Prominent figures and political moves across nations
Richard Croker buys land in England. Abram Garfield enters Ohio politics. long list of leaders and movers including King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, Wilson, Santos-Dumont, J Pierpont Morgan, Hanna, Roosevelt, and Gallinger. Labor developments span Germany, France, Britain, and American wage and labor reforms. major strikes and legal rulings noted. closing excerpt from The World's Work on national energy shifting from conquest to trade.
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Richard Croker
England
Abram Garfield
Oho
King Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
Wilson
Washington
M. Santos-Dumient
New York City
Brooklyn Bridge
Chester J. Long
Kansas
Platt
New York
Florida
J. Pierpont Morgan
Marcus A. Hanna
James Dick
Beotch
Glasgow
Roosevelt
North America
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Library of Congress
Congress
Archibald Bard Darragh
Michigan
Thomas Robert Bard
California
Richard Bard
Germany
Fall River
Mass
Pittsburg
France
Helena
Mont
Eld
San Francisco
Gal
Supreme Court of Californian
American
n-State Company
Armalgamized Association of Metal Workers
A Mother's Gift For Amy's Birthday
Mrs. Dale mourns her daughter Amy on what would have been her birthday. In a city florist she contemplates flowers and encounters Amy’s friend Eleanor. A chance note and a neighbor child’s flowers lead Mrs. Dale to honor Amy by helping others, not with costly blooms.
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Mrs. Dale
Amy
Myrs
Dale
Eleanor Greer
Eleanor
Eleanor Dear
Beethoven Society
Amy Spencerdale
Marjorie Williams
A Battersea Workman Debugs a Home Breaker Crockery
A Battersea workingman recounts his wife’s violent fits and the purchase of thicker cups and saucers after his wife hurls them at him. He jokes that selling up his home is unnecessary, merely upgrading to sturdier crockery to endure the outbursts.
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Battersea
John
London
Plan to destroy hall clouds proposed by Prof Parrot
Nearly a century ago Professor Parrot of Riga suggested detonating bombs among hall clouds to destroy them, outlining a dramatic method aimed at cloud control.
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Parrot
Riga
Winter Feeding on the Farm For Profit Not Passivity
The author argues that feeding animals through winter should aim to gain rather than merely sustain them. Warm quarters and proper food are urged to ensure animals gain value, as keeping stock dormant over winter is a loss of time and money.
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Tor Fries
Feed Digestible Foods and Mineral Needs in Pigs
The text argues that feeding abundance alone fails without digestible matter. Hogs craving coal or rotten wood suggests missing minerals, especially lime. Wood ashes or ground bone may satisfy cravings, while bran and ground oats improve the diet.
Slipping Planta True for Bushy Houseplants
Slipping slips from the top of plants yields bushier growth than removing side branches. Leave base sprouts intact and you will see rapid improvements. Geraniums coleus begonias and pelargoniums benefit from top pruning. Wandering Jew vines can root in water and decorate as they form roots.
Orchard grass and clover make a productive pasture and hay mix
Orchard grass grows well in shade and on rich sandy loam, pairing well with clover for pasture and hay. Sow early in spring, three bushels alone or two with 15 pounds red clover per acre, cover thickly, cure well, and it can yield two to three crops annually. Some add white clover seed for a mixed pasture, aiding fields where bluegrass and red top appear naturally.
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Timothy
Winter Washing of Fruit Trees Insects and Cleanliness
Winter washing of fruit trees helps control insect eggs by caustic alkali wash. The method, recommended by the board of agriculture, involves mixing caustic soda and potash with treacle to a 10 gallon solution. Best applied mid February when eggs are susceptible and trees safe from injury. Trained buttermen needed for cleanliness in creameries.
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Board of Agriculture
London Post
Butter flavor and the need for trained buttermakers
The Wisconsin Farmer notes many buttermakers are not dairy school graduates and therefore lack training to adjust to conditions affecting butter flavor. It stresses the importance of using proper testing like the Babcock milk test, overseen by dairy officials or experiment stations, and argues more graduates are needed to reduce faulty butter.
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Avery
Wisconsin
Deep Rooting Trees Improve Drought Tolerance Practical Guidelines
Charles E. Richards argues that deep rooted trees endure drought better than shallow rooted varieties. By oblique pruning of main roots, regular soil cultivation, and less surface watering, trees develop deeper roots, enhancing health, longevity, and productivity despite variable moisture.
Science and Industry Highlights from a Dublin Chronicle
The article reports an Austrian scientist identifying a bacillus called micrococcus capsarhalis as the cause of head colds, notes Russian miner Berislawski locating rich ozokerite deposits in northern Finland along the Kemiokin river, and describes subterranean lakes in Australia’s Eucla district containing potable water. It also covers a Lancet claim on essential oil as a powerful antiseptic, the U S collier Sterling being raised by a floating dock at Algiers, and Germany’s ozonation water purification research showing low treatment costs and strong germ reduction.
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Berislawski
Finland
Kemiokin
Eucla
Australia
United States
Sterling
Algiers
New Orleans
Naval
H. G., Gilmore
J. G. Tawresey
United States Navy
Kuloa Health Rules for Preservation of Health
A 19th century guideline from Kuloa outlines ten health rules. It cautions against cold exposure after warm meals, advises warm wraps in cold weather, promotes nasal breathing in cold air, warns against near heated ovens, avoids open carriage drafts after exertion, urges movement in cold rooms, favors quiet talk, insists on regular baths, and stresses keeping feet dry to ensure restful sleep.
Two Fold Surprise in a Courtship Remark
A nervy young man declares to Miss Alice that he will marry her and she replies with a witty twofold remark about believing his two statements. The exchange highlights playful banter in a Baltimore News voice.
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Alice
Baltimore News
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Freeland
Tribune
Aes
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Old World
Drouth
New Jersey
Charlea E. Richarda
Science and Industry
Vienna
The
Lancet
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