Estimating Wheat Yield From Seed and Stalks
A detailed method shows one bushel per acre could yield about 18 bushels if each head holds 18 grains and each seed sprouts into three stools. Field counts of stools and head meshes provide close yield estimates after headed wheat. The piece also cites Ireland’s unrest and martial law tensions affecting Britain and Sinn Fein leadership.
Y W C A National Convention Postponed For War
The Y W C A of the United States plans a Cleveland convention in April 1919 after postponement from 1918 to cut costs during the war. About 2,000 delegates from all departments are expected, with voting delegates allotted by membership. Key topics include student association membership basis and charter rights for Chicago Y W C A, plus increasing National Board membership.
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Cleveland
Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States of America
Department On
National
Harry Emerson Posdick
International Institutes
United States
Chicago Young Women's Christian Association
National Board of the Association
Charles W. Gilkey
Hyde Park Baptist Church
Chicago
Robert FE. Speer
Foreign Mission Board
the Presbyterian Church, North
Speer
Y. W. GC
W. P. Harford
Omaha
Neb
Young Women's Christian Association
Los Angeles
John French
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Eliza Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Martha McCook
Mabel Cratty
National Board
The
Wiliam Adams Brown
New York City
Sinn Fein Declared Ready for Terror Threat
London March 5 Ivan MacPher son, chief secretary for Ireland, told the House of Commons that the Irish administration faces a feared rise in violence as Sinn Fein reportedly has 200,000 men ready for action in a looming terror scare.
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Sinn Fein
MacPherson
Ireland
London
Ivan MacPherson
House of Commons
Town Girls to Have Y W C A
Miss Mabel Head describes wartime lessons and world wide service plans for Town and Country Work. The Y W C A aims to expand citizenship forums, reading courses, and county work with 39 secretaries aiding communities in social, educational, and religious activities.
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Mabel Head
National
Red Cross
New York
Department of Agriculture
Taxing amusements and goods in historic notes
A discussion notes 18th and 19th century taxes on public amusements and items. It cites proposals to tax playhouses operas and other venues plus statues lakes groves and temples. It recalls the guinea pig tax soap tax salt tax and other duties once in force and later repealed.
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Vauxhall
Sadler's Wells
Astley’s
London
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Lord North
Professor confronts blind beggar over penny ruse at street corner
Professor Walker on One Hundred and Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue tries to give a penny to a beggar, who pretends to be blind. The man admits the ruse and explains he is holding the place for the blind man, who is at the movies.
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One Hundred and Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
New York Times
Flere
Gas Masks and Beards Stir Front Line Debate
The article discusses whether German first line troops should be clean shaven or bearded for gas mask effectiveness. Some authorities favor beards as extra filtration while others warn masks work best on clean faces. Deutsche Tageszeitung cites a full beard as a Teutonic trait and a factor in a fearsome appearance. Gas tests in front line airtight cubicles occur every fortnight with full-beard soldiers reporting added protection.
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Deutsche Tageszeitung
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