Baker Crowe Denies Death Informaton Bureau Mixup
A man named Arthur Benjamin Crowe storms the information bureau claiming a report said he was dead. Clerk Robert Picket and manager press him to prove life while outlining his debts to local firms. Crowe is urged to settle about five hundred dollars of past due accounts with Jones & Small to avoid a public death notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward Streeter
Information Bureau
Robert Picket
A. B Crowe
Crowe
H.m
Picket
Arthur Benjamin Crowe
Iam Crowe
Mr Crowe
Informaon
Baker Crowe
Mabaeger
Picket S.gnaled
Thomas
B Crowe
Frilerg
Jones & Small
Time of Little Moment in Chinese Punctuality Tale
Dr Wu Tingfang writes about time in America and China. He contrasts Western exact start times with China’s two hour periods and recounts punctuality mishaps at a Beijing luncheon and a public meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wu Tingfang
America
China
Peking
At Least a Merit She-Ananias Had One Thing on Adam
The dialogue hints at accountability in a biblical scene where Ananias and Sapphira face scrutiny. The question asks what one thing Ananias possessed that Adam did not, implying a contrast in honest action versus shifting blame within the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ananias
Adamite
Sapphira
Baseless Insuit Involved Local Claim
A terse exchange shows a caller named Mrs. Jims denying a claimed conge. The dispute centers on a request never acknowledged by the local establishment.
Bachelor’s grand life ends in a new marriage and moral
A titled social observer recalls a wealthy bachelor once famed for travel and excess. After decades of nightlife and wealth he marries a younger Senorita seeking a simpler life, only to find restlessness and a wry moral: those who marry to escape something often find something else.
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Bachlor
Chicago
Pachelor
du Az
Mater
Nix
Europe
Tail Evidence Declares Ownership in Sequestration Suit
Margarita Valdespino of El Paso Texas argued a sequestration case before Judge McClintock. The plaintiff produced two inches of a dog's tail to prove ownership of El Japonis the white bull pup. The judge tested the tail against the dog and ruled the tail proved ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margarita Valdespino
Paso
Tex
Gold Treatment for Nerves Highlights Court Testimony
Miss Maud Wilson, a George Baker Logan school teacher, sued the Metropolitan for 7500 damages after a 1912 street car collision in Kansas City. Testimony described a striking remedy of pulverized gold given in one sixtieth grain doses to calm shattered nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Metropolitan
Maud Wilson
George Baker Logan
Wilson Weas
Store Manure for Gardens
A practical guide advises storing garden manure in a large box with a fine screen to prevent pests. Keep the heap ventilated by spading the top, drain water to a sunken barrel, and rotate the material monthly to promote rot. Place boxes away from the house and screen them with vines so they go unnoticed.
BAD WEED IN THE PASTURES
Burdock is a biennial weed with a deep tap root and large fuzzy leaves. It harms sheep and horses by burs sticking to wool and manes. Flowers in July and August, seeds in September. Continuous cutting exhausts and can exterminate it. deep cutting with salt or kerosene can hasten root kill.
Mangels as Cow Feed and Nutritional Notes
Mangels provide 9 percent dry matter and 91 percent water with 11 percent protein and 6 percent carbohydrates, offering a nutritive ration of 1:5.5. They are valuable as succulence for milk cows when hay or fodder is dry or without siloed silage, aiding animal health more than food. Carrots are preferred for horses, sugar beet for swine, and turnips for sheep.
Spraying Equipment Costs For Orchards and Gardens
Barrel sprayers cover five to ten acres of orchard and run from 12 to 30 dollars. Bucket sprayers suitable for about a dozen trees cost 3.50 to 8 dollars. Small hand compressed air knapsack outfits for potatoes nursery trees berries and vineyards range 5 to 15 dollars. All sprayers should have brass parts resistant to acids.
Summer Diet for Pigs Lets Lighter Rations Thrive
In summer the animal heat is kept up with but little effort, and a lighter diet should be fed to pigs. The food should be thinned down with good sweet whey kitchen slops or waste milk. Pigs drink this with relish and it is better for them than thick heavy food.
Treat Hogs for Paralysis
In Colorado Agricultural College findings, partial hind leg paralysis in hogs is linked to phosphate of lime deficiency. Affected hogs across ages showed no pain and normal appetite. raw potatoes as a main diet likely contributed. Suggested remedy includes cod liver oil, 15 grains phosphate of lime, and three drops of venomous wax from poison ivy? mixed with food twice daily.
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George NI Glover
Colorado
Agricultural College
Fertilizer Mixes For Berries In Cultivation
The guide lists berry fertilization options including tankage or Peruvian guano 600 pounds per acre fine ground bone 1000 pounds and low grade sulphate of potash 690 pounds plus nitrate of soda 100 pounds All materials may be mixed and applied after plowing before setting plants and incorporated by harrowing Dried blood 200 pounds per acre low grade sulphate of potash 600 pounds tankage or Peruvian guano 600 pounds basic slag meal 1000 pounds nitrate of soda 100 pounds Slag should not be mixed with blood tankage or guano to avoid ammonia loss It is better to apply slag separately but all others may be mixed before application.
Fencing Needs Vary With Field Shape
A discussion notes that fencing requirements depend on field shape. A 10 acre square field uses 40 rods per side totaling half a mile of fencing, while a rectangle 80 by 20 rods needs 200 rods, showing a square uses less fencing than a longer oblong of equal area.
Fighting hog cholera through cleaner hog houses
The article argues that controlling hog cholera hinges on sanitation and pasture use, noting the disease’s spread across hog producing regions. It emphasizes broader measures beyond housing and yards to reduce outbreaks.
Don’t Work Too Hard On A Farm Philosophy
A compact reflection warns that sacrificing all other joys for a splendid farm is too costly. The sentiment emphasizes life’s brevity and warns against overcommitting to material abundance at the expense of living.
Dipping Nursery Trees Proves Fatal to Young Stock
The notice warns that sulphur dip is deadly to young nursery trees and urges nurserymen to guarantee stock that requires no dipping. It cautions that guarantees may be unreliable and stresses caution in purchases.
Watch the Sheep Health This Season
Farm guidance urges careful monitoring of sheep health now, with emphasis on lamb welfare, nutrition, and early disease signs. Local agronomists stress routine checks, vaccination, and clean housing to prevent outbreaks and support flock productivity.
Corn Growers Matto Gains Attention in Acres and Yields
The matto promotes early and frequent cultivation as a key to better corn crops. It highlights soil readiness, timely planting, and regular weeding as essential steps. Local farmers discuss potential yield improvements and practical challenges in adopting the approach.
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AB. Crowe
Jones & Bmall
Bureaus
Dr. Wu
Ade
George
Monte Carlo
Delhi
Sherheard’s
Cairo
Japan
Honolulu
Ice Palace
London
The
Savoy
Mortimer
Big Man
John Drew
Benzonte
Boulevard of Pleasure
Arnold Bennett
Ringling Brothers
Matto
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