Navy Building Plan Outlined For Coming Year
The navy’s proposed program calls for four river eight cruisers gunboats and three cruiser submarines for the next year. It notes a deficiency in fast scouts and Panama canal defenses, cites international tonnage ratios, and discusses submarine and aircraft carrier plans including Langley Lexington and Saratoga developments.
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Ashington
Denby
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Budget Bureau
Congress
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Tablet Placed At Monroe Home Marking Historic DC Site
A bronze tablet marking the former Monroe mansion at 2017 T Street NW was unveiled by Gouverneur descendants and the D A R. District Commissioner Rudolph lauded Monroe’s role in locating the capital while noting the house’s 1802 origins and intimate White House tenure after 1814 fire.
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Arts Club
T Street
Northwest
Monroe
Rose Gouverneur
Maud Campbell
Gouverneur
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rudolph
James Monroe
United States
Congress
Tower Falls of the
Potomac
Teh
Maj General Mason M Patrick Earns Pilot Wings at Sixty
Maj Gen Mason M Patrick chief of the army air service is formally certified as a pilot at age sixty. Secretary Weeks notes his extensive flying as passenger and observer and his successful completion of takeoff, landing, cross country flying, and aircraft motor knowledge tests. Patrick moved to the air service from the engineers corps in WWI.
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Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Patrick
Weeks
Air Service
General Patrick
Engineers Corps
W21
Air Service OF
General Patrick to survey around the world flight route
Secretary Weeks authorized General Patrick to detail two air service officers to recon the Alaska coast Aleutian islands and Japan for a potential around the world flight. The plan would follow the London to Australia route and seek congress approval with sizable expenses likely if a small squadron goes instead of one plane.
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Weeks
Patrick
Air Service
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Japan
Asiatic
London
Australia
Congress
Taft's Pacific Tour Sets Record Mileage
The article notes President Taft nearing a record mileage on a tour through the Middle West West and South not leaving U S proper. It states Taft may have logged about 14 509 miles, surpassing earlier leaders while Harding prepares a two month absence.
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Taft
United States
Middle West
South
Jast
Harding
Zoe
Owen
Toft
Wilson
Paris
England
Italy
Belgium
Bes
Washington summer aides to staff out as many travel
A dated report notes assistant secretaries will run the government in Washington from abroad or on leave while top officials are away. Mellon and others plan international trips and conferences, with President and several cabinet members traveling to Alaska, the Orient, and European debt matters. Attorney General Craigherty and Postmaster General New are noted for summer plans, while Congress remains sparsely represented.
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Washington
RTO
Mellon
White
A& 2
United States
Alaska
Wallace
Work
Hoover
Denny
Orient
Athmatic and
Pacific
Michigan
Hwe
France considers alcohol as national motor fuel option
French chemists push for alcohol derived from beets grapes and byproducts as a substitute for imported gasoline. They cite 25 percent higher efficiency and plans for a state controlled supply and pricing to support a nationwide fuel program.
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Paris
France
United States
Great Britain
Holland
Association Des Chemistes de Sucrerie Et de Distillerie de France
M. Massaraud
Despondent Brother and Sister Die by Scaffold in Home
In Louisville New York George Schneider age fifty and his sister Anna died in a double suicide. He built a scaffold in a room of their home and hanged his sister after she hanged herself and then took his own life.
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Louisville
George Schneider
Anna
Schneider
Scientist Discovers New Star in Southern Sky
Dr. Liampland at Lowell Observatory reports finding a new star in Centaurus using comparative photographic plates taken nine days apart. The discovery highlights how changes in brightening reveal stellar evolution and composition, while noting Messier 88 in Centaurus as a long studied nebula. Alabama is cited for leading penuta production with 200,000 ore figures in 1922.
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Wharstaff
Aria—fir
Satan- Wheoof Lewell Alservatory
Coens Fies
Liampland
Centaurus
Messier 88
Lowell Observatory
Doctor Lampland
Plant Bears Potatoes and Tomatoes in One Plant
Alexandria Iowa reports a farmer, H W W Hanes, growing a single plant that bears Irish potatoes on its roots and tomatoes on the foliage. The feat is described as a freak of nature linked to plant wizard Luther Burbank. The Washington conference notes list British warships scrapped, including four battleships, two battle cruisers, 290 destroyers, and 107 submarines.
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Alexandria
H. WW
Hanes
Willow Glen
Luther Burbank
Washington
Vanilla bean growing tried in Porto Rico
Federal experimental station in Porto Rico promote vanilla as an export crop on old coffee lands. First commercial plantings in 1918 now bearing. one printer yielded 850 pounds from about three acres at 4 dollars per pound. Porto Rican vanilla compares well with Bourbon and Java grades and plantings rise rapidly.
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Washington
Federal Agricultural Experiment Station
Porto Iico
United States Department of Agriculture
Ins
Guadeloupe
Control San Jose Scale by Spraying in Arkansas
United States Department of Agriculture outlines the dormant season spray method for the San Jose scale in Ozark Arkansas orchards. Emulsion with 2 percent oil, two dormant sprays, soft water, and thorough coverage are advised. growing season sprays offer only partial control.
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United States Department of Agriculture
San Jose
Ozark
Arkansas
Bentonville
Ark
Department
A. J. Ackerman
Caretesances
Washington, D. C
Buckwheat as a Short Season Emergency Crop
Buckwheat serves as a quick emergency grain in many states to replace drowned corn or fill rotation gaps. It yields about 15 to 20 bushels per acre, matures in 10 to 12 weeks, and can be seeded by early July with a rate of four to five acres per acre. Japanese buckwheat is noted among the best varieties. harvest starts as first seeds mature, with drying steps to prevent shattering.
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France
Ministry of Finance
Beziers
Department of Hierault
M. Gorlchot
Department of Science
University of Montpelier
Fasoline
M. Massaraud
French Chemical Association
South Africa
M. Lindet
Prooe
Psec Carr Ame Tae RY
M. Mastreraud
Bordeaux Mixture Good Cure for Flea Beetles
Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead spray control flea beetles on potatoes beets beans tomatoes and cabbage. Use two and a half pounds arsenate of lead per 50 gallons of mixture and spray both leaf surfaces. Extend to garden and field with angle nozzle sprayers and multiple nozzles per row for thorough coverage.
Guineas Show Subtle Male Female Appearance Similarities
The article notes that male and female Guineas look very similar across varieties. It highlights slight differences such as males having a heavier comb and a tendency to lift their heads slightly. When excited, males walk on tiptoe and emit a shrill single note, while females produce two notes buck-wheat buck-wheat.
Profitability hinges on hen feed efficiency in layers
The article argues that judging a hen's value is impossible without proper feeding. Rations lacking animal matter hinder profitable laying, while correcting the ration makes previously unprofitable layers productive again.
Sharp Hoe Improves Work with Task Focused Tools
A fragment suggests a hoe aids labor when paired with the right tile work. The text includes a garbled exclamation about the tool, indicating emphasis on durability and efficiency in manual labor tasks.
Planting Soy Beans and Farm Weed Woes
Cheap oil and repairs are contrasted with long term costs of poor lubrication. Soy beans can be planted with corn, while Canada thistle is highlighted as a persistent weed. Watering and foulbrood concerns touch on farm management and hive health.
Duty of Hog Grower to Watch His Herds
The article stresses hog owners must closely monitor their herds for signs of disease and parasites from birth to market. It cites hog cholera as the major threat, notes serum has reduced losses by about 60 percent, and urges veterinary help for uncertain cases.
Georgia Girl Wins Over Boys in Raising Swine
Twelve year old Lois Duncan of Boys- ton Georgia won the grand prize at the Southeastern fair in Atlanta beating over a hundred boys in the pig club events. She and her Poland China boar Duncan Libera secured the championship and additional prizes. She plans to take her win to other interregional fairs to capture more prizes.
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Georgia
Southeastern States
Lois Duncan
Ton
Atlanta
Duncan
Careful Egg Feeding for Summer Production
The article explains that eggs require the most attention in March to May and again in June to August. It cites Storr’s contest results showing normal hens lay about seven eggs more in summer than spring, with feed costs averaging around 10 cents per month, and notes summer feed bills are lower than winter.
Test for Butterfat at Home With Small Outfit
A brief on testing butterfat at home or with a small outfit. Weigh night and morning milk for a week, using a gallon of whole milk weighing about BB pounds. Teat for butterfat at home with a small outfit or through a cow testing association, the bounty agent, or at the creamery. Questioning profitable yields and feeding decisions.
Corn ration debate wavers over dairy needs
A garbled note discusses corn favorability for milk production, arguing rationing choices affect dairy output. It mentions bundles of corn and a comparison to milk production, but the exact positions remain unclear due to fragmented phrasing.
Hen and She Will Work Hard If Properly Fed and Cared For
The text urges giving hens home grown grains by products, clean water, grit, daily mash, exercise, and scratch to improve their performance. It emphasizes more attention, suggesting hens will work harder when properly fed and cared for.
Turkey Failures and a Hard Hit to Farm Stocks
A fragment notes a disease affecting turkeys labeled infectious and deadly. It mentions a chief concern for farmers, a disease without a cure, and references failed flocks and profits impacted by this issue.
Iowa News Highlights Include Labor, Roads and Rail
A scattered Iowa column notes two women arrested in Oska loosa for bootle transport, Cedar Rapids address on road funding criticized, Des Moines dedicates first Negro run business block, Pershing to visit Des Moines August 20, and Iowa wheat condition forecast at twenty bushels per acre.
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Cedar Falls
Oskaloosa
Post
GA. R
Decorah
Sioux City
Mount Hamil Starmer
Cedar Rapids
F. 8. Snyder
Idaho University
Iowa
Des Moines
Grinnell College
Myestock
Iowa State Fair
A. R. Corey
John J. Pershing
John A. Kasgson
LongteYow
Illinoia Central Railway
Watertloo
Jones. County
Congress
State Highway Commission
Scolea
Gaventeen
Swaney
Curtiss-Iowa. Aircraft . Corporation
Herring Motor Company
Swansy: Aviation
Des Moinés
Union
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Louisville
Washington
Harding
Alaska
Smachine
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Thomas Jefferson
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South America
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Cal
M. G. Hawkins
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West Virginia State Capitol
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San Jose Scale
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