Obituary notice about charges clarified
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1921
Page
2
Poultry as a Fortune Builder in the Southeast
H.B. Geer of the Southern Cultivator argues poultry farming offers great profit for the Southeast, citing favorable climate and markets. He notes egg and poultry production boosts household wealth, stresses women drive egg value, and urges investment to expand home-centered farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle South
South Atlantic
United States
H. B. Geer
Frogs and Fish Laws Urged by Ontario Department
Ontario fisheries officials urged to set a prudent frog hunting season. The piece notes Pennsylvania already has such a statute for over a year and discusses aligning close seasons with black bass protections to curb illegal frog fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Fisheries
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Cow Peas for Poultry Feed Encourages Diversified Crops
New England favors white beans but cow peas, a bean, thrive easily and offer a diversified feed option for poultry. The note urges breeders to grow cow peas to enhance poultry sustenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
The Flat of City Dreams Ends in a Silent Phone
A New York woman wakes to find her telephone removed by a landlord order. Telephonists amputate the line as she contemplates moving, only to discover a sunlit dream flat with all amenities and round‑the‑clock service awaiting her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telepone Company
City of
New York
Kerguelen Seen as Likely Site for New Gold Rush
The island midway between the Cape of Good Hope and Australia, known as Kerguelen or the Island of Desolation, emerges as a potential site for a forthcoming gold rush amid its harsh, forbidding terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerguelen
Island of Desolation
Cape of Good Hope
Australia
Special care steps to grow cauliflower
Ohio Experiment Station gardeners detail how to cultivate cauliflower with abundant water, tillage, fertilizers, and insect control. Plantings are two feet apart with drainage tile for uniform watering, and water is kept balanced to prevent overwatering. Apply nitrate of soda at planting and after one month, spread well rotted manure and acid phosphate, then shade heads as they form. Cabbage worms are controlled by pyrethrum spray or dust. Early Snowball and Early Erfurt cited as reliable varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Experiment Station
Erfurt
How to combat worms in corn fields and gardens
Ohio entomologists advise poisoned bran bait for cutworms using syrup and arsenic with bran or meal. Mix 25 35 lb bran with one half lb Paris green or arsenate of lead, add syrup water and citrus, wet to consistency, and scatter in heaps or at plant bases. Also suggested are lime treatments, grass topdressing, and Bordeaux mixture to repel worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cromwell and other greats amused themselves in odd ways
A Kansas City Star piece catalogs eccentric pastimes of famous figures. It lists Cromwell playing blindman's buff with attendants, Richelieu leaping with boys, Goethe keeping a tame snake, Beethoven splashing in cold water, Byron fearing Friday, and Caesar and Aquinas fearing thunder, among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Cardinal Richelieu
Oliver Cromwell
Henri Quatre
Cowper
Dr. Johnson
Goethe
Gray
Fenton
Walter Scott
Spinoza
Anthony Magliabecchi
Tuscany
Samuel Clarke
Leared Petavius
Tycho Brahe
Cleveland
Paley
Louis XVI
Salvator Rosa
Rome
Charles II
St. James’ Park
Shelley
Goldsmith
Montaine
Byron
Voltaire
Hobbes
Rousseau
Samuel Romity
Caesar
Sir Thomas Aquinas
Queen Elizabeth
Talleyrand
Mareha Saxe
Growth of Finger Nails and Hair Thickness Variations
A Japanese scientist studies how health affects nail growth and hair thickness. He notes that poor health reduces hair thickness and that variations are more pronounced in coarse-haired races. If hair had never been cut, its condition could reflect an individual's life history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
The Great Chicago Fire, on October 8 and 9, 1871, burned about three and a half square miles. It destroyed 17,460 buildings, killed 266 people, left 98,500 homeless, and caused losses near 200 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tance
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