Phantom Crown figures Maximilian and Carlota in tragedy
By Elmo Scott Watson a review of Bertita Harding’s Phantom Crown portrays Maximilian of Austria and Carlota of Belgium as idealists trapped in a doomed Mexican empire. It traces Maximilian’s abdication, Napoleon III’s broken promises, Carlota’s descent into madness, and their ultimate fates in Vienna and Belgium.
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Johann Strauss
Vienna
Maximilian
Carlota
Mexico
Bertita Harding Cently
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Danube
United States
Queretaro
Archduke Maximilian
Franz Joseph of Austria
Schonbrunn
Charlotte Marie Amelie Augustine Victoire
Clementine Leopoldine
Leopold I
Belgium
Franz Joseph
Venice
Lombardy
Italy
Carlotta
Charlotte
Chateau Miramar
Trieste
Atlantic
Spain
France
England
Napoleon III
Napoleon the Little
America
New World
Contour Plowing Reduces Erosion on Sloped Fields
Agricultural experts from the University of Illinois advocate contour plowing and cultivation to curb soil erosion on slopes. They recommend terraces, limestone, and legumes, with drilled corn and rotary hoe first cultivation to conserve moisture and boost yields.
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Ralph C. Hay
Agricultural Eng
University of Illinois
WNU
Love Imperative: Solitude Without True Friends Is A Wilderness
A Bacon aphorism reflects on the emptiness of crowds without genuine affection. True companionship transcends mere faces and surface talk, revealing how isolation persists even amid social bustle.
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Francis Bacon
Grape Vines Prosper in Various Kinds of Soil
Grape vines thrive in well drained soils with heavier loams often yielding best results. Plant one to two year old stock on a two wired fence, train to two strong canes, prune to buds, and select the strongest growth to form future frame wood each season.
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Montreal Herald
Use Manure for Orchards in Winter
A. B. E. Murnock of Missouri College of Agriculture urges using stable manure for orchards this winter to boost nitrogen and soil water-holding capacity. For average size apple trees 200 to 250 pounds per tree is a fair application, depending on soil fertility and tree vigor.
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A. BE. Murnock
Missouri College of Agriculture
Agricultural Briefs Highlight Early Electric Farming Growth
Farming by electricity expands in England as desert plants resist drought and are studied. Argentina yields nearly 19 million pounds of tobacco last season while Italy’s wheat crop drops 20 percent from 1933. Guthrie Oklahoma orders four horse troughs after farmer requests. Pumpkins and squash kept in a warm basement store until late winter. Grain and by products can be cheaper than hay overall. Hog slaughter anticipated to fall in late winter and early spring. New England reports eight million bushels above average potato harvest. Mixing 50 pounds of superphosphate per ton of manure doubles fertilizing value.
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Argentina
Baby Cross and Fretful With Eczema
A mother reports eczema on her baby’s forehead and head improving after using Cutura Soap and Ointment for about three weeks. The ad cites relief from irritation and sleeplessness, with prices and sample offer from Cuthura Laboratories in Malden Massachusetts.
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Neal Gladney
Brighton
Tenn
Cuthura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
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Garfield
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