International Conferences Planned in San Francisco Year
A 1915 Panama-Pacific exposition includes an international congress on agricultural education a conference on preserving human life and a county life conference. Also planned are a Pan American congress peace congress interparliamentary union and a oriental nations congress with aims to boost international understanding and relations.
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San Francisco
Interparliamentary Union
Institute of International Law
Hague
Americas
Latin America
North America
Secretary of Labor Wilson and British War Aviation Plan
The piece notes Secretary Wilson active in labor issues and mining union work from 1900 to 1909 and hints at his farming life in Blossburg Pennsylvania. It also reports Britain seeking a hidden base near the North Sea for air ships and aeroplanes with strong rail links and remote location to avoid towns.
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Department of Labor and Commerce
Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Blossburg
Britain
British Admiralty
War Office
North Sea
England
Scothand
Demonstration Farm Established At Arcadia College
Arcadia Mo The sixth demonstration farm on the Iron Mountain line is set up at Arcadia college grounds adjoining the railroad right of way. Rev Father John Adrian in charge under L A Markham commissioner of agriculture. Eighteen acres will start under cultivation with plans to expand to 25 30 acres. The project supports the college agriculture curriculum emphasizing fruits small fruits vegetables and staple crops with crop rotation and soil improvement to raise yields.
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Iron Mountain
Arcadia
Arcadia College
John Adrian
L. A. Markham
Missouri
Arkansas
Best Clerk Is Not Always the Highest Seller
The best clerk is the one who protects customer and firm interests, not the one who sells most. Stockkeeping matters. show every item, keep forward stock complete, and avoid personal bias in merchandise presentation.
First Shoe Heels in Persia and Venice Fashion Tale
The article traces heels origin to Persia as wooden raises for hot sands then links Venice adoption to jealous husbands. Clogged heels grew ornate with gold and silver, height signaling rank, as Harper's Weekly notes amid a Detroit Free Press quip about a poet living.
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Persia
Harper's Weekly
Venice
Grand champion corn prize at 1912 Ili nois show won by H J Sconce
H J Sconce of Sidell Illinois won the grand champion prize for the least ten ears of corn at the 1912 Ili nois corn show with a Boone County White sample. The entry is praised for uniform ears and well filled kernels reflecting careful breeding and vigorous seed handling on Sconce’s Vermilion county farm.
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H. J. Sconce
Sidell
Boone County
Sconce
University of Illinois
Vermilion County
American Agriculturist
Soy Beans Planting Should Wait For Warm Weather
The article notes sowing soybeans should wait until May or June when soil warms. Best results come from row spacing of 24 to 32 inches and a seeding rate of half to three quarters of a bushel per acre with level culture. A grain drill can be used with adjusted spacing and six to seven seeds per foot.
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Orange Judd
Wisconsin agronomist warns against horse hash breeding
Dr. A. S. Alexander of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin declares in a recent address that repeatedly crossing horse breeds to create what he calls horse hash is folly for breeders.
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A. S. Alexander
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Jealousy and the Joseph Story in Sunday Lesson
A Berean Sunday School passage analyzes Joseph’s coat of many colors, his brothers’ jealousy, and the false belief of his death. It details Reuben’s failed attempt to rescue him, the sale to Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and Jacob’s mourning over what he believes is his son’s demise.
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Thomas J. Walsh
Joseph Dixon
Progressive National Committee
United States
Montana
Henry L. Myers
Joseph
Jacob
Abraham
God
Joseph Josh
Dothan
Reuben
Palestine
Tell Dothan
Gilead
Egypt
Judah
Ezek
Bill J
Ounce
The Farmer's Most Profitable Business
Professor Cyril G. Hopkins argues that land will not vanish overnight but is not a safe investment. He notes abandoned farms in older regions, rising land values, and that durable soil improvement through permanent agriculture offers the most profitable path for farmers.
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Cyril G. Hopkins
Country Gentleman
How to Know Garden Soil
Garden soil should not run together after heavy rains nor bake when exposed to sun soon after rains. If soil crushes or forms clods this indicates a lack of humus or vegetable matter.
Making the Auto Work for the Farmer
A Country Gentleman article explains farm use of automobiles beyond transport. It notes belts on rear wheels as a simple power drive and describes jacking and cribbing with timber to keep wheels off ground while the car runs.
The Most Puzzling Case of a Safe Diamond Theft
A detective narrates solving a theft at Mr. Towner’s house. The old safe with a father’s dying clue hid the missing diamond. The governess proved crucial, guiding the narrator to catch the thief who opened a concealed jewel vault and hid the gem. The payoff went to the governess, with praise shared by his wife.
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Towner
Tie
Mr. Towner
Sam
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Oratory
Committee of Imperial Defense
London
Myers
Walsh
Resolutions Committee
Baltimore
Toga
United States Senate
William Bauchop Wilson
Pavutic Coast
Pacific Coast
American Association For the Advancement of Science
West
American Science Association
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
George Ellery Hale
Mount Lowe Observatory
John Muir
Muir
Daniel Trembly MacDoughal
The
Desert Laboratory
Carnegie Institute
Tucson
Ariz
John Casper Branner
Lyman Brumbaugh Stookey
University of Southern California
Vernon Lyman Kellogg
William Emerson Litter
Biological Station
la Jolla
Eugene Waldemar Hilgard
George Holmes Howison
Mills School of Philosophy
Armin O. Leuschner
Detroit Free Press
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Illinois
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