Spain's King Busy Receives 1000 Notes Daily
King Alfonso and his secretary coordinate a mail network linking 120000 families in France with relatives of POWs. The monarch reportedly receives 800 to 1000 letters daily, facilitating communication between prisoners and loved ones while attending to royal duties and family visits.
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Paris
Beatrice
Prince Maurice
Leopold
Kensington Palace
London
Victoria
Prince Gonzalo
Alfonso
Prince of the Asturias
Don Enilio Torres
France
CHAMPION HAND FISHERMAN
Penn Yan New York Mrs Jennie Pratt is described as a champion hand fisher woman after a struggle at the foot of Keuka Lake She caught a large whitefish with her bare hands after seeing a whitefish on the water surface She endured a fall and ice contact but secured the fish Chester Pa a man posing as a janitor robbed C L Bennett of sixteen dollars from a jail visit scene with claim of funds for safe keeping
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Jennie Pratt
Chester
C. L. Bennett
Noachum
New Chester
Hunterse Town
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Noadium
J. W. Millhimes
Gettysburg
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
D. J. Marshall
James W. Millhimes
Cost a Diamond for Each Time Jilted
A well dressed Kansas City man visits a loan office to pay interest on a borrowed locket. He explains the locket shows four of seven diamonds missing after four broken engagements. He has taken a diamond from it after each broken engagement, hoping a future fiancé will keep her promise before all stones vanish. The dealer estimates the diamonds are worth about $75 each.
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Kansas City
Frank Nevin
Nevin
War Emancipates the Turkish Women
Constantinople after the Dardanelles campaign pause shows city life normal with crowded cafes theatres and a French comedy on stage where Turkish actors perform and Armenian actresses. Emancipation progresses with veils shedding in high society and women becoming housewives while prices rise but national vigor grows as war spurs cultural and economic change.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Petit Champs
Turkey
Anatolia
Orchard fertilization urged to boost nine year results
J. P. Stewart of Pennsylvania State College urges farmers to focus on orchard fertility to raise quality and yields. Pennsylvania experiments show unfertilized trees average 78 to 85 bushels per acre while fertilized trees yield 180 to 216 bushels. gains rise with tree age and proper soil nutrients, moisture, spray, and pruning adjustments.
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J. P. Stewart
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Women Not Real Anglers In Pratt Critics Passage
New York Commissioner Pratt argues women do not affect fishing and should be exempt from a bill requiring a $1.10 annual license for catching state propagated fish. He says the burden should not fall on young or female anglers while suckers bullheads carp and other pond fish remain exempt.
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New York
Pratt
Albany
N. Y
planter woos photograph to wed Oshkosh bride
George N Howard of Birmingham Alabama found a handbag with a young woman's photo on the Panama Pacific Exposition grounds in San Francisco last September. He traced the image across the middle west for six months and found his ideal in Nettie Telsma of Oshkosh Wisconsin becoming his bride in Hudsonville Michigan.
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Hudsonville
Mich
George N. Howard
Birmingham
Ala
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Flying Hen Drops Egg in Midair at Graham Express Office
In Graham West Virginia a brown leghorn hen large in a coop escaped after a coop was placed on a truck. While in flight the hen dropped a snow white egg from the air into space. A colored roustabout named John Jones caught the egg as it fell.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Graham
John Jones
Starting crops on the jump alfalfa seeding guide
Preparation of the seedbed is crucial for alfalfa and depends on preceding crops. Seeding after early crops like potatoes can avoid summer fallowing and yield a market crop. Use multiple seed samples for purity, apply 5 to 26 pounds per acre, inoculation may be needed, lime if sour soil, and 200 to 500 pounds of phosphorus rich fertilizer before or with sowing.
Investing Money This Year On Your Farm
Advice urges spending $100 on farm improvements this spring to boost productivity and efficiency. Emphasizes repairing buildings and fences, improving drainage, soils with lime and fertilizer, and weighing how much additional profit may be gained by early investments.
Yield of Wheat Can Be Doubled
Carl S. S. Vrooman of the U S Department of Agriculture argues farmers should aim for profitable, not just large production. He compares farming to business and says average wheat yield per acre could be doubled without danger of over production.
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America
Carl S.S. Vrooman
United States Department of Agriculture
Prices vs Profits in Fertilizer Costs
Farmers are warned not to fear higher fertilizer prices as corn and wheat rise. An example shows 2-8-2 fertilizer at 300 pounds per acre increasing from 3.75 to about 4.75 per acre, a rise of one dollar, roughly equal to one and a half bushels of corn, with notes on better maturity and soil benefits.
Best Farmers Share Methods From York County Practices
Edward Schatzberger of York Pennsylvania describes starting farming in 1871 with no prior knowledge and building two York county farms. He emphasizes soil restoration and applies 400 pounds of fertilizer per acre on corn, 250 to 400 on wheat, and at least 200 on rye and oats, adjusting based on field fertility to sustain high yields.
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Edward Schatzberger
York
York County
Mr. Schatzberger
Intensive Methods in Farming for Maximum Returns
The article argues intensive farming, using suitable plant food and modern soil management, boosts yields and quality. It compares the farmer to a factory owner, urging optimization of inputs and practices to maximize profitability and efficiency.
The Handiest and Quickest Way to Kill Insects
An advertiser from New Oxford Pa promotes a patent Bellows Box powder for flies mosquitoes bedbugs cockroaches fleas lice moths ants and other bugs. It claims quick, effective smothering with no harm to people animals or poultry and states it will not poison food or drink.
Fertilizing Potatoes for Early, Large Yield
A National Stockman and Farmer article advises heavy early fertilization for potatoes. Use rich clover turf to reduce scab, avoid stable manure before planting, plow deep eight inches, and apply 1100 pounds per acre of quick acting fertilizer split before planting and in the row to promote early maturity and high production.
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W. L. Chamberlain
National Stockman
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Madrid
Duke of
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Cadiz
Count Gavea
Santa Cruz de Madela
Puerta del Sol
Royal Palace
Prince Leopold of
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King Alfonso
Middle West
Abbottstown
Frederick County
Roth
I. A. Wilt
New Oxford
Bell
J. A. Cashman
Agt
New Oxford, Pa
Hamilton Roller Mill
R. R. No
East Berlin
J. RR. Hartman
Jess
John R. Burkholder
Lancaster
Alex, Byer
Berlin Avye
Taughinbaugh’s
Geo. A. Miller
Lincoln Way
East
WM. R. Snyder
Carlisle Street
Altland
Spring Garden
Fred
Weakucas
Byecine
Grunella Ct
Centre Square
W.j.mecller
N. W. Cor
W. A. Feiser
Phila
Pitt Street
A. Sheely
C. Wall
J. H. Duttera, Jr
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