Winter sprays for fruit trees outlined by Clemson expert
Entomologist Dr. F H Lathrop of Clemson College outlines dormant and spring spray options for fruit trees. Lime sulfur serves as insecticide and fungicide, while oil sprays offer San Jose scale control but require caution and proper emulsification. Application timing matters for apples pears and peaches to avoid tree injury and maximize pest control.
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F. H. Lathrop
Clemson College
South Carolina
San Jose
Baldwin Apple Strains Tested Across U S Environments
A 1911 Geneva New York experiment planted 84 Baldwin apple trees from 40 locations to test for distinct strains arising from different environments. After bearing, all trees produced fruit similar in size color season and quality. Researchers conclude strains may exist but not necessarily due to environmental differences.
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United States
New York State Agricultural Experimentitation
Geneva
Begin Pruning Work In Orchard Report
The orchard owner should start pruning due to no hope for a peach crop. Trees should be cut back and thinned to prepare for another crop. Remove all dead wood from the apple orchard and cut out interfering branches. Prune heavy branches now. Get spray machinery ready and arrange wine sulphur and copper sulphate supplies.
Coffee Smelters in 1781 German Prohibition
In 1781 Germany only rich license holders could drink coffee and deputies enforced the rule by following the roasting smell to catch unpermitted drinkers. The deputies were hated by the public and nicknamed coffee smelters by the indignant populace.
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Germany
Scientists May Claim Improvement on Nature
Scientists discuss potential advances in energy and materials. Experiments may enable vaporized high temperature fuels to power large plants, with hot vapors condensed to generate steam. The century sees chemical progress, artificial silk from wood pulp, and weed-suppressing paper aiding sugar cane cultivation.
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Harrison KH. Howe
Getting Into Scrape Across Time and Meaning
The phrase get into a scrape traces to 1709 with Richard Steele and The Tatler. It may derive from scraping through a narrow passage or from a bird lure called a scrape used in cold weather. Berkshire words note two scrapes: a collapsing door trap and a corn lure. historical dictionaries describe scrapes as chaff or corn mulled to entice birds. The idiom now means awkward or troublesome predicaments.
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Richard Steele
Tatler
Lowsley
Berkshire
Worlidge
Barratt's Chapel and Early American Methodism
In Kent county Delaware around 1780 the first United States Methodist church Barratt's chapel was built on land deeded by Philip Barratt. In 1774 Bishop Coke met Bishop Asbury here, launching plans to spread Methodism nationwide. early ministers included Richard Owen and the famed Joshua Thomas who preached along the Chesapeake by boat to island fishermen.
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United States
Kent County
Delaware
Barratt's
Philip Barratt
Murderhill Hundred
Thomas Coke
Methodist Church
Francis Asbury
America
Episcopal Office
Richard Owen
Maryland
Joshua Thomas
Chesapeake
Ancient Catholic Chapel Traditions Revealed at East Hendred
The East Hendred estate near Abingdon preserves a private thirteenth century chapel where the Eyston family has worshiped for centuries with a lamp said to have burned for a thousand years. Protestant services were never held there and Cromwellian troops left the chapel intact.
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Baddesley Clinton
England
East Hendred House
Abingdon
Eyston
Cromwell
East Hendred
Conscience Guides Witness in Bribery Probe
A witness at a royal commission probing alleged election bribery testified that he received 25 to vote Conservative and 25 to vote Liberal. When asked about his final vote he replied he voted according to his conscience, prompting incredulous remarks from Mr Justice Matthew.
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Matthew
Vancouver Province
Honor System Proposed in Eastern Penitentiary
In a large eastern penitentiary the honor system was proposed and put to a vote by prisoners. A tough citizen asked Muley if he voted for the honor system, to which he replied he voted four times. Jackson Gazette.
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Muley
Jackson Gazette
What Else Was There for Millicent to Do
Millicent Gray bursts home with news that Robert and a boy named Tones built a kerosene fire behind the chicken coop. She helped them and was questioned by their mother about how the kerosene was obtained, implying she aided the project.
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Millicent
Mrs. Gray
Robert
Jones Boy
Gratitude Beyond Knowledge From Filipino Student Letter
A Filipino boy who studied English in a Hawaiian night school writes to a white benefactor who sent pictures and a shirt. He thanks the friend for health, the gift, and prayers, expressing joy and a resolve to remember and honor the support, noting divine protection over him and his sister.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Names for Nautical Fare in Sailor Lingo of the Sea
The piece explains naval terms for food in the 19th century. Salt beef and its nicknames junk old horse salt junk fed sailors with rum and weather. Lobscouse stars as a dish with salt beef biscuits and potatoes. Cold fish and potatoes called twice laid. Dried peas pudding wrapped in cloth known as dogs body. Hard ship biscuits called hardtack and soft tack for bread.
Elizabeth Plays Telephone Bath Time Prank
Three year old Elizabeth loves make believe games especially telephones. Her grandmother, trying to guide bath time, pretends to call Elizabeth and says it is time for a bath. Elizabeth happily answers then mockingly declares a wrong number as she drops the toy receiver.
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Elizabeth
Grandmother
Made Lonely Journey A Woman Farmer Survives Desert Trials
Mrs. Ida Francis of South Africa proved British women settlers can endure hardship as she drove her cattle 400 miles across the Kalahari desert to her son's farm after a cyclone and floods devastated her farm. She faced dried water holes and occasional rifle threats but persevered to move nearly all her charges to safety.
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South Africa
Ida Francis
Kalahari
Hans
Only Real Growth in Mind and Heart
A compact reflection on growth contrasting hollow swelling with true inner development of mind heart and soul. The piece argues real growth comes from character over mere outward gain, noting that money often inflates ego more than it educates or enlarges the person.
Moslem Holy Period Ramadan Observed in Ninth Month
Ramadan marks the ninth month of the Moslem year 685 A.D. with a daily fast from dawn to sunset in commemoration of Mohammed's first revelation. It begins with the new moon and ends before the great festival of Eid al Fitr, enforcing strict abstinence from eating drinking bathing smoking and even saliva.
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Mohammed
Bairam
Wild creatures die fast when captives
A Bronx zoo report notes monthly animal deaths across taxa with the worst toll on birds and mammals. Costs of upkeep range from 25 cents for a box tortoise to 900 for Gelada baboons. Despite rising curator skill, mortality remains high, with twelve mammals, three reptiles, and fifty birds dying in one month.
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New York Times
Bronx Zoological Park
Many Poisonous Fishes Reported in Philippines
Dr. Albert M. Herre of the Manila Bureau of Science says poisonous fishes, especially puffers and burricupine varieties, exist in Philippine waters. The toxin resembles deadly mushroom poison, causing nerve and muscle paralysis and death within one to five hours in reckless eaters.
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Philippine Tropics
Albert M. Herre
Bureau of Science At
Manila
Doctor Herre
Herre
Philippines
Weeping Stove Pipes Remedy from Draft Issues
Weeping stove pipes leak a tarry fluid at joints due to insufficient draft. Fire heat and pipe incline affect draft. raising the chimney or adding an opening near the chimney with a sliding cover can boost draft and speed smoke out, preventing condensation.
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Family Herald
Mecca’s Caaba Temple Historic Cube of Black Stone
The Mecca shrine, built on the alleged site of the heavenly tabernacle, is described as a cube 50 by 80 feet and about forty feet tall. It is richly decorated, once annually adorned with brocaded hangings from the Turkish sultan, interior marble and silver gilt, and devoid of objects of genuine interest.
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Caaba
Mecca
Adam
Ishmael
Abraham
Turkey
Kansas City Star
Cleansing Uses for Corks From Old Bottles to Practical Aids
Old corks have many uses. Dry cork rub removes window blemishes and white glaze brick marks. Cork dipped in paraffin removes rust on metal. Gasoline-dipped cork treats linoleum stains. Cork dipped in wet salt vanishes burnt pie dish marks. Crumble corks into a flannel bag to create a simple foot warmer after heating ten to fifteen minutes.
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Southern Pharmaceutical Journal
London Fog Toll Claimed By Authority in Popular Mechanics
A Popular Mechanics report states that a single London fog may cost more lives than a pitched battle. The worst period is December, with another deep month following as moist air raises lung disease deaths. Low sunlight, dampness, and malaise lower resistance and trigger illness and mood decline.
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London
Testing Gold Discovery Manual Fragment
A fragment describes how to distinguish gold from pyrite by testing with light, knife, and nitric acid. It notes gold’s color, non changing shade, pyrite fuming with acid, and the need to pan creek sands and gravels to find gold, mentioning near the surface and heavy densities.
Wheat Takes Ig Nose Dive In Chicago Market
Wheat prices collapsed on the Chicago market with May delivery down 12 cents from yesterday. Traders wiped out on shoestring bets as big holders reportedly unloaded amid fading world shortage hopes. Export demand faltered while Australia, Argentina, and India pushed 12,000,000 bushels out last week, 85,000,000 on the ocean now, set to reach 90,000,000 by week’s end. observers see little chance for higher prices soon.
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Chicago
Australia
Argentina
India
Cars crash at Orange City injures operator
A Hull man and an Alton couple were in a rear end collision near Orange City Saturday night. A. K. Patterson, relief operator from Alton, suffered a dislocated wrist while Margaret Summer was knocked unconscious and dragged from the light coupe. Patterson saved her from worse injures by quick action. the Hull driver admitted fault and paid damages.
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Alton
Orange City
A. K. Patterson
Margaret Summer
Patterson
George Summer
Dunne
Academy Gymnasium
Mr. Patterson
Hull
Eagle Grove
Roy Rush
Kingsley Teams Split Wins in Tuesday Games
Kingsley high school hosted Union with the girls prevailing 14 to 13 and the boys falling 20 to 10. Players and coaches traded leads in a tight rivalry night at Kingsley High School.
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Kingsley
Kingsley High School
Union
Medals and Cup Awarded to Dairymen
Creamery honors dairymen as medals and a cup are awarded for excellence in milk production. Prof A W Rudnick of the Dairy Extension Service praises efficient, clean milk production and cautions against overproduction.
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A. W. Rudnick
Milk patrons honored at Hanford Produce meeting
Prof Rudnick urged farmers to switch to cattle and hog feeding due to rising livestock prices. He advised purebred sires over imported cows to avoid disease. Silver medals were awarded to 26 patrons for milk producing scores of 938 or higher and McKettrick Bros, Grimjes, Hahn received silver cups for top milk scores. A Seney quartet sang cow songs and James Kelly performed Humble Petition to end the event.
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Iowa State College
Hanford Produce Company
Armory
Rudnick
H. Gallagher
G. Harms
M. Hendrick
H. H. Frecking
J. Otken
B. H. Riter
John Dunn
Nick Holton
Seney
Hawkins
Becker
Lancaster
Reeves
James Kelly
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Myer
Globe-Post
Meyer Booth
Meyer
LeMars
Kaynee
Kehrberg -Schneider Company
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