Gideons Club Bible Drive Began in 1899 at Janesville
The Gideons, Christian Commercial Travelling Men's Association, started on July 1 1899 in Y M C A parlors Janesville Wisconsin by John H Nicolson W J Knight and S E Bill. Originators Nicholson and Hill conceived the idea in 1898 while chanceréd fellows at the Central hotel of Boscobel Wisconsin. The organization has grown to an international body with hundreds of thousands of members and about 600000 Bibles placed in American hotel rooms.
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Gideons
Christian Commercial Traveling Men's Association
Janesville
Wis
John H. Nicholson
W. J. Knight
That City
S. E. Bill
Beloit
Nicholson
Hill
Central Hotel
Boscobel
America
Bible Treasures Dominate Best Seller Theme in New York Feature
John Dickinson Sherman reviews the Bible as the world’s best seller, tracing its influence from Bethlehem to modern distribution. It notes translations in 770 languages, major societies behind the effort, and record prices for historic Bibles including the Mazarin and Gutenberg copies. It also highlights Borso d Este’s Borso Bible sale, illustrating Renaissance art and cultural value.
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Asia
Africa
British and Foreign Bible Society
The
American Bible Society
Edwin Francis Hyde
New York
New Yorker
United States
Massachusetts Bible Society
Orient
American Society
Bible Society of France
Belgian Gospel Mission
Evangelical Society of Geneva
Gutenberg Bible
Carl H. Fforzheimer
CV Securities
General Theological Seminary
J. W. Ellsworth
Gabriel Wells
Mazarin
American Revision Committee
Munn
Edgar J. Goodspeed
University of Chicago
Doctor Goodspeed
Herod
Proper spray application for fruit trees guidance from Clemson
A Clemson college writer outlines key spray techniques for fruit trees. Cover every fruit and leaf with a fine mist, set the nozzle at about twenty five degrees, and angle the rod to spray upward and downward. Move through multiple branch openings from several positions while using wind to direct spray. Avoid drenching foliage by steady rod motion and adjust timing to weather and rain. reapply after heavy rain.
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Clemson College
Must Spray While Fruit Trees Are Still Dormant
Orchard owners should spray for San Jose scale while trees are dormant to avoid damage. Clemson College experts describe recognizing infestation by gray bark crust, red fruit spots, and exudation when bark is pried. Use winter sprays like lime sulfur or oil emulsion before buds start. these can be homemade or bought per guidance.
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San Jose
Spray Back Yard Trees in Proper Season
Back yard trees should be sprayed in the proper season to insure good fruit and disease-free growth. For apples and pears the oystershell scale scurfy scale and San Jose scale require lime sulfur spray at fire dormant with two quarts per five gallons, thorough coverage. For apple scab codling moth and spring can kerworm spray when blossom buds have separated before bloom using one quart lime sulfur per five gallons or Bordeaux with two and a half ounces dry arsenate of lead added. a second spray should occur when 95 percent of petals have fallen using one pint lime sulfur and one and a half ounces dry lead arsenate per five gallons to catch the moth and pests. A third application two to three weeks after petals fall finishes the job.
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San Jose
Horticultural Notes on Pruning and Orchard Spraying
Grape pruning should occur before spring growth starts. Remove and burn all dead material to prevent borer damage. The farm orchard needs timely spraying just as much as commercial orchards do, as growers rely on spraying to protect fruit.
Relief from Suffering Through Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
A woman describes dramatic relief from cramps faint spells and severe pains after taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She reports energy returned allowing her to work daily and stay active, noting a marked improvement after starting the remedy.
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Etiake
Lydiham
Texas tops list for teachers homes in rural districts
The United States bureau of education report cited by the Indianapolis News shows Texas leading with 35 teacher homes. About 600 of these homes save in rural districts, illustrating a broad reach of the program across the state.
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Texas
United States Bureau of Education
Indianapolis News
New Quarter Tone Piano Faces Slower Reception
A recently invented piano with quarter tones in Herlin struggles to find buyers as listeners are not yet trained to hear such fine scale divisions.
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Herlin
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Juda
Israel
Anid
Mary
Chicago
Italy
Borso d’Este
Ferrara
Signor Treccani
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Paris
Borsa d’Este
Taddeo di Nicolo Crivelli
Franco di Giovanni de Rossi
Mantua
Actsta
Modena
Francesco V
Austria
Francesco Ferdinando
Francis Joseph
Charles I
Gaterberg Buble
Frore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hall’s
E. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Coloe
Raty
Seez Chem
Wks
Patehboene
Curas
Cas
Confort
Mai
Munyor's
Dean
Illinois
Doan
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Boels Lam
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