Clerk Weds Prince in Travel Romance on the Sea
Miss Georgie Jeffrey, former auditor’s office clerk, married Prince Alfred Ahrenheim-Gagarin in Canton China. The couple, now traveling in the East, plan to settle in St. Petersburg. The romance began on an ocean steamship bound for Manila after Jeffrey joined a tourist party during a layover in Denver.
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Little Countess Captures Cordial Capital Interest
Countess Luise Alexandra von Ternstorff, daughter of the German ambassador, explores Washington with curiosity and charm. Since arrival, she and her mother mingle with society, attend official events, and study the city’s historic sites with a guidebook in hand. The German embassy, once dismantled, awaits occupancy in April as decorous preparations continue.
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Courts the unseen force behind House Appropriations
A portrait of James G C Courts the diminutive clerk who underpins the House Appropriations Committee. His quick pen and memory help Chairman Tawney navigate vast bills sometimes exceeding 100 million dollars. His decisive prompting sped relief to Italy and sparked praise from lawmakers and civilians alike.
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Satterlee at Naval Academy Sparks Sleep Prank Tale
Secretary Satterlee, newly named assistant secretary of the navy, joined a Naval Academy board of visitors and spent a June visit touring facilities and observing drills. A midshipman prank led to Satterlee being awakened in bed, his beard visible as he slept, prompting a quick retreat by the surprised midshipmen.
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Two-Sash Hotbed Guide for Early Gardeners
A farmer urges readers to start early with a two-sash hotbed for garden production. It covers setting up a half to three-quarter acre plot, manuring, choosing reliable seeds, and cultivating for a steady supply of vegetables to cut meat costs. The piece emphasizes homegrown produce and notes a shift toward family success in farm households.
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Cultivation the Key to a Productive Apple Orchard
Solon Chase of Maine urges integrated farming to orchard and corn. Plant trees and corn together, plow deep, harrow fine, hoeing both crops in tandem. Use a rotation of three hoe crops and clover, then replant corn, cutting one hay crop, with fertilization and clean cultivation to bring the orchard into bearing.
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Maine
When Cultivation Paid in Orchard Practice
The article notes orchard cultivation outperformed sod systems. Clean cultivation and mulching reduced fruit drop during drought, while grass orchards lost about half their crop. Under cultivation with a dust mulch, soil moisture stayed available for fruit trees, yielding a full crop per the practiced method.
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How To Make Bordeaux Spray For Insects
Instructions for preparing Bordeaux mixtures to spray fruit trees. Blend blue stone with water then lime separately, keep in wooden vessels, combine equal parts before use, filter to remove sediment, and spray using a 50 gallon capacity tank. Details cover dissolution, proportions, and safe handling.
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The Farmers' Loss and Fruit Growers' Gain
The piece argues businesslike orchard management boosts profits by spraying and care, citing San Jose scale and codling moth control. It contrasts commercial growers who spray with farmers who neglect so as to show how individual effort and proper methods raise revenue while reducing costs.
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Long Island
The Ranch Praises Apple Show and Grape Belt
Worth noting highlights a Spokane National Apple Show display praised as magnificent outside the Garden of Helen and references the Grape Belt’s 1908 grape production in Chautauqua New York district at 4932 cars versus 6186 in 1907 including juice and wine. Also mentions an English egg preservation scheme using disinfection vacuum sealing wax and air pressure.
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Planting Pots From Lime and Manure Proposal
A recurring idea surfaces in rural circles proposing to craft planting pots from lime and manure or similar substances. The Rural New Yorker mentions the recurring nature of such propositions and the quirky ingenuity they reflect in country life.
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