Desperate clash at St Mihiel in Vaux Marie battlefield
Dispatch from Edward B. Clark describes the St Mihiel salient near Vaux Marie, the spear point of the German fifth army, where fierce fighting rages amid graves and shell craters while French and American observers witness heavy artillery, advancing Allied lines, and a landscape turning to gardens of shell scars and wildflowers.
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Vaux-Marie
Paris
Union
St. Mihiel
France
Crown Prince
Meuse
Marne
Republic
Argonne Forest
Langle de Carry
Sarrail
Thinning Fruit After June Drop for Better Peaches
A USDA bulletin explains thinning to prevent overloading peach trees. It notes trees set more fruit than they can mature and that thinning improves size and quality. Factors include tree strength soil fertility and moisture with June drop as the optimal thinning window.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Farmers’ Bulletin
Tithe Safe Discovery Reveals Large Cash Find
In an old home at Wilson detectives found more than 350000 in cash. Lam, who died recently, was believed worth 160000 but figures suggest otherwise. The safe contained 2502 in gold certificates and 16990 in cash across 13 envelopes.
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Nooe
Tor
Wilson
Lam
Pigeons Carry Wedding News From Chicago to Kankakee
Queago Frank Wallenberg married Bertha Shack in Chicago and released three carrier pigeons in front of the Grant hotel. The birds flew toward Shack’s pigeon loft in Kankakee bearing messages that the couple had wed that day. Mrs. Waltenberg commented humorously that her husband might take it out on the birds.
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Frank Wallenberg
Bertha Shack
Kankakee
Chicago
Grant Hotel
Pa Shack
Bertha
Whitman Infant Cries Across Continent During Fair Visit
Governor Whitman visiting the San Francisco fair heard his infant son cry over the telephone. The child was held to the transmitter and induced to wall, linking Albany and San Francisco in a brief family moment.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
San Francisco
Raspberry Cane Pruning for Next Spring Harvests
Cut out canes as they reach four feet and pinch off to encourage growth. This simple technique helps ensure the plants produce berries the following spring.
Conserve Moisture in Dry Weather for Truck Patch
When the weather dries, cultivate the truck patch regularly to keep an inch of fine topsoil. This practice reduces evaporation and helps retain soil moisture for crops.
Prolong the life of fence posts by proper treatment
The article explains that fence post decay is caused by fungi feeding on wood when heat air and moisture are present. Drying wood through seasoning is cheapest and essential before further treatment. Creosote treatment, used abroad and increasingly in the U S, protects wood, extending life from two to ten times even for railroad ties poles and posts.
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Fung
Uman
Magland
France
Common dairy mistake harms milk flow when calves stay with cows
Farmers often let calves suck cows for convenience, with or without separators. This practice typically ruins dairy operations as cows grow accustomed to their calves and milk output falls, often drying up soon after weaning or separation.
Useful Little Dairy Hints for Calf Care and Feeding
Practical advice on selecting stock, feeding milk, water, warmth, and housing for calves. Warns against scrubs and hot or cold milk, stresses salt, clean water, and warm dry housing. Recommends sulfur and lard for skin patches and a castor oil egg drench for scours, plus gradual feeding adjustments after illness.
Plan for good ventilation in dairy houses and barns
A method to improve airflow in any room or barn uses a six inch wide board placed below the lower sash of a window. The sash rests on the board, allowing air to flow between upper and lower sashes without drafts. The tip comes from Farmers' Bulletin 607.
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Farmers’ Bulletin
Texture of Butter and its Grain Formation
Texture of butter depends on its grain from the manufacturing process. Burning and excessive heat damage the texture and quality of butter.
Cow Mimics Milker Delays Milking Process
An antiquated joke notes a cow resisting milking causes delays in the milking routine. The punchline plays on the idea that a cow can "hold up" the milker when out of sympathy with the milker.
Machinery of a Cow Delicacy Compared to Watchwork
The essay notes the cow's milk producing system is as delicate as watchwork, yet people underestimate its fragility and complexity in daily care and feeding practices.
Milking Tube Advised for Hard-Milking Cows
The notice says regular use of a milking tube remedies defects in hard milking cows. It cautions that without such a cow you won’t need the tube. The guidance emphasizes practical use for dairy operations and animal care.
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Tate
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Uder
Admanth
Gerard de Ganay
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Battie
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Miser
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