Planting Young Orchards in Oregon Climatic and Spacing Rules
Prof. C J Lewis outlines best practices for establishing new orchards in western Oregon. Emphasizing tree quality one year old stock a firm planting depth and windward orientation. He compares Rectangular Hexagonal and Quincunx systems with spacing guidelines and notes early spring planting advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Thid&Éason
Pew
Ore‘gon
Willamsettee
Acre
Feeding Tankage to Hogs in Eastern Oregon
Corvallis reports an Oregon Agricultural College experiment suggests supplementing wheat with digester tankage to improve pig fattening. The study outlines two feeding groups, methods for weighing, and 60 day evaluation, with costs around 55 dollars per ton delivered. Members may join the Experiment League via secretary Stanton Griffis or president Leonard Carpenter at O. A. C.
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Corvallis
Oregon Experiment League
Oregon
North Portland
BE. L. Potter
Oregon Agricultural College
Experiment League
League
Stanton Griffis
Enert
Leonard Carpenter
Legend of the Mistletoe Kiss Across Myth and Mystery
The piece recounts how Loki caused Baldur’s death with a mistletoe arrow, then the plant’s power was redirected to love. It notes the goddess of love guarding the mistletoe, rival beliefs about kissing, and Druids guarding sacred oaks with mistletoe rituals during early year ceremonies.
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E. R. Gaillard
Lok
Baldur
Loki
Hodi
Snow Fort Games and Holiday Plant Lore Across Traditions
The piece describes a school snowball battle and a festive ceremony with mistletoe blessings by priests. It recounts the all-heal belief in mistletoe, a legend of a poisoned sap, and notes its American range from New Jersey south and west, where it overruns trees as a nuisance.
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America
New Jersey
Riddles and Wit From a 19th Century Q&A Page
A column of lighthearted questions and sharp replies. Jokes include a coat of paint, a stab at a surgical operation in Lansing, and wordplay on stationary and cataract. The humor hinges on puns and everyday absurdities common to old newspapers.
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Lansing
Michigan
Ehort
Niagara
Appropriate Locations for Everyday Places
A list assigns city nicknames to common activities with Wheeling for baby carriages Port Deposit for bank savings Mobile for autos Washington for laundry Baltimore for the national game Cleveland for earthquakes and Newport as a place to avoid for connoisseurs of rare old wine.
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Wheeling
Bank Savings
Port Deposit
Mobile
Washington
Balttimore
Cleveland
Newport
Fragmented dialogue on frugality and jam with butter
Dialogue features George and his mother discussing frugality over bread with butter and jam. The exchange emphasizes value and economy in everyday food choices.
Home Made Motor Iceboat Captures Ice Performance
A four and a half foot wide by ten foot long motor iceboat built to replace a sail craft uses a 3 hp air cooled engine from a motorcycle. It propels via belt to a spiked driving wheel with a gear reduction. The rear motorcycle wheel serves as a tire with a steel reinforced spike runners 10 inch high and steel shoe spikes. The boat weighs 120 pounds and is steered by three levers for spark throttle and direction.
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Popular Mechanics
Pericles and Aspasia Quotations in Political Virtue
An extract contrasts the rhetoric of Pericles and Aspasia with the claim of a long and virtuous rule. It highlights a ruler professing no revenge or cruelty over thirty seven years, asserting public mourning never caused by their governance and mentioning monuments like the Propylaea and Parthenon.
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Aspasia
Fock
Ata
Propylaea
Parthenon
Walter
Savage Lander
Pericles
Murine Eye Remedy Advertises Pain Relief and Eye Care
Murine Eye Remedy offers liquid and eye salve in aseptic tubes with prices 25c 50c and 1.00. Eye books and advice are free by mail. Druggists sell Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago markets this product for red weak weary watery eyes and granulated eyelids with eye soothing claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murine
Murine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Slight Misunderstanding at the Pyramids
Mrs Oldtimer recalls visiting the pyramids in Egypt and noting walls covered with hieroglyphics. Mrs Newich asks if they were afraid some of the "ugly things" would get on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Oldtimer
Egypt
Pyramids
Mra. Newich
Ottumwa Woman Praises Pinkham Remedy
An Ottumwa woman reports long term relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others to try the tonic and notes doctors did not help, adding that the company offers confidential advice from a woman in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Harriet E. Wampler
Ransom Street
Ottumwa
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
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C.J. Lewis
George
Iis
Beth
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