Pocket gopher damage prompts intensified control efforts
Lawrence Bruner reports pocket gophers cause multi million dollar annual crop losses across 160 acre farms with damages ranging from 10 to 16 dollars per farm and up to one dollar per acre in orchards gardens and fields. Burrows drain irrigation ditches and injure machinery while breeding is slow with two to three young born in May or June. Natural enemies owls hawks weasels and bullsnakes curb numbers but cultivation of enticing crops may attract pests.
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Lawrence Bruner
Fruit Growers Spraying Hints From University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin horticultural department advises home orchards on spraying for fungus and insects. Bordeaux mix with arsenical poison is recommended, with specific dosages and a multi-step schedule from pre-bud to post-bloom, to protect leaves, stems, and fruit across the season.
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Horticultural Department
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Wisconsin
Device for Tree Planting Method Guide
Instructional note for planters to position trees precisely by using a long board with notches and pegged stakes. Aimed at aligning trees with plotted stakes, the method guides boring holes in board ends, placing pegs, then removing the board to set the tree in the notch and pack soil around roots.
Easter Vacation Envy and the Pleasures of Rest
The writer laments envy of Easter vacationers who rest while others work. A contrast between routine weekdays and leisure hours highlights longing for freedom, the pull of novelty, and the societal rhythm that makes Saturday morning sparkle seem worth the toil. The piece recalls childhood school mornings and the ache of missing leisure.
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Gayety
A Courtship Framed by Snow and Silence
A man repeatedly falters in confessing love to a woman, arranging dinners, orchids, and outings from the Pines supper to an opera and sleigh ride. Snowy days and a mounting pile of bills reveal the unspoken truth: he loves her, yet she may never know.
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the Pines
Allent
California Rainmaker Makes Good
Fallbrook farmer Paul Hatfield, son of a local farmer, collected 350 from ranchers as a rainmaking fund when March rain was hoped for. The Fallbrook area received 1.05 inches in the last storm, aiding an expected large grain crop.
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California
Fallbrook
Paul Hatfield
Hatfiell
Hatfield
Los Angeles Times
Original Comments in an Art Gallery
The author laments gallery visitors parroting remarks on paintings and contends the need for originality. They blame others for echoing adjectives and ponder what the people ahead might say, noting the pressure to be the first or fastest to comment.
Bound to Get Him
A Long Wharf immigration station inspector receives a call asking for a person out and traced to a schooner. The caller inquires for the missing man and the schooner’s telephone number, as reported by the Boston Journal.
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Long Wharf
Boston Journal
CHAT ON HANDBAGS Considerable Latitude fe Allowed In Choice of These Useful Accessor ies
The handbag gains status as a lasting expense for the economical woman with velvet and suede beaded reticules returning to fashion. Gold mounted cords and metal chains remain essential, while Irish lace and linen bags offer dressy options. Beadwork echoes antique wreaths, and careful home mounting enhances the bag matching mulberry costumes.
Make the Sewing House More Attractive for a Young Girl
A writer urges giving a girl constructive sewing tasks to spark enthusiasm and skill. Rather than pinning and basted pieces the whole time, provide a garment to cut with a pattern and guidance. The challenge and necessity of finishing a simple frock could unlock untapped talent.
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Hera
Abe
Velvet Necklet Adorns Fashionable Throats In 1910s Style
Velvet ribbons around the throat emerge as a bold accessory with low necklines. A novel band using spring steel can wrap the neck like bicycle trouser guards. Many feature bows buckles or small pendant tassels for a distinctive finish.
Mother of Pearl From Poulo-Condar Shellfish
The mother of pearl is obtained from a large shellfish called emaque, chiefly caught on the shores of the island of Poulo-Condar.
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Poulo-Condar
Success In Dinner Giving Delights Guests And Hosts
The piece emphasizes arranging guests by congeniality to flowers by color and form, ensuring a cool room, well chosen viands, proper lighting, and fragrance balance. It argues that harmony in these details fosters better acquaintance during a dinner, making the event a success in a few hours.
Curious millinery ideas and rose adorned hats
The description notes quaint ideas for hats with brown gauze and pink roses. A square crown holds roses, forming neither wreath nor group, with a narrow binding near the nose. Garden blooms like pansies pinks and sweet peas appear on new hats, while veiled veiling fabrics wrap in turban shapes.
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Intervala
Plalia
raMa
Fashion notes on hats and summer wear from Harper's Bazaar
The piece outlines hat sizes and styles for the season with mentions of large and small bats shading or showing the face. It notes direc tory bonnets and Louis XV period hats at waterings places, and predicts yellows across pale tones in straws fabrics and chiffon veils for motor wear.
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Harper's Bazar
Suitable in Two Materials Dress Description
Simple dress in spotted delaine or muslin with a yoke of silk or lawn. The yoke is edged by a berthe with insertion and a wash of silk falls just above the waist, with ends hanging down.
Japanese Embroidery Masters Rely on Male Craftsmen
In Japan, famed for embroidery skill, the finest work is produced entirely by men. The article highlights the dominant role of male artisans in traditional embroidery at the global pinnacle.
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Japan
Doctor Advised Operation and Lydia E. Pinkham's Remedy
Mrs. Fon R Uae of Galena Kansas narrates a tale of right side soreness, a lump, and fear of surgery. After consulting a doctor who suggested an operation, she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and reports the lump dissolved. The ad claims the remedy treats female troubles including inflammation tumors irregularities pains headaches and nervous exhaustion. It invites readers to write for free advice.
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Kans
Kansas
Lydia Elham
Fon
Uae
Oral Ave
Galena
Yila
Pinkham
Denver visitor recalls farmer in City Park museum scene
A Denver man at City Park museum recounts a farmer he saw in a portrait room. The map-laden portrait bears a card reading portrait of E. H. Smith by him, prompting the farmer to laugh that city folks mistake the sitter for someone else, noting no one to intin with him.
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Denver
City Park
E. H. Smith
Smith
Cincinnati Post
Boy defends company on porch with sly reply
A reprimand in a parish scene as Mrs Brown and Mr Brown confront Bobby scribbling on the Jones porch. When asked who is with him Bobby answers confidently that if she were a good woman she would know who it is. The exchange implies a coy claim of companionship during a moment near a prayer meeting.
A Statesman Says He Won’t Show Politics
A satirical note proclaims the emperor completed the Chinese wall and vows fence mending at one Hick, declaring himself a statesman rather than a politician. The quip frames the ruler as pragmatic and steady.
A Sad Case Do You Prefer Your Ogga
A fragmented remark presents a somber note about memory and choice as a speaker asks about how to prepare an egg while another cannot recall preferences. The exchange hints at bereavement or loss affecting daily trivial decisions.
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Pocket Gopher
Wisconsin University
Mother-of-Pearl
Delaine
Lydia E.pinkham
Western
Canada
Post
Battle Creek, Mich
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