Baltimore Chamber Urges Agricultural Education in Maryland Schools
The Baltimore Chamber of Commerce Crop Improvement Committee calls for introducing agriculture in county schools. It argues education improves soil fertility and crop yields, cites U S wheat and corn gaps versus Europe, and seeks textbooks and a conference with Baltimore County officials to pilot the program, aiming to raise farm prosperity and nation�s food supply.
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Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
England
Baltimore County
Daltimore County
Miuryland
J. Colin Vincent
Vincent
Mr. Vincent
Wiliam Pearl Collier
Barnesville
Leon R. Yourtee
Washington County
Sxecative Committee
Gorman
Cost of Inconvenience on the Farm Across Many Details
A writer from Lewistown, Michigan argues that needless or poorly chosen farm hardware wastes time and money. The piece cites noisy pumps, awkward gates, and ill-fitted doors as daily burdens, urging replacements with simpler, better-made equipment to ease chores and protect laborers.
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Hichard H. Wood
Lewistown
Mich
New York
Tripune Farmer
Farma B
Sone
Jto
Iessime
Millenia
Doc
Awakenings and Propriety Quip in Earth First Rally
Fragmentary OCR suggests a speaker warns against trifling with Mother Earth, asserting rising urgency and necessity behind environmental calls. The text cites rectiprocity as a guiding principle and hints at ethical duties tied to nature and responsibility.
Farmhouse design faults demand plain sense remedies
The text notes bed rings and bedhrelm doors misaligned in farm rooms cause inconveniences. It argues that common sense would prevent badly hung gates and ill-placed doors, and that farmers must eventually pay for these faults, especially when a poor pup suffers from them.
Town planning a new art for civic improvement
The public shows rising interest in city planning as a serious civic art. Philadelphia hosted a major conference, while the School of Civic Design at the University of Liverpool outlines a social civics focus. The approach emphasizes understanding city organization before architectural design, with lectures on social needs, health acts, engineering, and aesthetics to guide public education and coordinated effort.
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America
Philadelphia
Europe
Cevic Design
University of Liverpool
American Society of Landscape Architects
Water at meals sparks medical debate from university lab
University of Illinois physiologist Prof B P Hawk advocates large water intake with meals. The New York Times notes the claim could overturn long held beliefs against drinking water at table. Critics say excess water during meals is cautioned by doctors, and sunstroke risk centers on hydration and skin heat.
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BP. B. Hawk
University of Illinos
New York Times
Hawk
University of Ilinois
Value of a Postage Stamp in Freight Mileage Costs
Pere Marquette Railroad in Railroad Employes Magazine shows small object costs in miles per ton of freight. A postage stamp wastes three and a half miles per ton. Other examples include a lead pencil, station broom, track shovel, lantern, and coal weighing references with miles attributed to each item.
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Pere Marquette Railroad
Pere Marquette
Chinese farming gear shows thrift and woodwork in Newark News
The Newark News notes Chinese farming uses only wood and bamboo valued at about 58 dollars for a full yard setup. Handmade thrashers, hullers, sieves, irrigation wheels, and buffalo-powered systems illustrate low-cost, labor-intensive methods with the buffalo as the farm’s key asset. Rival Democratic candidates A Theodore Brady and William Crane contend for the Anne Arundel County State Senate seat.
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Newark News
A. Theodore Brady
William ‘. Crane
Anne Arundel County
Senate
Notes of News From Here and Thee Statewide
Notes of News recount several incidents across Maryland and nearby counties. A fire destroyed a major box factory in Salisbury. individuals including Anne Arundel and Harford residents feature in health, legal, and civic reports. Local officials attend funerals, ordinations, and dinners. elections and candidacies are announced. school and railroad developments are noted.
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Houston Son's Company
N. Charla Burke
Albert E. Zihlman
Frederick N. Zihlman
Cumberland
Ethel May Durst
Cardinal Gibbons
Jesuit College of the Sacred Heart
Woodstock
Harford County
Slate Ridge
Dennis J. Shanahan
Fallston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Soo Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Hitchcock raises men's pay at post office staff boosts
Postmaster General Hitchcock ordered promotions among postoffice clerks and city letter carriers with salary increases totaling about 2.175 million dollars annually. Railway mail service promotions add 175 thousand dollars, joining rural carrier raises of four million dollars since July 1. Overall, the four postal groups have seen about six million dollars in pay increases this fiscal year, justified by expected higher efficiency and near self sustaining operation.
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Hitchcock
Frederick Market Prices from Frederick County Farmers Exchange
Quotations corrected July 25 1911 list farm commodities prices. Wheat No 2 Red 84c, Corn shelled 75-80c, Rye 70-75c, Date 60c-65c per bushel, Barley 60-70c per bushel. Flour Winter Wheat 4.80-5.30, Spring Wheat 5.30-5.70 per bushel. Cornmeal 1.60-1.70 per 100 lbs. Feed Bran 26.00 ton, Middlings 29.00 ton. Red Dog 2.20-2.30 per sack. Dairy Feed 23-26 ton. Cotton Seed Meal 31-32 per ton. Timothy seed 6-6.50, Clover seed 8-10 per bushel. Hay No 1 Timothy 23-25, No 2 Timothy 22-24, No 1 Mixed 21-23, No 2 Mixed 20-22, Clover 18-19. Straw Wheat 5-8, Straw Oats 6-8 per bale. Hay not baled 20-22 per ton.
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Timothy
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