Hints on Purchasing and Planting Fruit Trees in Wisconsin
Wisconsin fruit growing is possible with careful variety selection and site choice. Elevation, exposure, and protection from frost and wind matter, with well drained, clay-rich soils best for apples and pears. Buy from reliable nurseries, plant two to three year trees in straight rows, space 25 to 30 feet, water and mulch, and rotate ground cover. prices are given for apples, pears, plums, and cherries.
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Wiscom
Wisconsin
Hgve
Epple
Pubilly
Allis
Himsel
Wisconay State Horticultural Society
J. J. Blerbst
Sparta
Queen Wilhelmina Chooses Duke Henry as Future Consort
Queen Wilhelmina settles on Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin as her fiancé and future prince consort. The match pleases the queen, Dutch people, and diplomats, with Henry seen as athletic, unambitious, and suited to a royal role without kingship.
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Queen Wilhelmina
Duke Henry OF
Mecklenburg-Schweren
Holand
Nella
England
Swecen
Denmark
Greece
Germany
Hans
Wilhelina
Peipeu
Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Victoris
Chicare
Wisconsin fruit list from the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
A compact guide lists apples, pears, plums, European and Japanese varieties. It cites Oldenbyureh Duchess, Wealthy, Northwestern Greening, Flemish Beauty, Quaker, and other names, based largely on Wisconsin horticultural society publications. The note is dated Madison November 14 from the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Wisconsin State Horticultural Society
Wisconsin
Ombard
Richmond
Kentish
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Madison
Doge of War and the Use of Dogs in German Military
The article credits Hor Vou Donat as a prominent military instructor who proposed using dogs in Germany's military system. It outlines Doberman ironically, but mentions Saint Bernard as ambulance searchers, a pointer as sentries, and collies for ammunition transport and messengery, highlighting their trained roles in wartime duties.
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Germany
Hor Vou
Donat
Yatherland
Bernard
Alps
Hound units trained to attack cyclists in warfare claimed by reporter
A fragmentary outline describes specially trained hounds used to attack cyclists, allegedly taught to drag dummies dressed as enemies from moving machines. The piece cites Lacvir strength and savage disposition as factors, noting French military cycling influence and a harsh wartime role.
Henri De Regnier and the Symbolist Poets
Henri De Regnier, famed Freeshmen lecturer at the University of Chicago, defends symbolist poetry and Verlaine. He argues poetry can be common sense and elegant even when readers struggle to decipher its symbols. Regnier has published volumes of verse and two story series, earning the Legion of Honor.
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Henri de Regnier
University of Chicago
MM. Regnier Hse
Floradora Hanglish Musical Comedy Cast Revealed
An American born girl unfamiliar with stage work, Miss May Edouin, will play a principal role in Floradora the Hanglish musical comedy. She is the daughter of Willie Edouin and the late Alice Atherton, who spent years in England. Willie Edouin also travels over with the production.
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Floradora
Ieen Sen
May Edouin
Willie Edouin
Alice Atherton
England
Foxy Quiller Opéra in New York Delights Audiences
Reginald De Koren and Harry B. Smith produce Foxy Quiller a comic opera in which Jerome Sykes reprises a character from The Highwayman. The piece opened in New York and is praised for its pleasing music and diverting humor.
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Foxy Quiller
Reginald de Koren
Harry B. Smith
Jerome Sykes
New York
Venus Observations from Arequipa Suggest Dense Atmosphere
Harvard observers in Arequipa Peru headed by Professor W A Pickering report Venus enveloped in a dense cloud cover with substantial atmospheric water. They contend the atmosphere may be several times denser than Earth’s at sea level, implying possible heavy vapor above the clouds and potential Earthlike early conditions.
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Ce Aoants
Harvard Observatory
Venus
Worvard
Arequipa
Peru
W. A. Pickering
Garrett
Pickering
Cart
Earth
Arequiga
Harvard
Rochester Democrat and
Chroniele
Happiest Class of People in Speed's Compation
In The Happiest Class of People, Speed concludes after identifying the unhappy men that the article will now describe the pleasant duty of speaking of those who enjoy life. It discusses wealth and poverty as not sole measures of happiness. The passage frames happiness as attainable by the virtuous and content within life’s terms.
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John Gilmer Speed
The Happiest State and the Middle Class
Solomon argues the happiest state is a stable middle class income balanced with frugality and contentment. He notes this vast, often overlooked group sustains the republic, offering honest conservatism amid reform and greed. The United States, he says, has a relatively large middle class compared to many nations.
Madame Bonaparte’s Scorn Revealed in Memoir Excerpt
Writing from the romance of Elizabeth Patterson and Jerome Bonaparte in the Ladies' Home Journal, the article recalls her disdain for Bonapartes except Napoleon, rejects Jerome’s Westphalia offer, and notes sharp exchanges and a rare silent meeting at Florence.
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Madame Bonaparte
Elizabeth Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon I
William Perrine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Elizabeth
Westphalia
Scumaladider
Jerome
Pitti Palace
Florence
Emperor Kwang Hsu Described by Educator in Alnalee's
Professor Headland portrays the Chinese emperor as about thirty, medium in height, pale, and weak in constitution. He has learned Chinese and Manchu, some English, and a new wife with many concubines and no children. His temper is explosive and his vision unclear amid reform edicts credited to Kang Yu Wei. The emperor governs mainly after midnight with two officials recording every act for distant posterity.
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LT. Headland
Alnalee
Kang Yu- Wei
Reform Party
Shion
Pekin Gazette
Kwang
Han
New African Perch Yields Gutta Percha Substitute
Discovered at Dunga in east Africa by the British consul at Izalbar the maar nueve variety of mutta perches derives from a tree. When capped it exudes a substance resembling gutta percha and may coagulate in boiling water. Experts see potential uses where gutta percha is used and expect market potential. Zanzibar is said to abound with it and it could be cheap.
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Dunga
East Africa
Izalbar
Zanzibar
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Canal
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Manette
Chave
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Chicago
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Doge of
Solomon
Lame
United States
Kwang Hsu
Emperor
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