Mystery of death on eve of marriage across cases
A late 19th century New York World analysis links wedding preps and emotional stress to suicides before marriage. It cites Minnie K. Wentz and others, noting notes to family and fiancé, the role of nervous strain, ill health, and psychological pressure as possible triggers.
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York
Minnie K. Wentz
Miss Wentz
Anna Breese Richardson
New York
Eben E. Whitman
East Thirty Eighth Street
Lawrence
L. I
Ludwig Reichold
Port Chester
Upper
Lexington Avenue
City Hall
Minnie
Minnie Wentz
Leon Guipon
Agnes Foster
Albert J. Foster
People’s National Bank
Roxbury
Mass
Guipon
Europe
Boston
Miss Foster
George L. Knaut
Estelle Rocktasher
Reading
Young Knaut
Miss Rocktasher
Tonneau
James E. Winterbottom
The Crooked Bulldog Of The Grafting Politician
A dog fancier examines an odd bulldog with crooked features and notes it is the grafting politician's order. The exchange implies a satirical jab at corruption.
Deep Plowing Key To Wheat Success In Dry Farms
E R Parsons outlines dry farming tips for California wheat noting eight to ten inch deep plowing for both spring and winter wheat, frequent harrowing to break crust, and the crucial role of moisture in subsoil. He warns shallow plowing limits root growth and yields while deep tillage improves soil moisture storage and potential harvests.
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Dry Farming Congress Bulletin
E. R. Parsons
California
West
Mr. Parsons
Tinsley
Soy Beans Grow on Sandy or Clay Loam Soils
Soy beans thrive on sandy or clay loam soils and resist drought well. When cut for hay they are harvested and cured like clover, and can be fed green to livestock. Pods forming yield better feed after curing.
Planting Apple Trees Spacing Guidance
The text advises apple trees do best when planted two rods apart in each direction, except for varieties that grow primarily upward rather than outward.
Crops for Newly Broken Sod in Eastern Colorado
J E Payne explains best early crops for sod land in eastern Colorado. Sorghum is the sure fodder, with kaffir corn milo maize and white Australian flint corn as strong alternatives. Milo provides grain for feed, chickens benefit, and local varieties may be useful when available. Swadley dent is noted for grain but less fodder.
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Colorado
Swadley
Live Stock Notes on Pigs Horses and Feeding
Practical guidance for pig and horse care from damp nests to collar fit and feeding. Tips warn against nervous, kicky horses and advise careful feeding, forage quality, and hay benefits to digestion and work performance.
Emergency Forage Crops in Drought Areas
Dry weather threatens feed supply for late summer and fall. Prof R A Moore of University of Wisconsin urges immediate action to grow special forage crops and salvage partial clover. Drought killed corn should be disked, harrowed, and replanted with early dent or flint corn.
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R. A. Moore
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Best Sailing Crops and Costs from New Jersey Station Tests
The New Jersey station reports top crops by yield and cost per ton. Rye 638 tons per acre at $1.02, wheat 5.3 tons at $0.79, oats and peas 79 tons at $1.41, millet 7.05 tons at $2.59, white flint corn 10% tons at $1.52, cowpeas and kafir corn 2.705 tons at $4.07. Oats and Canada field peas ranked high among forage crops beside alfalfa.
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New Jersey
Canada
Shocking Grain Storage Advice Warns of Losses
Practical tips urge farmers to brace and cap shocks to protect small grains from rain storms and birds. Emphasizes securing sheaves, pressing heads together, and maintaining good curing conditions to avoid annual losses.
Heavy Fowls and Meat Producing Methods
The heaviest fowl breeds are not the best layers. For meat production, focus on methods that increase meat yield rather than egg production.
Weather proof coops safeguard early chick broods
Weather proof coops protect early broods of chicks, ensuring tight housing. Ventilation may be added to accommodate late broods, with emphasis on keeping coop interiors dry and secure for all stages of growth.
Prince Henry of Prussia Insured Against Assassination
The article notes Prince Henry of Prussia, grandson of Queen Victoria, bears resemblance to King George V and is a sailor at heart. He reportedly holds a life policy near ten million dollars against assassination, held by German firms, with a tale of a motorist earning a royal gift after calling him a fathead.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Victoria
George V
Frederick
Wyk
Schleswig
Deforestation Hurts Climate In Remote Chinese Province
A traveler reports Xiansu, once thriving but devastated by insurrection, as a treeless, poorly connected region now reeling from deforestation. He notes severe rainfall erosion on exposed loess and warns climate is being altered by the loss of forests and vegetation.
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China
Xiansu
Tso Tsungang
America’s Wine to the Rescue
The New York Press criticizes European claims of wine superiority and argues American grape vines will save the global wine industry. It contends Europe sees Europe as superior and mocks the idea that wealth alone can secure abundant champagne and wines despite champions like Morgan Rothschild or King William.
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America
Europe
Morgan
Rothschild
King William
Johannesberger
Hock
New York Press
Purified by Trial in Miltonic Thought on Virtue
The excerpt argues a true warfaring Christian confronts vice and tempters, practicing restraint yet embracing trial. It asserts innocence is not born but refined through conflict, warning that true purity comes through enduring battles and discerning the better path despite dust and heat.
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Milton
Two Sides Laugh As Books Sell Yet Critics Call Them Tough
A courtroom quip reflects a publisher and critic exchange about book sales and digestibility. The judge notes the humorous contrast between sales success and critical difficulty.
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Reichold
Mrs. Gensen
Whitman
Whitmans
Long Island
Trousseau
Cagnes Fostezr
J. E. Payne
Colorado Agricultural College
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