Types of Chestnut Varieties for Commercial Growing
G A Powell summarizes a series on chestnut types noting American, European, and Japanese chestnuts. American chestnut shows promise for breeding, European types suit Pacific coast, Japanese are ornamental, hardy, and bear early though quality remains an issue. Cold storage research at Kansas State promises new bulletin release.
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United States
G. A. Powell
Promis Tive
Middle Atlantic
Cal- Horniz
California
Pacific Coast States
France
Ridgely
Horticultural Briefs Cover Sessions And Exhibitions
The American Pomological Society will hold its twenty fifth biennial session in Philadelphia September 7 and 8 with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. An international fruit exhibition runs May 17 to 27 in St Petersburg under imperial horticultural auspices. Good progress is noted in fighting the raspberry sawfly with extractive methods. A NY station report tallies over 90 Russian and Asiatic melons and watermelons, but American varieties rank higher in quality. Northern New Hampshire yields four recommended varieties Beauty Clapp's Favorite Zane de Jersey and Vermont Beauty, with Vermont Beauty described as very fine.
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American
Siauluiperial Horticultural Society
St. Petersburg
New York
New Hampshire
Clapp
Zane de
One Way to Beg Money at Leading Hotels
A Chicago Inter Ocean report describes a middle aged, slender man known as a hotel sharp who writes sympathetic letters in hotel lobbies to solicit a dollar from travelers. The beggar uses a misfortune tale to prompt donations, remaining unobtrusive as detectives hunt for the scam artist amid busy hotel waiting rooms.
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Auditorium
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Relief in six hours from kidney and bladder disease
An advertisement touts New Great South American Kidney Cure to swiftly relieve kidney and bladder pain and water retention within six hours. Sold by Herrick Bros. in Indiana Pa, with a brief unrelated note about winter shoes for women and a humorous exchange from the New York Commercial Advertiser.
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Herrick Bros
Indiana
East Side
Tolstoi
Kipling
New York Commercial Advertiser
Armless Editor Aaron Smith Runs Monat Pleasant Times
Aaron Smith, editor and manager of the Monat Pleasant Times in Texas, is the only armless editor in the United States. Despite this, he produces copy rapidly using his feet at the typewriter. Born in Milly County Arkansas, he shows remarkable natural ability, perseverance, and ambition.
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Ana
Aaron Smith
Monat Pleasant
Tex
Times-Review
United States
Mr. Smith
Millery County
Ark
Getting Him to Work in the Basement Yapa Threats
A Chicago Times-Herald fragment reports a conversation about enforcing labor by a parent or guardian. The father notes the boy mows the lawn every few days and warns against breaking the rule. A threat is implied if the boy dares to show the newer device.
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Chicago Times
Harald
Ex-Postmaster Praises Mystic Cure for Rheumatism
F T Anthony of Promise City Iowa testifies he bought a bottle of Mystic Cure for rheumatism and two doses did more good than any medicine he ever took. The product is sold by all druggists in Indiana.
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F. T. Anthony
Promise City
Indiana
Lockard
Indiana County
Indiana, Penn
Kilbourne at Work in Democratic State Convention
Delegates arrive in Zanesville for the Ohio Democratic state convention with plans to choose a new state central committee and a party reorganization panel. McLean supporters claim a slim lead on first ballots while Kilbourne backers push for concessions to Mayor Jones of Toledo and oppose municipal ownership of utilities. General Isaac R. Sherwood touted as McLean candidate for second spot. McLean to attend with about 53 Cincinnati Democrats.
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Zanesville
State Central Committee
Chicago
Bryan
McKinley
Hanna
Columbus
James Kilbourne
Isaac R. Sherwood
Toledo
McLean
Kilbourne
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Duckworth Club
McLean Wien
Friends
Jones
Grain-O Drink Publicized as Coffee Alternative
A Philadelphia North American item touts Grain-O as a delicious nourishing beverage for all ages, claiming it mimics coffee’s taste without its harms. It aids digestion, strengthens nerves, and costs about the same as coffee at 15 and 25 cents.
Lumber from Wilderness battlefield delivered in Philadelphia
Several cargoes of historic lumber have arrived in Philadelphia. The timber was felled and milled on the Wilderness battlefield where Lee and Grant clashed. Minie balls remain visible in some planks where bullets were cut by the saw, leaving discolored and rotten patches that do not compromise the wood.
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Wilderness
Philadelphia
Lee
Grant
Leru
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