Seedless Apple Fraud Exposed by Agriculture Officials
The Department of Agriculture warns the public about the Spencer seedless apple scheme. Officials describe the plan as a fakery used to promote stock selling and lure investors. They cite misleading literature, questionable endorsements, and lack of verifiable seedlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuols
New York State
Spencer Company
Department of Agriculture
Taylor
Spencer
Brackett
Luther Urbans
Plipy
Bulley
Cornell Point
Spencer Apple
Bailey
Spencer Adress Appis Company
New York
Niagara County
Spencer Seedappis
Algo
Gore
Jobeless
General Company
Beans Peas and Other metas Foor to Silo and Garden
A fragmented listing of agricultural works notes topics on home fruit garden preparation, peach growing for market, barnyard manure, turkeys and their care, bean selection bacteria for leguminous crops, and related manuals.
Proper Seasoning of Fara Implee Snents
Fall weather seasons farm tools left out to weather. Harvester and other implements stay exposed under cover after plowing to slow rust and promote wood drying. Farmers widely follow this practice to weather wood and metal parts, though sellers view it as obsolete.
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Fara
Implee Snents
Ieft Gut
Pickies and Babies Mix Up Answers in Journal
A readers’ column mix up in an old issue shows a mother asking about her children with whooping cough. The compositor swapped items and printed a drastic home remedy involving skinning, scalding, salt, and a week of storage.
Same Old Story Echoes in Oxford Parlor
A young Oxford student confronts an unexpected visitor his sister and a sprawled joke about a visitor from Australia. An old man claims the rooms are unchanged and, spotting the sister, quips about the familiar scene. The exchange ends with a wry punchline on sameness.
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Oxford
Australia
Jove
Jove, Eqine Old Dodee
Farm Bulletins reprinted by Agriculture Department
The Department of Agriculture has reprinted several Farmers Bulletins due to high demand. Available titles include No. 41 Fowls Their Care and Feeding No. 44 Commercial Fertilizers Their Composition and Use No. 53 Cure of Milk on the Farm No. 64 Ducks and Geese Standard Brands and Management No. 113 The Apple and How to Grow It.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Afterthoughts on customs and world affairs note
The piece mixes varied items from binding feet in China to Curzon and Balfour remarks, Havana cigar imports, the Spanish King’s court travels, Morocco talks, and a New York magistrate hearing for Helen Bertram while her husband acts in The Prodigal Son.
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Ensionis
Havana
Spain
Pontetody
Germany
France
Morocco
Helen Bertram
New York
Trial by Telephone In Lincoln Brings Unique Court Action
Robert Willard a farmer near Elkhart Logan county Illinois pleaded guilty by telephone to intoxication and disorderly conduct. Constable Pertit arranged the call to Justice Rudolph in Lincoln where a $44 fine was imposed and mailed in. The case is noted as a unique instance in central unwinds jurisprudence.
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Robert Willard
Elkhart
Logan County
Ilinois
Pertit
Lincoln
Willard
Farmhans
Rudolph
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Postoffice Department
Uncle Sam
Spencer “Seediess
Colorado
Whlet
APPLE
Psepers
Aelentides Journais
The
New York Times
Buffalo Inquirer
England
United States
Jess
Mesers
Colonel Brackett
Hich
Tasmanian Government Council
Europe
Messrs. Shearn
Iowa
Utah
Post Office Department
Truit
Spencer Neople
Edward
Harper's Weekly
the Belles OF the Season
Lord Curzon
India
KentUcky Wagon Manufacturing CO
Louisville, KY
Kirk
Stad Ag Iik
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago
Ill
Murs
Oureuulogne
Webs Publishing CO
Paul Minn
William Bros
Ithaca
N.Y
Remington Typewriter
Wtokoff
Seamans
Benedict Bertely
Troe
Fred Full Circle
HAY Press
Mandade
Theowa
Wren
Haven
Cod
Het For Catalogue
Sandwich
Eagle Tank Go
N. Green
Wateon-Stillman Ca
Missoula
Missoula Nursery CO
Missoula, Montana
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