Nut tree planting urged to secure future food supply
An article promotes nut trees as a vital part of a national and state tree planting program. It highlights research by the Northern Nut Growers Association, argues nuts offer high protein and fat, and compares calorie yields of walnut crops to beef, urging roadside and barren land conversion to nut orchards and pine plantings for long term food security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United
Northern Nut Growers’ Association
New York
Lisides
Europe
Asia
Queen Tatshopsu Pharaoh and Ancient Nile Ventures
The article notes Tatshopsu Pharaoh as an earlier builder than De Lesseps by 4000 years, ruling with Thothmes II around 1600 B C. It highlights her leadership, the Rock Temple at Dair el Bahari, and her expedition to Punt Ophir via the Red Sea, with her adopting male attire and attracting royal acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatshopsu
de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Tatshopsu
Egypt
Thothmes II
Thothmes
Dair-el-Bahari
Theban
Punt
Ophir
Strez
Nile
God Save the King
Night Raid Through German Lines at La Tuilerie Farm
An American infantry platoon of the Second Division conducts a midnight four mile approach against German positions near La Tuilerie Farm on November 4, 1918. They burst into the farm, capturing officers and forcing several generals to surrender, with two escapees fleeing through back doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Mills Hanson
Stars and Stripes
von Clausewitz
Ludendorff
St la Tultlerie Farm
Memorial cottages as postwar memorial housing idea
A letter to the London Spectator suggests memorial cottages as a practical response to housing shortages after war. It notes 120 ex service man cottages in Westmoreland and asks if individuals could fund similar homes for disabled soldiers widows and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Spectator
London Chronicle
Westmoreland
Great Britain
Indignant patron prompts Indiana teacher investigation
A Hoosier school teacher receives a stern note from a patron demanding action to stop boys from harassing her daughter on the way home. The child explains the taunts mirror words her papa uses when angry, prompting the teacher to question the child and begin an inquiry.
Autumn handicaps entries confuse gas company office
A mysterious caller asks in a clipped voice about autumn handicap entries and then confirms the gas company office, intending to enter a gas meter in the race, per a Philadelphia Inquirer clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas Company
Philadelphia Inquirer
Quiet Sunday School and Lodge Routines Highlight Family
Tiny Timothy endures quiet days as father studies for Sunday school and brother studies lodge rituals. Nellie debates, mother faces a bridge club invitation, and grandmother scolds the plan while teasing how the mother will learn to sip like others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiny Timothy
Brother John
Nellie
Mother
Eavery
Little Timothy
Grandmother
Young Man Seeks Funds So He Can Start Saving
A banker with a spendthrift son asks for money to start economizing. The youth claims he will begin saving only if the father provides a thousand ahead, warning against a rainy day. The exchange highlights a mock seriousness about thrift.
Handy Sprayer Appended to Fruit Jar Pump
A description explains a pump for spraying flowers or fruit by attaching it to a common fruit jar with multiple jars for different solutions. The prose then shifts through humorous lines about caution, patient adherence to directions, and witty remarks on marriage and a spider as a fly fisher expert.
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H. Moulton
Ole
Brooklyn Eagle
Department of Agriculture
Volée
Bronx City
Lowa
W. W. Northrup
Fourth Street
Sioux City
Iowa
Mr. Northrup
Spohn Medical Company
Goshen, Ind
Grandma
Women’s Debating Club
Spider
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Mich
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