Waste In State Runs Into Millions As Years Go By
North Carolina farmers waste millions yearly on manure with chemicals worth 80 to 90 dollars per animal year. Lucas cites 385000 horses and mules, 700900 cattle, and 1,550,000 hogs and sheep, with total manure value near 100 million dollars. Poor bedding, weathered piles, and underutilization waste nutrients, costing farmers potential crop gains and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
John Paul Laucas
State Food
Mr. Lucas
Mail for United States soldiers at the front
Official guidance from the Post Office Department outlines mailing rules for U S soldiers abroad. Letters and parcels to the American Expeditionary Force may use domestic rates with sender and recipient addresses, parcel post at twelve cents per pound up to twenty pounds, and money orders at domestic rates. Magazines require the official authorization scent stamp and must be unwrapped and unaddressed.
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United States
Post Office Department
John Smith, Jr
OM Mitcies Infantry
American Expeditionary Force
Europe
Pirates Lose Their Fearsome Edge in Baseball Era
A nostalgic look at the Pirates once feared in the National League, now seen as tame. The piece notes past dominance by Bezdek’s squad, shifting fortunes, and rival teams like the Reds Indians and Browns, with references to scouting by Germany Schaefer and upcoming World Series implications.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburghers
Pittsburgh
Somesylvania
Monogahela
Pirates
Bezdek
Brotherhood
Cleveland Indians
Babe Ruth
Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Browns
Athletics
Germany Schaefer
Giants
Germany
Kansas City Blues
K. C. American Association
Reb Russell
White Sox
Chicago
Cubs
Florida
Braves
Your Watch and the Sun
The passage explains a method using a watch to estimate sunrise by noting sunset and drawing an imaginary line across the dial. The opposite point indicates the sunrise time, with examples showing how sunset at different hours yields corresponding sunrise times the next morning.
Bavarian royal curse blamed for German reverses in Flanders
A wartime analysis blames misfortune and Bavarian royal family curse for German setbacks in Flanders. It traces alleged Bavarian ill luck from Ludwig II through Otto and Luitpold to Prince Ruprecht, noting family tragedies and a doomed marriage, amid high wartime pressure.
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Wrier
Hluck
Bavaria
Rupprecht Havaria
Somme
Rupprecht
Europe
Ludwig II
Ludwig
Otto
Luitpold
Flanders
Germany
Gabrielle
Florence
Sorrento
Italy
Luitpeld
Irmingard
Justices Bible—Small Oxford Volume in Supreme Court
A compact Oxford 1799 Bible serves all oaths and pledges before the U S Supreme Court. Since 1800 it has witnessed countless ceremonies, with occasional leather covers added to preserve its red morocco binding. The five and a half by three and a half inch volume, once among 20 000 imported by Congress, has always been kept by the court clerk.
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United States Supreme Court
Congress
Republic
Oxford
Supreme Court
Christian Herald
Tribute to a Dog and Its Noble Qualities
A Victorian style tribute extols dogs as capable of anger, love, grief, pride, courage, and memory. The essay praises their memory, judgment, and loyalty to humans, calling them companions of old folks, guardians of children, and true servants of man. It cites William Wood in the Philadelphia Ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wood
Philadelphia Ledger
First Sleeping Cars On Cumberland Valley Railroad
The first sleeping cars were used on the Cumberland Valley railroad between Harrisburg and Chambersburg Pennsylvania in 1838. One end carried day seats while the other end housed 18 sleeping berths that could be converted to omnibus seats. Berths included three levels with top and middle tiers hoisted to the ceiling and rope supported. No extra charge for sleeping accommodations.
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Cumberland Valley
Harrisburg
Chambersburg
Philadelphia
Tie means well and say no more
A brief quoted exchange contrasts social restraint with blunt wit as a narrator muses on fame and truth in the spirit of Poe.
Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad From Mann Drug Co
To Prevent Self-Poisoning Bewels clogged with waste matter on the whole system Foley Cathartic Tablets work gently but surely do not gripe or cause nausea. Recommended for indigestion constipation sick headache bloating biliousness sour stomach gas on stomach casted tongue bad breath or other conditions caused by disordered digestion. Mann Drug Co.
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Mann Drug Co
The Mattys Road Trip Highlights Reds Odd Home Form
Mortgage sale notice details a property in Mechanicsville tied to Elisha and Edna King. The foreclosure secures a note under a 1915 mortgage, with sale at 2 PM September 1, 1917, in front of J. W. Montgomery's store to the highest cash bidder.
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Mattys
Cincinnati Reds
J. W. Montgomery
Mechanicsville
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Burleson
A. S. Burleson
Daniels
Nathan Traus
Washington
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Solace
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Abram Flexner
Nathan Straus
Ahn
Teutons
Bert
Little Rudolph
Bible of the Supreme Court
Poe
White Sulphur Springs
Mt. Airy, N. C
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Mt. Airy
Mt.Airy White Sulphur Springs
Joe Gwynn
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
N. Y
Elisha King
Edna King
J. W. Hedgecock
Mortgagee
Hayworth Mineral Water
Frank P. Drane
Hayworth Mineral Springs
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