Parasites and natural pest control in agriculture
The article discusses using friendly insects to protect wheat and other crops from pests like Hessian fly and grasshoppers. It describes the role of gnats and parasitic flies in reducing outbreaks, and compares nature’s balance to a municipal fire department, noting the broad economic value of biological pest control.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Nature
United States
Bureau of Insects
Insect Bureau
Coulee City
State of Washington
Texas
Department of Agriculture
F. M. Webster
Inced
Inet
Cty
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Hoodoo healer dupes man in medieval medicine tale
Enoch Muller filed a warrant against Mrs. Wunderlich for practicing medicine without a license and defrauding him of $110 by claiming hoodoo cures for his wife. He says she used eggs, charms, and a live dog’s spirit to “cast out devils” and planned to go to a cemetery for further rites before authorities intervened.
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Enoch Muller
George Wunderlich
St. Louis Dispatch
Elizabeth Bermel
Wunderlich
Mrs
Board of Health
Mra. Wounilertiel
Remarkable Case Says Doctor Removes Neck Nodule
A Philadelphia Examiner report notes a unique medical case where Miss Maggie Shields, aged five, suffered a swollen neck after an accident while washing clothes. Four doctors advised amputation, but Dr John B McCreary of 110 North Muhstee removed a neck nodule, claiming a historic outcome.
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Mise Shielde
Mies Bhields
Misa Shields
Ody
Maggie Shields
John B. McCreary
North Muhsteee
Philadelliia Tequirer
McCreaey
Detroit Boy Bribed by Queen in Rome Audience
Detroit boy Gilbert Bissell Pingree and his mother Mrs. Alice Davis Pingree met Pope Pius X in Rome and later spoke with Dowager Queen Margherita. Gilbert, fond of his tortoise, offered the pet to the Queen, led to a kiss on the face and a royal greeting before the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Bissell Pingree
Alice Davis Pingree
Perugia
Italy
Tiotel
Gilbert
Detroit News- Tribune
Hal Declares Conditions For Suitor To Daughter
In a tense confrontation the stern father tells the young man he must place $100,000 on the desk for his daughter. The youth firmly replies that he will back out, and retreats across the apartment with wary eyes on the father's heavy shoes.
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Hal
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Roma
Rach
New York Politician Quips on Actions Taken
A New York official offers a terse remark claiming proper steps were taken. The comment echoes debates over earlier actions, though attribution remains uncertain and the stenographer’s role is contested.
Laws Vindicate Justice in Thaw White Case, Kansas City Journal
The Kansas City Journal argues that Harry K K Thaw spent half a million dollars to avoid the electric chair for the murder of Stanford White, yet the law’s majesty prevailed and money failed to evade punishment. It condemns attempts to buy justice and lauds the outcome as a salutary vindication of justice and equality before the law.
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Harry Kk. Thaw
Auying Bidwell
Stanford White
White
Sad Thaw
Europe
TriMoney
Justice
Thaw
Kansas City Journal
Ministers and Their Practical Work
Yale divinity school shifts toward practical ministry training with extended field instruction. Experienced clergymen will lecture on actual parish duties, including work with wage earners and non English speaking communities, paralleling medical school methods.
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Yale Divinity School
A Singing Woman Sends Gifts Through Maine Visit
During a Maine trip Inez Blimmer and KOMe sightseers stopped at a tiny hamlet. A humble woman tending showy flowers spoke of a benefactor a singing woman who sent new roots and a chain for a widow. The donor Derapa you know fer is introduced as Nordien who funds an American Institute of Music.
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Maine
Inez
Mrade
Sumer
Dave Lummis
New
Modern Household Improvements and Labor Foreseeable Costs
Mrs Gordon boasts a modern kitchen with a four dollar weekly helper and shows inventions like a patent bread mixer, meat grinder, apple parer, potato slicer, distwasher, percolator coffee pot, and mintio washer while a laborer laments the heavy workload and rising costs.
Turkey as a constitutional beacon amid empire rivalries
The New York Fulbourne argues that once Turkey establishes its constitution and Parliament, long simmering national tensions among its many peoples could subside. It warns that without disciplined cooperation the empire risks internal clashes similar to those seen in the United Kingdom and Austria Hungary, Czech Austrian or Croat Magyar tensions.
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Turkey
United Kingdom
Austria-Fungary
Prussia
Russia
New York
Fulbune
Worry and Wasted Plans Over Future Fears
A Philadelphia dress item notes how preordered coffins and postponed life plans reflect a habit of fearing contingencies. The piece argues worry weakens resolve, delays marriage or work, and leaves homes cluttered with unused goods kept for unlikely events.
Prayer at Sunrise in the Sands and Islamic Practice
A sketch notes five daily Islamic prayers, detailing times from sunset to afternoon and the believer's duty to pray anywhere. An illustration from M. Bougeault via Sphere accompanies, likening the verses to the Rubaiyat line about waking with morning and night.
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Trencoes
Horkaon
Horken
The Lions and Ladies in Conflict and War Tales
A collage of 19th century style prose and sporting notes recalls battles, racing, and social roles. It cites refereeing a lightweight bout, the influence of women on conflicts, and chivalric pages as New York World voices loom through a mosaic of echoes and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mintiing Uefure
Lion
Thomas Sharkey
Sharkey
Fragmented OCR Incoherent Clip From Toledo Blade
A scrambled OCR snippet from the Toledo Blade includes garbled phrases about an edited writer and questions about why, with unclear context and no discernible event or names. The readable content is minimal and does not identify persons, places, dates, or actions.
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Merilier
Seribier
Toledo Blade
Young blood a powerful, but the Gam he too young.
A fragment notes a debate on youth power and suggests the Gam is too young for a role or task. The text lacks clear names, places, or dates to specify the subject or outcome.
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