Basket Willow Growing Opens Door to Rural Industry
Secretary Wilson cites no bad ser es in the United States and the Agriculture Department promotes basket willow culture to utilize low land and streams. Willow production, begun in 1810, faces isolation and limited regional growth but offers simple work for the elderly and aims to meet strong US demand for willow ware, with German districts supplying early markets at high value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United Stes
Department of Agriculture
United States
Germany
Willow growing and weaving as a local industry
The article details willow cultivation methods for river swamps and upland, including planting spacing, cutting lengths, and plowing needs. It notes yields under different spacing, advises on production of straight rods, and mentions the domestic shift from imported willow to home growth as a "house industry" with women and children peeling, splitting, and weaving baskets.
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Department of Agriculture
Osiers
Secretary Wilson predicts record crops and lower meats this winter
Secretary Wilson, returning from the Northwest tour, says farmers have larger total wealth and no danger of an industrial panic. He forecasts bigger wheat corn and oats crops than last year and notes durum wheat ready to expand into desert regions. He expects meat dairy and poultry prices to fall this winter due to ample grain.
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Wilson
Washington
Northwest
Tle
Old Time Yeast Recipe For Home Brewing
A historic yeast method instructs to boil hops in water, cool, add salt and sugar, heat flour with liquor, mix, then after three days add mashed potatoes and ferment near the fire. The yeast ferments spontaneously, stores well for six months if kept cool, and has been tested.
Pure Food Advocate Dr Harvey Wier Tours Europe
Dr Harvey Wier chief of the Bureau of Chemistry at the Department of Agriculture returns from a study tour of the British Isles France and Germany. He urges national pure food legislation and greater public understanding of food purity and domestic production.
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Harvey W. Wier
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
British Isles
France
Germany
Dr. Wey
Impure Foods and Fraudulent Gluten Flours Warned
The author argues for consumer protection against impure foods especially for invalids under medical care. They urge legal recourse for mislabeled products and cite gluten flours as an example sold at high prices but often filled with chalk and starch, misleading buyers.
Giant Kansas corn stalk at Portland Exposition
A Kansas corn stalk reaches near the roof of the agricultural building as a farm boy climbs a ladder to view prospects. The stalk grows faster than he can descend, leaving the boy trapped until rescues arrive. He survives by subsisting on corn and later crafts pipes from four bushels of cobs shown at the exposition.
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Portland Exposition
Kansas
Pre-1789 Speaker Paid Salary For Private Bills
Before 1789 the Speaker of the House of Commons received six pounds on every private bill passed. The note records Erne A. AAT: MOM x S000 as the payment detail.
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House of Commons
Transfer of Panama Canal Control Sought to State Dept
The push to shift all Panama canal matters from the War Department to the State Department gains momentum. President endorses transfer to ease Taft's burdens while Root would oversee the work, freeing Taft for Philippine and army affairs. Root reportedly has no desire for the canal assignment.
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Panama Canal
War Department
State Department
Taft
Root
Philippines
Flood Evidence Shifts View on Earth’s Ancient Waters
Geologist Professor Wright argues that earth’s surface has repeatedly risen from submerged levels. He cites sea shells on mountain summits and former vast waters covering Central Asia and the Gobi Desert to support a global Deluge theory. The Jordan valley and Turkestan Siberian wolds are cited as examples of ancient floods shaping landforms.
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Ignatius Donnelly
Atlantus
Wright
Oberlin
Uts
Central Asia
Turkestan
Siberian
Gobi
Mediterranean
Valley of the Jordan
Asia
Conscience Fund: Restitution to the U S Treasury
The conscience fund of the Treasury is not a dormant slush fund but a regular receipt category. Since 1816 the account To Account Conscience records repayments from offenders big and small, from 2 cent stamps to large sums, totaling over $100,000 as of now.
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The
Treasury
United States
Suall
Madison
National Treasury
Legare Tales On A Jack Leg Carpenter Joke
Hon George S Legare of South Carolina shares a humor filled tale from Charleston involving a pettifogging attorney cross examining an old negro witness. The carpenter joke lands on the difference between a jack leg craftsman and a fast class lawyer.
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George S Legare
Congress
South Carolina
Washington Law School
Charleston
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