Nitrogen response in orchards on sod land shows high returns
An Ohio station experiment on close planted seven year old trees in sod land finds that applying two pounds of sulphate of ammonia per tree in 1922 produced a uniform, noticeable green growth and higher yields. In 1924, fertilized rows outyielded untreated rows, with nitrogen proving the key specific for trees in grass land. J. H. Gourley reports that results suggest nitrogen drives productivity even when soil is not tilled or mulched.
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Ohio Station
J. H. Gourley
Bracing Fruit Trees to Guard Against Accident
Old fruit trees with weak forks can be held from splitting by heavy galvanized wire or iron rods attached with screw-eyes or eye-bolts. Rods or wires brace the limbs to prevent spreading and may pass through a center ring to brace multiple branches. Do this in winter when trees are not loaded with fruit.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Fruit size and pruning advice for tree care
Pruning correctly will not materially change fruit size unless soil moisture and fertility limit growth. Increase soil fertility and water holding capacity as the main remedy. When impractical, thin upright branches and prune fruiting wood with drooping limbs to fit the shortage.
Horticulture Facts Tt Pruning Before Winter Spray and Tree Health
Prune fruit trees before winter spray to save time and materials. For borers use mercuric chloride in water to saturate wounds. Long term crops require strong trees with no weak crotches and careful thinning, especially in apples peaches and plums. Pruning peach trees must consider 1920 growth since this year’s fruit comes from it.
The Right Place Excerpt Cites Mrs Siddons’ Lofty Genius
A fragment from OC H Monte’s The Right Place quotes Fox on Mrs Siddons. He downplays romantic affection for her saying her vast genius forbids tender approach. The comparison to Ursa Major and the East India Company underscores her imposing stature.
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Fox
Stocks One of Oldest Forms of Punishment Recalls History
A discussion of historic punishment by stocks notes 1405 village laws, prominence outside churches, and continued use in parts of Britain into the 19th century. It cites Birmingham last used in 1844 and Stratford on Avon in 1868, with biblical mentions of Jeremiah and Paul and Silas.
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Wroxhall
Midlands
London
London Chronicle
Birmingham
Moor Street
Stratford-on- Avon
Jeremiah
Pashur
Paul
Silas
Philippi
Much Work Involved in Making Dictionary
The dictionary shapes US pronunciation and spelling standardization while English usage remains different. It records current and obsolete words, meanings, and uses as a historical record. Lexicographers trace word origins and how meanings change over time, noting word deaths.
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United States
England
We Have No Real Bananas In This Country
The article notes that domestically grown bananas have not been commercially viable due to frost sensitivity. It contrasts ripe flavors in tropical regions like Costa Rica and Jamaica with fruit picked unripe for shipment. Efforts to cultivate bananas in California, Louisiana, and elsewhere have largely failed, as climatic limits prevent profitable production. In the East Indies bananas reach a foot in length and two inches thick, but shipping them is impossible.
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Costa Rica
Jamaica
America
California
Louisiana
East Indies
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Youth and Middle Age Reflections on Life Phases
The passage contrasts youth and middle age, describing youth as bold and expressive with music and action, while middle age is cautious, reflective, and moralizing. It portrays youth as curious and unfamiliar, and middle age as familiar, worn, and intimate with memory.
Two Schoolboy Howlers Offer Clever Translations
A pair of schoolboy slips features humorous mistranslations. The first renders Pax un bello as freedom from indigestion, while the second rewrites the Elizabeth I and Raleigh cloak scene with the queen saying I have dirtied your cloak and Raleigh replying Dieu et mon droit meaning My God, you are right.
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Queen Elizabeth
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
Notable Dutch Scholar Catherine Tishem of Antwerp
The article lauds Catherine Tishem, wife of Antwerp’s burgomaster, as a pioneering sixteenth century scholar who mastered ancient languages and Greek, fled persecution by Parma's duchess to England, and later studied at Cambridge University. She is hailed as the era’s most learned woman.
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Catherine Tishem
Antwerp
Parma
England
University of
Cambridge
Seeing Troubles Ahead and Taking Preventive Steps
A Fort Wayne News Sentinel aphorism notes that facing difficulties with foresight and prompt action to head them off is praiseworthy, yet the wiser habit is to anticipate troubles as they arise and act to prevent them.
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Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Gravity and Weight at the Earth’s Center
The text argues that if gravity theory holds, an object at the earth's center would have no weight. It asserts a central gravity balance that results in zero net weight despite the object's presence at the center of the gravitation system.
Origin and lineage of the Cruger surname explored
The Cruger name, German in origin, may derive from cross bearer or tonkeeper. John Cruger, who came to New York before 1700, became mayor, with son John Cruger also serving as mayor. Henry Cruger married in America and founded the American branch. Tileman and others spread to Curaçao and Bristol. The Bonquer form is cited by Bunkerists as an oldest variant meaning good heart.
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Cuerses
Germany
Cross Bearer
Kruger
Cruger
Tonkeeper
von Cruger
John Cruger
New York City
New York
Maria
Cuyler
Henry
John
Tileman
New York Chamber of Commerce
Bristol
England
A de Lancey
Curacoa
Nicholas
Anne
Compte de Nully
Santa Cruz
Anne Markoe
Bunker
Ists
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Appleton Family Tales of Friendship and Faults
Chauncey Devere Appleton is called ungrateful as his family quips about bread and India. Lysander John Appleton is old fashioned and lights the fire in emergencies. Daysey Mayme Appleton writes a poem on True Friendship while pondering love and loyalty.
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Chauncey Devere Appleton
India
Lysander John Appleton
Daysey Mayme
Lysander John
Daysey Mayme Appleton
Willie’s Nickel Dream
A humorous exchange where a sister asks Willie what he would do with a nickel. Willie replies he would buy a car, a pair of horses, and a small country home, then save the rest for a difficult day, revealing a folksy American dream.
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Willie
Alarm Clock Roots in Early Mechanical Clocks
A note on striking clocks and alarm attachments tracing back to the mechanical clock era. The invention is traditionally linked to the monk Gerbert around the year 906.
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Gerbert
Ancient skull shows early surgical attempt in New Mexico
Archaeologists report a human skull found in New Mexico bearing marks suggesting an ancient surgical attempt. The wear indicates the use of basic tools during a period when flint knives were among the sharpest implements available.
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New Mexico
Water as Gypsy Cureall Described by Konrad Bercovici
Konrad Bercovici, a writer born a gypsy, describes gypsy beliefs in water as universal cure. Immersion at birth, frequent water use for ailments, and water based rituals dominate their medicine and customs. They shun drugs, rely on water fat grease and sunlit prayers to Tchlutua, mother of the world.
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Konrad Bercovici
Isa III
Tchlutua
Two Theories as to Origin of Gazette
The article outlines two theories on how the word gazette originated. One claims Venice issued a monthly manuscript paper during 1568 war events and charged a fee called a gazetta. The other suggests gazette derives from gazza meaning magpie, fitting a communicative paper name.
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Venice
Gazetta
Gazette
Pathfinder
Tracts and Tracks In Smoky Mountains
Uncle Bill Walker living at the foot of Great Smoky Mountains converts to Mormon missionary propaganda. His brother Sammie, a prosperous Smokies magistrate, is sought as a prospect. Elders visit Sammie on his porch to leave tracts, and he jokes that he will accept them as long as the toes point toward the gate.
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Bill Walker
Great Smoky
Sammie
the Smokies
New Faith
Everybody's Magazine
When a Scotchman Speaks on Ancestry and Plows
A narrator notes that a Scot’s tongue may hint at foreign ancestry when defending conduct. A landowner rebukes a new plowman for crooked furrows, comparing him to Angus. Tammas calmly observes that crooked drills let the sun in and yield early potatoes.
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Scotland
Angus
Tammas
Philadelphia Ledger
Misspelled words draw teacher’s steady eye
A New York Times teacher cites common misspellings with gauge buoy and weird provoking mistakes on tests. Delible often confused with indelible highlights how familiarity can derail correct spelling.
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New York Times
Waldo Writes Amphibious Sentence in Class
A Philadelphia Ledger note recalls a youthful pupil Waldo who struggled to spell amphibious. After tutor hints and patient wriggling he completed a sentence demonstrating his understanding, revealing the moment of study and instruction in a classroom setting.
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Waldo
Philadelphia Ledger
Bishop Polk Leaves See to Fight for Confederacy
From Bishop to General Leonidas Polk a Louisiana Epiaco pal diocese bishop gave up his bishopric to serve as a Confederate general during the Civil War. He was killed at Pine Mountain Georgia June 14 1864.
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Leonidas Polk
Epiacopal
Louisiana
Pine Mountain
Georgia
Secure Packing For Ice Cream Repack With Ice And Salt
Instruction from the Los Angeles Times on preserving ice cream by removing salt water and repacking with four parts ice to one part salt. Warns that wet loose packing yields soft cream and poorer texture.
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Los Angeles Times
Selecting Trees and Shrubs for Landscaping and Shade
The article outlines choices for windbreaks and screens using white pine and firs, notes native oaks for hardiness and longevity, and recommends Americanelin g for street planting. It suggests tulip poplar as a centerpiece, describes poplar growth in moist soils, praises hard maples, cautions against quick shade from soft maples and poplars, and advises combining shrubs and flowers to frame foundations.
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Norway
Carolina
Interior of Home Calls for Careful Planning
The article urges thorough pre construction planning to improve economy comfort and appearance. It compares a well planned house to a joyful home while a poorly planned one increases costs and dissatisfaction. It highlights the wife as planner and the home as a workshop for organizing routines and reducing household effort.
Seals and Tuna Fish Hide in Mysterious Ways
A Minneapolis Tribune report notes fur seals vanish each winter with no trace of their hiding places on St Paul and St George islands. In Alaska they reappear late April or May and vanish again by late August or September. Tuna likewise appear and vanish regularly off southern California.
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Minneapolis Tribune
St. Paul
St. George
Alaska
California
Paris Bank Messenger Needs No Armed Guard
A London Mail Continental Edition piece extols a Paris bank messenger as fearless and trusted. He wears a cocked hat, liberal cut coat, brass buttons, and a brass plate with a number, carrying a feather satchel chained at the waist. The portrait blends prosperity with public confidence as he moves downtown near the opera, unguarded yet secure by aura and habit.
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Paris
The
London Mail
Poachers Flourish Then Decline In Britain Past
A hundred years ago poaching was a thriving profession in Britain with nights between harvest and hunters fall moons yielding a steady flow of game to dealers in country towns inns and private box cellars. The practice has since fallen off greatly.
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Great Britain
Poachers Sheltered Across Towns in Lewes District Tale
A century-old record notes up to 54 poachers sheltered in Lewes fall at once. Poachers operated in every town and village prompting warnings like Beware of Mantraps in Beitiah woodlands, as coachmen guards and country car Tleraan engaged in discreet dealing with game.
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Tleraan
Lewes Fall
Beitiah Woodlands
Lightning Fires Roaring Across Western Forests
Nature Magazine reports that lightning causes vast forest fires in the west with no practicable remedy. Though lightning splits trees or strips bark, most strikes do not ignite flames. Yet the total fires from lightning exceed those from all other causes in many regions.
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Nature Magazine of
Washington
Eclipses Fanned Awe and Fear in Ancient Society
The passage describes how an eclipse was seen as an ill omen and a sign of disaster. Priests, the era's chief astronomers, forecast such events and used eclipses to impress fear upon the populace.
Ailing Young Women Find Help in Edna Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs. Verena Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming credits Edna Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of monthly troubles and a later displacement after childbirth. She now manages seven children and all her household tasks while feeling better than ever.
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Evanaton
Wyoming
Edie E. Pinkham
Verbena Carpenter
2Nd Avenue
Evanston, Wyoming
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Church of the Latter-Day Saints
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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