Exaggerated Words Describe St Louis World Fair Wonders
The article extols the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis praising the Philippine exhibit with replicas of homes and buildings, government displays topping $11 million, and a six acre crop map. It highlights diverse peoples, the floral clock, vast gardens, giant engines, and the Pike’s international shows along a grand, sensational tone.
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St. Louis
Pacific Archipelago
Uncle Sam
Philippine Islands
Philippine Commission
Africa
United States
Illinois
Agriculture Hill
Germany
Cascades
Charlottenburg
Japan and Germany Shine at the Worlds Fair Grounds
The article praises Japans hillside group of pagodas and the lush gardens near Machinery Palace at the Worlds Fair. It highlights Germanys white and gold Pavilion of Agriculture and the Varied Industries Palace. It notes airship races with a $100000 prize and Santos Dumont among contenders.
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Germany
Santos Dumont
Allentown Girl Visits New York Matinee and Opera
A young Allentown woman returned from her first trip to New York and shared vivid impressions of a matinee and an evening opera. A friend boasted of seeing it and asked if she had attended an evening matinee, prompting a humorous exchange.
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Allentown
New York
Metropolis
Philadelphia Ledger
Why Co-operative Colonies Fail
A lecturer and Zoar colony veteran argues co operative colonies fail when they detach from the wider world. He notes all property and earnings at Zoar were shared equally, reducing energy and thrift, and petty jealousies undermined work after the leader’s death.
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Zoar
Canadian Route Shorter by 680 Miles Between Europe and East
At a Halifax meeting of the royal transportation commission reports and maps showed that the Canadian route between Europe and the East was 680 miles shorter than routes from United States ports.
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Royal Transportation Commission
Halifax
Europe
East
United States
Russian Ship Canal Survey Points to 1468 Mile Route
Surveys completed for a Baltic to Black Sea ship canal across Russia indicate a 1468 mile path with an estimated cost of 180000000. The project study outlines the route and financial requirements for construction.
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Russia
Baltic
Black Seas
How Does the Crew Get Inside The Warship Question
A young girl visiting H M S battleship asks how sailors reach the interior after examining the torpedo tube. The gunnery officer explains the mechanism while noting the girl s fascination with maritime warfare and the ship s deadly engines.
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London
California's Building At World Fair Showcases Dried Fruit Pavilion
California erects a pavilion in the agricultural building designed to draw universal attention. The exterior is covered with dried fruit and four tons of apricots peaches and prunes are on display.
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California
Louisiana fair exhibit to display ninety eight mosquito varieties
The Louisiana world fair will showcase ninety eight varieties of mosquitoes in cases. The insects are guaranteed not to bite or sting visitors.
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Louisiana
Greeley Emerges as Lamb Center in Colorado
Greeley Colorado is becoming notable for lamb production alongside potatoes. Shipments of young lambs to Eastern markets reach 75 to 100 carloads per week. Winter feeding trials using sugar beet pulp prove successful in northern Colorado with tens of thousands fed around Greeley Ft. Collins Loveland and nearby areas.
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Greeley
Colo
Colorado
Ft. Collins
Loveland
Woman Dies After Heart Breaks Following Fourth Marriage
An elderly 74 year old woman married to her 72 year old fourth husband in December at West Ham was deserted two weeks later. She died suddenly on Sunday with the last words My heart's broken. A coroner's jury ruled the death due to valvular heart disease.
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West Ham
Philadelphia Ledger
Noted Scientist Maximilian Nitze Resides in Berlin
Dr. Maximilian Nitze, inventor of a luminous device to inspect the stomach and internal organs, remains in Berlin where he serves as a university instructor.
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Maximilian Nitze
Berlin
The
University
Telephone Statistica Gap in U S Telephone Availability
In the United States there are about 20 million families and 5 million businesses, totaling 25 million possible telephone placements. Roughly one eighth of these are currently equipped.
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United States
Three Pasture Grass Mixtures For Better Kansas Pastures
A Kansas farmers meeting recommends combining orchard grass meadow fescue and Bromus inermis for continuous grazing and a more permanent sod. Each grass offers early to late growth, drought resistance, and sod-forming roots, improving overall pasture quality.
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Kansas
Constructing Drains Advice From a Drainage Engineer
A drainage engineer offers practical guidance to land owners on building drains. Key points include hiring a reliable engineer and obtaining a complete drainage map, sizing drains adequately, burying tiles four feet deep when possible, engineer oversight during construction, protecting the outlet with a bulkhead and pipe, and for open ditches ensuring five to seven feet depth with three feet bottom width and slopes to prevent blockage.
Corn and beef prices linked advises cattle raiser
A noted cattle raiser argues corn and beef prices must move together. He blames high corn costs for forcing farmers to unload cattle and notes many cattle arrive in poor condition due to feeding choices and narrow price gaps between finished and unfed cattle.
Manure's Nitrogen Value Urges Immediate Surface Application
The text notes nitrogen as a key value of manure and stresses that manure containing it should be spread on the surface at once for best use.
Michigan Tops in Apple Orchards as Fruit States Claim
The article argues Michigan is a premier fruit state, noting apples lead in acreage and bushels in 1902 ahead of peaches pears and other tree fruits. It lists 206 675 acres of apples versus 60 813 peaches and 10 933 acres of grapes yielding 33 973 931 pounds.
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Michigan
Seed vitality durations vary by plant species
Seed germination power differs among plants with some seeds fading quickly while others endure. Lettuce dies fast unless stored well, beets last at least ten years, cabbage kale radish tomato spinach turnip asparagus broccoli cauliflower beans peas fail after four years, and melon cucumber onions leek span up to ten years with debate over three year vigor.
Cultivating the Plum Orchard
S H Marshall of Wisconsin with a large plum orchard explains his cultivation method to a Farmers' Review representative. He begins spring work when land is ready and continues until about August 20, then plants oats as a winter cover. He avoids plowing, uses a disk to break surface, and employs an extension barrow and hoe for under-tree work. He avoids weeders, aiming to keep a dust mulch two to three inches thick across the ground.
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S. H. Marshall
Wisconsin
Farmers’ Review
Late Setting of Strawberries
Early setting is best but plants can be set during the growing season. J L Herbst notes fruit may be removed and plants transplanted even in wet seasons with good results. The article warns against midsummer planting except in exceptional cases when quality plants are available.
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J. L. Herbst
Lake Yellow Crab Apple described by Virginia Station
The Lake Yellow crab apple, similar to Large Yellow Siberian, is vigorous yet compact with stocky limbs. It fruits late, first blooming in 1892, with heavy crops in 1899 and 1901 including eleven bushels from two small trees. Fruit is large, golden yellow, with rich spicy flesh and high culinary quality.
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Lake
Virginia
Pumpkin seeds planted flatwise instead of edge wise
Professor Goff advised planting seeds of the pumpkin family flatwise to ensure they readily free themselves from the seed case.
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Goff
The Angry Tree of the Far East
A newly discovered acacia species in the far east closes its leaves at sunset and twists its twigs into pigtail shapes for the night. If disturbed, the plant mutters in agitation and its branches shake more violently with repeated interference. Eventually a nauseating odor is emitted causing dizziness when inhaled.
Patti Tells Of Teaching A Little American Girl
In Syracuse Adelina Patti described teaching music to a young American girl. The child proved entertaining with sharp questions and answers, including a joke about musical signs where she correctly interpreted ff as eighty.
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Syracuse
Adelina Patti
Heart remedy praised for relieving chest pain
Mrs H D Hyde of Folsom reports years of heart pain ended after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She claims the medicine cured severe heart pain within a short treatment and praises it as the greatest heart medicine she has used.
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Folsom
H. D. Hyde
Dodd
Energy Waste After Business Hours
The article argues that people waste energy after work by letting bad thinking, worry, fear, and mental effort linger at home. It contends that exemplary individuals dissipate vitality through many mental habits and by carrying business concerns into personal time.
Anecdote of McMahon at the Irish bar
The late John MacMahon known for a ponderous heavy style and lack of humor was deaf and thus aligned with any judge's remarks. Before a master of the rolls he was accused of treating elementary law as if it were simple text, replying with ease and obliviousness to the judge.
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John MacMahon
Principal credits Grape-Nuts for cured illness
A California high school principal credits an exclusive diet of Grape-Nuts milk and fruit for curing years of indigestion rheumatism and back trouble. He praises a physician friend and urges continued Postum Co production while noting a health book titled The Road to Wellville.
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Cal.y
Methuselah
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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