Global politics and canal plans dominate next congress
A survey predicts Congress will tackle amendments to presidential terms and eligibility, canal expansion, banking and currency, post, labor, and education measures. It notes tariff politics in campaigns, revolutions in Cuba and Mexico, Krupp centenary events, and other international and national issues shaping policy.
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Congress
Washington
Panama
Department of Labor
White House
A Trying Ambassadorship of Henry Lane Wilson
The United States ambassador Henry Lane Wilson has faced a turbulent three years since his appointment, with Mexico in political upheaval creating many delicate situations requiring his diplomatic skill. He is an Indiana native, born fifty five years ago, who lived in Spokane and later engaged in banking before being sent to Chile in 1907 by President Roosevelt to Belgium.
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Nelson
Minnesota
United States
Cuba
Mexico
KRUPP
Essen
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Maximilian I
Bertha Krupp von Halbach
Hunger
Krupps
International Lawn
Hinsdale Golf Club
Chiccago
Margaret Knapp
Woman's Western Golf Association
Henry Lane Wilson
Uncle Sun
Ambassador Wilson
Indiana
Spokane
Wash
IsSh
McKinley
Chile
Treaidour Hoosevelt
Blu
Belgium
American Press Association
Henry Lene Wilson
Display Your Goods to the Gest Advantage
A historical guide urges merchants to present wares clearly and attractively. It stresses neat store appearance, open display of samples, candor with customers, and avoidance of deceptive "bargains" to build trust and sustain business reputation.
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Adays
Stratest
Ste Rlenr
Does it pay to rejuvenate old apple orchards
United States Department of Agriculture answers common questions about reviving neglected orchards. It divides problems into four classes and suggests soil, site, and tree care: proper varieties, fertilization with potash and wood ashes, whitewash sulfur for trunks, and timing of pruning. It notes asparagus and currants need good drainage and manure management for best results.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department Aiys
Dusalla
A Human Fish Net Queer Method Employed by Some Islands
A New York Herald description details a peculiar Oceania fishing method. About 200 natives form a living wall with cocayalin branches at sea, moving toward shore to entrap and drive fish, casting some onto sands and killing others with sticks.
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Oceania
New York Herald
Absentminded Answer and Poem Fragments in One Page
A wedding anecdote features a best man checking if a gloomy guest has kissed the bride. The page also includes a verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about a perfect sunlit day, wind and celestial imagery, and lines referencing nature, life, and music. The togetherness of poetry and a wedding moment mirrors nostalgic midcentury newspaper fare.
Orchard Improvement Through Pruning Fertilizing and Spraying
The text outlines four key steps for orchard improvement: pruning, fertilization, cultivation, and spraying. It recommends fall plowing four inches deep if the orchard is untended, fall or spring plowing otherwise, winter applications of 12 to 15 loads of barnyard manure per acre, and spring applications of nitrate of soda, phosphate, and potash. It stresses removing dead wood, thinning for light, thorough soil incorporation of manure, continuing cultivation until midsummer, sowing cover crops in late summer, and using leguminous or nonleguminous crops in rotation, plus spraying per government and state guidance. It notes time and labor losses from poorly arranged farm buildings.
Parable of the Tares and Wheat in Sunday Lesson
The lesson explains the parable of the tares and wheat, stressing readiness for interference, patience, and the ultimate harvest. It notes the enemy’s sowing tares, the householder's defense, and the harvest by angels, with the Son of Man as the helper and teacher. It ends with the call to responsibility for all listeners.
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Jesus
Willestness
Farming by Electricity Elevates Wheat Yields in England
W T Bomford of Worcestershire, a leading agricultural experimenter, advocates expanding electricity experiments in farming. He notes electricity may affect plant life and reports wheat crops rising 10 to 80 percent, with further studies planned. He expects national adoption to grow as experiments continue.
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W. T. Bomford
Worcestershire
England
Saving Potatoes From Early Blight Requires Timed Sprays
Professor Kohler of the Minnesota experiment station notes spraying is useful only if applied early and continued at ten day intervals until about 10 percent leaf loss. In dry weather spray less often. in rain spray more. Bordeaux mix amounts range from 25 to 75 gallons per acre as plants grow, with late Rural New Yorker types showing profitability when sprayed promptly and repeatedly.
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Seraying
Hee Geen
Ty Fabie
Professor Kohler
Minnesota
Lock Out For Your Corn Roots
A short Iowa Homestead note warns readers to keep old cultivator shovels after buying new ones. Use them later to weed corn and preserve the crop, as many discard tools prematurely while pulling weeds and harming roots.
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Iowa
Grass to the Hens War on Green Feeding
The piece advocates supplying poultry in confinement with fresh green feed from daily lawn cutting. It argues even a modest lawn suffices if kept trimmed to match the fowls’ eating needs, ensuring constant green sustenance rather than excess.
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Americas
How Trees Are Damaged By Plowing Practices
Farm Journal explains damage to trees from cultivating and plowing. It advises to pad the outer edges of the harrow and to take precartions to protect trees, including Mutzele the horses and careful cultivation methods to prevent harm to orchard trees.
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Farm Journal
The Case of Mrs Dismal Franklin and Carr's Trial
Frances Franklin cares for her ailing mother Mrs. Dismal while Langdon Carr loves her. He urges marriage to gain independence, but Frances sacrifices him to stay with her mother. Years pass, a shipboard crisis forces a reunion abroad, and Frances finally marries Langdon after a dramatic turn of events with Mrs. Franklin.
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Praniklen
Franklin
Frances
Lansdon
Atente
Carr
Mrs. Franklin
Langdon Carr
Estes
Isa
Meg
Laingdon Carr
Franklins
Langton Carr
Ord
Langdon
Mrs. Pronkiin
Uranves
Mrs. Isiar
Vrauces
Watt
England
Messis
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Survey of the World
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Knute
North Yakima
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
William Jennings Bryan
the Commoner
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Emporia Gazette
Norman Hapgood
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Republic of Panama
Ten Mile
Eversoa Fran Catia
Perry
Belme
Uae
Put Ln
Lake Erie
Welland Canal
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Erie. Ta
Kentucky
Inter Est
Frankfurt
Frankfort
Siberian
Sieria
Berlin
Peking
Benator Nelson
Yonder
Henry Wadsworth Longfeliow
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