Famous Jewels Brought to U.S.
A survey of famous jewels now in America notes the Empress Marie Louise diamond necklace and other legendary stones. It traces owners from Napoleon and royal families to modern sale rumors, with gems like the Nassak, Hope, Sancy, Kohinoor, Regent, and Orloff remaining highlights of royal treasuries.
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New York
Marie Louise
Napoleon
L’aiglon
America
Marie Theresa of
Austria
New York Times
Czarina
Paris
Bonaparte
Italy
Josephine
Josephone
Warren Hastings
East India Company
London
Duke of Westminster
Hope
Europe
Asia
India
Empress Wugenfe
Charles the Bold
de Sancy
James II
France
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Spain
Russia
Maharajah of Onutralla
Prince of Baroda
Eugenie
Catherine II of
Napoleon II
Margherita
Great Britain
Tower of London
Blue Pitt
Thomas Pitt
Madras
Duke of Orleans
Tuileries
Louvre
Orloff
Shah
Pine Needles Yield Substitute for Wool
German chemists develop a fiber from pine needles by resin removal. The chemical treatment yields a strong hemp-like fiber woven into heavy fabrics as a substitute for wool.
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Berlin
Barefoot Boy Inspiration Tied to Blair Minister
Rev. Hans Peter Bertelson a retired Blair Nebraska minister is identified as the original of Whittier's Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan. The note points to the poet's possible muse and places the link to Blair Nebraska.
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Hans Peter Bertelson
Blair, Neb
Whittier
No Hose No Meals War Roils Wisconsin Dormitory
In Barnard Hall at the University of Wisconsin, hostess Elizabeth Baker bans breakfast in stockings and slippers, prompting a petition by eighty of 151 residents. President Matie Orth of the Women’s Student Government Association defers to girls’ pride, while dormitories director D L Halverson must rule on the attire issue.
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Madison
Wis
Barnard Hall
University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth Baker
Matie Orth
Milwaukee
D. L. Halverson
Plan Apple and Pear Tree Spray to Combat Worms
Colorado entomologist advises spraying apple and pear trees with arsenate of lead 1 pound per 50 gallons of water as the primary control for codling moths. First spray within 10 days after blossoms fall, with three total applications typically in orchards.
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Colorado
George M. List
Colorado Agricultural College
Loganberry A Valuable Pacific Coast Fruit
Loganberry originated from Judge J H Logan of Santa Cruz California as a cross of aughinburgh wild blackberry and a red raspberry. It was chance hybridized from seed in 1881 and grew along the Pacific coast to British Columbia. The plant is vigorous and the fruit is valuable for canning evaporating and juice but tender and not winter hardy in the East. Oregon shows special commercial interest in logan berries.
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Pacific Coast
J. H. Logan
Santa Cruz
Calif
California
Antwerp
British Columbia
Oregon
First Fruits of Year Will Be Strawberries
The article notes strawberries as the first summer fruit and suggests planting under grapevines to optimize space. It lists quantities for strawberries and early fruit crops including currants raspberries gooseberries cherries blackberries with estimated yields and succession through summer.
Grafting and Pruning Advice For Fruit Growers
Horticultural notes emphasize grafting as the only satisfactory method to save girdled trees. Moisture promotes fungi and bacteria. Pruning berry plants is crucial. Color is the key quality in selling American fruit. San Jose scale threatens fruit trees, attacking trunk branches foliage and fruit.
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San Jose
Writes Will on Wall Precedes Death in Village
Jose Jimenez Moreno aged 24 before taking his life by shooting himself wrote a will on the walls of his room in the village of Villanueva de las Minas.
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Seville
Jose Jimenez Moreno
Villaneuva de Las Minas
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement claims Kruschen Salts normalizes body function with six mineral salts. It promises fat loss of up to 20 pounds in three weeks and energy gains, urging purchase of an 85 cent bottle from druggists with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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America
Hanford
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Gave Her Away in Awkward Flirt Scene
An aggrieved woman confides that a man behind her at a social event flirts with her, revealing tension and discomfort as the exchange unfolds. The remark highlights social missteps and gendered intrigue in a discreet moment.
Barbara Sells No Beef in Lesson on Finance
Walter Stern of Universal City teaches Barbara about business and finance. She visits a store for beef but returns empty handed, noting the butcher sold an ox tall to someone else at the door, signaling the animal’s end.
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Walter Stern
Universal City
Barbara
Walter
Los Angeles Times
Parchment Vellum Used for Luxury Book Bindings
Finest parchment vellum is a high quality calfskin material used in expensive book bindings and for written manuscripts. It is noted for its clear white appearance.
Lives of great men remind us of easy paths to greatness
A compact adage reflecting on the ease of achieving greatness and the contrast with true achievement. It suggests vigilance against complacency and the lure of shortcut success. The sentiment frames ambition with humility and perseverance.
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U.S
George
Don Pedro
Granada
Henry V
Agincourt
Duc d’Alencon
Barefoot Boy
Plan Apple and Pear Tree Spray
Teeny Mes
Doan
Hiscox Chem
West
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
Ncy
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