Insects From Abroad Cause Of Immense Loss Here
The piece explains how foreign insect pests threaten American crops and livestock, with the San Jose scale, oriental peach moth, Japanese beetle, and European corn borer as key examples. It notes millions in annual costs, quarantine efforts by the USDA, and public duties to prevent spread while urging careful transport from infested areas.
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America
Columbus
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Federal Horticultural Board
United States
Department of Agriculture
Asia
China
Japan
New Jersey
Eastrn
Federal, Horticultural Board
Canada
Mexico
Alabama
Good Qualities Of Crow Outlined In Argument
The piece notes the crow harms crops and poultry but also fights crop pests. It urges against indiscriminate killing and suggests USDA measures such as seed treatments and scattering grain, plus frightening devices, and lawful drastic steps including poison, traps, nest destruction, shooting with crow calls, and mounted owls to deter winter roosts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Sweet Potatoes for Sirup Discovery by USDA Chemists
United States Department of Agriculture chemists say sweet potatoes make a superior table and cooking sirup. No large commercial use yet. department offers guidance on making sweet potato sirup at home and using it in cookery and candy making.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Liming sour soil boosts fertility and alfalfa use
Farmers are urged to lime sour soil to increase fertility as twenty one percent of the acreage is alfalfa. The piece argues cooperative marketing should be local and stresses avoiding livestock hunger, questioning why starve Boll.
Engellent plan for small home interior design
An excerpted home plan by William A. Radford describes a compact brick house with a large front porch and a 18 by 17 foot living room featuring an open brick fireplace. The layout includes a front bedroom off the living room a 13 by 10 foot, a 13 by 17 foot dining room, a connected kitchen with a breakfast nook and pantry, and a rear bedroom and bathroom accessed by a hallway emphasizing ventilation and efficiency for a family with limited space.
A Modest Brick Home Promises Strength and Security
The article extols a solid two story brick design with a full width front porch and brick railings. It argues the terrace entry with 18 concrete stairs provides a grand approach, dormer light adds attic space, and ownership offers permanent security versus rising rents and bank collateral limits.
Turnips First in His Mind A Scotsman’s Wealth Tale
A Philadelphia lawyer seeks Randy McManus, a Scottish farm hand turned turnip farmer, to claim a fortune left by his brother James who died in Philadelphia. McManus agrees to meet at six, joking that the turnips will not wait while the fortune does.
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Philadelphia
McManus
Scotland
America
Philadelphia Laweyer
Randy McManus
James
Dante Alighieri remembered in Ravenna Dante year
In Ravenna Italy a Dante year was inaugurated to mark the six hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieris death September 14 1521 next year The ceremony featured a solemn procession to the church of San Francesco where the poet is buried and a large meeting with speeches by the minister of public instruction and the mayor of Trent among others representing the newly redeemed territories.
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Dante Alighieri
Ravenna
Italy
Dante
Church of
San Francisco
Trent
Territoriea
Threats and legal talk echo in tense street confrontation
A heated exchange features a quoted vow to blind a motorist and threats of arrest, while a counter claim appeals to law saying only lamps can be dimmed. The dialogue hints at friction between individuals and the justice system.
How to Live More Than One Hundred Years book question
The Philadelphia Public Ledger questions the aim of a recent title "How to Live More Than One Hundred Years" in a dialogue between Cynicus and Sillicus. It notes skepticism about all women being the same and asks what the book’s object might be.
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Sillicus
Cynicus
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Canada
We All Do and a Tailor Ad Tribute
A fragmented tidbit features a tailor advertising stylish cuts and a plea for a price cut. It mentions a riddle about a double and a Garden of Eden teacher. The Adamses are invoked in a quip about time’s swift flight caused by a promissory note.
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The
Garden of Eden
Adamses
Eruptions of the Skin and Itching Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement promises relief from skin disorders through 8.8.8 blood purifier. It claims impurities in blood cause itching and eruptions, pledging free expert advice from Chief Medical Adviser at 168 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, after sending a case history.
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Diane
Swift Laboratory
Atlanya
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Fulton Street
New York City
Spohn
6Pohn Medical Company
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Writ Department of Immigration
Ottawa
Can
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Bee
Omaha
Neb
Cascara
la Grippe
Hill
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