National Drug Plant Farm Established Across Potomac
A large scale medicinal drug plant farm has been established by American scientists on Virginia hills opposite Washington. The project, born from Agriculture Department experiments at Arlington, aims to revolutionize supply channels for medicinal plants. About 45 acres are planted this year with belladonna and 100,000 ginseng roots are in beds, with further expansion planned. Other crops include cannabis, laykepur, hydrantas, Japanese pepper mint, senega, colebium and sprigelia.
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Ashington
Virginia Hills
Department of Agriculture
Arineton Farm
Department
Potomac River
John B. Henderson, Jr
Virginia
Seven year old asks government to replace doll in letter
Marian Coggeshall of Cape Cottage Maine wrote to the Adjutant General claiming the Army must replace her broken doll after Fort Williams gunfire shook her home. The exchange led to a formal document No 1949121 and a call for investigation, ending when her father bought the doll. The letter remains on file as a novel war department record.
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Marian Coggeshall
Dolly
Cape Cottage
Fort Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Marian
Washington
Adjutant General
A Quartermaster General
William H. Barry
New York
George T. Bartlett
Bartlett
Coggeshall
War Department
Digesting the White House Newsroom How Tumulty Keeps Wilson Informed
The article explains how the US president's aides, led by Secretary Tumulty, read multiple newspapers daily. They prepare a digest for President Wilson, clipping relevant items on the president, the White House, and politics. Tumulty reviews his nightly clippings and marks items for the president.
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United States
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
Washington
Deak
Geographic Society Admits a Dog to Membership
Bronte a Scotch collie born July 29, 1903 in Center Moriches Long Island was elected to National Geographic Society membership on March 23 1915. Secretary O P Austin signed a formal ornate certificate. Bronte has performed over two thousand school entertainments and astonished professors with mind reading feats.
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HAY @ dog
National Geographic Society
Bronte
Bronte McCormick
Society
O. P. Austin
Pronta
Center Moriches
Long Island
Conquering Troubles of Incubators By C E Tomber
An experienced incubator operator cautions against fully trusting the machine and stresses close watching. He shares three key rules—proper ventilation, correct thermometer placement, and strict adherence to temperature instructions. Through personal trials with multiple incubators he details thermometer placement, using multiple thermometers, and adjusting heat as chicks hatch and dry. He describes learning to monitor via chick behavior and maintaining records to guide upper temperature settings during hatching.
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C. E. Tomber
Liquid manure grows big squashes and tomatoes
The guide explains using liquid manure to boost vine growth and cabbage feeding. It advises covering vine joints to encourage roots, not disturbing melon cucumber vines when cultivating, keeping weeds away, and collecting manure drippings to water plants. It also warns against hoeing beans when vines are wet to avoid rust.
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Miller Purvis
Wheel hoe named gardener’s best friend in era ad
An old advert describes the wheel hoe as the gardener’s best friend capable of doing in two hours what six hours with a common hoe would require. It highlights attachments like drills cultivators and various sized hoes for different crops and notes the wheel hoe eases labor and reduces stooping.
Alfalfa Builds Soil Fertility and Nitrogen Content
Alfalfa excels as a builder of soils by increasing soil nitrogen, surpassing red clover. Its deep roots mine phosphorus and potassium from subsoils, improving mineral fertility for subsequent crops. Decaying roots create channels, aiding future root access, while plowed residue adds organic matter and enhances soil structure for higher yields.
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H. D. Hughes
Farmers Mall
Breeze
False Economy in Farming Tools Warning
An advocate denounces using worn-out tools as a false economy urging farmers to discard old disks and cultivators in favor of first class implements to maximize crop yields this year.
Discourages Weeds with Gravel in Garden Paths
A gardener notes that covering dirt paths with gifted gravel discourages weeds and helps clay soil dry quickly after a shower. The tip emphasizes simple, practical maintenance for neat outdoor spaces.
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Thia
Western Canada farming opens with strong spring seeding
The spring wheat sowing across Western Canada was largely completed by May 1 with oats and barley following. Moist ground and open spring aided early seeding, while farmers shift to breaking land and summer fallow as cattle raising and fodder crops grow. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta see large rises in alfalfa and fodder corn plantings, with yields of five to nine tons per acre depending on cultivation. Government land grants and railway lands attract buyers as inquiries flood in.
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Lmole
Iowa
Barlony
Farmera
Soma
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
West
Western Canada
Dominion of Canada
J. Broughton
Detroit
Michines
Absent Pupil asks for leave over family bereavement
A pupil requests to be excused for the afternoon citing a death in the aunt’s cousin line. The teacher hesitates but approves the absence with conditions.
Clean Sweet Scalp Hair Care Ad Claim
An ad promotes Cuticura Soap and Guth cura Ointment to clear dandruff and itching, praising pure creamy mentha for skin and scalp trouble. Free samples by mail via Skin Book, Cuticura Dept XY Beaton. Also notes global burning of 760 billion cubic feet of fluminous gas annually.
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Addrase Cuticura
Dept
Beaton
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