalty
The best clerk is not the one who makes the most sales. A clerk may push high daily totals yet alienate customers, while another may sell less but leave customers eager to return. True excellence is choosing actions that serve the customer's best interest and the store’s long term success.
Good Stockkeeping Principles for Merchandisers
Guidance on stock control for storekeepers emphasizing knowledge of stock, forward and reserve stock, and presenting every merchandise item to customers. Avoid hiding less salable items and remove personal bias from displaying goods. Continuous upkeep ensures items appear new to customers and are ready for sale.
First Shoe Heels in Persia and Venice
The piece claims high heels originated in Persia as wooden sandals to lift the feet from hot sands and were later adopted in Venice. Jealous husbands, it says, prompted the fashion to keep women near home, with heels called clogs often gilded to display status.
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Persia
Venice
Harper's Weekly
Poets Strive to Make Living From Verse in Detroit
A reader notes a poet who writes poetry for a living and the comment echoes delight and admiration. The exchange highlights the craft’s viability and public appreciation in Detroit.
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Detroit Free Press
Grand champion corn prize awarded to MH J Leonce
The 1912 Tillinois car show grand champion for ten ears of Boone County White corn went to MH J Leonce of Sidell HL for a uniformly shaped sample with deep kernels. The article notes breeding led to the prize, and details Mr Sconce's Vermilion county farm practices including a gas tractor, subsurface packer, clover crops, phosphate, and seed handling to maximize vitality.
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Tillnois
MH. J. Leonce
Sidell
Boone County
Sconce
University of Illiweds
Vermilion County
Til
Mr. Sconce
Soybean Planting Guidelines for Warm Weather
Advice from Orange Judd Farmer notes sowing soybeans should wait until sod is well warmed in May or June. Experiments show improved yields with 24 to 32 inch row spacing, seeding 0.5 to 0.25 bushels per acre, and level cultivation. A grain drill can be used with blocked holes to achieve spacing, dropping six to seven seeds per foot of row.
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Orange Judd
Horse Hash Folly Warns Against Cross Breeding
Dr A and Alexander of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin declares that repeatedly cross breeding horses to create what resembles horse fish is folly. He spoke in a recent address warning breeders about the risks and impractical outcomes of such cross breeding.
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A. &. Alexander
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Love Envy and Jealousy in Joseph Narrative
Senior Berean Sunday School Lesson reviews Genesis 37 20 30 on the envy of Josephs brothers and their plot to sell him. It notes Jacob favored Joseph with a colorful coat sparking tension and explains the motives and risks of the brothers and Reubens failed attempt to rescue. The lesson ties the events to trust in God amid family strife and describes Ishmaelites and Midianite traders as the dealers in the sale and the sign of Judah.
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Joseph
Jacob
Doubless
Abrahim
Neacy
Dallas
Mewlen
Mealen
Peter
Palestine
Joseph Dart
S. Lea
Xavi
Reuben Seeup
The Farmer’s Most Profitable Business
Professor Cyril G. Hopkins argues that land itself does not vanish overnight and warns of abandoned farms in older agricultural areas. He notes land values rose with available free land, yet average farm yields remain low, urging intelligent soil improvement and permanent agriculture as the most profitable farmer’s pursuit.
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Cyril G. Hopkins
How to Know Garden Soil
Garden soil should not clump after heavy rains nor bake in sun soon after rains if not cultivated promptly. If soil tends to do this it lacks humus or vegetable matter.
Making the Auto Work for the Farm
A Country Gentleman article explains using the farmer’s automobile as a tireless helper for chores off the road. It describes jacking the car and cribbing, with belts transmitting power to rear wheels and temporary supports to keep wheels free and stable during operation.
The diamond theft and the governess mystery
A detective recalls a case where Mr Towner’s safe housed a missing diamond. An old fashioned lock bars the thief, with clues tied to the governess and a clever woman. The burglar is shadowed to a jewel vault behind the scene, and the thief is captured, with reward paid.
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Yowser
Towner
Vybe Cafe
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Archibald W. Butt
Taft
Francis, D. Millet
White House
Department of Labor and Commerce
Wilson
Leite
Auwethia
Britain
War Office
Wecnho
North Sea
Lemon
Cmd
Thoms J. Wateh
Tee Eoph Dixon
Crom Montnnet
Hie
Dan
Henry J. Myere
Montana
Myers
Walsh
Resolutions Committee
Baltimore
United States Senate
William Bauchop Wilson
Thomas J. Walsh
United States
Berean
Goulden
Illinois
Ethel A. Longstreet
Ronan
Phare
Galton
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