New South Wales Farms Offer Scientific Farming Training
The New South Wales government runs many Experiment Farms to train beginners and advance agricultural knowledge. Hawkesbury Agricultural College at Richmond hosts 300 students in a two year program covering chemistry botany and practical farming skills. Other farms along the Clarence River and irrigation districts specialize in sheep dairy grasses fruit wheat breeding and pig raising. The program promotes farming as a profession and links farmers to the latest experimental agriculture work. New South Wales Information Bureau 149 Broadway New York City.
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New South Wales
Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Richmond
Sydney
Itg
Grafton
Clarence River
New South Wales Information Bureau
Broadway
New York City
Hoarding and Wasting Message from Reformed Church
The Reformed Church Messenger urges thrift and faithful stewardship warning that hoarding gives way to woe and wasting goods harms God’s work. It calls economy as essential virtue and faithfulness as proof in handling the world’s wealth.
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Reformed Church
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Rich Fadeless Color
An advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes with simple directions usable on wool, silk, linen, cotton, or blends. It claims guaranteed perfect results for every user, even first-timers, and notes a druggist color card option.
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Ady
Impossible Triple Role Sparks Theatrical Row
A road show manager assigns three roles to actor Wellington in The Silent Foe Henderson Uncle Bill and the Spider. Wellington insists the demand is impossible since Henderson and the Spider fight in the third act and Uncle Bill intervenes. The exchange highlights the absurdity of one performer playing three parts simultaneously.
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Wellington
Henderson
Uncle Bill
the Spider
Spider
Bill
When you were in Rome did you visit the Colosseum
Mr. Filmhound recalls planning to see Rome's Colosseum but says it had been closed for repairs for several years, so he chose to skip it and attend the live up to date picture houses instead.
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Miss Quizzer
Rome
Colosseum
Filmhound
Appendicitis Mention Sparks Straphanger Politeness
A transit car conversation shows two polite riders apologizing for bumping into each other. One explains he recently had an appendectomy and turns his left side toward the other’s elbow during the sway.
Stomach Health Restored by Emulsion, Four Doctors Troubled
Mrs. Mary Hendricks credits Mills Emulsion with restoring her health after five months of stomach and bowel illness. After two days she sat up in bed. two weeks later she did her own work. From 7 pounds to 19 pounds, she improved while four doctors had given up. The ad promotes Milks Emulsion as a palatable digestive aid with a money back guarantee.
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Litchfield Road
Owensboro
Milke Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
Adv
The Bare Truth Ballad of Finery and Bath
A witty aside questions where a woman would be without finery, noting she would presumably be in her bath. The playful line points to social vanity and gendered expectations in a light verse tone.
Women Readers Urged to Check Kidney Trouble with Swamp-Root
Thousands of women suffer undiagnosed kidney or bladder problems. The ad claims Swamp Root restores kidney health and offers a sample bottle for ten cents by mail from Dr. Kilmer and Co. Binghamton NY with purchase options at drug stores.
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M.timerlin
Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman
Texas
Visitor and Soldier Exchange Horse Bite Anecdote
A playful exchange recalls a soldier's longest period without being bitten by a horse after a hospital stay from being kicked. The banter highlights horses and military life with a touch of humor.
Allen's Foots Ease advertised for sore feet
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foots Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes and sprinkle in foot baths to prevent blisters relieve painful feet and bunions and ease break in of new shoes as endorsed by the Platteburg Camp Manual for trainees.
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Allen
Platteburg
Baboon Trained as Shepherd Reveals Noted Bond
A correspondent notes in the Atlantic Monthly that baboons can be trained as shepherds. A baboon cared for a motherless Kafir infant for over two years and another observer found a baboon in charge of several hundred sheep, guarding them eagerly. The animal’s only fault was panicked by distant baboon calls and hurried the flock home.
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W. C. Scully
Atlantic Monthly
Cranberries of Cape Cod Lead World in Yield
The Cape Cod district in Massachusetts produces the best-known cranberry section with an average yield of 30 barrels per acre. A light, humorous aside notes the mosquito sings sweetest just before presenting its bill.
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Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Indiana Happenings Highlight Statewide Trends
Fort Wayne banks see deposits rise by 4.5 million in the past year. Vermilion county votes 1,100 in favor of Clinton hospital project. Indiana churches and civic groups prepare for meetings in Indianapolis and Elkhart.
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Fort Wayne
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Marshall
Indianapolis
Indiana Conference of the Congregational Church
Montgomery County
Karl C. James
Vermilion County
Clinton
Gary Physicians
Ruth Harriet Windlad
Ephran Windlad
Huntington County
Clifford Funderburg
Tippecanoe
Purdue University Union Memorial
Penal Ah
Goodrich
Emma W. Wilson
Ja Sper
Rebekah Assembly
Police
Adjt
Harry B. Smith
Indiana
National Guard
House
Army
Guard
The
Churches of Christ of Indiana
Tipton
State Board
Vincennes
State Brotherhood
D. S. Shields
Kokomo
Roy Deadman
Lebanon
E. H. Clifford
Mount Vernon
Indiana Woman's Association of Commerce
Terre Haute
Emma May
Julia A.mcandrew
Mary Torrence
Muncie
Ida O. Miller
Anna Steinmehl
Snider
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Farmers’ Building and Loan Association
Evansville
Fredirected Treatment for Vermin in Poultry Houses
Poultry specialists advise a five to six hour outside period for birds then a sulfur and kerosene or wood alcohol fumigation inside. Close openings, burn kerosene saturated shavings in a central vessel, vent fumes after, dust birds with powder or tobacco dust, repeat weekly to exterminate eggs. Prevent introduction of lice by screening new birds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Incubation Of Turkey Eggs And Hatch Rates
The incubation period for turkey eggs is four weeks. About half of the eggs hatch, yielding roughly seven poults per turkey hen. Major losses come from exposure to dampness and cold, improper feeding, confinement, lice, predators, and weak parent stock.
Surplus Fowls Prove Profitable to Farmers
Farmers find profit in market eggs but surplus males and overgrown hens add another income stream. The article notes these birds as an extra source of revenue for poultry operations.
Geese Prove Strong Foragers In Free Range Flocks
Geese are efficient foragers even as youngsters and will supplement their ration by grazing on grass vegetables and other growths. They consume grass greens and earthworms, making free range farming more productive.
Fruit for Poultry Yard Selection Tips
Guidance recommends choosing fruit varieties that perform well in the local area for use in poultry yards rather than trying untested varieties.
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Poultry Yard
Hat costing 35 beans shows meaning behind phrase
The speaker reveals that when she says a “cheap little thing” she means a hat priced at 35 beans, indicating modest value and no grand gesture.
Aspirin Introduced by Bayer in 1900
The Bayer cross marks Bayer Tablets of Aspirin sold for colds headaches neuralgia toothache earache rheumatism lumbago neuritis and general pain. Each tin box holds 12 tablets and costs only a few cents with larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Amateur demands leading role ends as banana in scene
Swampton Dramatic Society hires a London pro to stage a show. An ambitious amateur quarrels over casting and is told his part is to be the first banana in the fruit market scene, prompting comic rights and a lesson in humility.
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Swampton Dramatic Society
London
Measuring Time Learn To Tell Minutes By An Inch To Twelve
Ernest learns clock reading as the minute hand still puzzles him. When the minute hand points to five minutes of 12, Jym responds that it is "an inch to 12" showing a child’s misinterpretation of time. The exchange highlights early childhood grasp of analog clocks.
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Ernest
Jym
Quote on talk and strength from a timeless view
A reflective line compares communication to release and restraint. It declares that some men resist talk as others resist quitting, and that gentleness can be as powerful as force and strength can be expressed with restraint.
The Way of it
A dialogue about marriage patience and fidelity where one partner accepts a husband's long absences while seeking patience for his shortcomings in a light, witty exchange.
Chinese Hold Hill Sacred in Ming Dynasty Legend
A Ming era Buddhist priest Pa Men visited Huang Shan in South Anhui and sought royal funds to transform it into a sacred mountain. A brass pagoda for the Thousand Gods temple and the Purple Sand temple later became the Merciful Light hall as hundreds of priests flocked to the area. Roads climbed to major peaks and temples rose above perennial springs.
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Pa Men
Huang Shan
Anhui Hills
Peking
The Milk Bottle Only
The Skagit County Times cites a quotation from the Boston Transcript asserting youth preparation for the life ahead. The citation frames a national concern with civic duty and social guidance in a brief editorial note.
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Skagit County
Boston Transcript
Nothing new under the sun on prices of goods
A terse reflection notes there is no novelty in cost of living beyond current prices for essentials. It implies a watchful view that only those with honest money can secure quality goods, while praising prudence in spending.
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