Poisons Used in Farming Reflects Scientific Shift
The article explains agriculture adopting chemical poisons to kill weeds while sparing crops. It notes breeding resistant plant varieties, the three factors transforming farming, and experiments using copper, iron, and arsenic against mildew, black rot, and unwanted vegetation. It discusses selective toxicity and the goal of applying poisons to control pests and weeds without harming crops.
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Henri Rousset
la Nature
Paris
Mr. Rousset
Mediterranean
John A. Harman
Guayaquil
Quito
Translation Note Hint Latin Phrase for Digest
The fragment notes a Translation made for The Literary Digest about an experiment described as interesting to try. It reads as a brief archival line indicating an historic translation credit and speculative description of a potential experiment.
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The
Literary Digest
Washington's Acres: Washington Heirs Claim Vast Lands At Death
The Washington heirs contest ownership of Cincinnati and other western lands once held by George Washington. He amassed 74,000 acres through marriage, inheritance, surveying for Lord Fairfax, and military bounty. Lands include Williamsburg area plots, Mount Vernon, Fredericksburg parcels, and Ohio region holdings.
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City of
Cincinnati
Custis
Williamsburg
Mount Vernon
Fredericksburg
Lord Fairfax
Frederick County
Tobias Lear
Ohio
Little Kanawha
Great Kanawha
New York Evening Post
Books Returned After Years at Philadelphia Library
A Philadelphia Record note recalls returns of long missing volumes from the city library at Locust and Juniper streets. A borrower returned a book after over three years with no fines, and librarians say some volumes vanish for decades or a century before reappearing, including a classic set found in Holland.
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Philadelphia
Locust and
Juniper Streets
Holland
Philadelphia Record
Sacred recital blends dance with scriptural themes in parish hall
A New York man recalls an exhibition of fancy dancing labeled a sacred recital held in a parish hall for charity. The program featured dances depicting Scriptural festivals such as Eastern and Western Prayer and Miriam’s battle scene by the Red Sea set to Nearer My God to Thee, described as inspiring.
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New York
Miriam
Red Sea
New York Sun
The Sun Unearthly Behind Its Concentric Shells
A Harper's Magazine passage explains the sun as a system of shells centered on an unseen, ultra-hot nucleus. It details the chromosphere with prominences and the corona, notes gravity’s fierce pull, and imagines a solar surface with Earthlike activities weighed down by gravity.
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Arrhenius
Harper’s Magazine
Swedenborg’s bones to return to native soil in Sweden
After 126 years in London the bones of Emanuel Swedenborg will be sent back to Sweden for burial in his homeland. The famed mystic and writer will be laid to rest in native soil as authorities arrange the transfer.
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London
Emanuel Swedenborg
Sweden
Rent Free Areas in England Show Tenants Not Paying
Brompton County Court exposed cases where eleven houses in George's Square Fulham paid no rent for one to seven years. Similar patterns appeared in East End terraces and Leather Lane evictions, with tenants preserving rent free occupancy through long defiance until force and eviction occurred, about 200 people ultimately displaced by bailiffs.
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England
Brompton County Court
George's Square
Fulham
Leather Lane
London County Council
A Rural Exchange on Civil and Smart Across Regions
In a fragmentary overheard exchange two natives compare word usage with rural humor. They use civil and smart to describe weather, the captain, and hunting, noting civ ilized behavior and civil rapids as humorous contrasts.
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Labrador
If Fleet Were Sold
The San Francisco Star argues against warship investment proposing funds could irrigate millions of acres, house hundreds of thousands, build an Atlantic Pacific railroad, create a national telecom system, liberate citizens from monopolies, and establish power plants. It calls for halting naval expansion and even criticizes churches for hypocrisy while praising peace.
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San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
San Francisco Star
Government increases role in world fairs with rich sponsorship
The government plans a $50,000 sponsorship for Seattle's Alaska Yukon exhibit next year and a later million and a half for the Tokio Exposition as a diplomatic gesture rather than a profit venture. Rivalry grows for three commissioners general with salaries starting at 2000 to 8000 and rising by exposition year.
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Seattle
Jamestown
Japan
Boston Transcript
Belled buzzard famous in East Nottingham township
Samuel Winchester captured a belled buzzard noted for years as a stork sign in East Nottingham township. The large, uniquely colored bird with a sleigh bell has drawn many spectators, and Winchester plans to set it free after its capture. The bird’s presence has long signaled a birth to local families.
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Samuel Winchester
Iiom
Yars
Mr. Winchester
Phillelpila
Army Athletics and the K O's Role in Base Ball
Army Life argues a commanding officer's personal interest in sports drives physical and moral development. It questions how a key pitcher’s guard duties and a paroled prisoner could affect a pennant race, suggesting the K O’s authorization impacts a post’s baseball odds.
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K. O
Permissia
Army
That Sphere Matrimony a Better Paid Occupation
Poetic squib argues marriage offers security and pay while critiquing suitors. It mocks single women pressured to prep for marriage and praises the social trap as advantageous, with satirical tone on careers versus husband dependence.
Witty Punchline Snippets From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of quips and inimitable one liners from Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Press Cleveland Leader and other papers. Jests touch on marriage crime business and family dynamics with bemused wit and clipped exchanges. The snippets showcase period humor and social mores in brisk dialogue.
Feminine News Notes From Across the Nation
Mary Brush of Davenport invents a boneless corset. Oklahoma women visit New York to pursue state opportunities. John C. Heckscher's will leaves $100 to his daughter in New York. Dean Russell selects Mrs. Scott Durand to lead pure milk legislation efforts. Miss Clare Russell of England wins final round at Amackassin Club Yonkers. Susie Halliday of Brooklyn sabotages telephone wires at her fence to keep repair crews at bay. Mrs. Harriet W. Brand dies in Evanston after two months illness. Elizabeth S. Colton of Eastampton speaks forty languages well enough to read them. Lotta Rand of Lynn appointed deputy superintendent for the blind in Boston. former Joy at charity secretary for over ten years. Mary Proctor, famed American woman astronomer, starts five-year world tour. Mime de Witt, later revealed as Henriette Guizot, daughter of a historian, died in Paris.
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Davenport
Iowa
Oklahoma
New York
John C. Heckscher
Ma Or McClellan
Dean Russell
University of Wisconsin
Scott Durand
Clare Russell
England
Amackassin Club
Yonkers
Susie Halliday
Brooklyn
Tephone Company
Tiarrier W. Brand
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Evanston
Ill
Elizabeth S. Colton
Easthampton
Mass
Paris
Henriette Guizot
Elephants Swallow Stones and Crocodiles Demonstrated
A Philadelphia Record item reports a donor presenting about half a peck of angular stones claimed from an African elephant’s stomach. He notes other similar instances known to hunters and adds a demonstration of stone swallowing by crocodiles, raising questions about effects on teeth and stone shaping.
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British Museum
Philadelphia
Opinion on local option quoted by Col Still causes reflection
A Washi Star citation records a visitor asking for thoughts on the local option. Col Still responds that it is a good thing yet depressing and notes it is awful for a man of his years and experience to take ice cream soda water seriously.
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Col
Monopoly of Yucatan sponge output won by New York firm
New York firm gains control of sponge production in Yucatan. Other items note John Vines Wright, the oldest living ex congressman, died in Washington, and Paris protests over telephon e service and recent Mexican disorders prompt diplomatic notes.
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New York
Yucatan
John Vines Wright
Lving
Washington
Paris
The Modern Librarian Inspires Young Readers
The article praises a librarian who must know his books and guide children. It compares him to a gallant captain steering a ship toward "wide expanse" of lights, helping young passengers gather knowledge beyond royal favors.
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Co-Operative News
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