Beekeeping Faces Diseases Slowing Honey Output
The Department of Agriculture warns American foul brood and European foul brood threaten the U S honey crop worth at least 20 million dollars annually. Diseases attack brood, spreading as weakened colonies invite robbing bees. Treatment is available, but many beekeepers are unaware, prompting inspections and public guidance from states and agricultural groups. The department offers publications on recognition and treatment.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Witich
United States Department of Agriculture
Beng
Watch Your Alfalfa Seed and Weed Risks
Many farmers risk burying cheap alfalfa seed that often carries weed seeds. Russian thistle escapes detection in alfalfa seed and screening cannot remove it, and the same applies to the dod der.
Dairy Doings on Feeding and Cow Health Practices
The article discusses dairy cow nutrition and management, noting two thirds of a cow’s feed should come from money earning rations and fiber from hay to maximize milk. It highlights Kay as a marketable feed, alfalfas to cut bran use, teat care with carbolized vaseline, and top hay feeds like clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, and soybeans. It cites the world’s clampion milk cow producing nine tons of milk last year and praises Holland for efficient cows, care, cooperation, and high butter and cheese quality.
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Timothy
Kay
Holland
Monkeys in Leinster Crest Survive Through Fitzgerald Line
In heraldry, monkeys rare as emblems of valor are shown on Leinster’s coat of arms. The Fitzgerald lineage adopted a tower rescuer ape as a crest after a baby Earl FitzGerald was saved by a castle monkey. Monkeys appear at Fitzgerald tombs and effigies to this day.
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Mr. Curtis
John Mitzthomas Fitzgerald
Leinster
Woodstool
Duke of Marlborough
A Fitzgerald
Spendthrift Isabella and the Spanish Queen's Glittering Expenditure
A Munsey Magazine excerpt recalls Isabella of Spain, famed for lavish spending that crippled a treasury. Advisers urged economy. A palace chamberlain revealed the dizzying sum by dumping silver-like coins on the floor to pay the queen's glovemaker bill, after which she briefly curbed her fashion costs.
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Spain
Munsey
Mn Pian
Whistler and the Claim to His Pictures
A celebrated English collector paid for a Whistler painting and demanded possession, only to learn the artist still held the work. Whistler recounted the encounter with satire, noting that payment buys only the privilege of occasional display, not ownership, as the canvas remained under his control.
Medical Sherlock Holmes Tracks Robbery Victims Attacker
A physician was knocked down on the way to see a patient and robbed. His thermometer, among stolen items, showed the exact temperature he had recorded earlier. He told police, and later a thermometer registering the same temperature was found in a pawnshop. Police then arrested the assailants.
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Sherlock Holmes
Wiilie
The Wicked Majority on Tong Island Estate Gardener
A new gardener on Tong Island estate is found dead after a neighbor asks about the worker. The gardener, surprised to be called dead, admits he joined the great majority, though he protests his good character.
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Tong Island
Filma
Dena
His Blunt Critic and an Eastern Author
Irving Bacheller meets a western mountaineer who recalls reading his works in isolation. The mountaineer notes he read only two books during a long winter the Bible and Bacheller's novel, expressing newfound respect for the Bible. The exchange appears in the St Paul Dispatch.
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Irving Bacheller
Str Bachbeller
Bucheiler
Surgeons Who Charge Fees and Those Who Heal Free
A New York Telegraph writer commends American surgeons for mercy and skill while recounting a wealthy father’s refusal to pay a $25,000 fee. The surgeon insists the sum buys care that allows him to operate on fifty others without charge, and asserts he will pursue payment only through publicity or legal action. Many patients gain health without charge.
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New York Telegraph
Weill
Clanricarde Plaque A Rare Sixteenth Century Treasure
The Clanricarde plaque, a famed sixteenth century goldsmiths work, is owned by Lord Clanricarde. He guards it in a bank vault and only rarely reveals it. The piece features Mercury with a sword, a blue diamond, and exquisite inlay, valued beyond price and coveted by European connoisseurs.
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Clanricarde
Connaught
London
Sone
Europe
Mercnles
Ile
Firesent
Hifs
Clipping Sunday Comes to Painswick Churchyard
The Loudon Chronicle reports in Gloucestershire that the Sunday after September 8 is known as Clipping Sunday. Tradition holds that planting a new yew to reach a hundred fails, as the newcomer dies first. Ninety nine yews guard the graveyard and parishioners circle the church after service before a sermon from the chancel steps.
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Painswick
Gloucestershire
Loudon Chronicle
City of Three Kings and Cologne’s Legendary Relics
St. Janes' Gazette notes Cologne in Germany as the City of Three Kings or Magi. Legend says the wise men who visited Bethlehem were buried there, with bones brought from Mila by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1162 and later presented to the archbishop. Visitors see the relics in the cathedral, studded with diamonds and inscribed with their names.
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Cologne
Germany
Bethlehent
Jesus
Mila
Frederick Barbarossa
Correction sparks voice debate at luncheon
Two young women discussed a prima donna’s singing at a restaurant. One woman claims she can sing well enough to coax Apollo from his love. The other gently rebukes, noting the word is usually pronounced air and spelled l-a-l-r.
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Apollo
Philadelphia Ledger
I Dont Think Parable Inspires Old Expression
A London Chronicle note traces the phrase I don't think through writers and speakers. It cites a bed time Bible reader finding the seventeenth chapter of Luke and the parable of a dutiful servant, noting the Greek words Ou doko mean simply don't think.
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Wetter
Christ
London
Tolstoy on Death Fear and Eternal Life Cycle
Tolstoy discusses death as the consciousness of sin and the fear it provokes. He argues fear stems from a limited, erroneous view of life and warns to live without both fearing and desiring death. He likens timely entry into the afterlife to a fir tree owner knowing when fruit is ripe.
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Tolstoy
Prescription Decision Sparks Consultation Question
A patient asks if a prescription can proceed without further consultation while a physician hesitates. The dialogue includes a quip about calling a handwriting expert, reflecting medical and diagnostic caution in the Washington Star's mock exchange.
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Washington Star
Money's Worth at C. C. Deen's Store
A listing from C. C. Deen's Store highlights items priced at nineteen and a half cents or under. The note showcases low prices aimed at attracting customers during a period of bargain shopping and value deals.
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C. C. Deen
Reciprocity as a Lifelong Rule of Practice
A concise reflection on Confucius’ golden rule. It asserts that one should refrain from actions toward others that they would object to themselves. The emphasis is on ethical consistency guiding daily conduct.
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