Versatile Etching Expressed Through Sketch and Color
The text discusses etching as a versatile art, comparing the needle to a crayon and acid to color. It argues that restricted means heighten eloquence, with sketch conveying spontaneity and vividness. It suggests etching translates grand visuals and fleeting light effects into lasting art.
Burlesque Advertisement Promotes Red Cross Ball Blue
In a column of quirky lines an ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry to keep linens pristine. The copy riffs on stage life and fire origin with a playful tone, urging patience and noting lower cost than alternatives.
Obscurity Appeals to Man Bound to Fame
A man who must associate with famous people finds obscurity appealing as a contrast to celebrity life. The remark hints at personal tension between public attention and private anonymity.
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder problems claiming it neutralizes uric acid and relieves ailments. It urges readers to mail ten cents for a sample bottle and lists availability in drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Present Tactic for Seizing Future Advantage
The note argues that leveraging current actions to secure control over what lies ahead is a clever strategy. It emphasizes proactive steps and foresight as keys to influence future outcomes.
Spiritual stamina comes from activity, not philosophy
The saying argues that keeping busy sustains the spirit during life, suggesting action and engagement matter more than abstract thought for resilience.
Frat Snow Fight and Quiet Resolve in 1916-17
Ramsey and Fred clash over war talk as a blizzard siege erupts at the fraternity house. Dora confides how war reshapes their college world and the need to act beyond talk. The scene links youthful bravado to a deeper U.S. entry into World War I and the burden on students to defend liberty.
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Ramsey
Fred
Sussex
Berlin
America
Germany
Fred Mitchell
Washington
France
England
Canada
Western Front
Verdun
Somme
Congress
Baster
Dora
Stamp Profiteering Slow in Italian Market Districts
The New York Sun notes stamp peddlers, among the least profitable in international finance, operate on tiny margins. They roam market streets in Italian sections each Saturday night, displaying Italian stamps to shoppers and often trailing a paper boy. Small deals involve half sheets to send money abroad.
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International Finance
Italy
New York Sun
How Man Spoils the Air
The text argues that breathing pollutes air, claiming a man spoils at least a gallon of air per minute. Over eight hours, a full grown person would contaminate air as much as seventeen sacks could hold. In a sealed seven by seven by seven foot room, such breathing could prove fatal within hours, as the air is poisoned by the person’s own breath.
Relics of Ages Long Past Unearthed in Britain and Egypt
The piece notes a 600 year old bread at Ambaston Derbyshire and a 1100 year old fortified octagonal house near St Albans once called St German's Gate. It also highlights a 1520 B C cuneiform marriage proposal tablet in the British Museum, a Pharaoh seeking Babylonian royal daughter.
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Ambaston
Derbyshire
England
John
Soar
Offa
Mercia
St. German’s Gate
Babylon
B. C
Seed Peas for the Canner Warn of Impure Stock Risks
A USDA farmers bulletin warns canners to buy seed directly from seed growers to avoid mixed stock, especially with Alaska peas that supply 55 percent of canned peas. It stresses uniform ripening, green peas after processing, and strict stock purity, noting high per-acre returns vary by crop and that seed stock control safeguards reputation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Turkeys Yield Good Profit in Oklahoma
Greer County extension agent credits USDA and state college guidance for profitable turkey farming. An Oklahoma woman started with 10 birds and raised 122 poults, then sold 72 breeders for 900 dollars after hail losses, netting 12.50 each. The next season yielded 51 birds worth 625 dollars after a hog destroyed most of the flock. Overall Greer County reports 2418.90 dollars in profit from 210 turkeys and 12 dozen eggs across several flocks.
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United States Department In
Greer County
Sheep control weeds in pastures and fields
Sheep eat a large share of troublesome weeds often second to goats and can clear weeds in pastures grain fields after harvest and along fence rows. They require tender grasses or additional feed to thrive and cannot live on weeds alone.
Initial Season of Clover Growth Guidelines
The first season of clover yields quality similar to alfalfa and may be pastured from midseason onward without harming plants. The second season is coarser and if used for hay should be cut before 30 inches height. Leave a high stubble for new growth and windrow or shock hay to preserve leaves.
Feeding and housing advice for young chicks
Poultry experts at Iowa State College advise a mash to scratch feed ratio of two to one for rapid growth. Alfalfa green food helps, and maintain a steady cooler brood temperature, avoiding heat. keep chicks from being ground in their first weeks, use an inch of gravel for grit and easy cleaning to prevent disease.
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Iowa State College
Put Trees on Waste Spots for Farm Profit
Modern conditions demand eliminating wastes and leaks and using land for production. If one twentieth of each farm is set aside for forestry, timber will accumulate. Hills and cliffs along rivers suit post timber trees. black locust and catalpa provide profitable posts, with locust favored for smoother growth and superior timber.
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Catalpa
Better Sires Emblems Issued in Kentucky Counties
The USDA issued 46 better sires emblems to Oldham county stock owners using purebred sires for all livestock. Wayne county reports issuing 44 emblems as it replaces scrub sires with purebreds. Bull sales by local breeders in both counties promote wider distribution of quality bulls.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Oldham County
Wayland Rhoads
Kentucky Agricultural College
Wayne County
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