Army Worm and Boll Weevil Threats Hurt American Crops
A discussion of the army worm invading Texas and the boll weevil menace in cotton, detailing life cycles, historical spread, and the need for cultural practices and insecticides. It notes the worms damage wheat and corn, and the weevil’s rapid expansion from Brownsville, with potential cotton losses reaching tens of millions of dollars.
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Washington
Texas
Florida
Mexico
Central America
Brownsville
Lanterns and Mosquitoes at a Summer Store and Cottage
A 20 year general store owner turns his shop into a summer resort selling decorative red lanterns to guests who flock for the seasonal trade. A disordered stock leads him to refuse further orders after constant demand. Meanwhile a man recalls his brother’s typhoid inoculation and wishes for protection against mosquitoes after a cottage visit.
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Judson
Tom
Troopers Join Belgian King on U S Voyage
King Albert Queen Elizabeth and Crown Prince Leopold sail from Ostend aboard the George Washington with American troops as escort. The escort follows a request from King Albert to avoid delaying U S soldiers homeward. The king visits to repay Wilson, thank Americans, and learn. He hopes for few banquets and quotes Hoover on avoiding food waste.
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Brussels
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Leopold
George Washington
Ostend
United States
Brest
Albert
Wilson
Belgium
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Egyptians Pioneered Geometry to Measure Land Areas
The ancient Egyptians shaped the science of geometry largely to measure and divide land after floods. This practical need drove early geometric concepts, with surveyors using cords and stakes to map fields and reestablish boundaries.
Denounces League Pact as Infamous Document
In Lincoln on the 132nd anniversary of the Constitution, Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California denounced the league covenant as infamous, warning its adoption would entrust the nation to international confederation and erode independence. Lieutenant Colonel John G. Maher, Nebraska American Legion leader, chaired. Governor McKelvie sat on stage.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hiram W. Johnson
California
United States
Philadelphia
Nebraska
The
American Legion
8. R. McKelvie
National board urges Congress to reject Lane soldier land plan
The board of farm organizations meeting in Washington called Secretary Lane's bill to redeem arid lands for homes for returning soldiers impracticable absurd and extravagant. Albert Manning of New York state orange presented the resolution at the semi annual gathering.
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Washington
Lane
National Board of Farm Organizations
Congress
Albert Manning
New York State
Prange
Mohamimedans Prohibitionists Coffee Tobacco and Hasheesh
A brief, fragmentary note states that Mohamimedans are prohibitionists who consume coffee tobacco and hasheesh, suggesting a satirical or dubious claim about their practices.
City Council Approves Oil Plant Site and Sidetrack
City leaders last night paved the way for a Standard Oil plant costing about 150000 by vacating an alley in block 128 and allowing a railroad sidetrack across Minidoka street. George F. Sprague asked for action claiming Standard Oil plans a large investment, with options on lots in block 123 and tanks plus other improvements planned across from the baseball park between Sixth and Seventh streets south on Second avenue south.
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Standard Oil Company
Block 128
Minidoka Street
George F. Sprague
Spragge
Block 123
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Second Avenue
Masons Hold a Special Meeting in Twin Falls
A specially called convocation of lodge No. 45 Twin Falls Masons met last evening for the first gathering of the year. Wor shipful Master Jr R. A. Parrott said the lodge has much work ahead and a campaign to boost membership. Twin Falls chapter reports more than 800 members. Envelopes were invented in 1830 by S. K. Brewer of Brighton, England.
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Twin Falls
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Robert Fl. Moulton
Dallas News
Ruler
France
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S. K. Brewer
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Tengland
New York Daily
Burley
Nate
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York
Chicago
Los Angeles
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