Prophets Are All at Sea in Congress Directory News
Washington notes describe a year of divided aims in both parties as military preparedness bills clash and a Memorial Bridge plan develops. The Congress Directory profiles members, revealing candid autobiographies and modest or terse biographical entries amid talk of a grand Potomac bridge linking North and South.
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George Clinton
Washington
House
Senate
House of Congress
Senate Committee On
House Committee On
United States
Congress
Harry Lane
Oregon
Edwin S. Johnson
South Dakota
W. W. Griest
Pennsylvania
Lane
Congressional Directory
Potomac
Lincoln Monument
Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek Park
Deas
Spring in the Garden by E Van Benthuysen
Gardening tips cover pruning lilacs and spring shrubs, pest control with tobacco tea and lime, harvesting flowers, and boosting petunias. Advice includes sowing petunias, weed suppression, frost protection, gladioli succession planting, soil and water needs, and propagating cuttings with sand beds and hotbeds for dahlias and other perennials.
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Jack Frost
Propagating by Cutting for Spring Planting
Garden notice explains starting cuttings in March for open air plants. It stresses forethought to ensure enough stock when planting time arrives and highlights scarlet geraniums and Paul Crampel variety. It outlines using light sandy soil or sand beds in propagating frames with bottom heat for varieties in short supply.
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Paul Crampel
Cosmos care guide for window flowers
The article explains growing cosmos from early stages toward a compact bushy plant. Start early, transplant to nine inch pots, then sink the pot in a border. When plants reach six inches high, pinch shoots from now until late July to keep them stocky. Even after frosts cosmos will bloom beautifully.
Start Them Early Planting Advice For Annuals
The article advises starting many annuals and perennials now for early growth. It recommends pansies and daisies if no greenhouse is available, delaying March planting for sweet peas, verbenas, and sweet alyssum, and notes window garden challenges with sweet peas.
Ribbon beds for verbena color designs
Good effects in ribbon beds come from using different verbena varieties in rows. To ensure color accuracy, buy plants of each color as seedlings from a florist, since seedlings tend to produce multiple colors and spoil the design.
Saul the Man and the Transformation in Acts Nine
A compact study outlines Saul of Tarsus as a vibrant, zealous Pharisee whose violent opposition to Christians was halted by a theophany in Damascus. It details his conversion, call to Gentiles and Jews, and rapid mission work with Ananias and Barnabas, ending with his fledgling ministry in Damascus and Jerusalem.
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Tarsus
Saul
Ramsey
Conybeare
Damascus
Jesus
Sanhedrin
God
Christ
Sau
Israel
Ananias
Mr. Moody
New York
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Barnabas
Maly
Amis
The Laziest Man in the World Becomes Postmaster
A lazy village man, famed for avoiding work, is unexpectedly named postmaster. He turns to clever devices to shirk duties, while government business proceeds, until an inspector arrives. The tale ends with him becoming an efficiency expert at a fabulous remuneration.
Frenchman introduces multi disk phonograph in 1900s
Popular Mechanics reports a French inventor has made a phonograph that plays several disks simultaneously. Each disk sits on a vertical driving axis and turns at the same speed. Separate needles feed a shared horn through connecting arms, enabling louder combined sound.
Splendid Railway Terminal Completed in Leipzig
The Central railway station of Leipzig, begun in 1909, was recently completed at a cost of $22,130,000. It is expected to become the leading European terminal. The facade features yellow sandstone from Schona on the Elbe, while the rear and entrance halls use sandstone from Cotta quarries.
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Leipzig
Europe
Schona
Elbe
Burglary Dialogue Captured in Fragmentary Detroit Report
Fragmented text outlines a burglary event with unclear quotes about entry, clothing, and distress. The source shows disjointed phrases and mispunctuated reporting from Detroit press materials.
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W. R. Gilbert
Cosmos
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Christ Jesus
Marian
Cole Fisher
Pansy Bowen
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Detroit
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