Solves Farm Puzzles by University Experiment Fields
The University of Sinois Agricultural Experiment station reports multi county work showing 4 soil treatments raise wheat yields by 25 percent and corn yields by 131 percent in southern Illinois and 36 percent in central and northern Illinois. Fifty fields studied with twenty acre plots use natural materials and rotation to maintain organic matter and nitrogen.
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University of Sinois Agricultural Experiment Station
University
Southern Illinois
Central
Northern Illinois
DeKalb
Wayne County
Vienna
University of Illinois seeks 310.5 million for 1923 25 budget
The Illinois General Assembly is asked to approve an aggregate appropriation of 310.5 million for the coming biennium aligning with prior requests. President Kinley notes the need to fund libraries women's and men's dormitories a gymnasium and new college facilities while addressing space and equipment shortages across the Urbana campus.
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University of Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Kinley
College of Commerce
Commerce
College of Agriculture
Urbana
University of Duiiois
University experiments cut plumbing costs and improve sanitation
Professor H. B. Babbitt at the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering leads tests on waste and ventilating line capacities. Cutting pipe lines to specific sizes reportedly boosts sanitary conditions and promises greatly reduced plumbing bills.
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University’ of
Wiinois
H. B. Babbitt
College of Engineering
Babbitt
United States Keeps Moderate Air Fleet Growth Policy
The United States plans no sharp expansion of its air fleet unlike Britain which seeks to double forces. Secretary Weeks favors continued air service innovation and cost-conscious development rather than matching any nation’s size. The U S does not measure strength by ratio to others, though it lags France in numbers. It holds most postwar air records built under its supervision.
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United States
Great Britain
War Weeks
Army Air Service
American Air Service
Air Service
Filipino Student Olivares Makes Naval Academy History
Jose B. Olivares of Iloilo Philippines became the first Filipino graduate of the United States Naval Academy in a class of 414. He ranked 99th in general merit after overcoming a lengthy illness in his fourth year and missing exams, finishing with an 89 percentile showing and earning top marks in modern languages.
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United States Naval Academy
Jose BE. Olivares
Mloilo
P. I
Filpino
Olivares
Road Building Advances With Weekly 33 Miles Paved
A weekly report shows 33 miles of standard 18 foot concrete pavement added in the week ending June 14, bringing the yearly total to 207.32 miles. It records 8,100 workers and 1,850 teams, plus 104 concrete mixers, with weather variances affecting progress and the Meneely company setting a single shift record of 5,243 feet in a week.
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W. C. Meneely Company
Ruins Mark Decline of Maya Civilization in Yucatan
The text notes that Maya cities and temples in Yucatan were in ruins by the time of early Spanish contact after 1500. It contrasts northern Europe’s reed huts with Maya civilization on the verge of true civilization, but leaves the cause of decline unknown.
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Europe
Yucatan
Ten-Dollar Bill Earners Practice Thrift on Street
A short reflection notes that ten-dollar bills are usually earned, not picked up on the street. It emphasizes that those who earn money spend little time idle and that thrift fights idleness. The tone suggests a pragmatic moral about work and economy.
An Unusual Ohio Cricket Found in Southern Woods
The jumping bush cricket Orcharis saltator appears in small numbers across the southern half of Ohio. It frequents dense woods undergrowth, thickets by streams, and shrubbery around orchards and yards.
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Ohio
Orcharis Saltator
Get the Habit of Thinking by A Brisbane
The author stresses training the mind for wise thinking and resolute planning. Addressing how to accomplish worthwhile goals, the text urges repeating deliberate thinking and firm resolve to act, shaping habits that lead to success.
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Brisbane
Definition of honeymoon period cited from Times-Dispatch
A quoted definition describes honeymoon as the interval between the final agreement and the first dispute, attributed to the Richmond Times- Dispatch.
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Richmond
Times-Dispateh
Retired Bricklayer Turns Market Gardener in Bristol
A bricklayer from Bristol, over seventy years old, has just retired from his trade and started a market garden. The change from building to horticulture is noted as an unusual but practical shift.
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Bristol
Capper-Toucher Capper-Tinder Act Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the Capper-Tinder act regulating grain exchanges and admitting cooperative marketing associations to boards of trade. The decision, with two dissenters, affirms that futures manipulation harms producers and supports cooperative marketing as interstate commerce regulated by the government.
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United States Supreme Court
Sutherland and
McReynolds
Supreme Court
William H. Taft
Chicago Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Farm Bloc
Farm Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Grain Exchange
Tafts
Congress
Taft
Europe
American Farm Bu. Feat Federation
Carpenter
Chicago
Newton
United States
Federal Congress
Linn County Missouri Builds Nationwide Soy Bean Network
Linn county grows soy beans into a national enterprise with the Linn County Soy Bean Growers' Association selling seed across the United States and into Canada and even South Africa. County Agent J Robert Hall says the Linn trademark drives sales and co operation among farmers expanding from three to two hundred growers in a decade.
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Linn County
Missouri
Linn County Farm Bureau
Soy Bean Growers’ Association
United States
New England
Canada
South Africa
Linn County Selling Association
J. Robert Hall
Soy Bean Growers’ ‘Association
Soy*Bean Growers’ Association
Farm Bureau Co
Mississippi Farm Bureau Truck Association Formed
Mississippi truck growers organize a state-wide federation with the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. headquarters in Jackson. The Mississippi Farm Bureau Truck Association Inc will market produce for member associations, targeting 30 affiliates and about 2000 carloads of perishable goods from 44 designated shipping towns.
Lice and Mites Our Egg Production
Guidance on preventing and treating lice and mites in poultry. Applies olive oil or blue ointment, merrotial mix, and vaseline for chicks and hens. Describes sodium fluoride powder and dipping methods, plus strong contact sprays for entrenched mites.
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Lee
Red headed neighbor and money talk at bank
A bank teller challenges a red headed customer who claims identity while the neighbor jokes about "imps of boys" in the garden. The woman warns her husband to bring money for dinner as he leaves the house, and the teller reluctantly returns payment.
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Christian Science
Woman Claims Goitre Removal Restored Health
A Chicago area reader recounts healing from a goitre after treatment with Sorbol Quadruple. She says relief came soon and invites others to learn how she removed the swelling and regained health, directing inquiries to City Drug Store or Sorbol Company in Mechanicsburg.
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Pablah
Sorbol Company
Mechanicsburg
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American Farm Bureau
Maryland
St. Paul
England
B. B. Derrick
Harford County
Richard. A. Wills
Hubert
Charles’ F. Cushing
Harford“county
P. W. Chichester
Missouri County
Mississippi
James J. Rosh
M. D
Marshall, Til
C.D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Willard
Marshall Battery Co
Marshall
Illinois
Poe Ewe Cael
Brown's ‘Business College
Browns Business College
U. L. Goodman, Prin
Terre Haute, Ind
OF National
Sam Condusts
Library of Congress
Dulaney
National Bank Marshall
Illiriois
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