Magazine orders and circulation guide offered in Chicago
Readers can order all periodicals including Pictorial Review and National Food Magazine via the Magazine Circulation Company at 327 333 South Dearborn Street Chicago. They provide a magazine guide with special prices and how to combine multiple magazines at the lowest price upon request.
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Pictorial Review
National Food
Opportunity
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Ills
Wabash Covington Branch Time Schedule
The timetable lists arrival and departure times for the Wabash Covington branch serving Attica and Covington. East bound trains No 34 No 2 No 28 No 6 No 4 No 50 and west bound connections show daily and weekend services with morning and evening slots.
Remarkable Peckham Schoolboy’s Expulsion Ordered
An eight year old Peckham pupil, nearly thirteen, who has learned only two or three letters and cannot write or calculate, is set to be expelled. The London County Council education committee reports the boy’s failure to progress and authorizes removal from school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peckham
London County Council
Erboaot
Plan for Derrick Stacker Delivers Center Load Drop
Alfred Peterson in the Farmers' Mail and Breeze describes a derrick stacker that drops loads at the stack center. It features a 35 foot mast on skids, a 25 foot inner pole, a center drop design, and ropes for lifting and stabilizing. The model aims to work in wind and handle daily loads as well as commercial stackers.
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Derrick Eracker
Alfred Peterson
Farmers’ Mail and Breeze
Improved Seeds Are Best
A farmer should dedicate part of the land to seed production for the next year. Plant test plots with new corn, potatoes, and oats to grow sufficient seed, enabling selection of well adapted varieties and potential local sales to neighbors for higher returns. This practice builds acclimated, proven seed for future crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Kelley
Cultivating Potatoes Late Virginia Study Finds Best Practices
The Virginia truck experiment station reports that level soil early promotes potatoes and later cultivation should bring soil toward the vines with winged cultivators to cover tubers and prevent scald. Continuous cultivation late in the season is advised, with eastern Virginia growers often extending until two to three weeks before digging begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
Eastern
Virginia
Silage and kraut jars prove silos are common
The article notes many housewives misunderstood silos until a talk at a farmers institute. It explains silage as green corn preserved in an airtight structure and compares it to kraut making, urging that silage benefits livestock with nourishing feed and payoffs in milk and meat. It is signed by I H C SERVICE BUREAU.
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Farmers’ Institute
wWe
Vegetable Oils as Linseed Substitutes and Crop Prospects
L O Miller asks about oils to replace linseed and profitable growing of soybeans and sunflowers. The answer notes linseed remains superior for drying quality. substitutes offer no value. Soybeans and sunflowers may profit in the Midwest and West, with Russian sunflowers grown in Colorado. Contact western state colleges for guidance or reach Indian Refining Co. and Union Petroleum Co. for oil information.
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L. O. Miller
Bernardston, Maass
Middle West
West
Colorado
South
Central Sec
Indian Refining Co
Battery Place
New York
N. Y
Union Petroleum Co
South Second Street
Philadelphia
Land Drainage a Necessity
Advice from the IH C SERVICE BUREAU urges drainage as essential for profitable farming. For wet or poorly rooted soils, tile drainage aided by lime stable manure and proper fertilizers may be needed, with deep plowing for hard pans. Complex cases require engineer guidance and careful tiling per Canebrake Experiment Station bulletins.
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J. C. Tally
Stevenson
Ala
Uniontown
Alabama
Blouses For Autumn Wear From The Montreal Star
Sheer blouses in soft mulls and batistes with large scalloped embroidery pair with dull blue worsted suits and glass buttons. An embroidered dotted swiss blouse features white agaric collar and cuffs, turquoise enamel button centers, and long sleeves. Patent leather boots with cloth matched tops accompany the smart suit, while chiffon blouses show conspicuous contrasting tucks and white satin collar details. A navy Beer chiffon model highlights tiny white stitched tucks and white satin trims.
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Montreal Star
Beer
Simple Vieux rose dress description with trims
A description of a dress featuring a rose cotton voile over a sateen slip. The skirt hem has three rows of narrow insertion every four inches and a central trimmed wider piece with buttons. Bodice and sleeves echo the trimmed decorative motif. Materials listed include 4 yards white 40 inch fabric, 344 yards sateen 40 inches wide, 8 yards insertion, and about 6 dozen buttons.
Fashion against corsets in eighteenth century revival debate
The article weighs a fashion dispute over eighteenth century revival styles versus flowing draperies. It contrasts paniers and pointed silhouettes with corsetless elegance and expensive simplicity, debating proportion, harmony, and the allure of tailored living pictures. It notes designers favor silks and satins over paint and canvas and the clientele’s reactions to tailor made rigidity.
Transparent trimmings in gown designs
The article notes gowns using transparent materials for draperies or ceilings with silk foundations. It highlights discreet pagsemeteries as embellishments and describes how vivid colors and metallic trims gleam through the sheer fabric for striking color and light effects.
A Bathroom Chair With Sanitary Turkish Toweling
A low stool with a broad seat is described as ideal for drying feet and dressing. A housekeeper adds a sanitary touch by covering most of the chair with thick white Turkish toweling, fitted as a silo with square top and sides. Multiple covers allow daily changes each morning.
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J.h.sailor
Covington, Ind
M. E.church
Evan W. Heath
Corser Square
W. R. Massey & Sons
Srentals
Tinsley Block
Homer Sewell
Dhomer Sewell
Troy Township
K. of P
Chas. A. Brown
Cager Box
Agenta
Wilson Chemical CO
Dept. G
Tyrone
Travelers Railway
Dearborn ST
Wabash—Covington
Covington
Attica
Bere Abe
Mayle
Aday
Phealsng
Parker
Derrick Stacker
Tion
Fletcher
Astoria
MARS
Genuinse Castoria
Cenwtaur Commpany
TY Murray
Kew
York City
John McDonald
N. E. Corner Square
M. Mayer
Wabash Portland Cement
Sidewaite
Feendatioan
Fleare Jabash Portland Cement CO
Meral Ofices
Detroit
Mich
Werks
Streh
D. J. Young’ & Co
Ind
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