Georgia State College of Agriculture reports strong farm gains
The Georgia State College of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture highlight farmer success in 1912. Net earnings from college farms reach about 8581 41 and 2246 96 for the college, with a dairy herd profit of 1817 60. Tomato club girls earn substantial per acre returns, corn and cotton show major yields, and demonstrations with orchards and railroads show notable profits and increased salable fruit. Various county clubs and farm demonstrations report multiples of state averages in corn and cotton yields and profits.
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Georgia State College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Central of Georgia Railroad
Georgia
Corn Tests At College Farm Show Wide Yield Range
Tests at the college farm indicate one ear of corn yielded 70 bushels per acre while another ear of the same variety yielded 144 bushels per acre. A third test showed a difference from 87 to 70 bushels per acre. All tests used the same grain count per hill and identical cultivation, supporting the accuracy of the conclusions.
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College Farm
Georgia farmers plan corn breeding to boost yields
Georgia farmers will conduct plat tests to increase corn yields. They will detassel alternating hills to ensure cross fertilization and select the best ears for next year's trials. Germinating tests will precede planting and seed for subsequent plots.
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Georgia
Variety of Wedding Custom Across Cultures
The piece outlines wedding customs from many nations, noting white bridal gowns as a symbol of purity and tracing contrasts such as pale yellow veils in Hebrew and Roman traditions and hair worn loose by barbarian cultures. It also details flowers meanings and a rosemary intoxication ritual at feasts.
Behind the Times Ponders Eurythmy Confusion
A quip questions the nature of eurythmy describing it as possibly a dance, religion, or disease. readers note uncertainty and intrigue surrounding the term’s meaning and origins.
Snail Survives Without Air Immersed in Shell Seal
A report notes that snails can live without inhaling air as experiments show. When cold approaches the snail seals its shell opening with a silky, airtight secretion, depriving itself of air water and nourishment yet maintaining function.
Slush Stuff Story About a Muddy Walk
A terse dialogue riff about writing slush and a muddy walk, with a joke that hints the narrator’s occupation as a calling. The exchange moves from a casual prompt to a punchline about a telephone operator.
Dickens and the David Copperfield idea of adversity
The Kansas City Times critiques the notion that hardship makes great people. It argues that some succeed despite misery while many succumb, and rejects the belief that adversity is needed for progress. It opposes pampering the race with luxury and supporting the unfit.
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Kansas City Times
Sky Lease in Cleveland Acurious 99 Year Air Rights Deal
The sky lease in Cleveland parcels air space above a six story building to a club that added seven stories. The owner leases air and basement access while the club pays a fixed rent and later may see the owner compensated for improvements or extended terms. Also a cartoonish note on Sarah Bernhardt and voting rights with a French ballot gag.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Athletic Club
Athletic Club
Philosophy of a Collector and Employer Dialogue
A fictional exchange shows an employer noting many small accounts and few large ones. The collector replies that he follows the line of least resistance to collect. The dialogue centers on strategy and efficiency in debt recovery.
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H’m
Striking a New Note on a Faded Plot
A brief dialogue suggests a potential novel with an old fashioned plot and decent characters. The exchange hints at reader appeal through novelty and unconventional tone.
Guess Not Foot Lighte Punchline High Spirit
Joe looks glum as his partner lies in the hospital with no one to knock around. Miss Lou Brette asks if he is married, prompting their lighthearted exchange about a knock-about team and the missing partner.
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Dickens
David Copperfield
Joe
Lou Brette
Ancient trepanation traced from Hippo crates to stone age skulls
The article notes that trepanation is an ancient procedure with records from Hippocrates and early skull surgeries. It describes removing bone to relieve brain pressure, using a file before modern anesthetics, and references skulls in later stone age Britain showing evidence of the operation.
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Hippocrates
Holmes
Britain
Harper's Weekly
RACES OF MANKIND AND RACE ORIGINS
The article discusses five racial groups white yellow brown red and black and questions whether all races share a common origin. It notes long studied interrelationships and persistent disputes among specialists about original origin and the marked physical moral and mental differences among groups. Race origins remain an unsolved problem.
Delhi Durbar tale sparks laughter in Modern Juggernaut Car lecture
Viscount Hardinge, brother of the Indian viceroy, defended a much criticised claim about police along India's railways. He said policemen stand every hundred yards to listen for trains, often sleeping with heads on the rails. Lord Curzon demanded the source. Hardinge replied he got it from his brother and doubts he would reveal a cracker.
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Viscount Hardinge
Delhi
Marriage Jokes Reported At Ceremony
Parallel and Merry-Jack Jones were said to laugh during the wedding while Mr. Grouch-Well remarked that men often joke on the scaffold. The anecdote highlights a light moment amid the ceremony.
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Merry
Jack Jones
Grouch
Pa vampire quips haunt a homeward payday joke
A fragment from a cartoon caption shows a vampire asking what he does to a man while a parent warns a son to watch his mother on payday, implying a dark humor scene.
Jobbles Confuses With Parcels Post Phrase
Historically odd exchange shows Jobbles stuck on parcels post remark prompting questions about proper handling and clarity in the discussion. The remark reveals confusion over terminology and duties.
Missing Man Speaks On Self-Respect And Adulation
A fragment quotes a man asserting self-respect as essential while noting the difficulty of drawing lines to self-adulation. The dialogue hints at moral standards in personal conduct and social expectation.
North Georgia Agricultural College Ad Promises Special Perks
An old recruitment notice from North Georgia Agricultural College touts low total expenses, favorable climate and location, discipline, military department with cadet band, and thorough instruction in A B and B S offerings plus agriculture engineering and commerce. It invites inquiries to G R Glenn, UL D, president.
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Georgia
A. S. Army
G. R. Glenn
UL. D
Sheriff Sale in Lumpkin County Georgia 1913 Land Parcels Auction
The sheriff will sell at public outcry at the Lumpkin County courthouse in Dahlonega on the first Tuesday in June 1913. Lots and parcels listed include numerous districts and sections in Lumpkin County each containing forty to two hundred fifty acres. The sales are to satisfy tax executions issued by J. M. Ricketts Tax Collector for the year 1912 on unreturned unimproved wild lands with owners unknown. This January 29, 1913.
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Lumpkin County
Dahlonega
Georgia
Lumpkin
State of Georgia
Habersham
CORR
J. M. Ricketts
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