Orchard Gleanings on Short-Tail Field Mice Threats
The USDA Biological Survey warns orchardists to watch for short tailed field mice this season as cycles of abundance return. Mice girdle apple trees and cause injury requiring proactive measures to prevent future losses. observers note regional abundance varies and control is advised where signs appear.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Rocient Control
Feld
Pruning Young Orchards Is Very Important Work
The article explains pruning priorities for 3 to 5 year old apple trees. Early life focuses on shaping, scaffold branch layout, and removing bad crotches. The second and third years mark the growing period, with thinning and opening the tree to encourage new growth and eventual bearing while training a strong frame.
Mulch Strawberry Bed for Better Protection and Growth
Horticulture specialists at Kansas State Agricultural College advise strawberry beds mulching to prevent frost damage reduce weeds keep berries clean and improve soil. Best mulch materials include prairie hay straw corn fodder oats and wheat with straw containing no grain.
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Kansas State Aericttural College
Whitewashing Trees for Disease Control Questioned
The article questions whitewashing fruit trees as a method to control diseases and pests. It notes unclear benefits and potential costs, and doubts claims that whitewashed bark reduces winter injury, with little proof available.
All Prunes Are Plums
A discussion explains that prunes are dried plums and that many varieties including Pacific Tenant Agen, German and Italian prunes belong to the same category. The text notes drying is favored in warmer drier climates for commercial purposes.
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Tenant
Agen
Fort Ringgold An Interesting Post
Fort Ringgold Texas sits near Rio Grande City amid Starr County foothills. Chaplain Rogers notes its long, strategic border role from Davis Landing to Ringgold Barracks with Civil War and later deployments, including Lee and Grant time. Major figures and units linked to Fort Ringgold include Davis, Ringgold, Pershing, Harbord, and the Twelfth cavalry.
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San Antonio
Texas
Starr County
Rio Grande
Rio Grande City
Brownsville
Laredo
Fort Ringgold
R. W. Rogers
United States Army Recruiting News
Davis Landing
Ringgold Barracks
Sam Fordyce
Camargo
Mex
Jose de Escan
H. la Motte
United States
Ho Clay Davis
W W Chatman
Mexico
Pato Alto
Brownsille
Dravid Ringgeld
Ringgeld
War Department
Congress
Lee
Signal Station
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
McCullough
Hood
Ledwitch
Buell
Bee
Semmes
Pershing
Harbord
National Guard
Third Cavalry
Thirteenth Cavalry
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Twelfth Cavalry
New Chamber Found in Endless Caverns of Virginia
A team of eminent geologists reports a new chamber in the Endless Caverns at Newmarket Virginia. The explorers reached it by descending 80 feet on a rope through a small opening. The chamber features abundant plant and animal life and rock formations more spectacular than those previously opened for inspection.
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Newmarket
National Portrait Gallery Gathers Distinguished British Figures
The National Portrait Gallery in London is compiling photographs of distinguished British figures from all fields. More than 150 contemporary sitters have been placed on exhibition, with many faces vintage and a few notable younger names like John Drinkwater.
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London
National Portrait Gallery
John Drinkwater
Austen Chamberlain
T P O'Connor
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Archbishop of Canterbury
Mr. Asquith
National Gallery
250000 Men Received Summer Army Training
More than 250000 men received intensive solutary training under War department supervision last summer. Training ranged from fifteen days to three months, mostly in National Guard camps. Thirty day attendance reached 33083 with 53000 applications and about 41000 qualified, leaving around 10000 disappointed. The unit training concept for organized reserve corps gained emphasis. Defense day tests highlighted benefits of this scheme.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
Hand Painted Shoes Draw Riviera Fashion Attention
Women in Cannes and Monte Carlo showcase moh-jongg pyrogravure and hand painted designs as a promising Riviera season opens. Shoes seen at casinos include mauve satin with gold and gray accents and gray satin with hand-painted roses on vamp and quarter.
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Cannes
France
Monte Carlo
Nice
Riviera
State May Vote On Referendums
Springfield citizens may vote on two statewide referendums if lawmakers approve. A child labor constitutional amendment referendum is discussed with strong legislative support. A second measure could repeal the state search and seizure act via a referendum vote.
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Springfield
Ditnois
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Solons
Charles la Porte
Peoria
Katherine Hancock Gonde
Chicago
Assembly
Charles H. Weber
Reed F. Cutler
Lewistown
House
Cutler
Patrick Sullivan elected president of Chicago Building Trades council
Illinois officials report 4044 miners farm children ages 10 to 20 enrolled in boys club work across 75 counties in 1924. Of these, 3372 carried projects to completion with no final report and the year’s effort is described as a success.
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Patrick Sullivan
Electrical Workers’ Union No. 134
Chicago Building Trades Council
Union Park Temple
Chicago
LE. L Pilchard
Minors Agricultural College
Champaign
Lincoln body casket opened in 1902 by trustees
M O Williamson aged 85 recalls with 15 others opening Lincoln's casket before sealing it again for ever while the Lincoln monument board, with Robert Lincoln's consent, prepared to place the body beneath the monument. Williamson described the face and attire as he remembered. In Paris, Edgar County Poultry shows a giant incubator holding 11 000 eggs for member hatchlings.
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M. O. Williamson
Galesburg
Clinoix
Abraham Lincoln
Williamson
Lincoln Monument
Lincoln
Robert Lincoln
Edgar County Poultry Association
Paris
Engineer Fred L. Brewer Retires From Rock Island Line
Fred L. Brewer of Chicago an engineer on the Rock Island railroad who in 1899 set the Chicago to Rock Island record that has never been equaled has been pensioned after nearly fifty years of service.
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Fred L. Brewer
Chicago
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Town oracle notes many candidates rush to office
A local speaker described as an all-time runner notes that many folks run for office, some newly born, and claims the speaker has only been in town for 30 years, so he cannot be sure how long the man has been around.
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Erenbouts
Regilar
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Ringgold
Cortina
Department of the Interior
Charlies Ramage
Seismological Station
Georgetown University
Father Tondorf
St. Paul
St. Paul (Minn
French Riviera
Illinois State News
Western
Union
Desplaines St
Brucans Bew
Haarlem
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