President urges world league for peace in Senate speech
President Wilson urged the creation of a universal peace covenant to prevent future wars. He called for freedom of the seas, limiting armaments, and a concert of nations including the Americas, saying the United States must help define lasting terms of peace and join in guaranties for global security.
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World Peace League
Senate
Washington
United States
League of Nations
United States Senate
Wilson
New World
Themelves
League For Peace
Candor
America
Worl
Fations
Thive
Women Work as Law Clerks in London Courts
In central law courts women are being trained to perform clerk duties. Six women typists are employed in the scrivener's office handling shorthand and typewriting tasks, while engrossing remains done by men. The article notes limited scope and no permanent record of progress.
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Eng- Heh Scrivener
London
Centre Law Courts
Scrivener
Montenesto
Guiinje
Mount
Lovcen
Gibraltar
Adriatic
Francis Joeseph
Visler
Liverpool Cotton Expert Refused England Sale Position
The elderly engrossers and veteran workers may gain a facility for forgery. Guy A. N. Hitburh, a cotton expert engaged by a cotton company to operate in their Liverpool house, was denied permission to sell for England by the British consul in New York, as England could cover the role with disabled others.
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Albany
Guy A. N. Hitburh
Liverpool
England
New York
Insects Infest Grain Keep Pests Out Tham Out All Granaries
Insects infest stored grain and products. The yellow mealworm and darkling beetles appear in flour, meat, bran, and dust from mills. Clean storage spaces, seal cracks, and keep buildings tight and dry to prevent infestation. Thresh promptly, fumigate if needed, and dry grain artificially to kill pests.
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Tony
Lime guidelines for soil management and application
Lime should be applied just before crops like corn. Clay soils require larger lime rates than sandy soils. Wet soils need more lime than well drained soils. Soils high in organic matter also need more lime than sandy soils.
Patchy alfalfa stands worsen with poor seed and frost
Patchy alfalfa arises from weak seed and winter freezing or disease. Attempts to thicken stands by reseeding often fail. Best practice is to plow and prepare a fresh seedbed and sow alfalfa again.
Success in Feeding Sheep and Management Tips
Mr. G. G. Starr told Missouri sheep feeders that successful feeding requires brains and vigilance. He urged punctual meals for lambs, ample troughs, fresh water, and plenty of corn. He noted dry lot feeding suits late starters, and cottonseed meal and silage aid gains.
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G. G. Starr
Missouri
Onco
Stretching Device for Woven Wire Fence Patented in Indiana
An Evanaville Indiana inventor discloses a stretcher for woven wire to keep it tight for years. The design uses parallel side flanges to cradle the fence end, a horizontal screw through a rectangular nut, and a crank handle to rotate the screw.
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Evanaville
Ind
Fencing technique tightens woven wire at steady pull
A farming note describes tying a post and stretching fabric to pull the woven wire taut. The method applies even tension along the entire height to ensure a uniformly tight fence across a field.
Repairs Will Save Money at the Farm Shop
W. W. Carlson of Iowa State College argues for winter repairs on farm machinery and buildings to save dollars and boost effectiveness. He urges providing boys with a neat shop and good tools to develop constructive talents and an industrial mindset.
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W. W. Carlson
Iansas Agricultural College
Making Grain Sack Holder from a Milk Can
Drive a 2 inch nail through a pine block to support a sack holder. Knock the bottom from an old milk can and insert screws to secure the block on the rim. Mount the contraption on a wall using a 2 by 4, hang at sack height, and fill the sack brimful.
Basis of Canada's Riches Shows Western Grain Prosperity
The Wall Street Journal lauds Canada as rich in land and fertile. Western Canada reports record yields, high profits, and rising independence for farmers through 1915 1916. Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba yield wheat oats and barley with some fields over 70 bushels per acre. Labor shortages loom for harvests as war draws workers, but militia labor and high wages mitigate the crunch.
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Connila
Wall Street Journal
Canada
Eminent Financial Journal
United States
Alberta
Calgary
George Richard
Providence
Ft. T
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Western Canada
Western
Vetlon
Canadian Militta Department
Stair-climbing with hands boosts Mrs Johnston's health
Richmond Indiana woman recounts two years of weakness then recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes regained strength enabling her to move to a new house, garden, cement work, and raising hundreds of poultry, urging others to consider the remedy.
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Richmond
Ind
Lydia B. Pinkham
Lydia EB
Pinkham
M. D. Johnston
Box 190
Poor Ear for Music in Comical Exchange
A humorous exchange centers on a father named Mr Twobble and his daughter’s musical education. He remarks that she sometimes struggles with classical pieces, fearing she might need to relearn music from scratch. The joke hinges on mishearing and the father’s candid comment.
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Mr. Twobble
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