Real Germany As It Is Today From War Time Dispatches
One of the New York World editors returns from Germany with Ambassador Girard and shares observations on wartime life. Women fill many jobs, beer is weak, and rationing creates ersatz goods while loyalty to the Fatherland persists. Public life, labor, and economy show strain but spirits remain strong amid shortages and tightened control.
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New York World
Germany
New York
Ambassador Girard
Hershey Press
Gambrinus
Berlin
America
American
Acarce
Philadelphia
Empire
Army
Red Cross
England
Copenhagen
Europe
London
Austria
France
Belgium
Shaggerak
Winter care of roses for harsh winters
The article outlines protection methods for roses in northern regions including mulching with coarse manure straw or leaves, using evergreen boughs as windbreaks and to hold mulch, and wrapping individual plants. It recommends earth banks a foot high, prompt spring removal, and fall pruning to 30 inches to aid covering and winter durability. It also notes climbing roses require less protection, while long fall-pruned stems help mulch retention and renewal growth.
Rector Warns Lad About Toadstools and Mushrooms
A rector tells a boy gathering fungi in the rectory fields to avoid toadstools as they can be easily confused with mushrooms. The boy replies that they will not eat them but will sell them at market.
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Tom
Guernseys Sell High at Langwater Farms Sale
The Langwater Farms sale in Northaston Massachusetts on October 19 sold 75 Guernsey head for 480 625 averaging 1075 each Fifty four cows averaged 1300 and the top price was 4160 for Langwater Dairymaid bought by C J A Whitney of Albany New York The yearling bull Langwater Foremost brought 3000 and set a new high for the breed.
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Guernsey
Langwater Farms
Northaston
Massachusetts
Langwater Dairymaid
C. J. A. Whitney
Albany
New York
Langwater I
The Centipede Pig A Inquiry At Butcher Shop
A young woman visits a butcher and asks about hams from the same pig. The butcher confirms ten hams are on display and she selects three. This quirky anecdote appears in a rural period piece.
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United States
Ocean Depth Versus Land Elevation
The average ocean depth is about 12 000 feet while average land elevation sits around 1 500 feet above sea level.
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Chamberlin
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip CO
Harrisburg
P. B. Edelen
Bell Phone
Havana
J. W. Brenneman
Millersville, Pa
C. S. Maylfair
Hershey
PENNA
B. Curry
Swatara Station
Curry
H. M. Hartz
Insurance and Real Estate
W.main St
Palmyra, PA
Guernseys
Hersheys
Hershey Products
Blue Mountains
Hershey, Pa
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