Home course in scientific agriculture
A Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station guide explains lime's long history in farming, its direct and indirect benefits to soil and crops, and when to lime. It outlines testing methods, recommended rates, potential harm from overliming, and practical application tips for different soil types and crops.
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Rhodesland Agricultural Experiment Station
Kentucky
Canada
Burbank
Japan
England
Rhode Island
Twenty five is ideal age to wed says professor
Professor Dallas Love Sharpe of Boston University says twenty five is the scientifically ideal age to marry. He warns that thirty is timid and forty dangerous while twenty is the foolish age and urges men to choose a level headed partner who is willing to marry after twenty five.
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Dallas Love Sharpe
Boston Univer‘ty
Parcel Post Package Prank Ties Boy to Lamp Post
Eight year old James Carroll of New York was found securely tied to a lamppost near a mailbox with a placard reading Parcel Post and two cent stamps. He told patrolman Arthur Hunt that companions forced the stunt as a prank and fled when questioned. The officer released the boy as he cried he did not want to play parcel post again.
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James Carroll
New York
Arthur Hunt
Hunt
Freeman Street
Bryant Avenue
Carroll
Plan to reseat Castro sparks Havana rumors
Rumors in Havana claim a revolutionary expedition plans to ressist Castro by targeting Venezuela. Professional revolutionists from the United States and other nations arrive, with reports of a joint expedition from Alabama lumber camps. Lt. Col. Fredericks was asked to command an artillery corps but did not confirm details.
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Pliny
England
Germany
France
Roberts
United States
Gree
Havana
Venezuela
Cuba
Castro
Alabama
Fredericks
Maximo Gomez
Nevada Governor Oddie Seeks One-Year Residency for Divorces
Governor Oddie proposes extending the divorce residence period from six months to one year and delays any change until January 1, 1914. Reno lawyers react with consternation and plan immediate efforts to block legislation. He argues Nevada suffers from adverse advertising and intolerable conditions, noting the policy would not affect current colony residents.
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Reno
Oddie
Nevada
Domestic Felicity and the Wild Dog Comparison
A reflective aphorism on domestic satisfaction citing Dr. Samuel Johnson. The text contrasts a husband and wife’s pleasure in being well dressed with a comparison to Australia’s dingy or wild dog, likened to the wolf in Europe and the devil in America.
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Samuel Johnson
Australia
Europe
America
Spider and Fish Battle Halfinch Spider Gains Upper Jaw
A biologist notes surprising spider strength as a half inch spider grips a two inch fish by the tail in a pool edge struggle. The fish thrashes to escape while the spider drags it toward the bank, lasting ten minutes before the combatants are separated. The fish dies as the spider drags the carcass away.
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London Express
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Tandend
Copley Larnery
W. R. Warwick
Hotel Directory
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LE Lisle
Pleasure Bay
Shrewsbury
New England
Allaire
Wm. DE Lisle
Grandma
Edison Mazda Lamp
H. J. Wheeler
The
Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Consolidated Gas Co Co
New Sereey 2 Branch
Boston
Strauss
R. M. Harris Shoe Store
Westfield Steam Laundry
WM. Bryan
Elheron Florist
Long
Prats
Bennett Co
Branchport Ave
Cass Markets
5Th Ave
B’dwy
Edward Cass
Gordon Caas
A.& P. Stove
Long Branch
Goldstein
Nemo
CBA
la Spririte
la Riene
la Vida Warner Bro. R. G
Ferris
Moors & Abels
California
W. &. Eisele
Piorist
Cedar Avenue
C. B. Deaver Broadway
Rockwell Ave
PHON
Immerman
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