Greatest American Farmer Explains Soil Fertilization
Summer Rev. J. D. Detrich, dairy farmer and oil physiologist, discusses soil preparation on a Bryn Mawr farm. He advocates thorough tillage, minimal commercial fertilizers, use of humus and daily manure returned to fields, and explains yields from a 2 acre field and a 340 acre reclamation. The piece previews a final article on farming as a business and a model barn design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal. D. Banks
Bryn Mawr
J. D. Detrich
Detrich
Oull
Philadelphia
Century-Old Worcester Woman Praises Hard Work
Special to The Sun Worcester Mass September 11 Mrs Joanna Harper Brown marks her 105th birthday with a lecture on hard work as the key to longevity She urges youths to labor instead of relying on elders and warns against worry The Montreal born centenarian traveled to Massachusetts by wagon and on horseback lives with her daughter on Lake Street Her family includes eight children nine descendants attended the birthday Five generations were represented and she still reads without glasses and climbs stairs daily
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Johanna Harper Brown
Mrs. Brown
Brown
Buttered Up For Scraps In Hard Times
In a cramped home amid rising costs a couple laments scarce food and soaring prices. The man earns 35 dollars weekly, another 12, yet even crumbs and bird seed vanish as hunger tightens. Mice die from starvation as they chase a meager meal, the pair dreaming of wings and a square bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant
Devil
Altoona Lunchroom Opens to Soothe Hungry Children
In Altoona Pennsylvania an epidemic of dyspepsia among schoolchildren prompted parents to establish a lunchroom. Many pupils arrive at school hungry, and officials hope a midday meal will ease irritability and improve behavior in class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Banana Monopolies Accused Of Cornering Banana Market
United Fruit Company faces charges of monopoly tactics aiming to curb rivals and raise food prices. Officials consider investigating high food prices as the Boston‑based firm, under New Jersey charter, expands influence through the Fruit Dispatch unit. Planters report offers up to 1.45 a bunch, while retail prices stay high with no immediate price rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Waldeck
New York
Sept. Il
United Fruit Company
New Jersey
Boston
Andrew W. Preston
Ten Fruit and Land Companies
One Steamship Company
Mrs Florence Kelley to investigate Pittsburg working conditions
Mrs Florence Kelley of the Consumers' League of New York will spend a month in Pittsburg examining the conditions of working women and child labor in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kelley
The
Coupurers' League of New York
Pittsburg
The Rocky Mountain mineral cabinet nostalgia
The writer recalls the once popular Rocky Mountain mineral cabinet mail order fad. A pasteboard tray with labeled ore and mineral fragments offered beginners a portable educational collection, once highly sought by boys and enthusiasts, though now less common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
United States
A. N. Oldgigh
Haeckel Declares Man an Evoluted Ape
Ernst Haeckel, eminent German philosopher, reasserts Darwinian principles in a public statement declaring that man is an evoluted ape. The author is widely known for his scientific and philosophical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Haeckel
All the World Alike in Women's Work Across Nations
An American woman writing in the London Telegraph notes about half a million farm laboring women in the United States and contrasts U S attitudes. She observes one in five American women earns her own living, yet the nation is deemed chivalrous and sympathetic to foreign women who must work in their own contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
United States
Europe
Sand
The Chief Has Retired from Pittsburg Leader
Special to The Sun Pittsburg Pa Sept 11 John N Hazlett city editor of the Pittsburg Leader for 49 years resigns and retires from active newspaper work The Chief is said to be the oldest living city editor in America in continuous service His retirement aims to preserve health and vitality not illness
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the Sun
Pittsburg
John N. Hazlett
Hazlett
America
Notices of liquor licenses across Indianapolis wards
Notices from multiple residents in Center township Marion county Indiana announcing applications to the Board of County Commissioners for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. Addresses span South Meridian Street West Washington Street Hillside Avenue East Street and other parcels. pool table privileges requested in the same rooms. Names include John Bernhart Ulysses Grant Reed Albert Blackwell and Pault Bernhardt.
American duchess hosts prince and princess visit
Miss May Goelet, duchess of Roxburghe, an American socialite, will soon entertain the prince and princess of Wales at her husband’s estate. Reports say she spent a million dollars improving the estate, and the royal visit may be part of her reward.
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Duchess of
Ballooning Mrs Fleishman’s Polar Honeymoon Trips
Mrs Max Fleishman wife of Cincinnati millionaire has pursued ballooning adventures after marriage. She honeymooned in polar regions then Africa and now makes long balloon trips across several states while promoting Indiana as the greatest state in the union. Redan Scrap priced at 3 ounces for 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Fleishman
Cincinnati
Polar
Africa
Indiana
Union
Application for License in Marion County Indiana 1907
The subscriber in Twelfth ward Center township will apply to the Board of Commissioners at the October term 1907 for a license to sell intoxicating vinous malt liquors in quantities over five gallons. The sale and drinking room measures 20 by 50 feet and is located on Virginia avenue in a one story frame building in H F Smith's subdivision. The property sits in square 64 city Indianapolis ward 12 No 2 Virginia avenue. Fred Basemann.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
East St. Clair Street
Penn & Indianapolis Railroad Company
Indianapolis
Thomas J. Long
Nereby
Citizone
Board of Commissioners
State of
East Tenth Street
George F. Pearns
Albert E. Fletcher
Ralph Stubbs
Centar
Meridian Street
McCarty
Alley Apevileres
Ohn Bernhart
Washington Street
Blake and Ray
Ulysses Grant Reed
Hillside Avenue
Twentieth Street
Cooper and Pickens
Marion Conunty
Albert Blackwell
Ship
Marion Conty
Muenter
Outlet Seventeen
Seidensticker & Naltner
Ilinois Street
Illinois
South Streets
Blake's
Peter Ivory
Miley Avenue
New York Street
Kentucky Avenue
Weigand
Virginia Avenue
H. F. Smith
Fred Basemann
Martin Collins
Inana
Morris Street
Davis and Nordyke
West
Jas. W. Cline
Hertby
Walnut Street
Fatout
Commissioners
Perry Porter
Millipans Park Front
Indianazpoli
Theodore Bauer
Fifteenth Street
C. St. John West
Thomas W. Mason
Crane & Wasson
Ridenour
East
William R. Seit
Indieana
Capitol Avenue
McKernan
M. T. Boylen
Peru & Indianapolis Railroad Company
Est
Morris Streets
Tadleus Pols
John J. Giesen
Keystone Avenue
Nebraska Street
C. M. Cooper
Pleasant Park
George J. Tacoma
A. M. Ogie
Delaware Street
Delaware and
Pearl Streets
John Cain
Mawson County
Massachusetts Avenue
J. Wood
John Hahn
F. W. T. Et al
Virginian Avenue
ED Linton
Brown
Frank Street
Henry Egelhoff
License Applications to Sell Liquor in Indianapolis
Notices from multiple residents across wards 3 9 12 and 13 of Center Township Marion County Indiana applying at the October 1907 board term for licenses to sell intoxicating vinous malt and other liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking privileges. Locations include 462 West Fifteenth Street 1510 East Washington Street 540 Capitol Avenue 433 West Morris Street 331 East Park addition and other described parcels with pool table privileges requested in some cases.
Liquor License Bid in Indianapolis Ward Eleven
John Cain seeks license in Center township at 3 South Delaware Street Indianapolis to sell intoxicating malt liquor in a room 18 by 45 feet with on premises drinking and to apply for pool table and restaurant privileges in same room. October term 1907 notice to the board of liquor license.
Seventh Ward License Request in Indianapolis Details
John Hahn applies to Marion County Board of Commissioners at the October 1907 term for a license to sell intoxicants in a room on Massachusetts Avenue Indianapolis Center Township. The business occupies a ground floor room with two doors, within blocks 46 and 47, part of outblock 23. He also seeks notice for a pool table.
Notice of liquor license at 72 Madison Avenue
The owner announces to residents of Twelfth ward Center township an October term license request to sell intoxicating malt and spirituous liquors in a 20 by 35 foot room on the first floor of a two story brick building fronting Madison avenue. The space is lot No. 1 in McCarty's subdivision. The applicant also seeks pool table privileges in the same room. Charles Lawler.
Licenses Sought To Sell Alcohol In Marion County Indiana
Two notices from ward eleven and ward thirteen in Center township Indiana state applications to the Board of County Commissioners in their October 1907 term. Ed Linton seeks a license to sell intoxicants in a room on Virginia Avenue with portable privileges. Henry Egelhoff seeks a license to sell intoxicants in a room on Meridian Street at the corner of Frank Street plus a pool table license.
Sun offers free want ads for housework seekers
The Sun invites readers to post free want columns for housework. Ten words will be inserted at no charge to match a girl seeking domestic work.
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Vilage
Handy Andy
Fly
Dodgastt
Ing Company
Standard Oil Methods
Combine
Fruit Dispatch Company
Canada
England
A. J. Yawger Coal CO
North
Haeckel
F. G. Barry
Madison Avenue
Outpet 114
Charles Lawler
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