A Flirtation on the Utopia at Sea
Harold Bangle, a restless traveler, meets Virginia Claremont aboard the Utopia near Cherbourg. Their deckside courtship deepens through shared duties and conversation as the ship sails. A sudden interruption reveals Virginia’s husband is the ship’s interloper, leaving Bangle's romance unresolved.
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Neptune
Harold Bangle
Utopia
Cherbourg
Europe
New York
Harold
Trousseaux
Paris
Berlin
Naples
Camorra
Signorina
Harvard
Claremont
Virginia
Displaced desks and golf suites replace busy day routine
Fragmentary report notes many men abandoning typical desks for a golf suite setup that serves the same function, reflecting a shift in daily work patterns and leisure use within the same environment.
Kill Onion Thrips by Using Spray
J L Hoerner of the Colorado Agricultural College explains onion thrips, a tiny leaf dwelling pest. The lifecycle from egg to adult takes about three weeks, with a single generation common each year. Control options include nicotine dust or spray, though effectiveness is limited as insects hide in leaf axils. Preventing spring infestation is crucial, aided by removing onion waste and maintaining clean field borders.
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J. L. Hoerner
Colorado Agricultural College
Sweet Clover Silage Promoted For Dairy Use
The article notes sweet clover makes excellent silage for dairy cattle and is rising in popularity. It cites Kemptville Agricultural School in eastern Ontario praising its milk production economics, while stressing proper cutting time and green, tight packing to prevent air and mold.
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E Kemptville Agricultural School
Ontario
Combat Cucumber Beetle With Effective Sprays
Effective sprays target striped cucumber beetle on young seedlings. Calcium arsenate or lead arsenate dusts are used with gypsum or water, with nicotine sulfate dust as an alternative. Apply first as seedlings break through soil, then repeat at intervals per guidance.
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Nigagpetime
Alfalfa Hay Fed To Hogs In Rack Feeding
The fragment notes alfalfa hay fed to hogs using a rack. It mentions chopped alfalfa and a specific feeding method, indicating a livestock husbandry practice from the era.
Select Seed Tubers From Sound Plants
Potato growers maintain a special seed plot to select the best seed tubers for next season. After vines die, dig or mark vigorous hills for seed, keeping them separate from the main crop. Seed tubers should be disease-free and vigorous, with higher yield potential for the following year.
Best Soy Bean Varieties Named by Kansas Station
Kansas agricultural experiment station tests identify Manchu Haberlandt Ridwest Morse and Midwest as strong soy bean varieties for grain seed and pasture. Wilson Hay Sable provide good hay quality. Soybeans require inoculation with proper bacteria not common in Kansas soils, usually applied by seed treatment.
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Kansas Station
Midwest
Virginia
Kansas
Farmers Cite Causes of Financial Struggles
Forty two percent of farmers say low prices for farm products drive their finances, per the United States Department of Agriculture. Seventeen percent blame high farm labor costs, ten percent high freight rates, ten percent high interest rates, six percent reckless spending in the boom, and four percent excessive borrowing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Advances in registry testing and farm practices
Fragmented notes describe registry testing advances, cautions about overcorrecting, and impacts on alfalfa planting when nurse crops are harvested. It mentions ground materials, old polisher pastes, show cattle and hogs, and roadside markets with signs guiding buyers and drivers to stalls selling fruit, vegetables, and eggs.
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Ted Bae Ee
Orchard fertilization guidelines from New Jersey college expert
A New Jersey College of Agriculture pomologist argues that hills and imiss methods of using fertilizers on orchards are wasteful. Recommendations for typical apple and peach orchards include nitrate sources, acid phosphate, and potash with broad soil application. Emphasis is on tree age, soil, vigor, and timing, with larger rates for older or larger trees and early season application to improve soil and allow better cover crops.
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A. F. Farley
New Jersey
State’ College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
Purley
Avernage
Curculio Damages Plums Each Year In Orchard Practices
The plum curculio injures fruit by skin punctures and flesh feeding causing dwarfed knotted fruit. Beetles appear in August attacking late varieties with round holes and hollowed flesh. Control includes clearing rubbish, removing fallen fruit from mid June to mid July, hog pasturing, and spraying or dusting with two to three applications timed around blossom and petal drop.
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G. E. Petch
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Hemmingford
Que
Horticulture Tips for Profitable Apple Orchards
Pruned trees ease spraying and harvesting boosts farm profit through careful tree selection and sound management. Early season clean culture with a cover crop or fall mulch aids young apples. Sprayed apples store and eat well in darkness. Extension circular 61 explains. Budding peaches favors late June to early July or late August to early September, with June buds growing 19 to 24 inches by November, and leaf curl controlled by lime sulfur spray in early spring while trees are dormant.
Old Iceland Saga Offers Modern Echoes On Divorce And Law
The Kansas City Star reports that the Laxdaela Saga, translated by Thorstein Veblen, reveals enduring customs from Iceland a millennium ago. It contrasts divorce norms, murder versus slayer penalties, and social life from politics to dress, featuring Gudrun the famed heroine and her devotion to Kjartan the poet adventurer.
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Iceland
Thorstein Veblen
Kansas City Star
Gudrun
Bost
Kjartan
Hard Luck for Late Comers at Banquets
A New York Evening World fragment notes the dining chaos as a head waiter scolds a new waiter for delivering better service to the latecomer. The piece mocks American banquets where late guests allegedly receive worse food, observed by a reporter in a hotel dining area.
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America
Walter
New York Evening World
Shoe load in daily wear challenges footwear
Statisticians and investigators conclude that a 150 pound man exerts about 815000 tons of weight on shoes daily through ordinary activity. A 200 pound man would double the strain to roughly one third more than the 150 pound figure, while those weighing 250 pounds or more do not increase load proportionally due to a dead pull and lower activity compared to lighter wearers.
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Ohio State Journal
Wonderful Star Shines Like 600000 Suns and Shrinks Mass
Harvard observatory says the splendid star S. Bo radus radiates as much light as 600000 suns and loses two and a half trillion tons of mass per second. Its diameter surpasses Earth's orbit, about 186 million miles long, and it is a brightening variable star that has grown brighter over 29 years.
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Harlow Sharpley
Harvard College Observatory
Falsehood in Flattery Teaches Truth by Hearing It
A compact reflection on truth and flattery. Johnson argues that lying flourishes when people seek to please others. Fear, interest, and tenderness drive cowardice, self interest, and friendship toward false praise.
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Samuel Johnson
Cleaning Flower Vases With Simple Household Methods
Stubborn vase stains from constant use can be removed by soaking covered stems in water with potato parings overnight. Create a cleaning pad by tying cloth to a long stick end, forming a ball to reach hard to access stains. This method reaches areas other cleaners cannot touch.
Open Spaces and Romantic Westerns in Realism Debate
A critique notes realism dominates literature but western stories remain under romantic influence. It cites Laura Kirkwood Plumb in Scribner's Magazine, arguing open spaces evoke loneliness and ruggedness, while realists are urged to reclaim their stance. The piece frames a clash between romantic myth and authentic Western portrayal.
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Laura Kirkwood Plumb
Scribner's Magazine
Tenax Ates Reve Es Womat FPre Ay Maryland
Reconstruction of a damaged notice yields a fragmentary item mentioning Tenax Ates and a Maryland location. The readable text references a life event, a committee or press context, and a breakdown term, suggesting a public notice or genealogical record with incomplete details.
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Tenax
Margot of 1427 Tennis Noted for Skill and Power
A historical reference mentions Margot, a renowned female tennis player, who played forehanded and backhanded with notable speed and cunning. The text suggests rackets existed in tennis before 1427, indicating early development of the game.
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Margot
Hidden talents in a small town crowd
The passage notes that many men possess singing voices as good as women’s and remain undiscovered. It also observes that the cook and dressmaker both exhibit refined taste in dress, suggesting everyday workers reveal stylistic taste.
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