Trick riders not circus people in New York
A New York cabman quotes disdain for fashionable women who ride cabs only to flaunt status. He claims many women from Twenty-third Street ride long distances to shops, then switch to cabs near the end. The cabman notes the practice’s theatrical effect and admits it’s technically legal, though it irks him.
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New York
Twenty-third Street
Leif
Theotel Folk
Bven
New York Press
The Pearl of Abalone and Nacre Growth
The abalone like nau tilus yields the finest mother of pearl from its mouth dwelling. Its shell forms a chain of chambers the animal occupies as it grows building walls of nacre behind it. A pneumatic tube senses water pressure to rise or descend, while the outer layer is dissolved with acid to reveal the nacre.
Continents Attract Seas and Language Notes Across Eras
A historical essay piece discusses how gravity shapes ocean basins, describing continents perched on vast water shelves and ships traveling across valleys and peaks of sea. It also surveys English rule by foreigners, noting monarchs’ limited use of English and early rulers’ attitudes toward language.
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Atlantic
San Francisco
Yokohama
Whistling and Drum Languages Across Continents
The piece notes a kitchen anecdote about jam ends and a London Answers quip. It then describes Malabar islanders using a whistling language heard across hilltops. Finally it mentions the Kongo drum language, used on major occasions, with bamboo drums and animal skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Johnny
Mary
London
Malabar Islands
Individuality of dairy cows studied for milk yield
Rhode Island station researcher Walter A. Conant examines how temperament and specific feeds affect milk production in twelve Guernsey cows Lucretia and Rotha. The bulletin details each cow’s habits, reactions to handling, water, and salt, plus recommended economical feeding using hay and corn fodder followed by tailored grain rations to maximize milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Conant
Rhode Island
Lucretia
Guernsey
Rotha
Walt
Mr. Conant
Early potato planting and spraying urged by professor
Professor L. A. Clinton of New York says early planting and thorough spraying may raise yields by fifty to a hundred bushels per acre compared with late planting and little spraying, suggesting a smart policy to plant early and protect crops.
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L. A. Clinton
New York
Early Peas and Soil Practice From The American Cultivator
For early peas, apply manure and plow shallow. Furrow to similar depth, mix fertilizer into the drill, and sow seed thickly with slight earth cover. When plants rise, mound a bit of soil around them. A Connecticut grower notes cloth-grown Sumatra in New England has 20 percent lighter stems per 100 pounds than genuine Sumatra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New England
Cover Crops in Orchards and Their Advantages
Two main cover crop classes exist for orchards nitrogenous and nonnitrogenous. Nitrogen fixers like clovers peas and vetches enrich soil and aid later crops. Hairy vetch cowpea and rye are noted for value with alfalfa and clover, while oats and crimson clover perform poorly in some regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Craig
Cornell University
Iowa
New York
Widespread Interest In Soy Beans In Ohio
A Michigan correspondent notes high interest in soy beans in Ohio across latitudes above the 44th parallel. They claim soy varieties tolerate frost from May to October and endure wet weather, with hog pasture systems using maize, cowpeas, soy, and rape as an economical pork producer.
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Olio
Ohio
BE. F. Diehl
Indiana
Michigan
Wet soils as heat sinks in standing water
The passage notes that wet soils stay cold because standing water absorbs heat, requiring evaporation to dissipate it. Without drainage, heat is lost as water evaporates, leaving the soil cold. It highlights how barrels of water can sit on an acre without drawing attention.
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Denton Journal
Melvin Steele & Johnson
Editors and Proprietors
A. IL
Mother of Pearl
England
William the Conqueror
William Rufus
France
Richard I
George I
George IL
Luche
LoTus
Queen Anre’s Railroad CO
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Bulthnore, &LitAr
Queenstown
Boal
Willoughby D
Janet Neon Anp
Downes “Puckaha
Denton
Ob . Jil
Kman Arter Ie Wanechard Greenwood Ever Uote
Wakley
Enondtle
Centreville
Centreeville
Centrevius
J. W. Troxel
WM. D. Uhler
Gen. F. & P. Agh
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Delaware & Chesapeake Railway
P. Tla. M
Washington
Baltimore Philadelph
Kenton
Hardy
Haughbie
Marydeitrenderso
Cordova Chapel
Basten
Trappe Oxford
Arpes
J. B. Hutchinson
R. Wood
Murderhill River
Philadelphia
Frederica
Aathan H. Maxson
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Webh’s Landing
Bowers
Alure
Will
Plier
South Wharves
Chestnut Street
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Chester
Philatelia
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Queena Town
Baltimore
Star
Nobby
Cross
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Greenville
Tennessee Cras
Tinsley
Cal
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Five Brother
Fata
Alor
Etop
Sussteroven
Ptug Tobacco
Toot
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Stee
Salt and Pedors Sef
Enso’s Ser
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Continental Tobacco CO
C Hy. Brown
Polsom Ave
St. Louis, Mo
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Mary Repeating
Cnet Watch
Wits Ser
Aspen
Asonu
Acs
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PoeKs
Angles
Susin
Downes
Bat- Timor
LUBIN
Lexington St
Mutual Insurance
Middletown, Md
Oscar Clare Denton, Md
R.T. Carter
Stewart Building
Maryland
Renton, Maryland
Ry, Phin Fisher
DrExTon, Mb
the Denton
Denton, Maryland
T. Fred. Garey
J. H. Medford
John W. Causry
Prea
WM. Denney
Sec’y and Treas
Kent County Marine Insurance
Dover
Delaware
John T. Carter, Jr
AL. Irving Jones
Denton, Md
Greensboro
Alex. Noble
Preston
James TT. Cooper
Undertaker
Two Johns
C.L. Boehm
Two Johns, MD
Canning Houses
R.G. Anklam
Denton Machine Works
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