Seed corn selection in autumn yields best seed
The United States Department of Agriculture urges selecting seed corn from stalks that grew well, gave high yield, had no suckers, and stood storm proof with ears at the right height. Early maturing stalks with hanging ears are easiest to find after maturity, as delays invite weevils, rain moths, and sprouting kernels. Autumn selection is easier and more profitable than spring crib picking.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Causes for Waste of Grain in Thrashing
Causes for waste include improper machine speed crowding capacity cylinder failure to thrash all kernels level separating mechanism or misadjusted blast. Preventive guidance is in Farmers Bulletin 991 from the U S Department of Agriculture. Cracked grain adds to waste from excessive cylinder speed close clearance or grain recirculation in tailings elevator.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Thrift Advice from Ezekiel on Food and Provisions
The note cites Ezekiel iv 9 urging weight based rations during Jerusalem siege. It claims thrift lessons from scripture and cites Thrift Magazine as the source. The passage emphasizes gathering wheat barley beans lentils millet and fitches to bake bread in one vessel and eating meat by weight occasionally.
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Ezekiel
Israel
Jerusalem
Ukgle Sams Advice On Flu
Surgeon General Rupert Blue explains Spanish influenza is not proven to be from Spain and urges precautions against droplet infection. The illness resembles a contagious cold with fever and body pains, raising concern it could become widespread and termed American influenza if not controlled.
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Blue
Washington, D. C
Alfonso
Spain
United States
Rupert Blue
U. S. Public Health Service
Europe
Spanish influenza illness and prevention guidance
The article explains how influenza spreads from person to person through droplets and dust, outlines symptoms and potential complications, notes uncertain origin, and offers public health guidance. It covers recognition, disease course, and steps for patients and caregivers to limit transmission and protect others.
Advice Soldiers Need Not Take, Sergeant
The piece explains that sergeant derives from medieval Latin sergent meaning a servant or vassal and notes a humorous tip to tell a harsh sergeant on parade in order to soften him. It frames the etymology as a way to ease criticism from a stern commanding officer.
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New York Evening Post
General title origins in Caesar and Pompey era
The term general did not denote army command in Caesar and Pompey times. The Roman general was an imperator while generalis referred to an officer with general command, not a military rank.
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Heget
Pompey
Protection From Live Wires Glove Guidelines
A double glove system is advised for linemen handling live wires. An inside fabric glove absorbs perspiration and protects the rubber glove from nails while a leather gauntlet over the rubber glove shields from mechanical injury aids grasping tools and keeps hands warm in winter.
Umbrella Walk Sparks Household Prompt
In a home scene Charlie drags an old cobwebby umbrella from the garage and attempts a walk while his grandmother scolds him to put the umbrella away. Charlie insists he has opened it and is going for a stroll, declaring I has dot it up and I'se doin for a walk.
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Charlie
Get Out of the Rut to Embrace Simple Foolish Joy
The passage urges occasional foolishness as harmless, even joyful. It compares self-expression to a country boy at a circus who spends his last 15 cents on peanuts and proudly ignores outside judgment.
Porter struck by luggage van in London incident
A porter cleaning a luggage van in London was struck on the head by a swinging door. He exclaimed about a head wound to an Irish bystander on the platform who quipped about filling the injury.
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London
Pat
Fashions in Humor and a Light Reading Request
A reader recalls a lady advising "Alice in Wonderland" to a steady man who preferred something light not puzzles. The note suggests fashions in humor vary with taste and time.
Speed of Bullet Outpaces Rifle Report
A rifle bullet travels about two miles in five seconds while sound takes a shade over nine and a half seconds to cover the same distance, explaining why the bullet arrives before the rifle sound is heard.
Building Materials in Saloniki and New Greece
Grecian building materials show brick as the common choice in Saloniki and New Greece. Timber is scarce, leaving wooden structures rare. Stone is seldom used except for foundations and underground walls. Ordinary walls use plan and hollow bricks, with solid bricks for lower stories and hollow bricks for upper levels. Flat tiling is the main roofing method.
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Saloniki
New Greece
The Ropewalk imagery in Longfellow’s verse
Longfellow’s poem The Ropewalk uses hemp to paint vivid scenes of a swing for two maidens a tight rope for a vaudeville performer a bell rope for the noon hour a schoolboy with a kite and a farmer drawing water from a well among other scenes and images.
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Longfellow
Dog learns to hunt rats but not to heed neighbor's call
Arthur owned a bulldog he trained to hunt rats. When he shouted rats the dog frantically ran to scratch in various places. A neighbor, amused, tried to show the tricks to her son but the dog ignored her call. Arthur revealed the dog doesn’t recognize her rats.
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Arthur
What He Didn't Like About Helen
Kenneth recalls his friend Helen as a girl who plans a party for girls only. He longs for an invite and is disappointed when none arrives. He tells his mother he likes Helen but dislikes her ways.
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Helen
Kenneth
Canary Colors: Wild Birds vs Domestic Varieties
The article explains that true wild canaries on their native islands are striped greenish and not yellow. It notes that yellow canaries result from selective breeding and mentions other domestic varieties like the hump backed Belgian canary and the liz ard canary with distinct feather patterns.
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Canaries
District Residents Disfranchised in Early Territory Status
District residents never held voting rights for national officials after the territory became the seat of the general government. The text notes disenfranchisement in the district of Columbia for national matters once ceded to the United States.
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District of Columbia
United States
Get Busy During Trouble Not Worry Says Thrift Magazine
The Thrift Magazine advises action over anxiety noting that worrying harms health but drifting is worse. It says in case of rain run for an umbrella and recommends telling a man in trouble to get busy rather than telling him not to worry.
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Thrift Magazine
Child's Prayer: He Asks for Sibling But Prefers a Dog
A nurse overhears a boy named Alvine praying for a brother or sister. He concludes that if God grants a choice, he would rather have a dog. The tale highlights a child's simple, heartfelt preference.
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Alvine
Maundy Thursday Foot Washing History at Whitehall
The royal Maundy ceremony at Whitehall was observed by English sovereigns until the late 1600s, with the archbishops of York carrying out the rite on the sovereigns' behalf into the mid 1700s.
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Whitehall
Archbishops of
York
Childs remark on Liberty statue with ice cream cone
Four year old Helen watched war pictures at the cinema and pointed at the projected Liberty statue saying she can always tell the goddess of Liberty because she has an ice cream cone in her hand.
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Helen
Allus
Liberty
Tempting Apple Dumpling Smears Sauce in Paradise Look
A humorous Baltimore Sun quip questions why an apple dumpling that fears being eaten would adorn itself with sauce and grin with an innocent, paradisiacal expression.
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Baltimore Sun
AID DAIRY COWS KEEP OFF FLIES
United States Department of Agriculture urges dairy farmers to control stable and horn flies to protect milk yield. Summer heat and pests cause weight loss, discontent, and reduced production. remedies include sanitation, manure management, barn cooling, and kerosene emulsion sprays.
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United States
Pianure
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