Grape Girdlers Compared Across Insect Families
West Virginia notes a grape girdler affecting grapevines with dead tip growth. It compares its twig girdling habit to the hickory twig girdler Oncideres cingulata and other species such as the elm twig girdler Oberea unificola, black cane girdler Oberea bimaculata, oak pruner Ephilipdion villosum, raspberry cane maggot Phorbia, and currant stem girdler Janus intiger, highlighting shared deep-groove girdling and larval feeding strategies that kill tips and twigs.
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Fred E. Brooks
West Virginia Experiment Station
Virginia
United States
John L. LeConte
America
le Conte
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Hickory
Eradication Method Outlined For Grasshopper Control
The Ohio station recommends poisoned bran mash to protect gardens and fields from grasshopper attacks. Mix two pounds of green parts with 25 pounds of bran, moisten with water sweetened with molasses or sugar, to form a wet mash. Apply a tablespoon per plant or broadcast over the field. one treatment costs about $1 per acre. Keep poultry away from the poison.
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Ohio
Moderate Litters Hard on Sow and Pigs
The note argues you should kill some pigs at birth rather than raise too many. It claims large litters stunt pig growth and weaken the sow, hurting both litter outcomes and sow health.
Effect of Radium on Life and Cancer
Sir William Ramsay discusses radium's effects after Prof. Petit reports a horse with radium gaining new life. Ramsay notes mixed cancer results and cat emaciation, with external cancer applications sometimes curative. skin radioactivity persists and cost is a major objection.
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London
William Ramsay
Gabriel Petit
Alfort
Paris
William
Treasure dream drives Hesper for $15 million haul
Tacoma captain plans a hydro powered dive to recover $15,000,000 buried on Cocos island after a mutinous pirate hid Peru Chile treasure aboard the Mary Deir in 1853. Hackett claims an original map exists and a landslide blocked a prior attempt.
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Fred Hackett
Mary Deir
Thompson
Cocos Island
Hackett
Burro Hero in Desert Sparks Train Halt
A desert burro saved a prospector by blocking an oncoming Santa Fe train in the Mojave. Passengers and crew found a note tied to its leg from Henry Gooding begging for help after breaking a leg ten miles south of Siberia. Local rescuers were alerted and brought him to safety.
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San Bernardino
Mojave
Santa Fe Limited
Henry Gooding
Siberia
Vagrant Eats Whole Menu in City Dining Spree
Philadelphia police arrest Virginia man Robert Lee for vagrancy after he proves hunger by finishing a six dollar plus meal. James McManus, a railroad contractor, rescues him from jail by paying. Lee consumes nearly all items except wine before McManus declines to buy future meals for hungry vagrants.
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Philadelphia
Robert Lee
Virginia
James McManus
Lee
McManus
Moe- Manus
Massachusetts minister urges killing degenerates in institutions
Rev. George W. Cutter tells Unitarian ministers meeting in Boston that degenerates in Massachusetts institutions should be killed with an anesthetic. He outlines his controversial proposal during the monthly conference.
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Boston
Massachusetts
George W. Cutter
Notice to Contractors for McCammon Street Improvements
Sullivan Indiana will receive sealed bids on the Sunday of October 1912 for macadamizing and cement curb and gutter on McCammon Street from East Washington to East Jackson. Bids due by 7 PM with affidavit and a $250 certified check. Bond of $1,000 required. Council may reject all bids. Mayor T Ed Hoover. City Clerk J B Schroeder. First insertion Sept 25 1912.
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Noiise
Sullivan
Indiana
McCammon Street
East Washington Street
East Jackson Street
Common Council
City of
T. ED Hoover
Schroeder
Wanted Ideas for Inventions and Prizes Offered
Victor J. Evans & Co announces a call for invention ideas sent freely with a list of sought inventions by manufacturers and promoters. Prizes offered and patents secured or fee returned. Located at 700 Ninth St Washington D C.
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Victor ,J. Evans & CO
Ninth St
Washington, D. C
Pleased patrons advertise dental work in Sullivan
A dental ad claims eight years of service in Sullivan with thousands of pleased patrons. It invites new patients to try its front dental work, notes that yesterday's work can be improved today, and offers a free examination to get acquainted.
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Sullivan
Cal
Missionary Work Urges Steady Growth of Church Efforts
The Morning Star advocates every church becoming a missionary society for both home and foreign work. It calls for persistent zeal and increased energy, arguing that world-wide triumph rests on continual growth of effort and purpose.
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The
Morning Star
Unreal Value Sentiment Echoes in Loss of Objects
A reflection on how grief exceeds real worth, governed by personal fancies rather than object value, echoing Addison's thought on attachment and perception.
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Addison
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Sullivan County
G. M. Isenhower
Martinsville
Ind
O. H. Burke
E. C. Eno
Sullivan, Ind
Wm.w. Watson
Fairbanks
B.g.cantrell
New York
Emerson Typewriter
Interurban
Terre Haute
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Pimento
Youngstown
Tere,Haute
C. H. Stratton Loan Co
Crowder
Ogg
W. L. Laurent
Shelburn,ad
CT Howard
Indiana Veterinary College
Parks & Knotts Barn
Sullivan, Indiana
Public Square
Clayton A. Price
Anatole France
DR. Linpley
Dentist
Davis House
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