Indiana Brevities Ringing With Fires and Reforms
A string of notes from Indiana reports a Kempton fire inflicting 100600 damage on the business district with origin undetermined. Other items include a plan for a state convention in Indianapolis, a bill for school flag salutes, burglaries, armed townsfolk in Greencastle, salary bills for county officials, sugar beet payments, veterans’ movement, a jail resignation, and various local upgrades from banks to bridges.
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Kempton
John N. Sprague
Freetown
Greencastle
Marion County
Marketing of Poor Eggs Costs More in the Market
Mrs. Jones buys a dozen eggs she believes are fresh but finds many are poor quality and may spoil the rest. Bureau of Markets warns that bad eggs raise overall costs, waste transport space, and cut farmer profits, urging better production and grading practices.
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Jones
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington Commission
United States
Express shipment of small animals gains popularity near St Louis
Buyers in St Louis pay a premium for express shipment of calves sheep lambs and hogs citing faster marketing higher prices and tolls on quality stock. Officials note cattle are inspected on arrival and kept on a long rail for buyers to view. Kosher butchers favor fresh calves for slaughter due to refrigeration limits.
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St. Louis
By Express
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Express
Insect Destroys Brazil Cotton Crops Warns of Short Harvest
USDA advises from Brazil that lace bug insects have destroyed 50 percent of new cotton plants, causing a short Brazil crop this year. Brazilian scientists seek control methods while no immediate threat of invasion to the United States is seen.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Brazil
Poultry Housing Tips From Farm Notes
Notes advise roosts to be built on a level surface not in ladder fashion and emphasize a dust bath as essential in a winter poultry house. The text argues one good chicken breed on a farm is more valuable than many mixed breeds.
Lime Sulphur Treatment For San Jose Scale On Trees
The article explains San Jose scale is hard to detect until numerous, its appearance is a dark gray round peak shaped insect about pinhead size, and it overwinters on bark. It recommends lime sulfur spray twice a year: after leaf fall and again at spring budding, noting early application is crucial before bud scales lift.
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San Jose
Seeding Clover In Orchard Benefits Trees
The Iowa experiment station reports seeding clover between orchard rows extends tree life and increases productivity. Clean cultivation harms winter hardiness and growth, while clover between trees resists winter damage and boosts yield. even when blue grass intrudes, reseeding to clover improves results.
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Iowa
Nitrate of Soda and Organic Matter for Orchard Soil
Nitrate of soda stimulates trees from devitalized conditions but often has little soil impact. To improve soil in many orchards it is necessary to add organic matter.
Propagating Blackberries by Tip Layering
Blackberries propagate from tip plants by burying the tips of new canes and then separating them from the old plants to start a fresh patch the next spring. Bury these tips early so they form a thrifty fall growth.
Greatest in the Kingdom: Jesus Teaches Humility
In Matthew 18 1-14 the disciples seek rank while Jesus sets a child before them to illustrate entry requires childlike humility. The passage explores God’s care for little children, our responsibility toward the younger and weaker, and the need to avoid causing others to stumble.
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Kingdom of Heaven
Peter
Treart
Jesus
Symeone
Christ
Worship and Culture Foundations in Sermon on the Mount
Rev Henry Lowndes Drew argues that worship and culture are inseparable and that true culture rests on Christian grace. He asserts society without the Gospel offers only a veneer, citing the Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes as the ultimate ethical guide.
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Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus
Henry Lowndes Drew
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