War Garden Drive Urges Every Backyard Plot
The 1918 national call pushes each family to grow fresh vegetables at home to feed troops and allies, lessen rail demands, and increase canning. Garden experts offer bulletins and guidance, urging prudent, manageable plots, proper watering, and readiness to store winter crops while avoiding wasteful over planting.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Radishes Grow Well in Mild Winters in the Middle West
The article notes radishes are hardy and can be grown through winter in many central regions. Seed should be sown in drills about 18 inches apart after last frost, with quick growth in rich soil. Successional plantings every few days prevent heat harm, and autumn varieties store for winter use like beets and turnips.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Lovey and Honey Marriage Quirk Described
A playful snippet describes Lovey crying after marriage and Honey kissing her to apologize for something he did not do, reflecting domestic humor and affectionate miscommunication.
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Lovey
Honey
Small Garden Crop Rotation and Frost Tips
Read these articles and study the handbooks to prepare for soil and seed work. Many small garden owners can grow two or three crops in one season with careful rotation and layout. Frost favors high ground plantings less, while low valleys collect cold air.
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Division of Publications
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Russia Sends Board to Settle Up Its Debts
London April 4 The Russian government dispatches a delegation to the United States to liquidate war orders with American firms and arrange future trade. Russia owes 9,000 advanced for s tp and a large credit was extended. payments disputed amid wartime accounting. Bridgeport Tax Suit Damages Filed Against Ordnance Firm
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Estate Appraisers File Probate Report
Joseph I Douganu Mer Hedberg and Charles Johnson filed the probate report listing an estate valued at 5017 dollars and 4 cents. The document details the appraisal and parties involved in the act.
Pershing Receives Belgian Grand Cross Honor
Gen Pershing was awarded the Belgian grand cross of the order of Leopold by King Albert in Havre with Col Boyd receiving the officer cross of the order of Liege. Both officers also received Belgian war badges. Boyd, former military attaché in Paris, may soon be allowed to wear the decorations under a pending congressional bill.
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Estate inventory notes Edward Schreiber property values
An inventory filed for Edward Schreiber by Alfred Griesinger and T. Miller lists devised real estate valued at 7,000 dollars and personal property totaling 2,059 dollars.
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T. Miller
Minnesota men plead to draft indictment rumors
Minneapolis businessman Aqen J. James A. Meterson, candidate for U S senator, pleaded not guilty to indictments accusing him and Paul Depnel publisher of the Minneapolis and St Paul American of obstructing recruitments. The indictments rely on articles alleged to be written by Peterson and published by Depnel in the American, which was barred from sale.
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Aqen J.james A. Meterson
United States
Aid Paul Depnel
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Peterson
Depnel
Walford to Hear Big Speakers on Labor Question
Milford April 4 In the municipal building on the evening of April 11 under the auspices of the First Chered Deatherhood there will be a pastoral program of education. The event aims to discuss reconstruction in industry with speakers from organized labor a salary society and the Socialist viewpoint. The Brotherhood president will preside and interpret the views. Free to the public with no offering.
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American Red Cross authorizes 590000 for Canadian relief
Washington reports the American Red Cross authorized a gift of 590000 dollars to the Canadian Red Cross for relief work. The donation was confirmed on April 4 and represents a major contribution to overseas aid during the current crisis.
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Red Cross
Washington
Robert Cutting Dead at the Front in Paris
Robert Bayard Cutting of New York, a Young Men's Christian Association worker, died at an American base hospital after an operation. Burial followed on Tuesday with funeral services led by Rt. Rev. Charles Nt Brunt. Cutting served as associate organizing secretary of the Y M C A and helped open new areas for the front.
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Robert Bayard Cutting
New York
Men’s Christian Association
Charles Nt. Brunt
Cutting
The Franklin Car Gas Mileage Claim Explains Its Rise
An advertiser argues a lighter Franklin Car uses less fuel by contrasting it with a heavy car. It claims 270 miles per tank with 1314 gallons at 20 mpg, vs 27 gallons for the same distance at 10 mpg. The piece cites weight, power needs, and reduced friction as reasons. It touts a 135 percent sales surge last year and urges readers to visit the Franklin Sales Room.
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