New Fall Skirt Styles and Waterward Fashion Notes
A new fall skirt line sticks close to current styles with wide novelty stripes set on cross bar textures. Descriptions cover belt and pockets integrated in one piece, a water ready webbing belt, and taffeta chiffone dress over bloomers with sailor collar and large pockets. A water dress cap of white satin and black taffeta belt define the chic look with trimmed waistlines and six to eight inch hems.
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Venus de Milo
Justice in China and the basket that spoke
A Youth's Companion piece portrays district magistrates as all round rulers in China. It recounts a tale where a magistrate orders a basket to reveal its owner, using a paddle and blows to force the inanimate item to “speak,” ultimately siding with the oil man and delivering blows to the miller.
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China
Court of Justice
America
Basket
Flowers Named After People and Places
The article notes roses of Japan became camellias after a missionary named Kamel who brought the species to France from Japan. It also mentions fuchias named for Leonard Fuchs, dahlias from Andre Dahl, magnolias named for Magno de Montpellier, and lavender linked to washing water.
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Leonard Fuchs
Andre Dahl
Peru
Kamel
France
Japan
Magno de Montpellier
America
Asia
Lavare
Fragmentary question on consent and affection in auntie dialogue
A line of conversation quotes a caller asking if they should permit Clarence to hold hands and kiss. An aunt replies sternly that permission should not be needed, addressing the hypothetical romantic gesture.
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Clarence
Efficient Sheep Barns for Small Flocks in Bulletin 810
The U S Department of Agriculture describes efficient barn designs for small flocks in Farmers Bulletin 810. It covers a multi‑species shed for ten horses five cows and sixty three sheep with ample light ventilation and a central hay mow. Also outlines a closed sheep shed suitable for farms with limited barn space sheltering eighty sheep with central feed racks and separate pens.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Farmers’ Bulletin 810
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Feeding grain to swine on pasture at Minnesota station
The Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station reports swine fed on pasture with grain show high profits. Self-fed shelled corn with rape pasture yields the best return, with profits per acre and per pig outlined alongside eight rations. The study notes that profits are gross and exclude labor and overhead, and compares favorably with other stations.
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Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
R. C. Ashby
Ashby
Watch Crops Close For Insect Pests Warns Entomologists
United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to vigilantly monitor crops for early insect outbreaks. Early detection and rapid action can prevent large losses. community effort may stop outbreaks from spreading, with daily field surveys during peak growing season.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Eny
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound Cure For Female Trouble
A Fulton New York woman Mrs Nellie Phelps writes that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her nervous weakness and backache after doctors said operation was the only option. She urges others to write for free advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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N. Y
Lydia Pinkham
Nellie Phelps
R. A. Rider
R.F.D. No
Fulton
Was E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Asa
Americans Promise to Copper All Bets on Kaiser
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch interprets American soldiers aim to "can the Kaiser" as a boast to overwhelm the German ruler with force and hardware rather than hermetically seal him. The piece notes British editors may misread the phrase and that Americans intend decisive action in Europe.
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London
Europe
Nix
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gallant Dissuasion
A humorous exchange warns Miss Emily against venturing as a missionary to cannibal tribes. He notes danger arises because locals might view her as tasty, while she questions why it matters.
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Emily
Tan fall in undertaking blamed on fatalism
A terse remark suggests that when a tan falls in an undertaking the speaker attributes it to fatalism. The board of health is described as three aquare menle a day, though the meaning is unclear.
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Board of Health
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