Forage Treasures From Siberia Boost South Dakota Pasture
Professor N. B. Hansen of the South Dakota College of Agriculture returns from Siberia with ton plus of hardy alfalfa seed and finds new red clover, a tall sweet clover, Siberian esparcet, a Mongo Man wheat, a white millet, giant grass for alkali soils, and a hardy cherry. These discoveries aim to improve western prairies and dryland farming.
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Brookinga
S. I
South Dakota
N. BE. Hansen
State College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arty
Siberia
Canada
Hig Stata
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Hansen
Professor Hansen
Siberian
Brookings
St Petersburg
Moscow
Omsk
Profysgar Hanser
America
Hanzen
Native vote breakdown in mayoral race by assembly district
Rev. Walter Loidlaw has prepared a table analyzing nationality in the mayoral campaign. McCall carried eight Irish districts, nine Russian districts, and one Italian district. Purroy Mitchel won forty eight districts with thirty native white parental majorities, three Austrian districts, five German districts, eight Russian districts, and two Italian districts.
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New York
Walter Loidlaw
Population Research Bureau
The
New York Federation of Churches
McCall
Minister Found Dazed Near Warner on Wandering Walk
Rev. AL Arthur Anderson, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman from Warner NY, was found dazed and nearly naked on a road outside New Brunswick. He claimed to be walking to Atlantic City for a swim then to Washington to see President Wilson, saying a conductor assaulted him earlier. He attracted attention singing hymns as he left the train.
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New Brunswick
AL Arthur Anderson
Warner
N.Y
Atlantic City
Wilson
Washington
Girls Form Slang and Profanity Free Club
A group of determined young women organize an Auitie Slang and No Profanity club with by laws banning members from accompanying any man addicted to slang or profanity. The effort aims to replace slang and cuss words with substitutes as boys mock the movement. Philps is president and Lee Wolf serves as vice president with Phygenia McIntogh listed among officers.
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Sam
Cola
Dent
Ry Philps
Lee Wolf
Phygenia McIntogh
Popular Mechanics
Msident
Mars
Wagie
Popular Mechanics CO
Washington St
Chicago
Woman Guards Fire Lookout On Salmon Peak
Sacramento reports a milestone as Hal Ne M Daggett becomes the first woman fire lookout at Eddy's Peak 6000 feet high in Siskiyou county. The alert and refined Miss Daggett assumes charge of monitoring the Salmon river watershed for fires.
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Sacramento
Beso
Guich
Miss Daggett
Tree shipped by parcel post to Ohio
Eight foot long pine or maple tree with a four inch radius was sent by Albert Bunnel a farmer to a friend in Ohio. Branches were bound closely to the trunk.
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Franklin, Pe
Albert Bunnell
Ohio
Son's wedding snub drives father to suicide by gas
In Chicago the father Thomas Nubn Sr. killed himself by gas after his son, a plumber, did not invite him to the wedding. The tragedy follows a belief of being snubbed.
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Chicago
Thomas Nubn
Nubn
Humor of Childish Mind in Church Pranks
A series of childhood churchyard and prayer anecdotes recounts a niece identifying her father in a sermon, two nephews debating heaven, and a ventriloquist show prompting a girl to quietly approve prayers with a whispered cue.
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Daddy
Jock
Fred
Straud Magazine
Poi Eating as a Fine Art at a Hawaiian Poi Supper
A Harper's Weekly description details poi made from taro, fermented for serving. Guests dip the finger after washing the right hand, learning a wrist-only motion to form a pear shaped ball of poi, with accuracy judged by finger curl.
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Harper's Weekly
Wars for principles versus territory, from The Atlantic
The author contrasts wars fought for practical ends like territory and wealth with those for abstract ideals such as liberty and equality. He argues Napoleon's conquests were avoidable blunders, while the French Revolution and Civil War embodies essential, humane aims that shaped world history.
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Bis
Napoleon
The
Atlantic
No Grammar for Her in Fort Scott School
A Fort Scott school required pupils to buy a grammar book. One girl left a note for the teacher saying she does not desire her child to engage in grammar and prefers German drawing vocal music on the piano.
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Fort Scott
Mattie
Mattle
Vockal Musick
Fort Scott Tribune
Frail Ones a Chance Sparked by Street Car Seat Debate
The Kangay City Star quotes Alexander Akinside deriding critics who claim only strong men fill seats while frail women stand. He argues a mass meeting is needed to address perceived courtesy gaps on streetcars and ads show slender youths rarely seated.
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Il Observa
Alexander Akinside
Kangay City Star
Farragut and Dewey Recall Democratic Command Style
Admiral Farragut favored simple methods and personal notes while Dewey notes his humor and directness. A memorable incident finds Farragut and an old whaler officer sharing yarns as orders go unfulfilled.
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Dmiral Farragut
Admiral Dewey
Farragut
Appaltchicola
Annapolis
Dewey
Father and Mother The Dignity of Parents’ Terms Across Languages
London Answers notes the long history of terms for parents. It traces origins from Italian mamma to Welsh dad and tad and Latin pater and mater, while highlighting how American usage favors momma and pappa before returning to the Anglo-Saxon ideal of father and mother.
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London
England
Dante
Pappa
Momma
Busman's Holiday Observed By Omnibus Conductor
A cheerful omnibus conductor enjoyed a rare day off and explained his own busman's holiday. He rode atop another man's bus for a country excursion and said the break cured his insomnia, allowing sleep until six the next morning.
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Mag
Times Want Ads Offer in Brief
Classified notice states advertising in The Times is cheaper or equal to competitors. Three issues cost 25 cents if paid in cash.
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Times
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Admiral Farragut
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W. A. Liese
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