Free children gardens spread aid beyond New York
Survey of the World's News notes Mrs. Henry Parsons started the free children’s school farm in De Witt Clinton park New York City. Thousands of children learned in gardens with Parsons and assistants as cities imitate the idea. NYU runs a six week summer course to train teachers for school gardens. Many miniature farms exist across the city, each 4 by 8 feet, tended by young boys and girls.
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Henry Parsons
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New York City
Memorial to Pilgrims Erected in Southampton England
A memorial marking the Mayflower voyage site at Southampton England is unveiled August 15. A tablet at Dartmouth commemorates the pilgrims brief stop. The Southampton monument cost over £3400 and will be unveiled by American ambassador Walter H. Page.
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America
Southampton
England
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Urief
Dartmouth
Walter ii. Page
White Work Ethic Boosts Trade In Plumber and Blacksmith Shops
A historical note shows a western city plumber who doubled business by adopting an all white uniform and clean shop image. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad blacksmith shop followed, painting interiors white, installing exhaust hoods, and ensuring constant daylight, improving pride and workmanship.
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Engineering
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Poison Bran Mash for Grasshopper Control From Kansas A C
Kansas Agricultural College offers a bran mash recipe to combat grasshoppers. Mix twenty pounds bran with one pound paris green or white arsenic, two quarts syrup, three oranges or lemons, and three and a half gallons water. Dilute, add citrus pulp, wet mash, and sow early morning to cover four to five acres.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Hog farming as regular farm practice boosts profits
The text argues hog raising should be a standard farm activity alongside crops and cattle. It says under normal conditions a hog farm can pay, provided pigs are grown and fed economically. It emphasizes hogs as mortgage lifters and bankroll fatteners, urging wider breeding of better hogs for future profits.
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Meade
Meares
Prune Survives in Witty Newspaper Exchange
In a light exchange from the Pittsburgh Post, a prune joke endures amid witty banter. The debate over literary standards prompts laughter and a nod to enduring humor.
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Pittsburgh Post
Little Bits of Farm Wisdom for Poultry and Soil
A farmer advises feeding poultry with lawn clippings and guard crops like buckwheat rye and cow horn turnip to suit summer confinement and improve harsh soil. A brush load in the pasture ditch helps erosion control and prevents washing out deeper soil, while manure should not be discarded into the ditch.
Deliverance at the Red Sea in Exodus 14
A Sunday lesson reflects on Moses leading Israel through a divine deliverance at the Red Sea. The pillar of cloud and fire separated Israelites from pursuing Egyptians, then God blew a southeast wind to part the waters, creating a dry path. The Egyptian pursuit failed as waters returned, and Israel praised the Lord for salvation.
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Moses
Egypt
Israel
God
Jess
Fem
Moses Steq
Zones on the Farm and Climate Effects on Crops
The article discusses farm climate zones and soil temperature variation. United States weather forecaster Briett Miller explains how soils absorb and radiate heat, with atmosphere, clouds, and fog moderating daily temperature. Slopes and sun exposure influence vineyard viability in Europe.
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Briett Miller
United States
University of Wisconsin
Journal of Geography
Mr. Miller
Europe
Dream of an Author and the Quakeress Heroine
An unnamed author narrates waking in an unfamiliar room with a bed and bottles while conjuring a heroine. Alice Gray appears as a nurse in disguise, resembling a Quakeress, and the author envisions a tale where Alice’s love shifts from a nobleman to a humble yeoman. A hospital scene confirms his vision as Alice volunteers care.
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Howard Stanley
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Stanley
Bernie
Staiber
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