Illinois Leads Nation in Floriculture Growth and Scale
The 1919 survey shows Illinois with 412 acres of glass for flowers and plants, the nation’s leading floricultural state. Morton Grove’s 45 acre greenhouse complex heats 2,000,000 square feet of glass, uses 30 boilers, and employs about 850 year round workers. The Great Central Flower Market near Chicago handles about 10 million dollars in annual wholesale output and ships to many states. The Illinois College of Agriculture runs a large floriculture division with 28,000 square feet of glass and 16 acres of land for teaching and research.
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Illinois
Chicago
Ilinois
S. W. Hall
College of Agriculture
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
United States
Tilimois
Morton Grove
Wintter
Great Central
Wabash Avenue
Randolph Street
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Cinctinnati
Kansas City
New Orleans
Tlinois
Seed Inspection Expands Under Illinois Crop Improvement Aid
The Illinois Crop Improvement Association expands its seed inspection, adding alsike and sweet clover. J. C. Hackleman notes inspections cover wheat oats soybeans seed corn and clovers, with rules on variety limits and minimum farm acreage. Inspectors test weight purity germination and weed seeds to ensure high quality home-grown seed. Directors Leigh Frisbie William Webb J L McKeighan O J Sommer F W Wilson and Jonathan Turner oversee plans.
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Mlinois
Hackleman
Agricultural College
Association
Leigh A. Frisbie
Rockford
William Webb
Joliet
J. L. McKeighan
Yates City
O. J. Sommer
Pekin
F. W. Wilson
Edgewood
Jonathan B. Turner
Hillsboro
Illinois veterinarians aid farmer disease prevention program
Illinois eight hundred or more veterinarians support the animal pathology and hygiene division of the College of Agriculture to teach farmers sanitaton and hygiene. The department provides disease cards and disease detail leaflets for veterinarians to distribute nationwide to control swine sanitation fowl cholera fowl typhoid coccidiosis limberneck avian tuberculosis bacillary white diarrhea infectious abortion in cattle hog cholera and rabies. A monthly exchange covers these diseases in detail.
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Illinois
College of Agriculture
Recording Housewife’s Daily Activities Chart
A USDA chart records a housewife’s day using two clocks for forenoon and afternoon. It tracks sleep housework gardening poultry fruit picking community activity recreation and time with children. Data show laundry averages ten hours weekly with potential for efficiency gains through better equipment and methods. Prints available from the Bureau of Home Economics.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Making of Gummed Paper Dress Form
Extension workers guided rural homemakers in making gummed paper dress forms to fit garments without help. Demonstrations at club meetings spread the method. four participants share tasks to ease the process. Circular 207 from the U S Department of Agriculture offers free instructions while supplies last.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Special Means to Keep Different Foods Cool
A bulletin describes iceless refrigerators using earthenware vessels with evaporating water and air cooling. Heat-tight containers like fireless cookers and vacuum-jacketed bottles keep food cold or hot. Farms use deep well cold water to chill foods in storage, or place containers over springs or in cisterns. foods must not contaminate drinking water.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Soldier Well Knew Value of Good Bluff
Blaise de Montluc, a French marshal, led defense of Siena during a long siege in the Italian wars. Ill and carried in a chair, he ordered crimson velvet attire and silver details to lift spirits, then rode through the town to reassure his beleaguered people despite frail health.
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Blaise de Montluc
France
Sienna
Blaise
Chronicle of the Times
Squelched the Kicker Irish Bottomer At Local Theater
The Houston Post recalls Irish Bottomer a comedian of merit who once served as Ranger oil boom fire chief. His bold listening and fiery remarks entertained and educated. a resident asked if the chief should cuss. The commissioner replied that late night disruption kept residents in bed.
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Bottomer
Ranger
Houston Post
1750 English Earthquakes Sparked Widespread Fear
Recent Northamptonshire tremors recall 1750 London quakes that shook Westminster bells and sent thousands from homes. People slept in "earthquake gowns" while hundreds of thousands fled London area until September. Quacks profited selling "earthquake pills" claimed to grant immunity.
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Northamptonshire
England
London
Westminster
Massive Ogden Blast Reaches Salt Lake Trestle Fill Volume
A colossal blast near Ogden Utah raised 550000 cubic yards of earth and rock for the Salt Lake trestle approach. 801200 pounds of powder split a 275 foot high hill 1000 feet long into fragments. Explosives placed in 4100 feet of tunnels required 25 men over 45 days.
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Ogden
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Southern Pacific Railroad
New Duty for Old Ship Discovery to Explore South Seas
The old ship Discovery, which carried Captain Scott to the polar reach, is being fitted for a new expedition into the far south. Its mission is to investigate methods to save the whaling industry endangered by whale extermination east of the Falkland Islands and South Hebrides.
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Discovery
Scott
South Pole
Far South
Falkland Islands
South Hebrides
Policy Hostility Sparks Borrowing Complaint
A London Answers reader remarks that he believes the world owes him a living and resents having to collect it by borrowing from friends, highlighting tensions over perceived entitlement and social obligation.
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London
Greenville Woman Praises Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Mrs J Holleman of 2214 E Marshal St Greenville Texas credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with ending monthly cramps headaches and a chill sensation she suffered since girlhood. She notes doctors advised operation and says four bottles bought by her husband relieved her symptoms and that the medicine is sold by druggists nationwide.
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Greenville
Texas
Mrs. J. Olleman
E. Marshal Street
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Americans at Gottingen Since 1766
The Gottinger Koloniebuch records flow of Americans to the University of Gottingen from 1766 to 1910. It lists 1196 American students with twenty becoming college presidents and five serving as ambassadors.
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Benjamin Franklin
University of Gottingen
Gottinger Koloniebuch
Woman Health Ad Promotes Swamp Root Kidney Remedy
Thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble are urged to seek treatment with Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root. The ad claims kidney health affects other organs and lists back pain headaches and nervousness as possible symptoms. A sample bottle offer requires ten cents and requests paper mention.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Appropriate sentiment for guest towel arises from rustic humor
The exchange shows a playful domestic moment about embroidery choices while a broader line notes the threat of white pine blister rust to western forests. It juxtaposes a light domestic query with a serious environmental issue affecting forest livelihoods.
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Terre Haute
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Bayer
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