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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
4
N P Wheeler of Endeavor Pa announces candidacy for Congress in the Twenty-eighth District with the primary set for Saturday June 4 1910. The notice is dated November 29 1909 and posted from Endeavor Pa.
Joseph A. Schofield announces his Republican nomination bid for Assembly with primaries set for June 4 1910 in Warren Pa. Arthur W Dennison also authorizes announcing his candidacy for the same office subject to the June 4 1910 primaries.
A proposed Minnesota law would let high school teachers decide which students may enter the University of Minnesota. University leaders say the rule could have prevented about 64 percent of freshmen who failed last year from entering college. The piece recalls famous intellectuals once labeled dunces by teachers, arguing against such gatekeeping.
Across Europe Leopold I of Belgium has alienated friends and family through questionable deals and moral conduct. He faces lawsuits and lack of royal visits, with only secret Paris trips to see mistresses or his morganatic wife. Washington officials caution discreet talk as gossip spreads.
Inquiries arise about Professor Surface’s fifty dollar offer for a horned-tail snake specimen. A Pennsylvania letter describes a horned tail and the professor clarifies rewards and verification procedures. The article also recommends pest control tips for woolly aphids and San Jose scale using tobacco dust and inexpensive sprays.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports Woolly Aphis infestation in apple twigs from Franklin County. State Zoologist Surface urges immediate spraying with contact insecticide such as lime sulfur wash, blowing into knots and cracks, and removing soil to expose and treat infested roots with powdered tobacco.
State Zoologist Surface answers reader questions on making boiled lime-sulphur spray for San Jose scale. Use fresh lime, avoid air-slaked lime, spray in fall and spring as needed, and avoid oils. Boiled wash uses seventeen pounds sulphur and twenty two pounds lime to make fifty gallons and will not injure iron but can damage copper. clean kettles with hot vinegar.
The November imports reached a record 140,392,000, with New York week totals at 17,406,798 a rise over last year. Business activity shows resilience as prices stay high, rail earnings rise, and bank loands improving. Commercial failures in December total 7,764,795 with 286 U S failures this week versus 388 last year.
Washington dispatch notes 1909 crop totals and values. Corn yields 2,772,376,000 bushels worth 1,552,822,000 dollars. Winter wheat 436,366,000 bushels valued at 459,154,000 dollars. Spring wheat 290,823,000 bushels worth 270,892,000 dollars.
All wheat 737,189,000 bushels valued at 730,046,000 dollars. Tobacco 949,357,000 pounds valued at 95,719,000 dollars. Farm value per bushel on Dec 1 includes corn 59.6 cents, winter wheat 1.029 dollars, spring wheat 93.1 cents, all wheat 99 cents. Oats production 1,007,353,000 bushels value 408,174,000 dollars. Barley 170,284,000 bushels value 93,971,000 dollars. Rye 32,239,000 bushels value 23,809,000 dollars. Buckwheat 17,438,000 bushels value 12,188,000 dollars. Flax seed 25,856,000 bushels value 39,466,000 dollars. Potatoes 376,737,000 bushels value 206,545,000 dollars. Hay 64,838,000 tons value 689,345,000 dollars.
A collection of editorial quotes from various papers reflecting on character, integrity, self restraint, generosity, and social duty during the season. Notable lines commend self honesty, temperance, and concern for others as central virtues.
The passage describes how Indigenous peoples name months by moons with example names for each month such as Water's Moon for January and Harvest Moon for August, reflecting seasonal events and activities like geese laying eggs, planting, and drying rice.
The report notes Mr. Roosevelt shooting a topi and a jigon as part of a growing trend of African animals seeking newspaper attention before the expedition ends.
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