Debating Societies for Schoolboys Urged by Teachers
Silver Messenger notes that declaiming schoolboys gain practice in standing before an audience and that organized debate in upper grammar, high schools, and academies benefits thinking and rhetoric. A New England Association of Teachers of English publication urges parental and teacher support for school debate as a moral, educational activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sall Bottio Ud
New England Association of Teachers of English
Can-Opener Solution Sought For Shipboard Mess
Navy experiments seek a reliable can opener to ease daily meal prep on battleships far from home markets. Officials note the crew consumes about 750 canned items per dinner, prompting calls for a machine to speed and simplify the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Mooey
Andover Receives $500 Legacy for Spelling Match
Andover Massachusetts earns a $500 legacy to be used annually for an old fashioned spelling match. The contest will be public with competitors aged ten to eighteen. The sum may do more for education than a million spent researching Patagonia bugs if such exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andover
Mass
Patagonia
Astor Boosts Oxford Endowment Promise
William Waldorf Astor adds momentum to Oxford University endowment by increasing his pledge from 50 000 to 100 000 once the fund reaches 500 000. The current total stands at 375 000. China vows punishment for officials who pressured Japanese smugglers over the Ching incident. A marble George Washington statue, moved for protection, was dedicated in Philadelphia City Hall rotunda as a gift from schoolchildren.
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William Waldorf Astor
Oxford University Endowment Fund
Fort Curzon
Astor
China
Japan
George Washington
Independence Hall
Philadelphia City
Court awards damages to Misa Annie C Korone in St Louis case
Albert 8. Black, a St. Louis commission merchant, paid $509 to insult Misa Annie C Korone, a rival firm bookkeeper, calling her an old hen and old cat. The woman collected damages in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert 8. Black
St. Louis
Misa
Annie C. Korone
Torpedo Boat Design Promises Fast Coastal Strike
An inventor outlines a 64 foot torpedo boat using motorite fuel to reach 60 mph underwater, with a submerged profile and armor protected conning tower. The craft carries two half ton warheads, aims to sink battleships with minimal crew and risk, and features a semi armor piercing warhead and rapid stern withdrawal.
Right to choose husbands would benefit humanity say experts
Dr Denslow Lewis argues in favor of female mate selection noting in animal life females pick mates while human civilization favors male initiation. He contends allowing women to choose would raise physical standards, reduce drudgery, and improve offspring, contrasting primitive societies where women selected mates with penalties for aggressors and strong physiques prevailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denslow Lewis
Dr. Westermarck
M. Cromart
Hicks' Elopement
A humorous reminiscence follows Hicks of Hackensack as his car and a mechanical Anatole spark wild chases after Hortense Stuyvesant-West and Hastings. Hicks’s hopes crash when Hortense elopes with Hastings, leaving Hicks baffled and mocked by friends as the gag unfolds. Hicks mutters that she chose Hastings over him, ending the tale with bemused resignation.
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Copyri
Hicks
Hackensack
Anatole
North Shore Place
Lispenard
Hortense Stuyvesant-West
Fritz
Hortense
Miss Baxter
Monty Fiske
Hortenge
Wear
Stuyvesant
John Stanwood Hastings
Brookline
Lever
Jack
Hastings
Monty
Make Quick Work of Transplanting by Peg Method
A brief on transplanting with a wooden peg replaces hoes. Practice builds speed, with counts driving rhythm. Pegs of varying sizes suit plant types, and a wrist twist packs soil around the plant as the hole is filled. Obtain rapid speed by steady four count practice.
Farm Notes on Animal Welfare and Land Fertility
The article urges proper care for five stock and animal comfort to boost profit. It urges consulting a trained veterinarian, supporting laborers, and maintaining good crops, fertility, and industry. It stresses yearly farm inventories to identify leaks and improve soil richness.
Plow Up Thin Meadows For Better Hay and Crop Use
When meadows thin, plow them up rather than leave to recover. Top-dressing with manure is hard to apply and less effective. Plowed land should be given manure, then planted to a crop needing cultivation. Thin meadows often fail to pay for mowing and curing a wiry hay crop. shifting to another crop for a few years improves returns.
Bordeaux Mixture Formula and Preparation Steps
The text outlines two Bordeaux mixture recipes. Part A uses five pounds copper sulfate five pounds lime and 50 gallons water. Part B uses two pounds copper sulfate four pounds lime and 60 gallons water. It also notes dissolving blue vitriol in water, slaking lime and copper sulfate to half the total saloons, straining into a third vessel, and adjusting lime if blue litmus turns red.
Lime Sulphur Wash Remedy for Scale Insects
A recipe describes a lime sulfur wash using twenty pounds lime, flowers of sulfur, and fifty gallons water. Mix to a thick paste, then add about ten gallons water to blend, stack lime and sulfur, boil for an hour, preferably by steam. Strain before spraying. use warm if possible as the best known remedy for scale insects.
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Silver Messenger
Challis
Eymion
Ife
Bradstreet
Motorite
James Grant
By Porter Emerson Browne
Fiske
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