Leopard moth outbreak threatens Connecticut shade trees
A Connecticut Entomology note warns the leopard moth, a European pest, is injuring elms and other broad leaves. Larval borers tunnel trunks and branches and pruned trees reveal galleries. control includes injecting carbon disulphide, removing dead wood, burning storm debris, and destroying female moths to halt spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Britton
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Connecticut
New Haven
Hoboken
N. J
Do It Yourself Concrete Mixer From Simple Materials
Instructions describe building a concrete mixer from timber, iron wings, a shaft and pulley system. It outlines assembling an eight cornered timber auger with bent wings, a central shaft, a large pulley, a mud trough, a mortar drop box, a water barrel, and a cement sand ratio, to automate mixing once started.
Turning Waste Into Value
Colorado Agricultural College essay argues cows sustain farms by returning fertility, creating home markets for bulky feeds and enabling cream and other dairy products to be sold. It cites historical settlement patterns in Kansas Nebraska and Colorado, emphasizing livestock as essential to profitable farming and efficient marketing of farm outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Payne
Colorado Agricultural College
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Bush Beans in Hills Offer Tillage Ease and Planting Tips
The article suggests trying bush beans in hills rather than drills. Plant four or five beans at about eight inch spaces. The approach claims better tillage opportunities as hoes can be used easily around the hills.
Auto party attacked on return from Plainville picnic
A party including Jesse Moddrell and Frank B. Fornwald reports an assault by farmer Robert Hart as their auto travel at 15 miles per hour. Hart allegedly threw an ax striking Fernwald and caused glass and wood damage. Hart was arrested, arraigned, and released on $500 bond.
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Washington
Jesse Moddrell
Hyatt Hotel
Frank B. Fornwald
Robert Irvin
Evansville
C. W. Smith
Henry S. Reisch
Vincennes
Standard Oil Company
Plainville
Fernwald
Robert Hart
Hart
Fornwald
Reisch
Colbert
Odon
Camp Meeting Heads Elected for Battle Ground Association
At the Battle Ground Camp Meeting stockholders meeting W P McKinsie of Indianapolis was named president emeritus, Dr George W Switzer of Lafayette became president, Rev Aaron Wood of Lafayette was chosen vice president, W E McKenzie of Crawfordsville secretary, and George F E Keiper of Lafayette treasurer. The encampment featured a district meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society with Mrs O D Cady of Chicago delivering the principal address on Chinese missions. Noblesville The cornerstone of the new $18000 Christian church at Sheridan was laid under Masonic oversight with Past Grand Master George P Grimes of Crawfordsville in charge. About two thousand people attended as local Christian churches from Hamilton, Boone and Clinton counties participated. The Rev L C Brown of the Central church at Lebanon gave the main address. Kokomo John W Flick pottery man and former president of Kokomo United Brethren church trustees, and Mrs Berdie Perkins wife of W H Perkins, were arrested at Tiffin Ohio for living together since June 19 as husband and wife. They pleaded guilty before Mayor Arnold of Tiffin after Mrs Flick guided authorities to the couple.
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Lafayette
Battle Ground Camp Meeting Association
W. P. McKinsie
Indianapolis
George W. Switzer
Aaron Wood
W. E. McKenzie
Crawfordsville
George FE. Keiper
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
O. D. Cady
Chicago
China
Noblesville
Sheridan
Masons of
George P. Grimes
Hamilton
Boone
Clinton
Sheridan Band
L. C. Brown
Central Church
Lebanon
Sleuth
Kokomo
John W. Flick
Board of
United Brethren Church
Berdie Perkins
W. H. Perkins
Tiffin
Arnold
Flick
Dhen Abinet Dhen Abinet Diet Hints for Liver Health
A health note on improving a sluggish liver through diet and daily exercise. Recommend standing after meals, walking, and brisk daily activity. Fruits such as apples prunes figs dates and strawberries are advised with broths poultry beef vegetables and vegetable soups.
Hidden Pearl Beneath The Rough Exterior Quote
The verse notes that a blunt oyster shell may conceal a pearl of great value, with God placing noble traits in those lacking outward grace. James Gardner reflects on inner worth beyond surface appearance.
Bedford Car Repair Gang Strikes Over Pay Rise
The Southern Indiana car repair shop workers, 32 men, walked out on July 2 seeking a four cent hourly raise from 21 to 25 cents. Master Mechanic Lawes agreed to switch to piece work in about a month, but the men say this has not been done. They claim urgency as many cars need repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Indiana
Lawes
Richmond Lake and Park Company Plans Chautauqua Site
A corporation to be known as the Richmond Lake and Park company will buy land in the Hawkins addition to Richmond north of Glen Miller park for chautauqua ground. The plan allows transfer to the city whenever desired, with a site suitable for a sizable lake and many cottages.
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Richmond
The
Richmond Lake and Park Company
Hawkins Addition
Glen Miller Park
Veterans Reunion Reports Indiana Volunteer Infantry
One hundred fifty members of the Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry met in annual reunion at Memorial hall. Capt. S Bender of Logansport served as permanent secretary and traveled by cab despite illness. William Abbott was elected president and Liberty Mills was chosen for the next meeting place. The regiment records the largest death toll from illness among Indiana Civil War regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Forty-seventh
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Dr. S. Bender
Logansport
Memorial Hall
William Abbott
Liberty Mills
Dickness
Indiana
Fruit Sirups and Juices and Iced Tea Tips
Practical instructions on making fruit sirups for sauces drinks ices and desserts with notes on sterilizing bottles sugar amounts by fruit and storage. Iced tea guidance covers best methods cooling pouring over ice and optional flavorings including lemon rind mint and ginger sirup with sherbet for special occasions.
Sardine and Toast Salad Preparation Instructions
Skin a dozen large French sardines and shred finely. Toast long narrow strips of white bread brown and oil them. Let stand an hour to season. When ready, mix bread with fish, season with salt cayenne and lemon juice. Rub a small piece of toast with garlic. Just before serving.
Fig Salad Dessert Style Dish
A recipe notes steam a dozen pulled figs until soft then pour strained honey over them. Let stand to chill before serving. Whipped cream folded with fruit elrup and serve.
Johnson misreads widow's dead husband in a humorous exchange
A Harper's Magazine anecdote recalls President Johnson visiting a friend and mistaking a widow for her deceased husband. When told the man had been dead six years, Johnson admits he hadn’t seen him on the street, prompting laughter from his host.
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Johnson
Harper’s Magazine
Knox
Mr. Knox
Mrs. Knox
Mr. Johnson
Try This This Summer Coca-Cola Advertisement
Try This This Summer The next time you're hot tired or thirsty step up to a soda fountain and get a glass of Coca-Cola It will cool you off relieve fatigue and quench your thirst delightfully Send to the Coca-Cola Co Atlanta Ga for their free booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola It tells what Coca-Cola is and why it is delicious refreshing and thirst quenching Send 2o stamp for the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 including the poem Casey At The Bat schedules and other baseball information compiled by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola Baseball
Casey
A Bernhardt Trick
Mme Sarah Bernhardt was asked to portray a sculptor and model a bust in public. Critics applauded her stage presence but missed the artistic craft, as she did not sculpt. she pulled away the outer clay layer to reveal the head beneath.
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A Bernhardt
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Easy Task Soap Makes Wash Day An Easy Task
A vintage promotional note asserts Easy Task soap halves the work of washing and invites readers to buy it at their grocer. The piece argues magazines teach methods but only the soap delivers real lightening of labor on wash day.
Owl Named Judge Longworth Shocks Garden Party
Judge Nicholas Longworth of Ohio once on the state supreme bench appears grave as a neighbor gives his pet owl the nickname Judge Longworth. The next day an excited maid interrupts his wife’s garden party with the quip that Judge Longworth has laid an egg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Supreme Bench
Longworth
Nipped In the Bud Minister Declines on Cucumbers
A fragment from Boaton Her ald recalls a cartoonish exchange with The Minister declining cucumbers at tea. Little Tommie jokes about tummy aches as his mother rubs him.
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Tommie
Boaton Herald
Quaint Table Manners Remain A Closed Book
Jerome S McWade, a Duluth millionaire, describes his summer trips to a backwoods village and the quaint characters he meets. He cites Qld Boucher the village church janitor, recounting a lunch where Boucher rejects a Mayonnaise sauce after tasting it on the lobster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome S. McWade
Duluth
Qld
Boucher
Wealth and Happiness Do Not Equal One Million Smiles
The quote argues that possessing one million dollars does not guarantee vastly greater happiness than having one dollar. It challenges the notion that wealth directly scales personal contentment.
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