Plan for More Central Bodies in Farm Organization
The secretary of agriculture urges stronger central farm organizations to plan and execute advanced agricultural programs. County bureaus and farm bureaus link farmers with agents, pooling county advice, extending information, and promoting cooperative self-help for improved rural life. Membership is open to all county residents with a small fee.
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America
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Colleges
State Departments of Agriculture and
Farmers’ Associations
County Bureaus of Agriculture
Farm Bureaus
South
Farm Bureau
State Agricultural College
States Relations Service
United States Department of Agricultur
Finding Good Ground Water for Farms
Farmers should consult national or state geological authorities before drilling deep or costly wells. Knowledge of strata, land slope, vegetation, and nearby wells guides water availability and quality, while forked sticks and automatic water finders are not reliable.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Transferring Bees to Modern Hives Bulletin
The U S Department of Agriculture released Farmers Bulletin 961 on moving bees from box hives or log gums to movable frame hives. It notes one third of U S bees lack movable combs and outlines methods suitable for any beekeeper. Proper management after transfer is essential for gains.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Farmstead Maintenance And Fodder Advice
Plant a few trees in vacant places around the farmstead. All wearing surfaces on plows and implements should be greased when set away. Repair broken windows and tighten loose boards. Farmers with a few cows and sheep should grow plenty of hay with work teams advised to rely on forage crops.
New Law of Nature Found by Inventor of the Perfect Radio
New York report profiles Roy A. Weagant, Marconi Wireless chief engineer, claiming a new natural law eliminates wireless static. He says the discovery, tested during war and supported by Marconi officials, promises nonstop Atlantic transmission and cost savings. He aims to reveal details after peace is secured, with open sharing and government protection.
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R. A. Weagant
New York
Isaac Newton
Newton
Roy A. Weagant
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Mr. Weagant
Weagant
Germany
Marconi
Edward J. Nally
Marconi Company
North Atlantic
Atlantic
San Francisco
Japan
New Jersey
Miami
Florida
United States Patent Office
United States
Canada
Vermont
Stanstead College
McGill University
Montreal Light, Heat and Power Company
Westinghouse Company
Pittsburgh
de Laval Steam Turbine Company
National Electric Signaling Company
Madeira Near Starvation Amid Ship Shortage
London reports Madeira faces severe food shortages as war limited steamship traffic reduces monthly arrivals to one vessel. Widespread hunger follows as industries stall, export wine and crafts pile up in Funchal while imports drop from the island’s normal 90 percent food intake.
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London
Funchal
Madeira
Grateful to Red Cross as Italian camps close
Mothers in Italy recount relief as the American Red Cross ends its season in camps from Gressonei to Sardinia and Sicily. A letter from T. Maria Ferrario praises Angelo Ferrario’s return renewed in health and asks God to bless the benefactors who aided the children of Italy's soldiers.
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Rome
American Red Cross
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
Red Cross
Giuseppinas
Angelos
T. Maria Ferrario
Angelo Ferrario
Gressonei
When Money Talks In A Chicago Music Studio Tale
A music teacher Bess Courtland rejects suitors for money until Billy Dempster, a penniless but ambitious man, offers love paired with wealth. She alternates hope and scorn as letters reveal his change of fortune and her moral awakening before their final reunion.
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Mrs. de Voss
Mollykins
Confessor
Bess Courtland
Billy
Colorado
Molly
Bess
Billy Dempster
Molly de Voss
Chicago
Dempster
Texas oil industry booms amid war effort
Dallas reports a surge in Texas oil capacity with 42 refineries and 278 500 barrels per day capacity. Refineries could double last year’s Texas output, aided by new coastal plants including a Houston ship canal unit nearing completion with 20 000 barrels per day capacity and a $8 000 000 to $10 000 000 investment.
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Dallas
Texas
Army Motors
Houston Ship Canal
Joy over armistice causes woman's death
Edwardsville Ill The death of Lena Wiemers eighty is believed to have been caused by overjoy at the signing of an armistice with Germany Mrs Wiemers born in Germany often spoke of the return of her boys in France.
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Edwardsville
Lena Wiemers
Germany
Palestine Salt Mountain at Dead Sea Ridge Explored
Palestine possesses a remarkable salt mountain at the south end of the Dead Sea. The ridge runs six miles long and about three quarters of a mile wide, rising nearly 600 feet. Much of the overlying deposits are thick, but the core is solid rock salt, some of which is crystal clear.
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Palestine
Dead Sea
Sermon Fee Stipulation At Hendon Parish Church
For 123 years a sermon has been preached in Hendon parish church on "Human Life is a bubble." Richard Johnson who died in 1795 left trustees of his estate to the Stationers' Company, with the vicar to receive one guinea for preaching and two wardens one guinea each for listening.
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Hendon
Eng
Richard Johnson
Stationers’ Company
Ripening Cheese in Persia
In Persia the good housewife stores cheeses for winter in earthen jars and buries them to ripen deep in the earth of the garden as part of household preservation practices.
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Persia
Emblem of Three Countries Union Jack Origin and Meaning
The Union Jack combines the crosses of St George St Andrew and St Patrick on a blue field with a white border preserving each flag outline. It traces to 1606 under King James and gained St Patrick in 1801. Union Jack is a nickname and proper name is Great Union.
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British Empire
England
Scotland
Ireland
James
Jacques
When a Nut Isn't A Nut The Peanut's True Family
A note from St. Nicholas explains the peanut is not a true nut but a legume. It belongs to the pea bean and clover family and gathers nitrogen from the air. Peanuts grow on shoots above ground and then peg into the soil where peanuts develop.
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St. Nicholas
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Special Information Service
Wature
United States District Court
Julius Mayer
Kintner
Atlantic Communication Company
Mayer
Western Front
Douail
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Salt Mountain
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