FERTILIZER AND CAPONS New Polash Discovery
The Department of Agriculture reports a promising rock based fertilizer method to supply potash cheaper than imports, potentially reducing reliance on Germany. Greenhouse trials compare ground rock with imported salts. field tests in Connecticut Virginia Kentucky and Florida assess outdoor viability amid rainfall, with costs around 3 dollars per ton and possible market impact. Capons and caponizing explained with timing, profits, and humane aspects, plus practical notes on celery home gardening and soil preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department ofAgriculture
Germany
Bureau of Roads
Cushman
Roads Office
Connecticut
Virginia
Kentucky
Florida
Maryland
New England
Cusman
Frocks for the Young Girl in Plaid and Linen Styles
The article describes dresses for young girls and children using batistes, taffetas, piques, and light woolens with ruffles, embroidery, and sashes. It notes jacket lengths, skirt trims, and the use of tussah silk and foulard. Coats for small folks feature long basques and simple button adornments, with shepherd’s plaid wraps popular among youngsters. Hats favor broad capelines and pliant straws, with fashionable laces in linen and batiste fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batiste
Bertila
Milady
Free Farm Scholarship Offered at Winona Institute
The Dean of Winona Agricultural Institute at Winona Lake Indiana announces a free two year tuition and living expense scholarship in agriculture and horticulture open to men over sixteen from any state. Applicants must be of good character endorsed by two citizens and submit life history and five reasons for study by August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. J. Hal- Mister
Winona Agricultural Institute
Winona Lake
Indiana
The Dentist's Bill for a Dollar in Williams Era New York
Congressman John Sharp Williams visits a New York shop run by an old former retainer. The shopkeeper Lafe laments overpaying a dollar for a tooth extraction, recalling cheaper past dental services in Tennessee and a tale of financial hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Willams
New York
Williams
Lafe
Marie John
Mattah ‘Nough
Tennesee
Doc
Shonts Forced to Pay Extra Fare on Pass Privilege
Railroad men recount an incident involving Mr. Shonts head of the Panama Canal Commission aboard a parlor car. A conductor, claiming a pact between lines bars passholders from drawing rooms without extra fare, demanded payment within ten minutes. Shonts refused then paid after the conductor returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Clover Leaf System
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Pennsylvania
Simple rule determines length of day and night
A straightforward method states that doubling the sunrise time yields night length and doubling sunset gives day length. For example if the sun rises at five, the night lasts ten hours, and the day length follows accordingly.
Birthplaces of Common Garden Plants
A historical note lists origins of familiar crops and plants: celery from Germany, chestnut in Italy, the onion from Egypt, tobacco native to North America, spinach from Arabia, radish a Chinese product, rye first cultivated in Siberia, and citron from Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
Egypt
North America
Siberia
Greece
Dangers of the Future Prompt Policy
A reflective statement on social problems and the need for a wise national solution. The speaker notes many thinking people warning about dangers facing the country and urges prudent action to address vast social challenges.
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Bureau of Plant Industry
Guy Elliott Mitchele
Charles J. Pilling
Profle
Plymouth Rock
Bertha Browning
Standard of Trust
Free Farm
Hibs
Tye
Charles F. Dole
United States
Homecrofters
Maxwell
Talisman
Main Street
Watertown
Mass
Capon
GEO. P. Pilling & Son
ArchSt
Phila
Tve
MaVcrover
A. L Boreman
Colu
Iowa
Toalny
Eile Hapgoods
Uroadway
N.Y
Titalay Decociation
Monroe Street
Broekls
Walt
Felix Corset Co
HS Tine Street
Suittaan
Frontier Asthma Co
Delaware Ave
Buffalo
JOS. Butler Co
Battery Place
N.Y. City
Uli
Wood Wood CO
Palisade Pautlan CO
New York City
Tor
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