Small suburban garden plan yields greens on tiny plots
Percy Taylor outlines an economical method for turning a twenty five foot frontage into a productive garden. By trenching, layering soil and manure, and creating two long beds plus multiple smaller beds, a small lot can produce peas beans tomatoes and greens with minimal waste from paths. He stresses hand work, dry soil planting, careful watering and crop succession for continuous harvest and family benefits.
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Wardwell
Percy Taylor
Long Island Railroad Reclaims Pine Barrens
The Long Island Railroad launches an experimental fruit and vegetable farm on seven acres of pine barrens near the North Shore. Plans include additional farms mid island and on the south shore as Suffolk County lists vast tracts of low value land while railroads push settlement and reclamation efforts across the nation.
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Long Island Railroad Company
Ita
Long Island
Suffolk County
Long Island Railroad
Rero
Srustactory
Hoge
Millionaire Waldorf manager quits after forty-six years
Thomas H. Hillard, an Irish immigrant who rose to run the Waldorf Astoria, declares he has earned enough after twenty-five years in hotel management and prudent investments. He is noted for innovations in hotel life and known for not overcharging guests.
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Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Thomas H. Hillard
Ireland
Nine Million Plows at Work On American Farms
An overview of U S farming mechanics notes nearly 200 million acres to be plowed this year and about 9 million plows in use. It highlights regional methods from primitive digging sticks to oxen yoked teams and modern traction engines, with diverse labor on the plains and in the south.
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United States
Great Southwest
Mohave
Canada
New England
Middle West
Misconceptions About Nicotine and Tobacco Tar
A scientific article clarifies that the dark substance in pipes is tar from tobacco smoke, not nicotine. Nicotine is scarce in tobacco and destroyed by burning, so smoking does not poison through nicotine. excess smoking remains harmful for other reasons.
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Kentucky
Havana
Visiting kin bring cheerful talk at Greene home
Mrs Slowe expresses happiness that Mr Greene's brother enjoyed his visit. Mr Greene compliments the guest, calling him the sort of youngster who can entertain himself anywhere.
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Mrs. Slowe
By Finn the Comedian Elke a grate full of coals burg
A playful verse by Finn the Comedian presents a quirky quip about a grate full of coals and a bustling crowd. The humorous rhymes contrast gratitude with self deprecation in a light stage dismissed mood.
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Finn
Death toll in India from serpents tigers and wolves tally
Simla report states that last year 2,167 people in India died due to snakes tigers and wolves.
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Simla
India
Sixty Thousand Elephants Slaughtered Yearly for Ivory
Report notes a global demand for ivory drives the killing of approximately sixty thousand elephants each year. Conservationists urge stricter trade controls and protected habitats to curb the slaughter and preserve elephant populations.
No Flight or Fancy Bird Hat Echoes Value
A quirky saying compares a bird in hand to two in the bush and a mil liner's bill to a forty in the bush, using hat imagery to illustrate value and luck.
Powerpaint paint without oil offered by A L Rice
A. L. Rice of Adams New York announces a new paint called Powerpaint made with cold water no oil. It is weather proof fire proof adheres to wood stone brick and costs a quarter of oil paint. A free trial package color card and book on painting are sent by return mail.
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A. L. Rice
Adams, N. Y
A.L. Rice
Manus
North St
Adams
N. Y
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