New Winter Squash Cross Promising for Bay State Type
A cross between Delicious and Bay State winter squashes from the New Jersey experiment station shows a smaller male parent with an oval fruit and dark olive green mottled skin. Bay State fruit is cheese shaped and light green. In the cross, fruits are medium sized, broadly oval, with good keeping qualities and flesh like sweet potatoes in color and starch. Thirty fruits from four hills matched the described type.
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New Jersey Experiment Station
Bay State
Beets as Feed Growers Profit by Feeding Livestock
A Country Gentleman farmer argues beets can rival beet sugar factories as profitable livestock feed. He notes ensilage benefits and rising milk flow, urges planting a winter beet crop from June to September, and stresses soil preparation and weed control.
Beet cultivation guidelines for an acre
Dry weather suggests soil should be well fined after planting. Seed requirements: five to eight pounds per acre. Rows three feet apart and beets thinned to six to eight inches. Varieties recommended include Long Blood and Ford’s Perfected Half Long. An acre well cared for should yield 300 to 400 bushels and sell for 40 or cents per bushel.
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Ford
Disease in Field Wilt Attacks Late Summer Crops
The text describes a plant disease appearing from mid July to late August with wilted leaves that turn brown on the petioles and die. It propagates to the roots causing destruction, especially on sandy clay soils. Recommendations include deep fall and winter culture, wood ashes, long rotation, and planting resistant varieties.
Swiss chard as a summer vegetable and spinach substitute
Garden Magazine notes Swiss chard thrives in hot months and can replace spinach or beet greens. Sow seeds in drills one inch deep, one foot apart, with no thinning required. Leaves reach two to three inches. harvest young and tender. For continuous supply, sow every four weeks until July 15.
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Garden Magazine
Thinning Techniques for Garden Crops and Fruit Trees
Garden researchers advise thinning early to remove surplus plants like beets carrots onions lettuce and parsnips as aggressively as weeding. Tree fruit trees should also be thinned out severely to promote healthier growth and yield.
Warm soil for eggplants and planting hints
Eggplants need a warm season soil and location. They thrive in rich soil and manure and will not satisfy if soil is not rich. Set plants in rows two feet apart with plants fifteen to eighteen inches in the row.
Painting the Invention of Heaven in Ancient Texts
A fragment quotes a saying attributing painting to heaven as the oldest human creation, reflecting on art’s sacred origins and nature as a bridge between the divine and earthly existence.
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Ben Jouson
Destiny of the Stuarts and the fate of its royal figures
The fragment outlines the Stuarts rise and fall with figures labeled SS. It notes James II killed in debt near Bannacack burn in 1488, Mary Stuart beheaded in 1615, James II of England dethroned in 1688, Charles Edward dying in 1728, and James Stuart the Old Pretender born in 1688 the year his father abdicated.
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James Til
Bannececkburn
Mary Stuart
James IL
Enelland
Charles Edward
James Stuart
Dresses For Wee Girls In Empire Fashions The Nursery
Empire fashions shape the children's wear with military braidings and frog gings. Little white serge coats with gold silk braid, pale blue outfits with silver braid, and box plaited dresses dominate. Examples include pale blue Irish frieze with cross bodice and foulard vest, and a red and white ribbed check fabric with lace yoke and pearl buttons.
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Empire
POINTERS ON GAS STOVES FOR THE HOME
Advice from the Philadelphia Press on gas stoves includes installing a short chimney pipe to vent odors, using a water bowl to reduce cooking smells, and checking burners for sediment from boil overs. Ensure a large supply pipe so all burners can operate together and that the oven and top have ample space for boiling and frying.
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Philadelphia Press
Women Who Do Things Across Nations and Fields
A snapshot of notable women includes Miss Mary A. Stubbs of Indianapolis who headed the Indiana state bureau of statistics. Miss Zena Dalrymple is the only woman elected in Texas by general election votes as county and district clerk. Dorothea Klumpke, an American astronomer, earned world renown in Paris. Marianne Farningham may be England’s oldest woman journalist, joining the Christian World at its 1857 birth and contributing from first issue onward.
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Mary A. Stubbs
Indianapolis
Indiana
Making Use of Grandma's Gown
An ingenious girl preserves a grandmother’s silk gown by transforming it into a luncheon square and doilies. The moire silk features deep pink roses and variegated leaves, edged with cream lace, yielding lasting art rather than a short lived waist or skirt.
A Popular New England Cake
A very popular cake among New England families for over fifty years is him mock cake. Cream one cup butter with two and a half cups sugar, add four beaten eggs, two cups chopped seeded raisins, one cup milk, five cups pastry flour, a level teaspoon cream of tartar, half as much soda, nutmeg and mace. Makes three loaves and keeps well.
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New England
Making the House Look New
A housekeeper can refresh a room by rearranging chairs and tables to give an entirely new look even without new furniture. The piece also suggests restoring in the same places items a husband uses like tobacco and pipes to maintain familiar order.
Dr King's New Discovery Praised in Fort Edward Notice
Alexander Benton of Rural Route 1 Fort Edward New York proclaims Dr King's New Discovery as his best earthly friend for asthma and a family's incipient consumption cure. He notes the rapid relief of coughing and other symptoms with a money back guarantee from Stewart's Pharmacy offering 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free bottle promotion.
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Alexander Benton
Fort Edward
N. Y
Dr. King
Stewart's
California Excursions for Shriners and Brethren Convention
The Iowa Central Railway offers round trip tickets to Los Angeles and San Francisco from April 25 to May 8 for Mystic Shriners and German Baptist Brethren conventions. Return by July 31 at one fare. travel via any direct route there and different direct route back. Stopovers allowed. For details contact A B Cutts, G P and T A, Minneapolis.
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Mystic Shriners’ Convention
Conference of German Baptist Brethren
Los Angeles
Cal
Iowa Central Ry
San Francisco
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
BARGAINS IN FARM LAND AND NEW EMPIRE PROSPECTS
Advertises rare farm and land bargains in South Dakota and new towns opened by the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway extension. Promises free descriptive pamphlets mailed on request, with contact to A. B. Cutts, G P T A, Minneapolis Minnesota. Also highlights Foley’s Kidney Cure success story and Iowa Central Railway Sunday excursion to Peoria with round trip $2.00.
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South
Dakota
Minneapolis
St. Louis
R. R
Farmers
Cure for Eczema Advised by Local Family
A Henrietta parent recalls five years of eczema in their son and failed treatments by local doctors. After trying Electric Bitters, the child improved and was cured using several bottles. The ad claims the medicine as a top blood purifier and body builder, offered at Stewart's Pharmacy with a 5 percent guarantee.
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N. A. Adams
Henrietta
Stewart's Pharmacy
Looming uprising in Lahore as authorities brace for riot
May 10 Lahore reports an imminent native outbreak. Indian rebels recruit rustics and mobs as troops police and artillery bolster the city. Sir Denzil Ibbetson bans gatherings and warns of severe penalties. A prominent lawyer Lajpatral is arrested as ringleader of revolutionary protests.
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Lahore
British India
Leutenant
Punjab
Denzil Ibbetson
Lajpatral
Russians Arrive in London for Social Democratic Congress
The 180 Russians who left Denmark for London to hold a congress arrived after being denied permission in Norway Sweden and Denmark. A leader said the party represents 20 districts in Russia and is the Social Democratic Labor party a revolutionary group but not terrorists.
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London
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Social Democratic Labor Party
Senate approves five mile saloon ban near university
Jefferson City May 10 The senate backed the Pemberton bill prohibiting saloons within five miles of Columbia home of the state university after a day long debate. The measure already cleared the house and awaits Governor Folks signature to become law.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Pemberton
Columbia
State University
House
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and surrounding states
The forecast shows generally fair and cooler conditions in Illinois Indiana and Lower Michigan with brisk northwest winds. Wisconsin will be generally fair and colder. Iowa observes generally fair weather with colder conditions in the eastern portion.
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Iilinois
Indiana
Lower Michiigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Board of Trade Market Quotes May 9
Quotations for Wheat Corn Oats and fats from Chicago Board of Trade and East Buffalo,KY markets include May 9 figures. Wheat and corn prices fluctuate with May July and Sept options. live stock notes cover hogs cattle and sheep with varied price ranges.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Yhree
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
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