Curlew Bug A Widespread Pest In Crops
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines crop rotation to control the curlew bug in corn and rice. Avoid planting corn after corn or rice after rice in infested areas. oats, rye, barley, or cowpeas reduce the pest. The bug harms corn and rice most, with larvae causing major damage. practical prevention is limited once larvae bore downward. Agricultural guidance urges growers to consult state experiment stations and request Farmers' Bulletins 440 and 632 for detailed control and peach care.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Southwest
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Department
Farmers’ Bulletin
Farmers
Calf During First Summer
R M Washburn explains calf growth priorities in the first year at Minnesota Experiment Station. Calves born in autumn should receive skim milk through summer. avoid half sour milk to prevent indigestion. Use clean feeding pails, maintain milk near body temperature, and pasteurization not required. Pasture is not essential for the first summer. tender hay in a quiet stable is preferable to hot pasture and fly activity.
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R. M. Washburn
Minnesota
Pleasure and Profit From Orchards
Farmers are urged to convert orchards into sources of pleasure and profit through intelligent care. Numerous localities have orchards not meeting home consumption, and owners owe it to themselves to improve this condition.
Best of Greens for Summer Planting and Harvest
Young turnip cabbage and beet plants make the best of greens. It is a small job to plant these at different times and they can be had all summer.
Unusual Wills Show English Wealth Versus American
A Somerset House official compares English and American wills, noting English fortunes run higher on average. Among examples are Charles Morrison at $54,000,000 and Cecil Rhodes over $100,000,000, with many bishops and dukes amassing large estates. The inheritance tax in Britain can reach 25 percent, and gifts "in contemplation of death" face scrutiny for tax purposes.
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London
Somerset House
Great Britain
New York
D. O. Mills
Britain
Charles Morrison
Alfred Belt
Sir H. P. Willis
Cecil Rhodes
Julius Wernher
Henry Isaac Barnato
J. H. Schroeder
Lord Strathcona
Canada
Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Fife
Duke of Westminster
Duke of Argyll
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Portland
Duke of Abercorn
Earl Spencer
Lord Lister
Viscount Gage
Lord Furness
Baron de Worms
Lord Ashburnham
Lord Hertford
Earl of Crawford
Lord Randel
Lord Ashbourne
Sir Tatton Sykes
Richard Powell Cooper
Earl of
Ancaster
John Wordsworth
Salisbury
Benson
Canterbury
Tait
Archbisop Magee
York
Thomson
Gott
Truro
Walsham Howe
Wilson Barrett
Fred Leslie
Frederick Hobson
Sir Augustus Harris
John Lawrence Toole
Dan Leno
G. W. Galvin
W. R. A. Stirling
Edwin Terry
Tom Loates
HE. C. Mitchell
Capt
Coe
Centenarian in Denver Reflects on Modern Times
Mrs. Alice Harrison, born May 28, 1815 in Kentucky, turned 100 and lives with simple routines. She moved to Missouri as a child, raised eight children, outlived four, and now enjoys sewing, reading war news, and visits from friends in Denver. She notes no special longevity formula and stays engaged with current events without living in the past.
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Alice Harrison
Times
Denver
Kentucky
Waterloo
Europe
Nathaniel L. Harrison
Pasadena to Get World’s Smallest Park
The Oak Knoll Improvement association plans a park of one fiftieth of an acre in Pasadena California. After improvements and planting bright flowers the site will be deeded to the city as the world’s smallest park.
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Pasadena
Cal
Oak Knoll Improvement Association
Stove a Whisky Cache Foiled in Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff Ark Bob Patterson was arrested after he reportedly planted a stove in his garden and confessed in police court to intending it as a whisky cache. He had left an opening layer the place for the pips.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Bob Patterson
Patterson
How Women Avoid Operations and Find Relief
A historical testimonial about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aiding women with female troubles. Mrs. C. H. GrirriTH of Cleveland reports relief from side pains after years of distress, avoiding surgery. A Hanover, Pa. reader credits the remedy with renewed health and the ability to work. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co invites letters for confidential female guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
C. H. Grirrith
Constant St
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanover
Walnut St
Train Pinochle Costs Equal Commuter Rent
A brief quip contrasts a commuter’s rent with the cost of nightly gambling on a train. The character notes paying seven fifty a month for commutation but losing three times that amount playing pinochle aboard the train.
Soap and Ointment Promised for All Ailments
An advertisement touts Cuticura soap for cleansing and purifying and Cuticura ointment for soothing and healing. It claims speedy relief and rest after use, with free samples by mail via Book Address postcard to Boston. Includes a quip about self employment and marriage.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
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Henrietta Hertz
Paris
George Somes
Bath
Charles I
Somes
Bishop Hamilton
Thomas Colley
Lady Meux
Lord George Cholmondeley
Chumley
Henry S. Sherry
Watford
Punch
Highlands
Archibald Coates
James Coates
Crown Prince
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Kaiser
France
Isabel Ball
The
Woman's Relief Corps
Regent
Carter
Arter
Cuthcura
Hanford
Aetee
Wintersmith
Reece Ee Green
Ance Ceca
A. Chettworth
W. NU
Memphis
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