Hardy orange and the man who is breeding it
Agricultural note profiles H. J. Webber who heads a Washington plant-breeding lab tasked with creating a hardy orange. Crosses from the Japanese orange with Florida varieties have yielded two promising fruits, the Rusk and an unnamed sort, with the Rusk surviving to North Tennessee and Oklahoma and promising future hardiness pending further development.
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Holiday boys born on varied dates in Riverside region
Semued White of Riverside records several boys born on odd days around holidays. He lists births on February 2 and additional boys born near Washington's Birthday Inauguration Day April 1 and Whankagiing Day plus others around February dates.
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Booths Poultry Farm tops English poultry sector
Gen Booth promotes the Hadleigh poultry farm as England’s largest, selling 18,349 eggs and 1.16 pounds of produce last year. The farm exhibited 1% of birds, winning 2 prizes and claiming sales near 4,000 pounds. Readers are invited to place notices through THIS SUNS Safe column.
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Triumph of American Hen Defies Trust in Iowa Market
A Springfield Republicas report notes a lone hen challenged major butter and poultry firms accused of an egg corner scheme. The scheme allegedly failed for a year as prices and supply shifted, with rumors of markets selling prints in Iowa after large losses.
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Benefit of a Rural Life in Wartime Society
A rural life ideal is praised for its fresh air and wholesome living. It argues city migration harms slums and tenements and that rural environments preserve nature and beauty against urban sprawl and wartime pressures.
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Benny Lannery
Arimg Ok Kepal
Egg Swallowing Record Attempt in Pietermaritzburg
A Pietermaritzburg resident bet an auctioneer to swallow 42 raw firs in ten minutes. He completed it in eight minutes and then offered to swallow 69 raw eyes in three minutes, showcasing an extreme appetite challenge with sensational timing.
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Boy That Needs Watching In Patch Abbotton Alert
A Centralia Missouri Courier item warns about a youth known as Ivy in patches who splits time between the farm and town. He plots to approach banks stores and professionals, raising concern among locals about his intentions and possible theft.
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Centralia
Corsets Forbidden in Roumanian Private Girls Schools
The Roumanian minister of education issued a circular to private girls schools banning corsets. Corsets had already been prohibited in public girls schools on health grounds, reflecting a broader parental and state concern over health and dress.
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Oldest Congregational Minister Edmund Dowse Dead
Rex Edmund Dowse aged 92, long known as the oldest Congregational minister and Amharat college’s oldest living graduate, died in Atherborn Massachusetts. During the Civil War he served as chairman of the Christian commission in the Cumberland expedition.
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Edmund Dowse
Hessian fly outbreak prompts experimental wheat sowings
The U S department of agriculture reports a Hessian fly outbreak spreading from Kentucky and Tennessee toward western states. It aims to study fall sowing dates via 20 experimental plots across ten states to guide farmers on delaying sowing to avoid autumn attacks and reduce losses.
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Privet Shrub Pruning for Ornamental Hedge Appeal
An illustration shows a Califor nia privet pruned into a decorative shrub ideal for curves along borders drives or walks. Hardy across the United States, it forms a neat crown and can be trained into a formal wedge shape, widely used in formal gardens.
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Poison Death in Indiana Lodging House Inquest
Special to the Sun from Salt Lake City details an Indiana inquest into the death of George M. Edi of Maeper. The youth died of suspected morphine use or overdose in a lodging hall. Testimony from Aunt Mrs T M Murper and others cites a murdered former guardian Harper, and an estate valued at MM that would have passed to the decedent at age, with prior family tragedy including the murder of his mother by his father.
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Indiana
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Maeper
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Personal Experience At Commanding A Military Force
A fragment notes Geg. Weoa has had personal experience in leading troops, a claim tied to his command before a unit lost in battle. The Boston Globe reference suggests contemporary discourse on military leadership and fate within wartime events.
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Foston Globe
Nervine Claim Boosts Nerve Energy and Vitality
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine as fuel for nerves, promising restored vitality for fatigue irritability and insomnia. A testimonial from Rosa Weaver of Gillarts Ta describes relief from nervous spells after using seven bottles, with a refund guarantee from Miles Medical Co.
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