Understanding the 17 Year Locust Misnomer and Real Locusts
The article clarifies that the periodical cicada known as the 17 year locust is not a grasshopper or real locust. It explains differences in behavior, diet, and outbreak timing between the periodical cicada and the grasshopper locust. The cicada emerges in large numbers every 17 years in 21 states and feeds on plant juices without causing major crop damage.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
John the Baptist
Great Plains
Cicada
Clarifying the 17 year cicada in 1919 confusion
The article warns against confusing the cicada with grasshoppers. It notes farmers fear locusts will eat crops this spring and urges clear understanding that the 17 year locust in 1919 refers to the periodical cicada, not grasshoppers.
Beets Color Choice Emphasized By National War Garden Plan
The National War Garden Commission urges choosing any beet color from light to dark, noting light beets are sweeter. Recommend baby beets one to two inches, grown in rich sandy loam with manure, rows 15 to 18 inches apart, seeds at one ounce per 50 feet, cover one inch, thin to three to four inches. Plant in multiple small plantings every 10 days for tender greens and beets. surplus tops can be canned. Also mentions Waterloo battle, eight hours.
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National War Garden Commission of Washington
Washington, S
Bugs and Gardening Bugs Clash in Garden Fight
Garden pests battle in a humorous dispute between the so called garden bugs and the gardening bugs. Scientific names like Phthorimaea operculella and Phloge dontius sexta contrast with common terms such as potato bugs and cabbage worms. The piece notes familiarity dulls fear and predicts another year of pest skirmishes.
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Phthorimaca
Phlogedontius Sexta
Jones, Brown
Smith
Tonganoxie Meeting Notes and School Show Highlight
A Tanganooxie report covers the past week with Mrs. George Torpey visiting at Mrs. Mary Dieutig’s, a Congregational Aid meeting, and a dinner program. The annual meeting at the high school auditorium showcased student work and class displays, with several superb items and a song opening the program.
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Mbos Eielon Needham
George Torpey
Mansasity
Mary Dieutig Gene
Coder Frida
Uncle Sam's Farm Home Series Tenant House Feature
Inexpensive practical tenant house designed for a parried farm hand. Provides a bedroom combined living room and kitchen with cosy quarters. Notable feature is two entrances to the living area one from the open porch and one from another section.
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Petion
Easter bonnet for lil miss: patrons name directors
Edith Wondwant Louis Young and Charles Phil Heiser declined to serve as directors after fifteen years on the sell downs. Jonker and W. C. Allan were declared the choice of the patrons.
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Edith Wondwant
Louis Young
Charles Phil Heiser
Any Jonker
W. Oc
Allan
Lines to Be Remembered by an Immortal Being
A reflective aphorism echoes Marcus Aurelius as an immortal voice warns against attaching earthly desires. It compares worldly affection to falling in love with a sparrow that flies away, emphasizing transience and inner discipline.
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Marcas Aurelius
Bookplate Exhibit Showcases Russian Polish Editions
The city library hosts a Bookplate Exhibit this week featuring Russian and Polish editions. The notice reminds schools to report contagious illness to the superintendent and states the school nurse cannot admit students post quarantine. admittance must come via a physician.
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Kent
Simple Way To End Dandruff
A readable fragment discusses a supposed method for ending dandruff with unclear steps and stray phrases. The text includes jumbled words and nonsensical segments, offering no clear instructions or verifiable claims.
University of Kansas to open new Administration Building in June
A $225000 addition to KU’s Administration Building will be готов for occupancy by the School of Fine Arts by mid June. The third floor will display the Thayer Art Collection valued at about 200000, including priceless draperies rugs and a $18000 painting. The three story fireproof wing marks a major campus construction last years.
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University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
John Shea
Fine Arts School
Frank ‘Thayer
Kansas City
K. U
University
Thayer
Dusseldorf
Germany
Lawrence
Planned use of new building by Finess School in June
The article notes wiring and sewage work must be completed before occupancy. It states the Finess School intends to use the building in June for a summer session. History language and other college subjects will be taught in the western wing while the fine arts center will be utilized for other programs.
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Finess
Ion
Daily Thought on Harsh, Uncompromising Liberty Voice
Fragmentary note cites harsh uncompromising stance attributed to abolitionist voice Lloyd Garrison. The garbled text hints at a quotation about firmness and enforcement, reflecting midnineteenth century reform rhetoric with emphasis on steadfast moral authority.
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Daily Thought
Lloyd Garrison
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pate
Waterloo
Tanine—City Drug Store
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Diiner
Asia
Stewart
Delphine
Mer van Sechrest
Hemi Gustar
Mc Hhouth
Miss May Stevenson
Has
Bhawns
J. McNaughton
Sam
Lil
Aerties
Tadte
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