Big Increase in Acreage Unwise Says Houston
Secretary Houston urges cautious expansion of farm land as the nation, with 1919 data, should rely on improving productivity of existing lands rather than rapid new acreage. He warns against exploiting inferior land and calls for careful land-use studies, credit, and guidance for settlers.
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Washington
David F. Houston
Vecretary
Est
Federal Department
Ani
Agricultural Colleges
Cilion
Agricultare
Houston
Geneva
Tts
Ufe
Needle in His Body For Half a Century
Elyria, Ohio. Thobert Myers fifty two endured mumps measles indigestion neuritis and other illnesses until a new symptom appeared. A tarnished needle with 24 inches of thread was removed from his back after his family physician sent him to a hospital. Doctors believe the needle was swallowed in childhood and traveled through his body for about fifty years.
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Elytia
Thobert Myers
Myers
Land Settlement Problems and Farm Settlement Advice
The article discusses per capita production trends in crops and livestock during the war and cautions against large increases in per capita farmland. It critiques private land agencies for inflated promises, urges careful assessment of methods, and calls for governmental guidance to provide reliable information and well planned settlement paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieee Ie
Fife
Land Company
Tiny compressed air engine from Wisboro jeweler
A Wisboro jeweler has built a miniature air powered engine three quarters of an inch long weighing two and a quarter grains. The cylinder bore is 281000 of an inch, the flywheel 0.64 inch and stroke 30 1 000 of an inch. A contrast notes a Niagara Ontario Power Co. valve at 81 feet high and 65 tons.
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Hillsboro
N. D
Wisboro
Ontario Powey Company
Niagare Yas
Acvean
Newspaper Office of the Future Proposed by Oscar Roesen
Oscar Roesen of KR How & Son envisions a pressless newsroom with telegraph lines feeding a home bulletin and stock ticker. News would flash to subscribers via ground cables, printing overnight so readers wake to ready stories.
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Oscar’ Roesen
KR. How & Son
Press Borlders
Brooklyn Eagle
Roesen
Explains Cause of Colds and Nasal Congestion
Colds result from two conditions in the nose and throat and blood flow changes to their membranes. Experiments show chilling drives blood inward causing congestion, while vasomotor failure can injure membranes and allow germs to take hold. Chronic catarrh and other factors lower vitality and sustain susceptibility.
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Rossbach
Stolen Fruit and the Rhythm of Daily Life
The passage urges readers to examine daily routines and habits and to change monotonous practices. It argues that many cherished customs waste time, strength, and resources and suggests positive, advantageous reforms. The tone prompts practical self-improvement through disciplined life changes.
Dry Time Atrocity At NY Dinner With Sir Arthur Shirley Leon
Sir Arthur Shirley Leon heads the British crude mission and drank a final toast in New York. He had carried real stamp-guarded provisions in a golf bag upon arrival but exhausted his supply. At hotels he faced water taps giving soap instead of water, and a bottle was reportedly emptied before a mistaken sip of soap.
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Arthur Shirley Leon
New York
Sir Arthur
United States
Fisherman trains huge golden carp for dinner call
A Bath visitor notes a giant golden carp trained by Mr. W Page to answer a dinner call. When Page disturbs the water the fish darts up, then remains still near the surface ready to snap at eggs and other dainties as the keeper feeds it.
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Bath
W. Page
Page
Anis
Londen Abu
Oyster and cocktail recipes from a 19th century menu
A scanned column provides several cocktail and hors d oeuvres recipes including Oyster Cocktails Sardine Cocktail Cocktail Sauce Grapefruit and Earl Duc Mint Cocktail and notes on taste. It also quotes W C Gannett on happiness in markets.
Seasonal Dishes and Festive Fruit Desserts
A compilation of winter desserts and dishes including cranberry jelly mold with reduced sugar, Walnut Roast with walnuts and tea breading, Raisin Pie with meringue, Carrot Pudding steamed in cups, and Carrot Pie with spiced carrot filling. Includes methods, ingredients, and simple baking steps.
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Ramon
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Secretary of Agriculture
Newspaper OF the Future
Fish
Emerson
Hile
Bromwde
Alt
Yager’s Etisal
Gilbert
Eatonic
Carrie
Fatonic
Sloan
Liniment
Wesley
Neila
Absorbine, JR
U S.A
W.F. Young
P.D. F
Tamale St. Springfeld
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C. Wells & Co
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