Lemon oil and world concerns from a bygone issue
Italian lemon oil production is described with two and three piece methods and limited machine use in Calabria. Political tension rises as Guatemala's President Cabrera faces palace danger and Paris fears Louvre fire hazards. Snakes, trees, and fruit crops feature in other notes while Manila geology reports flag modest early mining potential.
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Sicily
Calabria
Cabrera
Guatemala
Europe
Guatemala City
Alpine Club list shows 1907 fatal accidents and mountaineering toll
The Alpine Club reports 1907 fatalities among its members and tourists with four deaths on high mountains, two without guides. Edible wild edelweiss gathering claims several victims, while no guides or porters died. The entry also notes large public school spending in major cities and migration figures.
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Philippines
Hwlee ‘Alpine Clube
Edelwelsa
Unclear notice from Wester monthly manga issue
Fragmentary text appears to announce a general BurDog old Mas received in the year 10 on the first day of December. It offers return options for any Busher with a preceding wound or lamp before the date. The legibility is poor and names or precise details are not recoverable.
Stall Fed Horses Demand Drives High Condition in Industry
The Chicago Drivers Journal notes dealers cater to demand for high condition in commercial and industrial horses. Stall feeding profits depend on feed costs, with last year’s draft market highs at $390 to $520 and average gains around three pounds daily. The industry, centered in Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania, expects growth as industrial activity recovers despite current low mood and high feed costs.
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Chicago Drovers’ Journal
Commission
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Whole Oats Best for Horses
Analysis from horse experts favors whole oats for healthy horses. Crushing oats is advised only if teeth are worn, a horse bolts feed, or foals with undeveloped mastication require crushed oats. Freshness matters as crushed oats quickly go stale and lose palatability.
Drying seed corn with hanging boards and nails
An Iowa reader shares a seed corn drying method using a wooden strip with a hooked wire and evenly spaced nails. Twenty to forty ears hang along the strip, allowing free air flow for drying. The system can be suspended overhead and later used for seed testing, aiding tracking of ears used in testing, and is favored for its compactness versus shelves.
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Iowa
Wallaces
Advice for breeders and hog care from an old farmer pamphlet
The article advises selecting broad headed sows with strong eye and body, warns about cotton seed meal for pigs, and prescribes feed limits of half a pound daily for young pigs and one pound for adults. It discusses causes of hairless preborn hogs, recommends protein rich feeds, skimmed milk with tubers, and suggests milking and turpentine mixes for young pig remedies. It also notes letting sows forage green corn, managing breeding stock, and cautions against disturbing neighbors' hogs while preventing disease with careful feeding and housing.
Preventing Hog Cholera in the Corn Belt
Hog cholera is rising in parts of the corn belt and farmers should take precautions. The Kansas station advises covering hog feed, disinfecting footwear, quarantining new hogs for two to three weeks, burning carcasses, and thorough disinfection of pens. Keep hogs from streams fed by other farms and use lime around barns.
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Corn Belt
Pittsburg
Kansas
Silage Preservation and Hog Weight Gains Advice
A Canadian farmer shares silage preservation tips to cut waste in silos and notes a two inch surface layer of clover chaff dampened with salt brine keeps silage fresh. The article also discusses hog growth efficiency, stating a 200 pound animal in the shortest time is most profitable regardless of breed.
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Jane
Ile
Stock Cullings and Proper Care on the Farm
On farm stock management, feeding and breeding basics are discussed. Emphasis on selecting quality brood animals, proper nutrition for sows and foals, the benefits of selling good stock, and the need for daily exercise for growing animals to ensure strong development and profitability.
Noted Romanian Home For The Blind Publishes Work
The Home for the Blind at Bucharest, founded by Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, issued a photograph and message approved by the queen to inform the American public of the work done and the need for assistance. The manager cites the queen as a well known author.
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the Hind
Bucharest
Queen Elizabeth
Moumania
Anandal Wanlstance
Roumania
Queen Elizabeth OF
Institution For the Blind
Carmen Bylva's blind institution in Bucharest offers shelter and craft work
Founded about two years ago to aid the poor deprived of light, the institute in Bucharest houses 160 blind residents and their families. It provides life-long asylum under queenly protection across seven religions and languages, including Esperanto, with 12 workshops supporting crafts.
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Carmen Bylva
Bucharest
Proud Of Skill In Embroidery
A rural essay extols female pride in embroidery over similar pursuits, urging high standards, patience, and practice. It warns against rushing, stresses material knowledge, correct threading, and even tension to produce creditable or exquisite results in fine lingerie and household linens.
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Golf
Elie
Atuil
Mont
From the Spice Box to Harper’s Mazar Dialogues
A compact compilation of quirky dialogues and captions from Harper’s style pieces, featuring marital banter about space in a tiny flat, Irish town life, cooks sought by a Mrs. Jett, and a mountain summer scene with a collie. The snippets present humorous exchanges and social glimpses through dated voice and rhythm.
Gases to Rig burglars in safe defense device
A chemical firm has devised a grenade like receptacle filled with multiple chemicals. When a safe is blown or forced open, the grenade releases fumes that render breathing difficult and force nearby people to retreat. Effects last from six to ten hours depending on the mixture and placement behind the lock mechanism. The device is described as a compact two inch by five inch cylinder.
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Tta
Future Woman Will Be More Beautiful
London special reports Mme. Melba predicts future women's beauty will refine and gain intelligence. She foresees elimination of freak fashions, harmony in dress and manner, and a stronger home life as women gain freedom.
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London
Mme. Melba
Drews
Ife
Bright Girl Clever Christmas Gift Idea
A inventive girl with limited funds crafts a novel set of protective Xmas plate coasters. She cuts red felt into circles sized to fit dinner tea and bread plates, with pinked outer rims and stacked in a tied bundle using holly ribbon for an artful, practical gift for married friends.
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Inter Mountain Globe
H. H. Gunderson
Ed. and Pub
Hulett
Crook County
Wyoming
Paris
Louvre
M. Homolie
Rubens
Murillo
Velasquez
Holbein
Jackson. Miss
Coahoma County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Monroe
Michigan
Penn
Philadelphia
Bureau of Science
Manila
Warren D. Smith
Division of Geology and Mines
New York City
Bee Ee
Boston
United Minion
Aple
Ghore
America
Carmen Sylva
Harper's Mazar
Harper's’ Hagar
Bridget O'Flynn
Sire
Parke
Lane
Twan
Harry
Melba
Bright Girl
Aurnreb
Mistery
Ales
Beak
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