Benefit Derived From Spraying Fruit Trees
Orchard owners focus on spraying to reduce wormy windfalls and wormy fruit at harvest. Studies from New Hampshire show spraying can save about one-fourth to one-third of total fruit, with variability by condition and tree. Averages indicate sprayed plots yield more perfect fruit and lower worminess than unsprayed plots, though exact gains depend on drop and worm incidence. Milk Needs Water.
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New Hampshire Experiment
Plata
Faults in Chickens Combs and Dry Bran Advice
The article discusses faults in single comb varieties such as saprige, coarse, and overly serrated combs, while praising the rose or double combs like Wyandottes when firmly set. It also promotes dry bran as a good, laxative feed kept before fowls at all times and useful after chicks reach about a month old.
Weeping Willow's Strange Story in Europe and America
The article recounts Pope’s willow sent from Smyrna to England and planted by him near the Thames. A twig later traveled to Virginia via Mr Curtis, linking the tree to Washington’s era. In 1790 General Gates planted a cutting in Manhattan, New York, known as Gates' weeping willow. A final note mentions horses injuring eyes from dust.
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Europe
Amerdick
Alexander Pope
Thames
England
Smyrna
Pope
America
General Gates
Manhattan Island
New York
Gate
Ames Starts Hard Fight To Win Lodge's Toga
Ames seeks the United States Senate seat from Massachusetts challenging Henry Cabot Lodge. The longtime senator since 1893 is a Harvard scholar and Roosevelt ally, known for deep knowledge of senatorial races. The piece frames Ames as taking an early lead and Lodge as formidable, with Roosevelt era ties shaping the contest.
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Amas Lodge
Amen
Dodge
Senator Lodge
Benjamin F. Butler
Adalbert Ames
West Point
Massachusetts Volunteers
Common Council
Lowell
Mays
Ames
Lodge
Toga
United States
Maasachu- Bets
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mrr
Senate
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Roonavelt
Jordan attacks football as brute sport at education meeting
David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford, condemned college football as brutal and a pugilistic display. He compared it to prize fighting, urged adoption of rugby, and argued the game harms American youth while praising English rugby as a safer alternative. He warned college leaders against tolerating the sport’s dangers.
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Jeffries Johnson
David Starr Jordan
LeyJond
Stanford University
California
Boston
Nevada
Jordan
Jordan Acema
Candidate Tener A Baseball Star in Governor Race
Republicans nominate John Tener for Pennsylvania governor. Tener, a former major league pitcher with the Chicago White Stockings, hopes baseball fans and the Irish vote will carry him. Born in Ireland in 1863, he moved to the U S in 1872 and built a banking career in Charleroi after a single term in Congress. He plans to resign around October 1 to focus on the campaign.
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John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
MP. Tener
Angon
White Stockings
Chicago
Tener
Orpha
Teller
Mr. Tener
Iriah
County Tyrone
Ireland
United States
Pittsburg
Charleroi
Congress
Lake Mohonk conference backs peace centennial panel
A Mohonk Lake gathering led to a proposal for a U S Canada peace centennial committee with Senator Theodore Burton as chair. President Taft may head a national peace celebration and a diverse group from universities courts and cities has accepted committee roles. The plan grew from a Lake Mohonk address by Canadian labor minister W L Mackenzie Klug proposing a Niagara Falls monument.
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Mohonk Lake
Lake Mohonk
Taft
United States
Canada
H. ©. Phillips
Taft Waa
New York
F. Thwing
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
W. Carpenter
L. Hudson
Detroit
Joseph HB. Moore
Micchigan Supreme Court
Laverne W. Nores
Chicago
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Cyrus Northrop
Minneapolis
A. O. Eberhart
John Lind
Minnesota
F. Spalding
North Dakota
Wil Migm H
W. L. MacKenzie Klug
Niagara Falls
206 Passengers Drown as Japanese Steamer Sinks
The Tokio bound Tetsurei Maru with 246 aboard sank off Chindo. Forty were fired and many passengers, including 105 third class and 59 soldiers, were rescued by lifeboats or warships. Two lifeboats landed forty survivors. British vice consul W Cunningham among saved.
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Tokio
Kobo
Pairea
Chindo
Card
W. Cunningham
Osaka
Steamer Momus Fire Off Florida Coast
Wireless reports say the steamer Momus experienced a dangerous fire in its afterhold early Saturday while en route from New York to New Orleans. Passengers and luggage were transferred to the Comus, the Momus anchored at Cape Canaveral, and the crew of 120 fought the flames. the ship remained burning at noon Sunday but under control with belief it will resume voyage to New Orleans under its own steam.
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Key West
Florida
New York
New Orleans
Cape Canavares
Key Weet
Momus
Baseball Pays Big Salaries and Major Expenditures in Year
Cincinnati reports more than five million dollars will be paid in salaries to baseball players this year. Expenditures for parks, supplies and travel push the season's total near ten million. August Herrmann, chairman of the national commission, predicts eight percent return on baseball investments. He calls baseball the greatest business in the land and a continually growing, progressive enterprise.
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Cincinnati
August Herrmann
National Baseball Commission
Two Men Rescue After Suicide Jump in Mississippi River
Brice Woymack of Troy Missouri and Mrs Mollie Anderson of St Louis jumped from a skiff into the Mississippi River on Sunday. They were saved by bystanders and then arrested. Woymack faces charges of stealing the skiff used in the attempt.
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St. Louis
Brice Woymack
Troy
Mollie Anderson
Mississippi
Wommack
Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village
An old letter from Dowtala Wales recalls a 15 year itch outbreak in families struck hard by a terrible skin disease. Doctors failed to help and a diurgiat proved ineffective. The Cure came after using Cuticura Remedies, including Sosp Ointment and Hesolvent, with a reported full recovery in all cases. The writer, Thomas Hugh of Chicago, notes long time use of Cuticura products.
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Dowtala
South Wales
Thomas Hugh
Weat
Huron St
Chica Til
A Knowing Girt At Stanleigh Visit To America
A humorous tale from Lipplecott's about young Lord Stanleigh visiting an American family. A slaveish servant mocks his hauteur by greeting him as Your Grace and a pretty housemaid responds with a comic blessing in a moment of unexpected indignation.
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Lord Stanleigh
Geeman
Lipplecott
Remarkable Infant Feats Spark Street Gossip
In a bustling apartment house, a four month old baby reportedly can lift a chair with one hand while public chatter notes a rival child at five years old who seemingly raises the roof with no hands. Local witnesses offer varying tales of astonishing strength and playful bragging.
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Robbie
Plea Made After Quick Melon Theft Confession
The Atlanta Constitution reports a prisoner pleading guilty to stealing melons, seeking mercy from the court. The judge questions grounds while the prisoner insists he lacked a chance, arguing he stole the fruit but was not given mercy. A separate quote notes that true rest comes only to those who have earned it.
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Atlanta Constitution
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World Peace Move
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