Brown Potato Rot Threatens Southern Crops In 1910 Guide
The article explains brown rot of potatoes, caused by a bacillus, with symptoms on leaves stems and tubers, plus the role of insects as carriers. It recommends spraying, removing diseased vines, storing tubers in cool dry places, and rotating land when planting. It also covers orchid culture, bean varieties, and general soil practices for garden crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. Galloway
Colorado
South
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Public Lands Leasing Proposal Sparks Westward Reform Debate
In favor of leasing public lands to Western states, proponents argue rental revenues could fund irrigation and land improvements while reducing the burden of policing vast government-owned areas. Critics worry new states may squander funds though title remains with the federal government. The piece also covers advice on orchid culture and a recommended English manual for amateur orchid growers.
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Barberry
Joseph Chamberlain
M. P
Dha
A Convenient Device for Filling Grain Sacks
The article describes a box with top hooks to hang on bin boards and bottom hooks to hold a bag, allowing grain to be shoveled into sacks without a second person to hold the bag. It also cites methods for destroying moles and notes on wheat trade and crop rotation.
I Should Die To-Night Poem Fragment
A distressed speaker pleads for friends to remember him kindly and forgive prior faults as he contemplates death that night. The speaker hopes loving memories and gentle gestures will comfort those left behind while he endures a painful farewell.
Tea Saloon Sought to Replace Liquor Outlets in New York
The United States Church Army began a crusade to convert New Yorkers to tea drinking. A tea saloon opened in a former red light building, drawing about 200 patrons in three hours. Prices ranged from one to five cents. draw offered up to 100 dollars plus 88 dollars with interest after a year. Notables like Cornelius Vanderbilt and Dr. Shrady backed the effort, arguing tea reduces intemperance.
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United States Church Army
New York
Church Army
Bowery
Fourteenth Street
Wall Street
Henry H. Hadley
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Edwin M. Knox
E. Walpole Warren
Wm. M. Hughes
Gen
I. Shrady
Shrady
Col
Hadley
Temperance Noten and the Business Opposition to Drink
The journal of inebriety notes rising opposition from employers and large capitalists to drink. Managers of money interests push temperance and demand total abstinence, reflecting a shift in the times and a call for reform among firms and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Times
The Danger of Moderate Drinkers in Leadership
The article argues that behavior patterns and habits dominate hiring and leadership outcomes. It cites banking and railroad sectors preferring total abstinence, notes multiple defalcations and failures linked to moderate drinkers, and warns that only hard experience prompts a shift from theory to practice embracing abstinence in high trust roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tennessee Prohibitionists Score Two Legislative Wins
The Tennessee legislature amended the four mile liquor ban to block licenses for towns under 2,000 population within four miles of a schoolhouse. A second victory imposes liability on property owners for tenant illegal sales and fines the actual liquor seller after notice if sales continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Laily Somerset Addresses Temperance Leaders on Christ as King
Lady Henry Somerset speaks to the British Women's Temperance Association urging reform rooted in Christ enthroned in hearts. She emphasizes Christian aims, unity beyond membership, and steadfast hope as they work toward a world governed by God and His Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Somerset
Council of the
British Women's Temperance Association
Christ
God
Language snapshot from a rural quarrel scene
An elderly dialogue depicts marital pressure and pride in a tense exchange between Melinda and a suitor or husband figure. Sarix and Joshi names appear as part of the overheard confrontation, illustrating social expectations and stubbornness in a domestic moment.
Electroid Discovery Reported by Austrian Engineer
Francis Rycinowski of Lemberg claims a new device called electroid that, when energized, freshens the air, excites a breeze, and seems to alter matter. The Austrian commission notes plants quicken, microbes are preserved, and objects glow and move under its influence, suggesting potential industrial use.
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Francis Rycinowski
Lemberg
Austria
Rychnowski
Bis Countryman
Jan Szcapanik
Motor Cycle Hauls Maxims In British Military Maneuver
Motor hauled by a two horsepower oil motor is shown at the eastern manoeuvres of the Twenty sixth Middlesex cyclists at Aldershot. The cycle carriage carries a regulation Maxim gun with a six man support team riding on single wheels and carrying ammonium loads.
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Great Britain
Middlesex
Vv. R.G
Alders Shot
Sanitary headrests proposed for barber chairs
In an effort to improve barber shop sanitation a system proposes each patron receive a fresh paper or parchment headrest sheet. The cushion would be replaced after every customer, tearing away the top sheet as they depart, preventing disease transmission via shared rests.
New Treatment for Tuberculosis Promoted by Dr von Burk
Dr Karl von Burk presents a tuberculosis treatment using an injectable fluid extract of tubercle bacilli. In 78 cases he reports 64.1 percent cured and 33.3 percent improved. The serum differs from Koch tuberculin A and could aid open air phthisis patients.
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Karl von Burk
Koch
von Bucks
Medical Press on Tuberculosis Treatment Evidence
The Medical Press notes that to convince the profession in this country about tuberculin’s efficacy for pulmonary tuberculosis, confirmatory evidence is needed. Until You Ruck provides full data, enthusiasm for the method would be premature.
Electric bicycle "Janais Contente" claims 65 mph test
Inventor M Camille Jenatzsy and two Belgians unveil an electric bicycle named Janais Contente. The cigar shaped craft features a pointed front to cut wind and motor power pushing it to over a mile per minute in speed trials with riders’ heads peeking from apertures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Camille Jenatzsy
Fog-creating wagon protects orange trees from frost in California
Inventor George F. Ditzler demonstrates a fog generating wagon for frost protection. The device features a wet straw filled tank, a tar burning grate, and a revolving fan that drives heat through the straw to emit dense fog between rows of young trees, often obscuring the driver and horses.
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Califonia
George F. Ditzler
Electric Celtuc Toreh Invented in Great Britain
An electric cellar toreh has been invented in Great Britain using a laryngoscope principle for inspecting brewers casks and cans. The device features an electric lamp with a glass protector on a handle and a folding mirror to inspect interiors without exposure, producing a clean odorless appliance for thorough examination.
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Great Britain
Quigey
Potters Seek Leadless Glaze After Centuries of Trials
For over a century pottery makers have sought a lead free glaze as a substitute for lead used since ancient times. Lead poses risks of paralysis, blindness, and death to workers if precautions fail. Modern science, supported by premiums and medals, shows progress as the Society of Arts in London hears that success may be within reach.
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Asia
Society of Arts
London
German Inventor Langhans Develops Silicon Filament
A German inventor named Langhans claims a silicon filament for incandescent lamps that runs at higher efficiency than carbon filaments and does not deposit a dull coating on the glass bulb.
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Langhans
Invention Highlights Gear Wheel and Pneumatic Saddle Device
A newly described anti friction gear wheel uses steel spindles with ball bearings around the periphery, allowing rotation as the wheel contacts a worm shaft. A pneumatic saddle with a long air tube coils inside the chamber to inflate the tube, and a cover closes over it. A separate NY patent details an endless toothed carrier on a wheel track that grips a rider to the top of a fender. The neck of a device is extended, and a globular stopper with resin is used to deter removal after cork insertion.
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He Warn
New York
Hein
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Matta
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P. J. Berry
Ter Soluen
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Laily Somerset
Joshi
Mrs. Sarix
Leime
Melinda
Banttary Harbor Chase
Kovet Electric
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