The Rose City and Portland Rose Festival Spectacle
Portland Oregon known as the Rose City hosts a festival each year with 5 000 000 rose plants on view. Peninsula Park displays 1 000 000 roses across 700 varieties during festival week in June. Last year residents planted over 100 miles of new rose bushes, a display that could stretch 100 miles to the Pacific Ocean along the Willamette and Columbia rivers. The article notes the perfume and appeal of roses as a financial and joyful pursuit.
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Portland
Ore
Peninsula Park
Oregon City
Pacific Ocean
Willamette
Columbia Rivers
Violet culture and seasonal cycles in greenhouse floriculture
The article outlines violet growing as a challenging, labor intensive sector with short peak season from November to May. It covers year round cultivation, pruning, fertilizing, pest and rot control, House restocking after May, and the annual renovation of propagating and regular houses as stock is moved to open ground or other houses.
Seasonal Home Garden Advice Tips for Fall
The article urges removing fall web worm webs from trees with quick torching. It advises inspecting for standing water to curb mosquitoes and draining rain barrels. It recommends pruning weak fruit branches and thinning vines, mowing and weeding to prevent seed spread, and removing dock weeds. It warns removing old barbed wire fences as they are dangerous.
Plants for Sandy Soil Idenfies Verbenas and Phlox
The article lists plants suited to sandy soil including verbenas asters and phlox as annuals that perform well. It notes Latrix blazing star or gay feather as a hardy perennial with tall purple spikes blooming July to September, reaching three to four feet.
Take Care of Your Ferns With Simple Homemade Tonic
If a Boston fern turns yellow and droopy despite care, a simple fertilizer mix may revive it. Dissolve one tablespoonful of dibasic ammonium phosphate and one tablespoonful of potassium nitrate in one gallon of water. Apply one pint of the solution to the roots weekly for three weeks, while keeping the plant lightly watered every other day.
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Boston
Indiana Leads In Army Enlistment From Indiana Stations
Indiana's four recruiting stations rank among the nation’s top twenty for February enlistments. Fort Wayne leads the country with 281.6 percent of its target, Indianapolis ranks fourth at 173.1 percent, Terre Haute 132.9 percent, and Evansville 81.5 percent. Postmasters in Indianapolis district produced the second most recruits nationwide.
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Indiana
United States
Washington
United States Army
War Department
States
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Evansville
Union
Terre Haut
Navy
Navy Recruiting Bureau
Old Lincoln Cabin Site To Be Marked
Evansville reports the plan to place a marker at the site of the old Lincoln cabin in Lincoln City Spencer county. John Brown of Rockport staking off ground with an allowance from Spencer county commissioners. Marker inscription faces toward Lincoln park where Nancy Hanks Lincoln rests. Committee: John Chewning John Brown Westey M Kellams. Jury fails to agree in involuntary manslaughter case against Dr Charles M Goheen.
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Evansville
Lincoln
Lincoln City
Spencer
John Brown
Rockport
Spencer County
Thomas Lincoln
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Park
John Chewning
Westey M. Kellams
Bluffton
W. H. Eichhorn
Charles M. Goheen
Fort Wayne
Paul
Pauline
W. O. Ulmer
Gets His Full Pay and Job Offer After Guard Duty
Terre Haute Edward J. Jones a private in Company B Second regiment Indiana national guard received full wages from Highland Iron and Steel while on Texas border and Newcastle duty. He was told his former job was open. Also notes counterfeit nickel alerts and Rushville militia interest. Adjuntant General Harry B. Smith to Washington to learn Indiana guard expectations.
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Terre Haute
Edward J. Jones
Indiana National Guard
Highland Iron and Steel Company
Texas
Newcastle
Rushvile May
Rushville
Harry B. Smith
Washington
Fire destroys county poor farm barn and stock
A large fire at the county poor farm just north of Crawfordsville burned the barn and killed twenty four head of live stock including ten cows six calves six horses and two mules. A vast amount of grain and farming implements were also destroyed.
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Crawfordsville
Here
Hoosier Notes Adds Shade Tree Spray Lead in Indiana
Indiana cities report progress against cottony maple scale with lime and sulfur spray during dormancy. In Indianapolis Franklin M. Boone named deputy oil inspector replacing George W. Goetz. Mishawaka deputy Frank W. Bunn appointed. South Bend man Edward H. Rupe found fatally injured in barn, likely kicked by a horse. Gas mask production for Europe war underway in South Bend with secrecy. Stewart Price hurt breaking a wild colt in Monticello. Warren county farmers push for agricultural agent. F H Brown of Akron acquires controlling stake in Jasper bank. Dubois county authorities discharge Joseph Marks, superintendent of the county poor asylum. Rose Polytechnic Institute to require military training for freshmen and sophomores, optional for upperclass. Lack of funds delays Washington township consolidated school building at Pierceton.
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Mishawaka
South Bend
Sdward H. Rupe
Dubois County
Joseph Marks
County Poor Asylum
Terre Haute
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Pierceton
Washington Township Consolidated School
Growth of Improved Roads in the United States
The 1915 statistics from the Office of Public Roads show rapid road growth under state supervision, with 277000 miles surfaced, total road and bridge expenditures over 80 million under state control, and auto traffic reaching about 2.5 million vehicles. New Jersey led in expenditure per mile, while Nevada posted the lowest figures in 1904 and 1915.
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United States
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Department
Partments
New Jersey
Nevada
County Buy ing Trouble In Road Funding Debate
County or township road projects that fail to outlast their cost create ongoing debt and perpetual expenses. Borrowing to build roads not durable under modern traffic conditions is portrayed as unsound finance and a poor use of public funds.
Living on neglected road and the farmer’s duty
Reclamation Record notes that a good road reflects civic spirit and neighborliness. It argues that a man cannot be cheerful or a good citizen if his road is neglected, urging farmers to maintain their farm roads for community tone.
Reason for good highways and the road network
The excerpt argues for an intricate road system across the continent to unleash America’s energies. It quotes a presumed President Wilsea stressing that national harmony depends on roads enabling blood and sympathy to flow together. The passage reflects advocacy for infrastructure as a unifying force.
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America
Wilsea
Great Remand for Canadian Land
Reports say a large influx of American settlers will move to the Canadian West in spring. Strong yields and high prices lure farmers. affidavits show several high wheat and oat per acre yields in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Free homestead land and low prices attract new settlers to Mantle toba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Advertisement.
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United States
Canada
G. H. Beatty
Nanton
Alberta
Sidney E. Phillips
Beddeford
Long
Lethbridge
W. Quinn
Milk River
Robert Tackaberry
Nobleford
Boulton
Newell J. Noble
Nancy Coe
Finx
Canadian
Mantletoba
Saskatchewan
Nell Jack Proposal Sparks Threat After Refusal
A man named Nell Jack proposed last night and when refused he threatened to take desperate action. The exchange prompted concern over potential harm and calls for safety by witnesses. Police were alerted but no further details on motive or location were released.
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Nell
Jack
Belle
Two-in-One Life Idea Spawned by Courtship Costs
A reflective remark questions how the notion that two can live cheaply arose. It suggests that such thinking arose from the frugal spending habits tied to the typical courtship.
Cascarets For Sluggish Bowels Ad 10 Cent Box
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a night time cleanse for liver and bowels promising a clear head and sweet stomach by morning. It claims the product removes sour fermenting foods, excess bile, and constipation while stressing it does not gripe children or adults and notes a 10 cent box suffices for months.
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