Alfalfa Growth Could Boost U S Agriculture Says Buck
The article argues national progress hinges on higher yields from existing farmland. Buck notes 35 million irrigable and 74 million drainable acres, urges expanding alfalfa cultivation to lift production, reduce prices, and strengthen the farm economy with better management, roads, and credit. It cites state acreages and yields, compares protein content, and urges one acre to start, scaling to massive expansion.
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Lincoln's Book Friends and his Reading Habits
Ariadne Gilbert recalls young Abraham Lincoln cherishing books like the Bible Aesop's Fables Robinson Crusoe Pilgrim's Progress Arabian Nights. His stepmother protected his private bookcase and allowed him long reading times in fireside solitude. He carried a book to the fields and copied favorite passages with simple tools.
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Ariadne Gilbert
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A Bismarck Duel Story of a Hat Coin Prank
While chief secretary at the Prussian legation in Frankfurt, Bismarck attended a ball where M. de Clancy the noted French duelist strained his pompous air by dancing with his hat held out. Bismarck dropped a coin into the hat, prompting a duel the next day. The pistols duel left Bismarck unhurt while Clancy was wounded.
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Frankfort
M. de Clancy
Positive Proof Cites Barbers Nose Grip Incident
A New York lawyer in Washington cites positive proof in a barber inebriety case. A patron accused the barber, who lathered a patron then seized the nose, resisting until the patron cried to let go. The barber claimed he could not stop lathering without falling.
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Washington
Washington Star
Whitaker Named as a Poet With Almanac Fame
A Condon Standard item recalls a admirer who pursued poet John Greenleaf Whittier to his rural retreat, professing adoration for his work and asking for an autograph. The admirer repeatedly called him Whitaker, a misnaming noted by the poet.
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Almanac
John Greenleaf Whittler
Whittler
Condon Standard
Making Him Comfortable Verse Fragment
A sharp teacher questions a student about homework results while the boy pleads for easier tasks claiming his father found them too hard. A separate snippet shows a woman threatening to box four ears at a tiresome admirer in a humorous exchange from the London Telegraph.
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Iowa
Daya
Willie
London Telegraph
Brown's Mother-in-Law Joke Passe at Local Gathering
A brief, lighthearted exchange recalls comedian Brown delivering a mother-in-law joke at a recent Detroit press event. The performer emphasized fondness for his mother-in-law, drawing a warm reaction from the audience.
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Sol
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