Up-to-Date Remedies for Wagon Tires and Grape Beetles
An article discusses avoiding tire dishing by hot oil treatment and painting wheels, plus a detailed method using metal troughs and oil for tight wheels. It then covers the grapevine beetle THY GRAPEVINE FIDIA, its life cycle from eggs to larvae to adults, damage to foliage and roots, and remedies including arsenical sprays, soil injections, and kerosene emulsion treatment.
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Clarence J. Norton
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Dakota
Texas
Florida
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Webster
Farming Elevates Through Education of Farmers' Children
The article asserts farming is honorable as farmers are educated and respected. It calls for uplifting agriculture by educating farmers' sons and daughters to raise the profession's standing.
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America
Queen Victoria Worshipped as Goddess by Tibetan Tribe
A British traveler recounts a Tibetan sect worshipping a queenly figure in a hilltop temple. He describes a crude portrait in a carved chair resembling Queen Victoria, created after a Calcutta mission, where an image of the monarch became the tribe’s principal deity.
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England
India
Stuart Majoribanks
Kibet
Bengal
Thibet
Majoribanks
Majorlbanks
Khan
Majoribanky
Mme. Tussaud
Calcutta
Widows and Wealth in Washington Society
A critique of Washington social life noted by the Illustrated American describes widows seeking European-style homes and diplomatic circles. It claims Washington welcomes wealthy retirees while quietly judging their origins and social pretensions, turning rich traders into conspicuous yet tolerated guests.
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Europe
Porkopolis
Kalamazoo
West Jersey
Paris
London
Vienna
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
New York
Chicago
Globe
Never-sung Queen Victoria Audition Sparks Manager
In a Pittsburgh Chronicle-Herald item, an operatic manager doubts Miss Hysee’s voice but is astonished to learn she has never sung before Queen Victoria. He declares her the singer he has sought for years, amazed by the historic distinction.
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Mer
Pittsburg
Correction sparks anatomy debate over jaw bone label
A Washington Times item quotes a professor of anatomy presenting a human jaw bone as the inferior maxillary, provoking a student remark about gendered assumptions and sparking a humorous exchange about the skeleton’s gender. A separate line comments on a man’s ability to win any woman if he goes out to do it.
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Washington Times
Record-Setting Burlington Route Chicago to Denver Run
A special Burlington route train traveled 1,025 miles from Chicago to Denver in 1,069 minutes, averaging 54.3 mph including stops and 57.54 mph excluding stops. Six engineers handled the run with 21 stops, and the trip completed in under nineteen hours to aid Henry J. Mayham en route to his dying son.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Henry J. Mayham
New York
Denver
Chicago
Union Depot
Galesburg
Aurora
Sixteenth Street
Mendota
Red Oak
Creston
Villiseca
McCook
Mayham
Pennsylvania Limited
William B. Mayham
Fort Wayne
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Pennsylvania
Burlington Road
Encouraging Children to Write Letters
The piece urges children to write letters to develop skill and express ideas. It argues early habit reduces later difficulty and that regular correspondence comforts parents and children when they leave home, strengthening fraternal ties between siblings.
Kranjl Wood Leads in Strength But Elm Weights Stronger
The text notes kranjl wood from Borneo as the strongest known, while the Canada rock elm is stronger per weight. It adds St. I.culs as the world’s largest street-car manufacturing city with about three thousand cars produced last year. Charleston, South Carolina, maintains a shade tree commission and has planted over one thousand trees in four years.
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Borneo
St. I.culs
Charleston
S. C
Granulated Sugar as Bee Feed Ends Evening Feeding
The article promotes granulated sugar as an inexpensive bee feed. It advises melting with water, feeding light amounts in tight-bottom hives, or pouring into combs or upper feeders for heavy feeding. Feeding should occur late in the evening to complete tasks before dark.
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Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Bee Husbandry and Lamb Market Outlook Cited by American Sheep Breeder
Do not place hives on high benches and feed bees only in daylight to avoid disrupting their work. If feeding is needed in cold weather, feed inside and keep hives covered. The American Sheep Breeder notes western states have lost about 1,000,000 lambs to disease and forecasts tight lamb supply, with well fed lambs valuable in February to April.
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Mississippi
Pittsburg
Mees
Thomas Newman
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Holiness
Seine
Cunningham
Red Centa
Raise Your Own Cows to Ensure Better Stock
The article urges dairymen to breed cattle rather than rely on purchased cows to maintain dairy herds. It argues buying can be unreliable like a lottery and advises raising calves to secure strong, healthy cows.
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Helying Tower
Fhibet
Barlington
Aeewee
Burlington
Ee Rae
Pacific Jet Tee Etree
Lincoln
Hastings
Heo
Hood
Chicago News-Record
Melbiren & CO
St. Lewis, Ma
Ui Cantan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Conpingtontu
G. W. Cunningham
S. Clinton Street
C. Wakemo
Ind
California
Salt, Lake City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Omaha
Tts
J. Frances
Omaho
Neb
Selsor
Joan Brelider
Mishicott
John W. Morris
Hashington
Penttea Bureau
Syrs
Clamm
Atty Alice
Pies S
Stephens
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