The Ensemble Costume and Tailored Fashion Trends
A fashion piece outlines the Ensemble costume with frock and coat variants in satin and crepe, plus other dress ideas for summer wear. It notes Paris influence on tailored suits, cape backs, belts, and detachable coats, and highlights court gowns with georgette trains, white gloves, and bold fabrics in London shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sentinel
Stregg
Paris
Alao
Reville
London
Monsieur Reville
Tractors Prove Useful On Winter Wheat Farms
A USDA study notes tractors save labor and may raise yields on winter wheat farms. Despite higher first costs depreciation and running expenses vary. tractors perform 40 percent of drawbar work and reduce hired and family labor by about six weeks per year.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Farma
Winter Wheat Belt
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
H. R. Tolley
W. R. Humphries
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Two Methods For Killing Johnson Grass In Crop Fields
Johnson Grass eradication relies on two strategies. When infestations are light, plow out spots in fall or spring and grub roots by hand for the first two seasons, checking every few days. For severe infestations, plow in fall and let hogs till the ground in winter to disturb roots. over time it reduces spread though not entirely. If spots cannot be plowed, cover with straw for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Helm
Missouri College of Agriculture
Greater yields from smaller acreage in farming practice
The article argues against expanding potato acreage to boost bushels. It favors fewer hills per acre with emphasis on manuring mulching and weeding. By cultivating a quarter acre to produce 40 bushels, farmers free space for other crops and improve efficiency, marking it as sound business and farming.
Marketing Co operation Seen as Key to Farm Prosperity
Lloyd B. Tenny of the U S Department of Agriculture told the Cleveland Chamber that farmers must organize to solve market problems as manufacturers do. He cited the Capper Volstead act and noted that in 1928 co operatives handled over 2 2 billion dollars in business in the United States to prove results of cooperative marketing.
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Lloyd
Tenny
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Cleveland
United States
Why Plant Trees Add Value to the Property
The bulletin notes that trees protect pavement from sun, cool in summer and warm in winter, and provide wildlife habitats that aid in pest control. It cites trees as essential for sanitation, air purity, fuel, wood for building and crafts, beauty, climate, and soil and water conservation.
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Bulletin of
Missouri State Board of Agriculure
Soy Bean Straw Compared With Timothy Hay For Horses
Soy bean straw offers digestible protein roughly three times that of timothy hay. It has fewer carbohydrates, but both feeds deliver similar total digestible nutrients. Horses appear to perform better on soy bean straw than timothy hay.
Farm Facts on Cooperative Marketing and Soil Tests
A rural snippet notes that bird deaths benefit bugs and links cooperative marketing of farm products to the biblical query of stewardship. It advises testing soil acidity before sowing sweet clover, stressing the crop requires a sweet soil to thrive.
Soil care tips for crops and timing
The note warns against plowing up alfalfa when thin and advises delaying stock turnout to protect early grass. It stresses rich soil for onion and cabbage, and celery needs moisture and rapid growth. droughts cause celery to languish and become tough and stringy.
Public penance for slander in 19th century London
In 1822 thousands gathered near Bethnal Green church to witness Sarah Green, accused of slander against Mrs. Ann Johnson, perform a public penance. She stood in a white dress and recited a formal recantation in the vestry before the rector and witnesses, then left the church escorted by beadles through a cheering crowd.
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Bethnal Green Church
London
Sarah Green
Ann Johnson
William Johnson
St. Matthew
Bethnal Green
Diversity in Retail Trade Is Spreading
The article notes growing diversification in American retailing as stores now include hardware, drug, cigar, men’s clothing, department, sporting goods and former candy shops, sold via mail order and direct by mail. It highlights how such variety expands across the sector.
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John
Norwegian Inebriates’ Homes Cure by Wine Diet
A report describes Norwegian inebriates’ homes using wine as the sole drink and flavoring for all meals. Initially quiets complaints, but after days the wine’s appeal fades and even hard drinkers start to question the grape’s virtues, with recovery claimed for the worst cases.
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Norway
Origin of Sterling and its Meaning in English Coinage
The Easterlings or Hanseatic merchants were England's original moneyers and their name came to describe coin and goods of fixed standard value. In Edward I’s era an English dinar was called sterling, and the pound then stood as the world’s best value before the war.
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Hanseatic League
England
Rehoboth
Greenland Named by Norse Explorer Eric the Red
The article notes Eric the Red named Greenland after his 985 voyage to entice settlers. It describes a cold climate with a freezing mean annual isotherm crossing the island's southern end, yet mentions warmth in sheltered interior fjord regions during the long summer day.
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Greenland
Eric the Red
Odd Argentine vehicle with broad wheels and many draft animals
The carretta is a huge two wheeled cart used in Argentina to move hides and wool to market. It features ten foot diameter wheels and is drawn by 18 to 20 horses or oxen hitched shoulder to shoulder with heavy leather ropes attached to the axle.
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Detroit News
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vein for Relief
Skowhegan Maine resident Mrs Percy W Richardson reports chronic headaches eased after using three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved health and renewed energy and recommends the remedy to other women.
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Skowhegan
Percy W. Richardson
R.F.D
Maine
Pinkham
Anniversary Dilemma Echoes in a Clever Exchange
A brief dialogue from the Boston Transcript shows a husband wife banter on their wedding anniversary. The professor answers that they must make the best of it. The exchange captures a light, witty tone about marital life.
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Boston Transcript
Man claims generalization on women from one experience
A pithy remark suggests that when a man says all women are alike he has had experiences with at least one. The line implies biased generalization based on a single contact rather than broader evidence.
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Canton Crep
Johnson Grass
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Tee En
Doan
Illinois
Adolph Anderson
Divernon
Foster-Milburn Co., Mig. Chem
Buffalo, N
Baby
Cuthuray
Aree Tad
Teed Rover
Avery
Own Chemical Works
Terreute
Ind
Don C. McCowan
M. D
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South Park Avenus
Chicago
ACME
Acme-Sites Corporation
Peoria
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