Sanitation praised at Camp Glenn and Morehead City
Dr. W S Rankin calls Camp Glenn sanitation remarkable and urges lessons for North Carolina cities. The First North Carolina Infantry conducts 9 30 a m inspections with orderly tents and gear. Recruits flow in from High Point Concord Waynesville Charlotte and more as officers expect a steady gain.
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Camp Glenn
North Carolina
W. S. Rankin
State Board of Health
Rankin
Raleigh
First
North Carolina Infantry
Delamere Skerrette
Secretary of War
National Guard
United States
Hickory
Gastonia
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Statesville
Asheville
Shelby
Waynesville
Mount Airy
Concord
High Point
Gardner
Bickett
T. W. Bickett
Morehead
Young
Mr. Bickett
R. L. Flannigan
Fannigan
Morehead City
Flanniigan
J. D. Terry
Lexington
Henderson
Louisburg
Oxford
Franklinton
Reidsville
Warrenton
Burlington
Asheboro
Thomasville
Durham
Horton
W. C. Horton
George L. Peterson
A. C. Bernard
First Battalion
Third Infantry
Jack Bowen
Jack
Wooten
Winston-Salem Company
Badin
Rhubarb Pie Variations With Mince and Meringue
A collection of rhubarb pie recipes including Mince Rhubarb Pie Mock Lemon Pie Rhubarb and Raisin Pie Rhubarb Meringue Pie and Rhubarb Meringue Pie No 2 with detailed ingredient lists and baking guidance from two crust to one crust versions.
Intensive Hay Raising Proves Profit in Manured Crops
The Richmond liveryman N J Crull reports on 11 acres of intensive forage trials. Oat hay on six acres yielded $300 gross. German millet and cowpeas produced $375 with $82.87 costs. A second oat and millet crop earned $283.44 profit. A final 11 acre wheat and clover stand returned $440 gross with $272.05 expenses, net about $168.75. Crull advocates heavier manuring and soil improvement to double per acre yields.
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J. M. Bell
N. J. Crull
Richmond
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Crull
Artichoke Notes as a Useful and Ornamental Plant
The artichoke is a coming vegetable with ornamental appeal and French appreciation. It grows wild in southern Europe and is a graceful plant several feet high with handsome leaves. The edible part is the flat circular disk bearing the flowers and the tender base. boiled and dressed with oil and vinegar, artichoke makes a fine salad.
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Europe
Finnan Haddie Simmered with Cream and Potatoes
Fin nan Haddie is simmered skin side down in water then milk and cream. The fish is boiled ten minutes then returned to the pan with thick potato slices around it. Serve with optional seasoning, or bake the separated meat with cream and cracker crumbs for a lunch or side dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnan Haddie
Lettuce Parsley and Celery Bags for Freshness
A cloth bag labeled Lettuce Parsley or Celery kept on the ice preserves freshness and crispness longer. Bags priced at 35 cents with a pull string at the top. Making one takes about an hour but the comfort and satisfaction are priceless.
Scrambled Rice and Bacon From Good Housekeeping
Three cups cooked rice and twelve slices bacon, plus three beaten eggs seasoned with salt and pepper. Fry bacon until crisp, reserve half the fat, scramble eggs with rice in the bacon fat, then serve hot with bacon surrounding the mound.
Oxford Salad Idea For Guests
A simple treatment uses small lettuce leaves three per guest with orange slices topped by a strip of canned red sweet pepper. Dress with orange juice from the ends plus pepper liquor and ample salt for a pretty and tasty dish.
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Oxford
To Dry Cut Glass
The note advises drying cut glass with soft tissue paper to restore brilliance. It emphasizes careful drying for best shine and clarity of the finished piece.
Grubs Threaten Strawberry Crops In Sod Land
Florida entomologist J R Watson warns that strawberry fields on sod land are likely infested with white grub worms. He suggests delaying planting or using alternate crops for 2 3 years, or pasturing pigs six months prior. If manure is used, cyanamide or sulfur can be mixed in as repellents, but the best method remains avoiding sod lands.
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Laurence W. Young
North Carolina
Glenn Brown
Zollicoffer
Guy Winthrop
Koon
Asheville Company
Gen. Young
Young
J. R. Watson
University of Florida Experiment Station
Care for Fattening Lambs Highlights Farm Boosts
The article argues that fattening lambs profitable with attentive care. Key practices include a clean feed lot free of other animals, regular feeding, quiet conditions, clean troughs, constant salt access, and weather protection via a windbreak and open shed to keep coats and feet dry.
Breeding Horses for Farm Use and Tools Sharpening
Breeding farm horses should balance size and form with temperament of sires and dams to avoid undesirable traits. Keep farm tools sharp to save feed and effort, boosting daily work and profit. An empty stone for sharpening pays for itself in one season.
Lydia E Pinkham remedy credited by grateful mother
A Washington Park Illinois mother of four praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for relief from female troubles backache and nervous spells. She notes improved health and youths look and urges other women to write for free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Washington Park
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Woman's Education Belief Postmarital Marital Expectation
A reflection notes that many girls convince themselves their schooling ends once they wed. The line suggests social pressure shapes views on education and marriage, highlighting lingering gaps between learning and lifelong growth.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertise Soothing Relief
For baby rashes eczema itchings chafings or irritated skin, use Cuticura Soap with a light application of Cuticura Ointment on the affected area. The ad promises soothing cooling relief for fretful sleepless babies and offers a free sample by mail with a book from Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
Activities of Women Highlight 1900s Boston Parade
Over 6000 women marched in a Boston preparedness parade and discussions note 3 to 4 million American women voters. Viola Kleckner travels 7000 miles from Sanbury to Seward to wed James M. Foley. Suffragists spent over 60000 to push a suffrage plank. Empress Augusta Victoria visits hospitals to console wounded soldiers.
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Boston
Wilhelma of Holland
United States
Viola Kleckner
Sanbury
Seward
Alaska
James M. Foley
Empress Augusta Victoria
Germany
Token of Esteem for Assemblyman Flannigan
Moriarty and the boys seek a loving cup for Assemblyman Flannigan. A jeweler offers a choice piece for ten dollars, with Moriarty doubting the top bid but planning to ask Flannigan. Harrisburg Patriot reports the exchange.
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Moriarty
Assemblyman
Flannigan
Harrisburg
Why that hospital is so popular beats me
A humorous quip notes that a hospital draws crowds not for its system or staff but for its nurses, suggesting appearances over performance in patient choice. The remark contrasts perceived competence with allure, highlighting judgments of care based on staff appeal.
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Young Praisen
Col. W. S. Minor
Col. Minor
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