Efforts to Prevent Spread of European Corn Borer
The U S Department of Agriculture outlines strict federal quarantine measures in cooperation with Canada and states to prevent the European corn borer from spreading from Lake Erie. Plans include entomologist deployment at Sandusky Ohio and farm practices such as destroying crop residues, plowing infested material, trap cropping, and restricting transport of affected plants and products.
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S.ctus Department of Agriculture
Luake Erie
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Horticultural Board
Department
United States
Bureau of Entomology of
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Sandusky
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Entomology
Lighthouse Service
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
Moleskins Sold Through Pools Teach Trapping Prizes
Extension workers and Biological Survey agents taught approved mole trapping and skinning methods. Mole pelts sold in Oregon farms through co operative groups with prizes offered for youth trappers. Benton county sold 220 pelts. Linn and Tillamook counties reported community prizes and bounties funded by local programs. Money from skins returned to the young trappers.
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Biological Survey
Washington
Oregon
Farm Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Benton County
Ore
Linn County
Tillamook County
No Place for Scrubs in Efficiency Era
In this brisk age of efficiency the scrub-hen, cow, tree and ordinary folks seem to have no place. The text laments wasted value and questions whether simple beings fit a modern, productivity driven world.
What Quail Lives On
The note states quail feed on 60 species of weed seeds in addition to consuming 116 species of insects. This emphasizes quail diet diversity and their role in controlling pests.
Fairy Queen Reports Natureland News For Fairyland Readers
The fairy realm unveils Natureland News with Mother Nature’s diary details and past events. Old Mr Giant reads the weather and notices from Frog Hollow to Butterfly caterpillars, while the Breeze Brothers spark playful races as shadows gather for a fairyball frolic.
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Mother Nature
Natureland News
Fairyland
Oaf
Brownies
Bogey
Mr. Giant
Witty Witch
Breeze Brothers
Mr. Wind
Fairy Queen
Natureland
Witch
Mgr
Wind
Mr. Grant
Fairies
Grandpa Frog
Frog Hollow
Frog Glee Club
General Sparrow
Sergeant Starling
Best Medicine That Fulfills Claims Swamp Root Ad
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming thousands testify to its success and offering sample bottles by parcel post. It urges sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and notes bottles are sold in drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Absent minded professor chides memory at train station
An eastern professor misplaces a watch while taking students to study rocks. At the station he asks John to fetch his watch claiming a 15 minute window, illustrating memory's unreliability as a recurring human flaw. An advert praises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for complexion care.
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John
Strain Drives Newspaper Paragrapher to Sanatorium
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip recalls a journalist driven to a sanitarium by overwork. He vowed to abstain from writing about Lloyd George Lenin Trotzky or movie stars for a week, then collapsed after four days and wept.
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Lloyd George
Lenin
Trotzky
Birmingham Age-Herald
Castoria Ad Promotes Trusted Family Remedy
Public notice urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the LAS 1x signature. The famous infant remedy has been in use for over 30 years, with children reportedly crying for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
The Radio Craze Inspires Schoolboy In Chicago
A Chicago schoolboy outfits his sister’s baby buggy with a radio receiver so he can listen to concerts while caring for his sister in the afternoon. He tucks away to play ball once the music lulls the infant to sleep. a self-made man borrows two thirds of his ideas in the operation.
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Chicago
Two Surgeons Travel West For Child’s Foot Surgery
Two top surgeons fly from New York to an unnamed western city to operate on a child. The boy will wear an ex plaster cast for eight months while his father spends thousands to help him walk. Also a brief note on two businessmen deciding to walk or drive to lunch.
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New York
Martin’s
Collier's
Hymn Writer Jemima Thompson Authored Beloved Children’s Hymn
The famous children's hymn I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old was written long ago by Jemima Thompson, a young English woman. The article notes a proverb about a woman's refusal reflecting on consent in awkward social situations.
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Jemima Thompson
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