Proper Timing and Mixtures for Orchard Spraying
The article urges precise timing and correct mixtures in spraying to protect fruit trees. It notes many farmers spray for every pest despite absence of some and waste money on ineffective or sloppy methods. It stresses small scale trials for new mixtures and proper nozzle selection to avoid waste.
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Dayton Mitchell
Velie Chalmers Lozier
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E. M. F. Stearns
REO
The Orchard Sprayers and Their Mistakes
The article critiques fruit growers for mistimed sprays and wasteful mix practices. It argues many mixtures fail when combined, warns against unnecessary high pressure gear, and suggests cooperative buying and lower pressure nozzles for smaller orchards.
Surgeon’s Knife Aids Children And Changing Body Science
The article extols modern surgery as a tool to correct deformities and mental inefficiency in children. Adenoid removal boosts learning, while procedures fix clubfoot humpback and other injuries. Advances include bone grafts and organ transplants spearheaded by Dr. Alexis Carrel, implying a future of wider bodily replacements.
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Alexis Carrel
The Kaiser’s Son and Crown Prince Stated
A diplomat recounts a Washington dinner discussion about the Crown Prince of Germany. He notes the prince caused disapproval of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s peace policy and recalls a winter boat chat in St Moritz where the prince mocked a bright star as a decoration for his father.
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Germany
Reichstag
St. Moritz
Engadine
Knicker-A Judge Rules on Clothing vs Rent
A New York Sun item quotes Judge Knicker approving a ruling that a woman should not spend more on clothes than on rent. The exchange mocks the idea with a reply suggesting higher rent follows.
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Knicker
Automobiles Aid to Farmers Expand Utility of Road Travel
A Pacific Rural Press feature notes automobiles become practical farm tools beyond delivering wagons. It compares cars to horses in efficiency and upkeep, citing lower operating costs, greater road capacity, and easier maintenance. The article argues cars boost farming marketing, travel convenience, and town access.
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Pacific Rural Press
Recipes for the Housewife
A home cooking note outlines two dishes. First dish combines eel with orange segments and walnuts in mayonnaise on crisp lettuce. Second dish simmers pork with onion potatoes tomatoes and spices then adds clams and serves with pilot biscuits.
Simple Egg Chocolate Dessert and Nutmeg Pie Filling
A vintage recipe describes making an egg chocolate drink by mixing chocolate with water and milk, boiling, and pouring over whipped eggs. A second recipe outlines a light batter with eggs sugar flour water vinegar and nutmeg, baked in pastry with a meringue topping.
Gingerbread Mix Proportions in Simple Bakes
A recipe fragment lists equal parts of molasses sugar and buttermilk with fet dripping and a spoon of soda. It outlines a basic dough base for hard gingerbread and suggests directions to combine the ingredients.
Baking Powder Pastry Cakes No Over One Inch Thick
Instructions describe making light pastry cakes using two teaspoonfuls baking powder salt and nutmeg to taste. Mix with flour to a soft consistency then press portions on a board crease with a knife and lay in a pan. Bake until lightly sugared and not over an inch thick. best used the day after making.
Made-over Nut Bread From Stale Bread
Use stale bread soaked overnight then drained and worked lightly to remove lumps. Mix with salt, soda dissolved in water, add bread sponge, fold in chopped nut meats, knead with flour to bread consistency, let rise three times, bake. Light graham like texture, keeps moist and well liked.
Tomato Jelly Recipe Step By Step
Soak gelatine in cold water for an hour then drain tomato juice. Season tomato pulp with onion juice sugar bay leaf pepper and salt. Boil ten minutes stir in soaked gelatine dissolve and strain. Pour into a wet mold chill until firm and serve with lettuce and mayonnaise.
Raisin Pie Instructions From Old Recipe
A historic kitchen note describes making a raisin pie by simmering water raisins and sugar with nutmeg, thickening with cornstarch or flour, and baking with a top crust cut with slits to vent steam.
Apple filling for cake layers and light frosting
Grate one large peeled apple and mix with a cup of powdered sugar and the beaten whites of two eggs. Beat long to make a very light filling. Twenty minutes is enough to beat to lightness, then spread between cake layers.
Stearns Electric Paste Promises Vermin Eradication
The Stearns Electric Rat and Roach Paste, touted for over thirty years, claims to kill rats mice and cockroaches with no mixing required. Sold with a money back guarantee and priced at 25 cents and 1.00, from Stearns Electric Paste Co. of Chicago Illinois.
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Staarna’ Jecric Paste Co
Chicago
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