Statues to fill statuary hall shift aims to ease crowding
Washington announces removal of some figures from the main hall of the United States Capitol citing risk to foundations. Plans call for distributing busts along a long corridor and revisiting a national pantheon concept with broader display space.
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Washington
Statuary Hall
House
Senate
United States Capitol
National Hall of Fame
Capitol
Congress
Massachusetts
National House of Representatives
Merrill
Vermont
John M. Clayton
Caesar Rodney
Delaware
Hannoibal Hamlin
Maine
Alexander
John Campbell Greenway
Yale
Arkansas
Dinah M. Rose
American Bar Association
Theodore Roosevelt
The
Hague
James P. Clarke
United States
California
Junipero Serra
Thomas Starr King
First Daltarian Church
Sacramento
Connecticut
Roger Sherman
Continental Congress
Ventor
Gen
E. Kirby Smith
Georgia
Crawford Williamson Long
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Idaho
George L. Shoup
Illinois
James Shields
Frances E. Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Indiana
Oliver P. Morton
Lew Wallace
Iowa
James Harlan
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood
Denmark
Kansas
John J. Ingalls
George Washington Glick
CKY
Henry Clay
Ephraim McDowell
William King
Hannibal
Barley Grades Amended by Department of Agriculture
The U S Department of Agriculture revised official grain standards for barley to define and grade blighted barley. Effective July 21 1933 the changes require blighted kernels over 2 percent but not more than per cent to be added as Blighted to grade designations and sample grade limits include over 6 per cent blighted kernels.
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United States Department
WNU
Secretary of Agriculture
Plant Disease Spread Linked to Mild Winter
US Department of Agriculture plant disease experts monitor two corn diseases, root knot and Stewart's bacterial wilt, spreading more than usual due to mild winter temperatures. Warmer conditions boosted nematode activity and wilt outbreaks across the northeast, north central, and higher western regions of North Carolina.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Stewart
United States
North Carolina
Chemical bands kill codling moths in orchards
Chemically treated bands may fit as many as a thousand codling moth worms to the tree each season. When they leave the fruit the moths seek dark protected places to spin cocoons. Bands around the trunk attract 50 percent or more of the worms and automatically kill those in contact.
Farm cistern water quality issues noted
The text notes foul cistern water from the farm due to bird droppings leaves blossoms and organic matter washing into the cistern from the roof. It mentions possible contamination by worms and insects and other pathways.
Exhibition of Love Letters Draws Mixed Interest in New York
The Boston Globe notes a New York exhibit of love letters by famous men, praising some insights while deeming others antiquarian. It cites Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s unposted Sonnets as prime, and reflects on declining letter writing due to modern communication and changing courtship practices.
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New York
Kord - Nelson
Emma
Benjamin Franklin
Elizahbeth Turrett
Robert Browning
Mr. Browning
Pawer
Merre Totter
Hueman
Dudley
Boston Globe
Face a Sight with Painful Eruptions
A letter from Warrenville Connecticut man L. W. Cushman describes a three year face eruption worsened by pimples with white centers and flaky crusts. After trying Cuti cura Soap and Ointment the skin healed in three weeks. Marketed products include Soap 25c Ointment 25 and 50c and Qalcum 25c with a free sample offer from Cuti cura Laboratories Malden Massachusetts.
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L. W. Cushman
Warrenville
Conn
Cuticura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
Ady
Lost 40 Pounds On Doctor's Advice
Miss Bertha Waldo of Haman North Dakota reports a weight loss of over 40 pounds in a year using Kruschen Salts as directed by her doctor. She describes daily half teaspoonfuls in hot water each morning and claims health benefits though notes the ad hype about beauty and vitality.
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Bertha Waldo
Haman
N. Dak
Kruschen
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Thomas Hi, Benton
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John Sevier
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
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Republic of Texas
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Ticonderosa
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Virginia
George Ables
Robert E. Lee
Sequoyah
Cutiura
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