An Increase of Yield From Phosphate Soil Treatments
An article on scientific farming notes phosphate use boosts oats corn and general yields. Wisconsin tests show 100 200 and 400 pounds per acre of acid phosphate improve stand density and color, with corn showing stronger results. Illinois and Ohio tests corroborate. The piece also links minerals to teeth bones and energy, explaining balanced rations with bran cottonseed meal and alfalfa for cattle and humans. It warns about nutrition gaps in timothy hay and stresses protein intake for growth and fat production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Elover
Illinois
Ohio
Burkett
Kansas Experiment Station
S’eople
RATIONS ON THE FARM AND Practical Feeding Principles
The piece outlines five feeding classes: protein, carbohydrates, oil, minerals, and water, with protein building tissue and supporting growth. It notes government plant import programs, examples from Manchuria and China, and mentions farm autos, home gardens, and farm efficiency gains from new tech including a Greenweh Conn truck carrying peaches and other produce to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Agricultural Journaly
Greenweh
Conn
shoe sizes and their puzzling origins explained
The Boston Globe notes how hat and shoe numbering confuses many buyers. A French origin fixed shoe scales, while stockings use inches. Women’s marks vary by makers to attract customers, and hat fit is simply head circumference.
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Europe
America
Boston Globe
Burned paper money and coin redemption in early American policy
The piece discusses the treatment of mutilated silver and gold coins at treasury windows, noting face value redemption despite metal worth and government losses from destroyed paper currency. It also touches on a linguistic shift from sweat to perspire, citing historical quotes on the term’s usage and meanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago Tribune
Queer Borrow and Cashless Woes in a Silver Dollar Tale
A man boasts of a silver dollar pocket piece kept for a decade, using it as collateral to borrow again when hungry or homeless. The New York Globe notes a story of a Garrison woman who proves bank staff wrong by identifying herself with a mole on her cheek. Also a playful quip about a composer and his wife underscores a humor piece in Lippincott’s.
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London Gentleman’s Magazine
Great Britain
Ireland
Wesley
New York Globe
Garrison
Newark
A Potential Difference Between Idealism and Realism
A Boston Transcript quip contrasts idealism with realism through a father son exchange. It frames idealism as contemplation of marriage while realism is described as being married. The witticism hinges on a practical view of love and partnership.
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Boston Transcript
The World as a Ladder for Some Readers and Observers
A fragmented aphorism notes social hierarchies and inequality as a ladder-like world. The phrase evokes class, access, and mobility concerns, suggesting scrutiny of who climbs and who stays, with emphasis on unseen barriers and systemic gaps.
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Howard Melvin
Denton Journal
Ben
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Smith
Brown
Department of Agricutiwe
Manchuria
Korea
China
Mutomuan
Jennole
Lippincott’'s
Othes
Farmers’ Headquarters
Ff & Lowe's
Centreville, Maryland
Columbus Buggy Co’s
Cortland Wagon Co’s
Cortland Cart & Carriage Co’s
Brockway
Waterloo
Aermotor
Eagle & Other
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