Selecting a Wife and Social Reflections in Seventies Era
A miscellany on marriage choices stressing mothers as indicators of future wives, women’s self culture time, and a Western style piece on bridal gown colors. It notes Ora Nicholson running a barber shop at 15, shifts in home renting from pride to practicality, refined eating, a Perth Amboy bank case, need for solitude for teachers, and calls for quiet for mental power.
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Per Hse
Tipton
Ind
Ora Nicholson
Ora
Miss Nicholson
Locust Control and Child Sleep Tips From the Times
The Times advises against back sleeping for babies preferring side or alternating positions to prevent habit. It notes a content child may sleep on its back for spine health. The article discusses locust outbreaks, natural enemies, and control methods including the hopper dozer, oiling, water, and the role of birds and poultry in reducing infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia ‘Times
Pests Again Appear Locusts In Interior North America
Entomologist Lawrence Bruner of the United States agricultural experiment station at the University of Nebraska issues a circular on grasshoppers. He notes four or five distinct locusts are sufficiently numerous in several localities to cause alarm. The two lined locust Malanoplus bivittatus is listed among the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bruner
United States Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Nebraska
North America
State University
Malanoplus
Locust species and control methods discussed in report
The report details several locust species including the Rocky Mountain migratory locust and the two lined locust female, noting their growth stages and migratory behavior. It argues for action by authorities to destroy pests where found, discusses natural enemies and how climate affects them, and suggests agricultural measures like harrowing, disking and deep plowing to destroy eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux County
North America
Birds Feed On Locusts Warn Of Ecological Balance
A writer notes that destroying locusts via birds and other predators helps control outbreaks. He observes dozens of birds feeding on young migrating locusts and cautions that indiscriminate killings may unleash greater harm by removing natural food sources.
Where the Wine Comes In Parable and Humor
A humorous exchange between a preacher and a funny man appears in the New York Journal. It contrasts Sunday labor with weekday salaries and offers a reflective, ironic moral about gratitude and distrust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
A Queer Boat in Which to Ride
A traveler notes South American driver ants form living balls in floods. The ants cluster into a one foot ball, swept downstream, lodging in a tree where the outer ants cling. After the flood, ants disperse back to their abode. One ball with all dead ants was found and preserved in a museum in England.
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South America
England
Brain Work and Exercise Claim Health Note
An advertisement asserts three hours of brain work harms tissue more than a day of physical exercise. It cites that many earn a living by thinking and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a mind stimulant and remedy for dyspepsia. A private stamp seals the bottle neck.
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Hostetter
Not Pressed for Time by Joaquin Miller
A short anecdote recalls Joaquin Miller riding with a countryman who ridicules reading Bret Harte. Miller asks if he is immortal, the man confirms immortality, and Miller cheekily argues time should not be wasted.
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Joaquin Miller
Bret Harte
Mr. Miller
Miller
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United States Experiment Station
Nebraska
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