Alfalfa weevil seeks new territory
The alfalfa weevil has spread beyond the great basin since its 1904 introduction, reaching parts of Idaho Utah and Wyoming. Farmers are advised on recognition life stages and control measures including egg destruction, green cut feeding, pasturing, field sanitation, spraying and cultivating to boost early yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Great Basin
West
United States ‘Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Snake River
Utah
Continental Divide
Department
Farmers’ Bulletin
Wyoming
Lice Trouble Hits Chicks Hatching In Machines
An observer notes lice infesting chicks hatched in machines and under hens, even distant from birds. The English sparrow is blamed as a lice carrier. Advocates preemptive sanitation, periodic disinfectants, and strict cleanliness to curb outbreaks.
Cultivation Kills Weeds
A historical note explains corn cultivation aims to kill weeds to maintain favorable physical conditions and to form a surface mulch to preserve soil moisture.
Wise to Prevent Disease Main Idea
An editorial emphasizes the superiority of prevention over cure in public health, arguing proactive measures reduce illness and improve community well being. It warns that neglecting prevention leads to greater suffering and higher costs for treatment.
Meat Ration For Chickens In Breeding Season
Practical guidance notes a meat ration for breeding season chickens to replace insects. Fresh scraps help but are hard to supply consistently and risk taint. Fresh bone and dried prepared meat scraps offer good alternatives that store for later use.
Hasten Tomatoes and Beans Growth Promised by Nitrate Mix
A small amount of nitrate of soda applied to soil around lima bean and tomato vines aims to boost yield and speed up maturity.
Bluebird’s diet: three quarters insects near human homes
The bluebird is described as seeking a home near human habitats and subsisting three quarters of the time on insects. This concise note highlights the bird’s habitat preference and its primary food source.
Dainty Bridal Garments Highlight Exhaustive Fashion
The piece surveys evolving bridal undergarments from ornate lace caps and veils to negligees with satin and crystal-adorned touches. It notes a shift from home sewing to ready made and shop crafted ensembles, reflecting broader social changes as women gain leisure for social pursuits.
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Trousseau
Lingerie trends set by stage gowns and imperial robes
Fashion pages note a shift from the practical Mother Hubbard style to ornate negligees and wrappers inspired by Venice Moscow and Russian ballet. Matinee gowns, breakfast gowns, and lingerie attract budget shoppers with white chiffon, pink chiffon, blue velvet ribbons, and mara bou trims. Flesh pink hues, hemstitching, picot edging, and Grecian silhouettes dominate.
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Venice
Moscow
Hubbard
Josephine
Lesson for September 24 Reading Lesson II
A teaching outline tracing Paul’s life and missions from AD 50 to 67, highlighting his persistent use of Scripture, tireless evangelism, and key cities in Europe. It covers his character traits, challenges, and the growth of churches in Philippi Thessalonica Athens and Corinth, with emphasis on faith, repentance, and giving.
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Paul
Europe
Christ
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Philippi
Thessalonica
Saloniki
Macedonia
Rome
Athens
Greece
Marshill
Corinth
Eniem
Search for Missing Russian Polar Explorers
The article reports ongoing hopes to rescue Russian polar expedition members from 1910s vessels Spirit Anna and Hercules. Lieutenant Brusiloff commanded Spirit Anna and geologist Bonsanoff led Hercules. Consular appeals urge commercial, navigational, and scientific actors to aid recovery near Greenland and the North American Arctic.
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Brusiloff
Hercules
M. Bonsanoff
Arctic
Greenland
North American
Russia
Ancient Blue Law Invoked Over Sunday Dance in Marshfield
In Oregon the historic Sunday closing rule was used to block a Marshfield Sunday dance after District Attorney Liljequist warned organizers of possible prosecution. The event was canceled. Also notes a light exchange about a cousin's wedding on the thirteenth and a trivia line about Canada’s railways totaling 35,582 miles.
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Oregon
State Supreme Court
Liljequist
Marshfield
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International Sunday School
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Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Review
Free Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
U.S.A
America
Lydia E. Pinkham
Parker's
Canada
Theresa
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