Seedless Apple Fraud Exposed by Agriculture Dept
The post office fraud watch uncovers the Spencer seedless apple scheme, detailing a mother company and local subsidiaries selling stock with inflated profits. Officials debunk claims of a seedless fruit, noting historical roots and lack of verifiable trees, while newspapers are duped by polished literature.
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New York State
Spencer Company
Department of Agriculture
W. A. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
THE
New York
Iowa
Utah
Colorado
Post Office Department
Spencer
Colonel Brackett
Department
Farm Bulletins Reprint Available From Agriculture Dept
The Department of Agriculture reprints a list of free Farmers' Bulletins for general interest. Notable titles include No. 41 Fowls Their Care and Feeding No. 44 Commercial Fertilizers Their Composition and Use No. 63 Care of Milk on the Farm No. 64 Ducks and Geese Standard Breeds and Management and No. 113 The Apple and How to Grow It.
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Department of Agriculture
Legume Crops and Farm Topics for Home Gardens
A list of agricultural bulletins covers Beans Peas and Other Legumes as Food Silos and Silage The Home Fruit Garden Preparation and Care Peach Growing for Market Meats Composition and Cooking Barnyard Manure Turkeys Standard Varieties and Management Beneficial Bacteria for Leguminous Crops
Proper Seasoning of Farm Implements
Farmers are urged to weather fall weather mowers harvesters and horse implements out in the field to weather wood and brown the metal parts. Dlows and harrows will be kept under cover for now but can be left out after fall plowing. The practice is common in farming sections and endorsed by many farmers and implement sellers.
Pickles and Babies Mix Up in Answers to Correspondents
A printing error in the Answers to Correspondents column swapped two items. A Trend Mother inquiry on curing whooping cough was misprinted as a pickled onion recipe for Anxious Housekeeper. The solution urged skinning and brining, a dangerous mistake.
Everything Was the Same in the Oxford Rooms
A young Oxford student confronts an unexpected visitor, his sister, who hides behind a screen to avoid showing herself. An old man from Australia recalls the same room and the same old screen, remarking on the familiar scene and misunderstanding the sister as part of a repeated story.
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Oxford
Australia
Jove
A Few Afterthoughts From a Wry Column
The piece jumbles topics from footbinding in China to tariff talk and Curzon, with sly asides about Premier Balfour and a Spain-royal tour. It notes Havana cigars and tobacco imports, hints at Morocco talks between Germany and France, and mentions Helen Bertram before a New York magistrate while her husband acts in The Prodigal Son.
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Havana
Spain
Germany
France
Morocco
Helen Bertram
New York
Trial by Telephone in Central Illinois Court
Robert Willard a farmer near Lakart Logan county Illinois was arrested by Constable Pettit on charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct. He pleaded guilty via telephone after agreeing to pay the $14 fine. The unique proceeding involved the constable reading the warrant in his cornfield and connecting with Justice Rudolph in Lincoln to conduct the trial over the wire.
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Robert Willard
Ikhart
Logan County
Ilinois
Pettit
Lincoln
Mutil
Willard
Rudolph
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Uncle Sam
Brackett
Luther Burbank
Pliny
Bailey
Cornell
Spencer Seedless Apple Company of
Niagara County
New York Times
Buffalo Inquirer
American Inventor
New York Farmer
Scientific American
Buffalo Commercial
New York Herald
National Nurseryman
Denver Times
Apple Company
Taylor
England
United States
Edward
Department of Commerce
Messrs
Shearn
Tasmanian Government Council
Europe
Messrs. Shearn
Spa
Harper's Weekly
Congress
Lord Curzon
Balfour
KentUcky Wagon Manufacturing CO
Louisville, KY
James S. Kirk& Company
Chicago, Ill
Webb Publishing CO
St. Paul Minn
William Bros
Ithaca, N. Y
Throustle
Marlin FireArms Co
New Ilaven
Conn
Remington Typewriter
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Broadway
HAY Press
Maina Street
Sandwich, Il
Eagle Tank Co
N. Green
Watson-Stillman Co
AG Dey St
Che Missoula
Express
Missoula
Missoula, Montana
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