Insect Plague Threatens Farms and Schools
The article chronicles the economic insect menace harming crops and food, detailing how pests like the chinch bug devastate wheat and orchards. It highlights Stephen A. Forbes, Illinois state entomologist, and his 25 years battling "economic insects" through science, observation, and experimental methods.
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Stephen A. Forbes
Illinois
State Laboratory of Natural History
University of Illinois
Insect War Against the Farm Fields and Trees
Farmers, universities, and experts discuss control of corn pests and orchard insects. Dr Forbes outlines natural enemies, crop rotation, and kerosene emulsions to curb chinch, corn root louse, bill bug, white grub, maple scale, and curculio. He notes weather, soil, and pests like flies affect yields and suggests practical, cost effective methods.
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Illinois
Dr. Forbes
Tiphia
Forbes
Casey at the Bat in Coca Cola Baseball Record Book 1910
The Coca Cola Baseball Record Book of 1910 includes Casey at the Bat and schedules for both leagues. It notes the book was sent by Coca Cola Co of Atlanta for a 2 cent postage, with a booklet The Truth About Coca Cola. It promotes Coca Cola as cooling and refreshing at soda fountains and bottles for 5 cents.
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Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
It Was the Other Way
A senior partner chastises a drummer in a wholesale dry goods house for having a wife. The chief concern is a rumored side line. the drummer argues marriage is not a side line. The partner fears domestic life will keep him on the road longer.
The Wrong Sort Irish Pebble Tales
An old Irish peasant sits before his cottage smoking a pipe. He lights many matches, scattered around his feet, as his wife calls for dinner. He jokes about glass to see shoots on the sun, unsure if his neighbor fooled him or if he has the wrong kind of glass.
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Patsy
Biddy
Moike Mulrooney
His Soft Answer
A dialogue piece features a wife scolding her husband for coming home late. He deflects with a humorous claim that he and Augustus Jones were mushroom hunting and jokes about the mushrooms ending up in his pocket.
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Augustus Jones
Gus En
Market Talk Sparks Barter Style Witty Quote
The dialogue features Carbroke delaying meat payments by a month while prices rise, provoking a remark about his cleverness versus the financial squeeze. A witty exchange underscores market talk and time lag effects on value.
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Carbroke
Puck
Grape-Nuts Diet Claims Cooler Body Heat
The article promotes a meatless breakfast plan using Grape-Nuts with cream, fruit, toast, and Postum to lower body temperature by ten to twenty degrees compared with neighbors. It asserts easier digestion and energy retention from partially pre digested foods, urging readers to read The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Wellville
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Nature
Aphis
Ella
Stella
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