Seasonal Buggations and Market Preparations for Crops
Anticipating farm marketing problems, this note urges early planning for harvest handling of perishable crops. It covers packing houses, crates, precooling, careful grading, avoiding waste, and cooperation with shippers and carriers to move apples and potatoes efficiently. It also suggests market data from the Bureau of Markets and emphasizes extending markets and canning surpluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Markets
Girl Disguised as Soldier Tries to Reach Sweetheart
Marion Nestor eighteen of Woodlawn rode on the Eighteenth regiment troop train disguised as a soldier to be near Stewart Walthour. Suspicions rose when Lieutenant Ottman W. Freeborn removed the hat and exposed her long brown hair. She cried that she wished to follow him when he said goodbye and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Marion Nestor
Woodlawn
Eighteenth Regiment
Ottman W. Freeborn
Company K
Miss Nestor
Stewart Walthour
Right to criticize government upheld in New York case
Justice Hendrick of the state supreme court granted a writ of habeas corpus freeing Harry Aurin who had been jailed for 30 days after distributing circulars with excerpts from the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The court ruled the issue was a legitimate criticism of law, not incitement to violate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hendrick
State Supreme Court
Harry Aurin
Justice Herricks
Germany
Russia
Newspaper as a Portrait of a Pretty Woman
Fragment discusses newspapers as embodying many types, always shaped by appeal and gossip. It likens a paper to a pretty woman who is chased, enjoys press attention, and takes pride in novelty.
Edison’s Youth Shows Early Fire and Fortitude
Milan Ohio born Thomas Alva Edison began life February 11, 1847. His Dutch ancestry, move to Gratiot Michigan, and early schooling challenges shaped a self taught genius. As a youth he ran a moving train newspaper, built a chemical lab, and survived a serious train fire that left him deaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Ohio
Edison
America
Gratiot
Mich
Thomas Alva
Little Thomas
Port Huron
Detroit
Dyer and
Martin
Thomas A. Edison
Herald
London Times
B. c. Forbes
Leslie’s
New Form of Con Game in Chicago Panics Merchants
A scam in Chicago involves tubs sold as containing sixty pounds of butter. After purchase, buyers find only a thin butter surface with sand filling the rest. Tubs fetched up to $19.50, implying butter priced near $4 per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Woman Finds Over $4000 in Coins Hidden Around Manitowoc Home
A cleaning woman discovered over 4000 in nickels dimes quarters and half dollars hidden in mattresses quilts under carpet and in unlikely places throughout the home of the late Mrs. Fred Pingle an 88 year old pioneer resident of Manitowoc. The Pingle family once lost a fortune when a bank failed, which is blamed for the elder woman hiding her savings at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
Fred Pingle
Pingle
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Bureau of Crop
Industrial Review
Salem
State
Corporation Department
Portland Roofing Co
American Lake
Oswego
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Calif
State Highway Board
Corvallis
West
Irving
Port of
Coos Bay
Coos City
Eugene—Springfield
North Bend
Congress
Western Railroads
Legal Department
Wolf Creek
Red Butte
Portland
Marion County
Oregon Cement Company
Pendleton—State Press Association
Wheeler—Nehalen
Glendale
Eugene
North Plains
Harrisburg
Roseberg
Wells - Fargo Express Co
Bandon
Stanfield
Hunting
Ephrata
Wash
Pacific
Jackson
Josephine Counties
la Grande
United States
Doll and Kaufman
Marshfield
Pilot Rock-H
Coos County
Bandon Beaches
Lakeside
Ten Mile Lake
John M. Scott
Portland, Ore
Southern Pacific Lines
Myrtle Point
Elliott & Sherman Film: Corporation
H. A. Sherman, Pres
Tom’s. Cabin
Griffith
Mae Marsh
Henry W. Walthall
Lillian
Gish
D. W. Griffith
Anon
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