Spring Magic and Youth Renewed in a Gentle Awakening
In a reflective scene, Jim Reynolds revisits youth and lost love as spring stirs life. Mary McGhee, once in love with him, reappears through a poem he reads while his business world offers a chance for travel and renewal. A younger colleague hints at a flirtation with Mary, prompting Jim to plan a personal sojourn and confront aging dreams. The piece weaves memory, romance, and professional ambition against a vivid spring backdrop.
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Jim Reynolds
Mary McGhee
Iwan
Mary
Tess
Jim
Claire Iman
Chilre
Chire
Claire
Current
Hfe
Galahad
Ufe
Bill
Warlin
Tam
Harlin
Bil
Mary McGhee Martin
Lane
A Vogue of Quilting Spreads Through Paris Fashions
Paris embraces quilting across outfits from thin frocks to heavy wraps with skirts and hats featuring stitched patterns. Designs range from intricate motifs to latticed squares and diamonds, showing widespread adoption of the craft in fashion.
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Paris
Don’t Brush Damp Hair Hair Care Advice
A brief note on hair care warns against combing or brushing when hair is damp. It suggests using vigorous rubbing to evaporate moisture and cleanse the hair until it is dry before styling or combing.
Tobacco statistics and watchmaking schools
The excerpt cites varying tobacco use figures with 70 percent of adult men and a third of the population using tobacco, averaging seven pounds per person annually and twenty pounds among users, totaling 25 million smokers. It notes 8 million cigarette smokers averaging 4,500 cigarettes yearly and 500,000 cigar smokers destroying 1,500 cigars each. It then mentions Switzerland and some American villages hosting watchmaking schools.
Hair Care Cautions on Brushing and Curling
The guidance warns against brushing or combing when wet to avoid devitalizing hair and hair loss. It notes curling hair without drying it can cause breakage, and steam from hot irons is harmful to the scalp.
An Interesting Hat Feature in Straw and Satin
A description of a hat crafted from straw and satin with a tam crown forming a square outline and a subtly curved mushroom brim following the same square silhouette. The piece emphasizes the hat's geometric design and refined material mix.
Competitive Garden Exhibits Boost Neighbor Interest
A government circular explains how organized horticultural shows foster community spirit and gardening enthusiasm. It covers scope, fair judging, classing entries, staging, labeling, and early prize planning, plus the value of small, many exhibits and token prizes to encourage participation.
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Department of Agriculture
Plans for Beetle Control Methods Across Infested Areas
Officials from the United States Department of Agriculture and New Jersey outline plans to control the beetle in 1920. Methods include sodium cyanide soil treatment for larvae, net sweeps to capture adults, a one mile band of poisoned vegetation around infested zones, road clearance to prevent transport, weed-killer programs, and introducing Japanese beetle parasites. An agent is in Japan to study parasite options, with results expected to guide large-scale suppression efforts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Riverton
Japan
Bureau of Entomology
Protect Trees From Swine With Rub Bed Posts
Very young trees can be protected from damage by hogs by providing rubbing posts and keeping the hogs free from vermin. The animals will not rub against the trees to injure them if they are vermin free. A good hog offers a great help in this cost.
Market Stations Of Value In The Agricultural Bureau
Market stations run by the bureau of markets of the United States department of agriculture extend from a central office in Washington. They relay vital news through wired links, gathering raw material to produce market reports reviews and press articles for public benefit. Market station men typically have technical training and experience in production or marketing.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Timothy Is Low in Protein in Timothy Hay Trade
Timothy hay dominates US production but remains a poor livestock feed due to low protein content. Compared with clover and alfalfa it yields inferior nutrition, is less palatable to most livestock, and may cause constipation. It also harms soil fertility, offering little farming value overall.
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United States
Save Old Farm Machinery
Advice on salvaging usable parts from discarded farm machinery. Pulls braces gear wheels bolts and nuts for future use. Promotes taking machines apart promptly to prevent rust and store parts in a shed or workshop for handy reuse.
War on Tuberculosis Pushes Intradermic Test Adoption
The U S Department of Agriculture announces intradermic tuberculin testing to certify herds as TB free, speeding federal state cooperative efforts. Subcutaneous testing remains required within a year for accreditation, with broad state adoption now at three quarters of 45 states. Texas is the latest. Arizona Colorado California have yet to join, with authority expected soon in the first two.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
California
Milk diet fails calves after three months old
Research at the Towa agricultural experiment station finds whole milk supports calves only up to three months. After that, two calves showed progressive weakness and died at 176 and 208 days. Diet failure is linked not to nutrient quality but to digestive difficulties without roughage.
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Towa
Necessary Feeds for the Bull Thrifty Yet Fit
Iowa State College expert K C Skeler advises thrift without fat for bulls. Feed nutritious forage such as clover or alfalfa hay with meal and tile. Silage serves as foundation but should be limited to avoid a potbellied, sluggish bull. provide exercise through a small paddock to keep the herd sire in good breeding condition.
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K. C. Skeler
Iowa State College
Peru-Na praised as cure for chronic bronchitis claims
A LaCrosse Wisconsin man records twenty six years of chronic bronchitis relief after three quarters of a bottle of Peru-Na. He says hoarseness and fatigue vanished and plans to keep Peru-Na in his home. The ad touts Peru-Na for catarrh and related complaints and notes availability in tablet or liquid form.
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E. J. Touch
Rose Street
LaCrosse
Isconsin
Peru
Aspirin Bayer Package Advertises Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as safe and trusted by millions for over twenty years. It urges accepting only unbroken Bayer packages with directions to relieve headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and more, noting 12 tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Dairy Notes on Cows and Feed Practices
Dairy notes emphasize testing cows for dehorning timing and avoiding polluted water to maintain milk quality. It notes calf placement to control temperature variation, profitability from additional grain, soybean hay as good feed, and a well functioning separator to boost butter production.
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Oregon
Washington
American Forestry Magazine
Washington, D. C
Switzerland
Techntcr
Grange
Triumph Group
Burbank Group
Union
Ise
Florida
Dean
Ida B. Atwell
William St
Key West
Daisy Fly
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Het
Aera
Holland
B. Bisherge
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