Onions and Cabbages for Small Garden Plots
The National Emergency Food Garden Commission urges growing onions and cabbages for high yields. Onions can yield up to 800 bushels per acre commercially, so small beds provide ample supply. Details include planting distances for sets and seeds, hoeing, weed control, and water. Cabbage favors rich soil, early spring planting, and transplanting, with guidance for late crops and seedling management.
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National Emergency Food Garden Commission
United States
England Guarantees Farm Prices Through 1923
English government sets minimum prices for 1917 crop years to spur output. Wheat 1.81 per bushel, oats 1.16, potatoes 0.78. American experts say these levels could set global price floors. Fertilizer top dressing for winter wheat next spring becomes highly profitable as extra bushels appear lucrative.
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England
Parlor Question Sparks Awkward Silence
In a shy moment on a living room sofa, a young woman asks a man what he would do if she turned him down. He remains silent then apologizes, explaining he thought she spoke to the gas, revealing a tense mix of embarrassment and miscommunication.
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Shia
Half the Nation in Church Population Says Carroll Figures
The Epworth Herald summarizes Dr. H K Carroll's religious statistics showing 40,016,789 church members in the United States. Including un enrolled children, church affiliation would push total Christian population well above fifty million while total population hovers near one hundred million. The ten largest denominations list Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Disciples, Episcopal, Congregational, Reformed, and 366,877 for the tenth.
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H. K. Carroll
United States
Epworth
Methodist Weekly
Carroll
Ccc Cue
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Eae
Protestant Episcopal
Congregational
New Paper Milk Bottles From Wood Pulp Debut
A Western inventor unveils a 97 foot long machine capable of producing paper milk bottles directly from wood pulp at 5000 per hour. The process uses mechanical pulp, requires three operators, and completes a bottle in eight minutes with a paraffin finish and dust proof packaging.
Our Greatest Crop Maize Then and Now in America
A historical note extols maize as America's top crop at over 3,000,000,000 bushels annually and 30 per person, discusses its uses from fodder to food, and describes traditional preparations including totopoaltli maize wafers and crlap wafers from whole grain.
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United States
Central
South America
Yucatan
First Steps in Soldiering from Plattsburg Manual
The Plattsburg Manual outlines military discipline and drill as essential for new recruits. It defines the uniform as symbolizing Duty, Honor, and Country and explains how obedience, impersonal corrections, and loss of individual identity within ranks build disciplined soldiers. Army slang and concepts such as line of outguards, supports, and reserve are explained.
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Plattsburg
Joe
K. O
Q. M
Arizona
Fragmented, humorous exchange on expenses and survival
A clipped London style exchange shows Kang asking about meeting expenses and a reply about enduring pay challenges, implying ongoing financial strain. The terse dialogue hints at a social or postal scene, capturing streetwise resilience.
Volunteer Fire Company Charter Notice in Union Deposit
In Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas an application will be made on May 28 1917 at 10 AM under the Corporation Act for the charter of VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OF UNION DEPOSIT to extinguish fires and protect property in Union Deposit and vicinity. The charter is on file in the Prothonotary's Office. W H Earnest, Solicitor.
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Court of Common Pleas
Dauphin County
Volunteer Fire Company OF
Union Deposit
Act of Assembly
Ita
Prothonotary
W. H. Earnest
No Amateur Judge Question In Silly Exchange
A humorously misheard court moment features Raggles asking a judge if he has ever been arrested, with a quip about not looking like a bud jest. The exchange plays on dialect and comic misunderstanding in a courtroom setting.
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Kang
Expenaca
J. C. Nisley
Palmyra, Penna
David Gordon Hershey
John B. Curry
Swatara Station
Curry
Havana
J. W. Brenneman
Millersville, Pa
Hershey
Hershey Company
West Indies
Central America
Mexico
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey, PA
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