Farm Advice From Hoosier Farmers on Livestock and Orchards
Practical farm guidance covers feeding growing colts and horses, orchard care, shelter in storms, and the value of well built barns. It notes Iowa’s success in livestock judging, promotes drainage and lime for wet soils, advocates purebred cattle, lice control, clean henhouses, deep plowing, and the benefits of careful record keeping in dairy herds to improve profits.
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Dairy Department
Indiana Experiment Station
Hoosier State
Indiana
Silent Senator Hale Shuns Newspaper Talk Like Langley
Washington editors once broke in cub reporters with Prof Langley on aviation but he is dead. Now they interview Senator Eugene Hale of Maine, who is as inaccessible as Langley was outspoken. Hale is described as haughty and aristocratic, rarely talking to the press, embodying the old school or aristocratic statesman era.
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Washington
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Eugene Hale
Maine
Hale
Senate
Morgan
West
Edmunds
Hale Seen as Firm Senate Figure With Reserved Manners
The Maine senator Hale is described as dignified and affable, greeting all Capitol staff but tolerating no familiarity. He politely but firmly rebuffs a Capitol police officer, and his elevator manners show strict boundaries. Reporters find it hard to obtain interviews, while insiders call him effective and influential.
Monument to gallant horses of the Anglo Boer War erected in Port Elizabeth
London reports a public subscription has funded a monument in Port Elizabeth honoring horses that died in the 1899 1902 Anglo Boer War. The sculpture features a life sized bronze horse and kneeling soldier, atop a granite base that forms a drinking trough, with an inscription praising national compassion.
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London
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Lord Byron
Boston
Aso
Anther
British Empire
Slated for Attorney General George W Wickersham named
New York reports George W Wickersham, a top rated lawyer from the firm Strong Cadwallader, slated for attorney general in Taft’s cabinet. He led subway legal work for eight years and served as attorney for the Knickerbocker Trust receiver. Princeton 1880 graduate.
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Taft
Strong & Cadwallader
Martindale
Wickersham
New York Subway
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Mr. Wickersham
Princeton University
Building a bungalow plan from 29 by 30 feet layout
William A Radford answers readers questions on building topics. This feature highlights a one floor bungalow design with five rooms and no hallway, separating bedrooms and bathroom from living areas. The compact 29 by 30 foot plan aims to maximize space while preserving the bungalow feel.
Modern Fly Screens and Summer Cottages Health Benefits
The article extols moving to sunlit country life while stressing safeguards like window and porch screens to keep out mosquitoes and flies. It emphasizes the health benefits of modern screens, open fireplaces, and proper ventilation in summer houses, arguing screens prevent disease and improve living comfort.
Secret of Dyeing Lost Reveals Ancient Colors
The article notes that dyeing science has advanced in modern times yet cannot reproduce dyes once common to bygone great nations. Fragments of ancient fabrics show colors that remain brighter and purer than many contemporary dyes, astonishing researchers who study antiquities.
Size of the universe debated by astronomers
The article reviews three competing answers about the shape and extent of space. It contrasts an infinite universe with endless stars, a finite universe bounded in space, and a cyclic model returning to the starting point. It notes debates on light absorption and dark bodies like the Moon influencing views on infinity.
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Earth
W. If
S. Monck
Ife
Alloys of Great Merit Describe Ferro Silicon Properties
At a Faraday society talk Mons Ad Jouve outlined the residual resistive properties of ferro silicon and similar silicon alloys. Nitric acid, vapor, sulphuric and hydrochloric acids do not affect these alloys, with acetic acid showing the same. High platinum prices boost ferro silicon as a substitute for acid resisting vessels, though brittleness and vessel thickness weigh against it.
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Faraday Society
Mons. Ad
Jouve
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South Dakota
United States Agricultural Department
Senator Hale
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G. H. Wickersham
New York
George W. Wickersham
William A. Radford
Holstor
William Ua. Thadford
W"a.radford Editor
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