Berge Seeks Democratic Primary Nomination for Governor
A notice from Diller Nebraska lists George W. Berge filing a petition to place his name on the Democratic primary ballot for governor. The entry notes mailing rules and public notices dated February 6, 1914. It also mentions Wilson’s embargo shift on munitions to Mexico and a public school editorial condemning vulgar sex hygiene talk.
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George W. Berge
Seeemse
Wilson
Mexico
United States
Model husband virtues urged by preacher and reader
An eminent San Francisco preacher argues a model husband must do more than domestic duties He should attend affairs willingly and cleverly manage clothing fasteners while remaining gentle with women He must endure his wife’s kin and even handle a burglar yet be a gentleman The Nebraska Farm Journal reader urges boys’ rights and a boy’s own room, urging fathers to provide a horse cow and business partnership for boys
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San Francisco
Nebraska Farm Journal
Sissy
Father
American Farmer Seeks Fair Credit and Common Good
An editorial argues farmers should not be treated as mendicants but deserve credit on equal terms with other workers. It calls for eliminating waste, paying producers for their goods, ensuring consumers pay fair prices, and forging concerted action through cooperation and organized effort. It urges applying industrial American business methods to agriculture.
Making the Farm Fruit With Orchard Care and Crops
The article urges central states farmers to plant fruit with clean tidy orchards and proper cultivation. It stresses manure, fall plowing, lime, and fertilization. raise vegetables among trees to boost profit. prune young trees carefully. control weeds. irrigate drainage. and spray Bordeaux mixture, lime sulfur, and arsenate of lead to fight codling moth. It notes trees need nitrogen, good tillage, and regular spraying during fruit development.
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Central States
Paris
Silo Adoption Grows as Farms Add Second Structures
Many farms with one silo install a second this year signaling the economics of silos pay. The trend shows farmers expanding storage capacity to boost efficiency and revenue.
Homemade Sled Brake Described by Iowa Homestead
A simple sled brake can be built to ease loads on descent. The design uses a front bar with a square head lever operated by a lever, a lug and a dog that drops below the runner to catch ground and act as a brake.
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Iowa
Best Cure For So Called Sour and Worn Out Soils
H B Hite from the West Virginia agricultural experiment station explains that lime can improve sour and worn out soils by enhancing texture grasses and bacteria and making plant food available. He outlines application methods including burned lime with earth cover and lime spreaders and notes typical lime requirements per acre to a depth of three feet.
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H. B. Hite
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Fashion Frills and Fashions Revealed Across Cities
A collage of quotes notes spring fashion promises from Chicago and Paris. The doctor warns clotties linked to colds while praising modern female style. Paris hints at a revealing spring reveal and Charleston recalls a strong fall showing.
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Chicago News
New York Tribune
Paris
Charleston Courier
Town Topics and Timely Tweaks in Transit and Town Life
A collage cites Ciacianeti lamps on baby carriages and infants joy riding in fast towns. New York and San Francisco plan winter public street dances, while Chicago clerks skate to speed work. The Post notes threats of aeroplane mail in retaliation and reports on Rosenthal’s killers pleading they were merely naughty rather than bad.
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Ciacianeti
New York
America
Francisco
Chicago Record-Herald
Chicago
Ekvocraper
Washington Post
Queer Eating of a King and Horseshoe Crab
A fragment notes a strange fact about a king or horseshoe crab chewing food with its legs and grinding it. The text is unclear but presents an odd biological behavior as an actual fact from the source.
Frog Breathing Limitation At Restful Mouth Position
A fragment notes a frog cannot breathe with its mouth kept open due to its structure. The text implies a physiological constraint and suggests mouth position affects respiration in amphibians.
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the Diller
Frank T. Pearce
Diller
Nebr
York Republican
David F. Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
American Press Association
By C. C. Bowsfield
Nebraska
Waggoner Bros
Fashion Frills
Rosenthal
Claude Ellis
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
O. C. Diehl
Sds
Seventh Street
Washington, D. Cc
D-Swift&g
Henry Eden
Lanham, Nebr
DR. H. Bauguess
L. P. Raymond
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