Climate and crop outcomes across plains and coasts
The article explains that rainfall alone cannot predict crop yields. High year round temperatures raise evaporation, altering effective moisture. It notes ND may need 20 inches to match Texas crops, due to higher evaporation there. It discusses vegetation zones to the 99th meridian and how temperature and precipitation shape regional crops.
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Dakota
Texas
North Dakota
Canadian
Dakotas
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
California
Great Plains
Inter-Mountain
Grasshopper Poison Bait Mixture Also Aimed At Cost Sharing
Michigan State College advises farmers to mix sodium arsenate with salt bran sawdust molasses water and banana oil to create poison bait. Prepare in large quantities to cover extensive acreage and share costs. Scatter thinly on sod land as hoppers hatch on warm sunny mornings. ten pounds can feed an acre though spreading is hard. Birds and livestock will not ingest harmful amounts.
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Michigan State College
Feminine afternoon frock designed with simple yoke cape
Our stylist presents a tailored yet feminine afternoon dress pattern 2327. It features a slim neck and skirt detailing and a graceful cape with a simple yoke. Available in sizes 16 to 46, with illustrated instructions and yardage for size 36. Send 15c with name address and size to Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Political Boss Title Sparks Debate in Hometown
A town discussion centers on the label political boss used for a local figure. Senator Sorghum downplays the title, saying it’s meant to boost pride while he bears blame for issues and earns little personal reward.
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Senator Sorghum
Artist Dearest Sparks Oil Portrait Misprint
A playful misprint from the Detroit News plays with art and romance as a cheeky exchange about painting in oils surfaces in a humorous column fragment. The piece hinges on wordplay between a socialite and an artist, framed in light witty banter.
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Detroit News
A Sea of Troubles and Mermaid Crowding Imagery
A playful exchange features Miss Cayenne noting a kingfish in the sea of troubles, while a mermaid’s splash might crowd him from the swim, illustrating flirtatious wit and fanciful nautical imagery in the dialogue.
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Miss. Cayenne
Made a Long Roll Lisa
Axel faced trouble after Lisa’s note about her first husband. Lisa recalls he was a drummer who left, and Axel asks what became of him as Lisa says he beat it.
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Lisa
Axel
Demands Beryl The man I marry must be here
The dialogue unfolds with Beryl insisting the groom must appear, while Rupert responds that she is not as harsh as she seems.
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Beryl
Rupert
Along the Dusty Road First Flea and Second Flea Conversation
The two fleas discuss travel on a dusty road with the first asking if the other has walked. The second replies he has been on a tramp showing a playful travel exchange.
Paul the Worker and Mission of Happiness in Work
Lesson for September 1 centers on Acts 20 33 35 and Philippians 4 4 14 with the theme A Happy Worker for Jesus Paul a Good Soldier for Jesus and How to Find Happiness in Work The text traces Paul s birth home training education conversion and philosophy of life emphasizing zeal integrity trade training cheerful trust in God and contentment in all circumstances
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Jesus
Paul
Jesus Christ
Tarsus
Moses
Samuel
Timothy
God
Damascus
Christ
Jerusalem
Saul
Jesus of Nazareth
V. Paul
Lord Jesus Christ
Three Mountain Stages of Endurance and Reward
The narrative divides ascent into a pleasant start a wearisome climb and a summit rest. Many quit at the second stage never reaching the top with its fine view and pure air. Winners endure the strain with good grace.
True Glory as Thoreau Urges Living to Beautify History
A paraphrase theme echoes Thoreau urging deeds worthy of history. The idea centers on writing what deserves readers and living to make the world happier for those who live in it.
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Thoreau
Happiness Depends on Taste Not on the Thing
A quotation attributed to Rochefoucauld asserts that happiness arises from liking what one has rather than possessing what others deem desirable. The idea emphasizes personal satisfaction over external approval.
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Rochefoucauld
General Foods
Training Children For Leisure And Productive Play
The piece argues that child playtime should be planned and educational, shaping character through chores and inventive tasks. It promotes using basements for projects like building shelves, supplying tools over ready made toys, to train head hand and heart and counter modern laziness and passive entertainment.
Silent warning on selfishness in American homes and parenting
An editorial laments the erosion of family life due to selfish pursuits and divorce. It cites a low turnout at a parent teacher meeting, Roger Babson’s critique of spending trends, and urges parents to invest one evening weekly with children to foster character and religion amid vast hours children spend in schools and external influences.
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Eastern University
Roger Babson
Ancient Peoples Flourish Near Nineveh in Early Era
The Philadelphia Record notes that the mound lope Gawra near Nineveh flourished around 4000 B C. They made painted pottery and obsidian carvings while Greece’s ancestors lived in caves and the Americas hosted only savages. Egyptian pyramids were still 800 years away.
The Legend of Pegleg Smiths Copper Gold Mine
A historic desert tale traces dark copper gold from Pegleg Smith’s summit discovery near Yuma and San Diego. The mine’s three peaks elude explorers for decades as soldiers, cowboys, and lawmen seek the ore amid treacherous sands and deadly misfortune.
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Padres
San Diego
California
Pegleg Smith
Pegleg
Colorado Desert
Yuma
Smith
Fort Yuma
Warner’s Pass
Cuyamaca
Jim Denslow
Dehslon
Great Seal of the United States A Symbol of Power
A historical overview explains the July 4 1776 move to declare independence and form a Great Seal. It notes the committee of the whole and the adoption of a device for the Seal in 1782. The piece details the Seal’s use on presidential documents and Marshall’s 1803 statement on its significance and binding authority.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Congress
United States
Franklin
J. Adams
Jefferson
United States of America
American Republic
Senate
Marshall
Postum Free Week Supply Offer
The Postum Company offers a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it Ady.
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Postum Company
Ady
Contagious Bad Manners Highlighted in Social Critique
A concise opinion notes that nothing spreads more quickly than ill behavior. The writer argues social conduct shapes community tone and calls for personal accountability to curb disrespectful actions.
Invention timeline of clocks and watches
The Chinese claim to invent the clock about 2000 B C. Gerbert later Pope Sylvester II may have built the first mechanical clock for Magdeburg in 996 A D. Before that sundials sand-glasses and clepsydras were used. Peter Hensen of Nuremberg credited with inventing the mainspring around 1500.
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Gerbert
Sylvester II
Magdeburg Cathedral
Peter Hensen
Hele
Nuremberg
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Carthage
P. J. Satler
Attorneys-At-Law
Henley & Ingle
W. J. Henley, Sr
Rushville, Indiana
O. F. Ingle
Rushville
Howard E. Henley
Indiana
Ratliff
Knightstown
C. G. Hill
L. R. Linsecott
Gran'pop
Spain
Florida
England
Eastman
Kodak
First Continental Congress
Salem
Mass
China
Mendez
St. Augustine
Fla
Colonies
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
WIU
Paul the Apostle
Golden Phantoms
U. S. Great Seal
Bryan
Debs
Doan
Doans
Tesch
31St St
Kansas City
N. Kedvale
Chicago
Division ST
Joan Carol Kloz
Mittenwald
Samuel Day
Livsey Place
Watertown
Wis
Syracuse
Manitoba
Burgoyne Co
Kensington
Winnipeg
Man
Arizona
Oatman, Ariz
Troy
Broadway
Oakland
Calif
Mi Persons
Birch
Santa Ana
Hartford Building
Townsend
Indianapolis
Chor
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