Fight Club Root in Cabbage Family Crops
A New Jersey agricultural bulletin explains club root, a microscopic parasitic disease affecting cabbage family plants such as cabbage kale turnip radish and more. It warns weeds shepherds purse and hedge mustard spread the disease, advises burning plant residues, destroying infested seedlings, crop rotation avoid planting related crops succession, liming at 75 bushels per acre, and keeping land weed free to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Temperature control and subirrigation in horticulture
The article warns that incubator temperatures must be accurately read and kept near target levels to avoid hatch failures. It notes alarms when temps exceed 110 degrees and praises uniform heat, while advising against excessive variation. It then introduces subirrigation in greenhouses as a successful cultivation method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enceasful
Subirrigation brings even watering to greenhouse beds
The article describes a subirrigation system using a perforated pipe beneath the soil with an overlying tunnel for water, claiming even moisture, reduced soil hardening, less waste, and better growth for parsley spinach lettuce tomatoes and radishes. It cites Ohio station experiments and notes manure spreading saves time in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Station
Blind Girl's Sense of Touch and Boston Tour Gaffe
In a St Nicholas inspired account, Helen Keller’s refined touch is praised as nearly seeing, with quotes likening fingers to eyes and a poet of light within. A Chicago student’s Boston tour misstep prompts a remark on cost, while ads tout Dr. King’s remedies and local dealers in Indiana and Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Keller
Dr. Holmes
Helen
St. Nicholas
Chicago
Boston
Back Bay
Park Street
Boston Transcript
Otto's Cure Promises Quick Cough Relief at Store
An advertisement touts Otto's Cure as an astonishing remedy that halts coughs rapidly for asthma bronchitis consumption and throat lung diseases. It offers a free bottle to prove its effectiveness from a Philadelphia Street store near the railroad. The piece also includes a testimonial praising The Great South American Nervine from Harriet E Hall of Waynetown Indiana and notes Herrick Bros selling it in Indiana Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Philadelphia Street
Baugherty Bros
Harriet E. Hall
Waynetown
Ind
Herrick Bro’s
Indiana
Nervine advertised for nervous diseases in old testimonial ad
An ornate testimonial style advertisement claims Dr Miles Restorative Nervine cures headaches dizziness back pain and nervous disorders. It cites Mrs Jennie C Davis of Westfield Victoria and Mrs John R Miller of Valparaiso Indiana reporting relief and weight gain after using the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie C. Davis
Westfield, Vic
Miles
John R. Miller
Valparaiso
Fnd
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
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Rane
West Virginia
Dr. King
Bucklen
Tom E. Hildebrand
Wm. I. Moore
Homer City
Milt G. Miller
Blairsville
Weary Walker
Puck
Pitcher’s Castoria
Hood
Shelocta
Penn
D. W. Douds
Crooked Creek
Marchand
Indiana County
John Cunningham
Green Township
Adam Black
Robta. McEnos
Clarence Hart
Sano, Rank T
Empfien
Clerk
A. McElhoes
Frank T. Emprrexp
Joseph Nickle
Indiana Co
W. A. Nickle
Mr. Guthrie
J. M. Guthrie
Indiana, Pa
Harry W. Wilson
Thos, Sutton
Wheeler
Fere Ag
North Std St
John B. Steele
Greensburg, Pa
John W. Moore
Dee’d
John McCreary
Harry McCreary
McCreary Coke Company
Graceton, Indiana Co
Elizabeth S. Moore
Greensburg
Elizabeth S. Moores
Harry McCcreary
M. Coke Company
Izabeth
Moore
S.J. Telford
Xecuator's
G. F. Mathews
Lnte
East Wheatfield
G. H. Mathews
Buffington, Pa
Wm. Smith
W. W. Strassler
Smith & Strassler
Horton,Pa
the Atlantic Refining Company
Pittsburgh Department
Pittsburgh, Pa
Standard’ Oil Company
Kvetha
J. F. Barnes
Star Meat Market
Frank Garman
Propr
Philadelphia St
W. D. AnrHory
Peta
New Roller Mill
Moritz Lake
Kittanning—Reynolds House
Apollo—Chambers
Dr. Salm
Tyrone, Pa
Joux Moeninaup
Sale
de Seim
Balun
Salm
Tyrone
Saba
Dosicax
Hilliard, Batler Ca
Box 760
Columbus
Obie
Vogel Bros
Point
Vogel Brothers
Sixth St
Cialty
Rantee Satisfaction. Co
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