Artificial Rain Brings New Jersey Irrigation to Gardens
The Philadelphia Ledger explains Overbend Irrigation enables small vegetable plots near Philadelphia to simulate rainfall with overhead pipes and brass nozzles, boosting yields to about 1500 dollars per acre. It argues irrigation reduces drought losses, elevates farming to manufacturing-like stability, and suits kitchen gardens and ornamentals alike.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Philadelphia
California
Florida
New Jersey
Greece May Enter War as Carranza Arms Rise
A wide range of events is reported from around the world including Greece nearing entry into war, Carranza troops being equipped with modern rifles, labor leaders listing New York cargos as unfair, and a New York bout set for Oct. 12 between Frank Moran and Frank Fulton. In Indianapolis Charles Hughes was greeted by red flames and a noisy crowd.
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Greece
Carranza
New York
Doan's Kidney Pills Aid Overworked Kidneys
Sidney carpenter J. Brudeen reports long use of Doan's Kidney Pills keeping his kidneys in good condition. He notes backache and frequent kidney trouble relieved, with purchase at Western Drug Co. Doan's Kidney Pills priced 50c. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, NY.
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Doan
Sidney
J. KE
Brudeen
Carpenter
Western Drag Co
Dean
Keeping Milk in Summer From Kansas State Agricultural College
Milk can be kept sweet in summer without a cellar or icebox says J B Piteh associate professor of dairy husbandry. A half barrel between the pump and watering trough cools the milk as water circulates through pipes. For small quantities this method works, but large quantities require a separator and selling the cream.
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J. B. Piteh
Kansas State Agricultural College
Fitch
Sing a Song of Sixpence Explained by The London Globe
The London Globe expounds the nursery rhyme interpreting twenty four birds as hours and the cake as the world with the sky above. It links the king to the sun and the queen to the moon while awakening imagery of daybreak and clouded clothes. It concludes by noting a tragic bird ending the song at sunset. List your land with Osborn and Jorgenson.
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London Globe
Graft in the Orient Reveals Sleep Plea and Corruption
In a wartime memoir excerpt, a tired Turkish officer dismissively quips that hardship should be sweet. A weary soldier seeks rest and influence to sleep better, proposing a Jewish widow’s hotel as a better shelter, and gains access for himself and friends.
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Latakieh
Walt
Blayket
Saffet
Amy
Alexander Aaronsohin
Atlantic Monthly
War end predicted by General Brussiloft at front
General Brussiloft in a Russian front interview forecasts the war ending by August. He cites Austro Hungarian forces fraying under enemy pressure and vows to endure while pledging that Roumanian intervention is a pivotal development. He says allies cannot lose and that a successful result is already in hand.
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Brussiloft
Roumania
Infernal Realms in Buddhism and Islam Describe Hell
The London Chronicle cites Buddhist belief with 136 hells where souls are ground to powder and other torments such as iron, ants, and pestled dust. Islam is said to condemn nonbelievers to garments of fire, roiling water, and iron maces upon the skin.
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London Chronicle
M Daniel Arrested In St Joseph Murder Case
Oscar McDaniel St Joseph prosecutor was arrested on a state warrant charged with murdering his wife Marriet Moss McDaniel who lay dying in their bedroom July 15. He laughed at arrest and claimed law violators he had pursued were responsible, linking a broader sensational sequence to the crime.
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Oscar McDaniel
St. Joseph
Marriet Moss McDaniel
Mc Daniel
M.daniel
Arrests in Blackmail Case Involving Mann Act Scam
New York police and Chicago federal agents arrested two alleged members of an international blackmail syndicate tied to a bogus Mann act sting. Homer French and Jimmie Christian, with George Irwin, allegedly trapped A R Wesley with a woman known as Alice Williams in a New York hotel last May, posed as government officials, extorted $12,500 blackmail money and later $2,500 more from the victim.
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International
New York
Department of Justice
Chicago
Homer French
Jimmie Christian
George Irwin
A R. Wesley
Alice Williams
Iti
French
Irwin
Wesley
Calculating Congress Numbers by Year Method
A Philadelphia Press note explains a rule: double the congress number, add 1780 to get the year it closed. To find a congress from a year, subtract 1780, then if even half, if odd add one and half. Uses 1789 as base for first congress.
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Philadelphia Press
War’s end favored by reason not force Says Baker
Secretary of War Baker told the National Association of Life Underwriters in St. Louis that the world’s last conflict is ending and future disputes will be settled by reason, not force. Reports note other incidents including a miner organizer seized near Copper Hill Tennessee, a fatal New York City auto crash, the Bay State wreck off Portland, and shift of talks for the American Mexican joint commission to Ambassadors Arredondo and Phillips as a hotel closes. John Borden, the explorer, returns to Lake Geneva after the Great Pearl wreck while plans for further north voyages are delayed by wartime limits.
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Michigan
Department of Agriculture
Thomas Nelson-Page
Rome
Chicago
George B. Frellson
Kansas City
Ora Lewis
McKenna and
Dillon
St. Louis
Olga Dahl
Itasca
Minnesota
Prgs
Arizona
Hunt
Phoenix
Sos
Leesivora
Hoyne
Mivers
Joseph Hartigan
New York
Weights and Measures
Baker
National Association of Life Underwriters
St. Lois
Guy & Miller
Denver
Copper Hill
Tenn
New York City
Alois Hanak
San Francisco
Edward Rohan
Bay State
Portland
Boston
John Borden
Tulionaire
Behring Sea
Lake Geneva
Wis
Goreon
England’s Coldest Days Recorded by Evelyn and Chronicles
In March 1658 John Evelyn notes England faced the severest weather, with crows’ feet frozen to prey, ice islands trapping fish and fowl, and people in boats. The March 1607 London Chronicle mentions prodigious frosts at the vernal equinox.
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England
John Evelyn
London Chronicle
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