Newer irrigation changes in southern California fruit growing
The article notes a shift from shallow furrows to deeper furrows and subsoil plows to improve water penetration. Subsoiling opens channels below the hardpan, delaying surface flow and promoting deeper root growth. Deep furrows and subsurface irrigation reduce evaporation losses, with cement flumes and pipes replacing wood in aging Pacific coast systems.
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California
Pacific Coast
E. J. Wicksor
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Dust fighting with tar in roads praised in France
The Chicago Post cites a Paris letter describing tar and tar oil as a dust suppressant for roads. It claims petroleum coated soil eliminates dust and odor, saves up to 45 percent versus water sprinkling, and notes tar cost varies from 15 to 50 francs a ton with experiments planned near Paris and in Gironde.
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America
California
France
Guglielminetti
Monte Carlo
Gironde
Touring Club of
Champigny
Paris
Chicago Post
Driveway Entrances and Landscaping Insight
A magazine note stresses care in driveway entrances as visitors’ first impression of a home. The photo depicts a side approach with a gentle ascent, tidy sod borders, year round shrubs, and hydrangeas highlighted by Japanese barberry edging.
Modern Road Making Advances Highlighted by Road Inquiry
The Road Inquiry Office of the Department of Agriculture reports roads greatly affect costs, with bad roads tripling expenses. It cites eight to twenty five cent per ton mile differences, praises macadam, notes new equipment like an elevating grader, and describes steel track roads enabling 11 ton loads by a single horse.
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Office of Road Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
United States
Western
Middle States
Cosmopolitan Magazine
The Secret of Good Roads Revealed
A well rounded hard surface that sheds water makes a good road. After construction attention is needed to repair washouts and depressions. Timely maintenance keeps roads in good condition.
Golf and Stained Glass A Country Club Parley
An artful golfer and a portrait painter share a firelit chat at a country club. A stained glass window's colors spark a brief exchange on art history while golf talk dwindles and the artist wanders to admire October scenery.
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New York Tribune
Caligula
Fashion’s Autumn Mandates Fill Gowns With Lace and Velvet
The New York Post notes fall and winter gowns will feature Falstaff ruches, Cromwell collars, surplice corsages, and various Lace and silk fabrics. Low-cut Louis XV coats highlight autumn receptions and garden parties made in peau de soie satin and duchesse materials with real lace fichas.
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New York Post
Salt in medicine and home remedies advice
The Detroit Free Press summarizes believed benefits of salt, noting its potential to cure nasal catarrh with a weak brine snuffed into the nose, relief of sick headache by dissolving salt on the tongue followed by water, soothing tired eyes with hot salt water, and using salt for teeth cleaning to harden gums and freshen breath while warning of its injurious effects on digestion if overused.
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Detroit Free Press
Laundry cupboard and stain removers for families
A Washington Star note recommends a locked or high shelf for laundry safety with labeled stain removers. Store dilute citric acid for iron rust and mildew, oxalic acid for ink fruit and wine, and ammonia for flannels and towels. Buy soap in quantity and air dry to save, and keep bluing with ultra marine to avoid iron rust stains.
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Washington Star
Variations Describe a Strenuous Life at Home
Fragmentary lines depict a quarrelsome marriage with a wife who manages to keep her temper. The speaker Toledo Lee notes the wife's steady demeanor and repeated use of self restraint. The snippet suggests a humorous or moralizing tone about domestic life.
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Brown
Knpeck
Green
Toledo Lee
Howell's Humor and the Red Haired Man Tale
William Dean Howells seldom told humorous stories but a young protege praised his influence. Howells replied with ashore tale where two men drown amid a lifeguard rescue as voices shout Save the red haired man. The crowd learns the rescuer seeks a gratuity for the favor and the tale ends with a cheeky debt punchline.
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William Dean Howells
Howell
Howells
Low Rates to the Northwest Colonist Fares Offer 1902
From September 1 to October 31 1902 second class one way colonist tickets from Chicago to Montana Idaho Utah California Washington Oregon British Columbia and intermediate points at reduced rates. Routes via Chicago Milwaukee St Paul or Omaha. United States government fast mail trains and Pioneer Limited noted. F A Miller Chicago General Passenger Agent.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
R’v
F. A. Miller
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Claim
For forty years Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry has cured summer complaint dysentery diarrhoea bloody flux and stomach pain and never failed to do all it claims. McCall Good evening Bobby is your sister at home Bobby I don't know I heard she expected a proposal tonight if you aren't the feller I guess she ain't home.
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Mr. McCall
Bobby
Philadelphia Press
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad Hits Early Ad
An archival ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming stops the cough and works off the cold with a price of 25 cents. The slogan asserts refinement is superior to beauty and attributes the ad to Las Caria.
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Las Caria
Deceived by Looks at Cuban Balloon Incident
A tale from Shafter era Cuba recalls an army balloon mishap near Siboney. A half inflated balloon rolled toward Santiago as signals prepared for advance, provoking humor from a nearby negro soldier who misidentified it as the frontman.
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Shafter
Cuba
Santiago
Shafters
Siboney
Signal Corps
Record of the Past Kidney Cure Trial
Testimony claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured Samuel J. Taylor after thirty years of kidney trouble. He reports lasting relief since 1902 and offers a free trial by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per box.
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Dean
Samuel J. Taylor
South Third St
Goshen
Ind
Jacob
Mann
Doan
Taylor
United States
Foster- Milburn, Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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New Haven
Conn
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