Vicia villosa Good Fodder Crop for Our Climate
A government report describes hairy vetch Vicia villosa as a hardy annual legume from Asia. It notes drought resistance, adaptability, cultivation history in Europe and the United States, and practical sowing methods and timelines for autumn or spring plantings with recommendations on seed rates and tillage to support vines.
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Asia
Europe
Russia
Germany
France
Washington
Nebraska
Georgia
New Mexico
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
Penn
Sylvania
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Leaks on the Farm and Poor Feeding Practices
Cr. L. Hardman in Prairie Farmer warns farmers about recurring leaks on farms. He cites leaving machinery exposed to weather, inadequate shelter for stock, feeding calves and breeding stock insufficient gains, and wasting manure. He also criticizes overplanting leading to weeds and marginal use of land, plus keeping livestock past prime.
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Cr. L. Hardman
Prairie Farmer
Seed Germination Test for Crimson Clover
Crimson Clover seed quality shown by a simple germination method using moist flannel on a plate. Seeds germinate 80 to 90 percent in three days for good seed. Also notes science improving stock breeding and feeding over the past quarter century, moving from guesswork to measured methods and prosperity.
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Department of Agriculture
Cincinnati
Huspbondman
Danger in millet distressed horses and millet diet risk
Millet causes a severe urinary and rheumatic like disease in horses with swelling in hind legs and bone loosening leading to tears in ligaments. Symptoms worsen with millet and improve when switched to hay. Noted by M G Rains in Farm and Fireside. Also recounted is a Nebraska farmer who saved his mortgage by wheat harvest yielding enough to pay debts.
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M. G. Rains
Nebraska
Tex
Progress in Astronomy Review Highlights Photographic Advances
The Revue Scientifique notes seven new asteroids in 1897 all found by photography, bringing minor planets to 432. Saturn’s rings gain five new divisions, with Foulkes noting increased opacity in the inner ring. Brenner fixes Uranus rotation at about eight hours twenty-seven minutes. Neptune’s rotation remains uncertain. A new comet was seen October 16 by Perrine at Lick, plus the d Arrest periodic comet rediscovered June 26. Axial rotation debates for Venus and Mercury persist, with Schiaparelli’s view gaining support.
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Revue Scientifique of
Paris
Charlois
Nice Observatory
Saturn
Father Foulkes
Uranus
M. Leo Brenner
Neptune
Mr. Perrine
Lick Observatory
Venus
Mercury
Schiaparelli
Great Ring
Brenner
Jupiter
Literary Digest
Woman at Work and Local Civic Notes
New York stores employ women earning around 5000 dollars yearly while Edison favoring women machinists notes they grasp machinery quickly. Yonkers selects two women as sanitary inspectors after civil service tests. Public glare on spitting in transit aims to end. In Prospect Wisconsin 16-year-old Melesin K Sowles, daughter of a Baptist pastor, has often preached in her father’s absence and shows deep theological interest since age ten.
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New York
Edison
Yonkers
N. Y
J. van Wagner
Melesin K. Sowles
Prospect
Wis
Miss Sowles
Amherst Petition Brings Demand for Italian Spanish Courses
Amherst students petition trustees for practical courses in Italian and Spanish. Bowdoin cuts medical studies to four years. Belgium schools foster savings banks at 66 percent while England remains 36.9 percent. Texas common school fund totals about 28 million old lands, quarter leased for grazing at four cents an acre. Chicago principals oppose prizes in public schools due to envy and risk of cheating in essay competitions.
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Amherst
Bowdoin College
Belgium
England
Common School Fund of
Texas
Chicago
Tales For Tailors In Uptown Pittsburgh
A compilation featuring remarks about tailors in multiple papers. Dunham is noted as a significant uptown tailor in Pittsburgh. The piece includes jokes about tailor bills and fitting, with quips from various newspapers and a customer query about poorly cut trousers.
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Dunham
Pittsburgh Dispatch
N. Y
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia Record
Robin Lore in Myth and Poetic Legend
A compact note on how birds, especially the robin, have long served as interpreters of divine will. It cites sixteenth century instances of robins covering dead bodies with moss and Whittier’s verse retelling a robin’s legend of carrying water to ease suffering souls.
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Whittier
Gateway to Pacific Trade Shifts With Nicaragua Canal Outlook
The article argues the Nicaragua canal will redirect Atlantic trade to the orient, reduce perilous routes via Malacca and the China sea, and move Europe toward the canal route. It cites Philippines control, Hong Kong as a distribution hub, and Yarder- Mp in Centure as the author or commentator.
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Straits of Malacca
China Sea
Orient
Nicaragua Canal
Europe
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Indian Ocean
Straits
Philippines
Pacific
China
Hong Kong
Frank A. Yarder
Centure
Call Your Poultry Nair The Cull Before Winter
Farmers urged strict culling of poultry each fall to remove weak or nonproductive birds. Weigh fowls to judge vitality, discard large feathered pallets with little flesh, and sort remaining stock like produce. The Rural World notes the sheep industry grows with profitability and expert care.
Farmer Scandal and Catarrh Cure Ad Shown
A farmer quips with town managers over a money porch scam while an old ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. The testimonial notes the Cheney firm’s honesty and lists several wholesalers endorsing the remedy, claiming internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces.
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P. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Laredo
ES. Cheney
West E Truax
O ‘Ie
OW Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Druggista
Toledo
Hall
Quips and Ads From Historic Newspapers
A collage of brief lines and product pitches pasted together from era papers. References touch on domestic talk about husbands and wives, a Boston Courier tip about a cold remedy, the modest violet price note, and several patent medicine ads. The fragmentary nature gives a glimpse of period advertising and social phrasing.
Grain-O Health Touted In Humble Ad Parody
A fragmented vintage ad style passage references Grain-O as a “genuine and scientific article” that feeds hearth and strength and invites readers to ask grocers for it. It mocks period errors, includes lines about courting and old timey banter, and ends with a quip about the figure honesty in a catalog note.
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Nagtau
Cere
Jack
Baby
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Progress IN Astronomy
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Yrhat
Th Tecensary
Philippine Islands
York
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BAU
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Mulhall
Chen Cyn
Guy Jou
Boston Courier
Atchigan Globe
Hale
Pike
Showig
Chicago Daily
Rugtie
London
Grova
Roger
Lizzie Ferrel
Camp St. Harrisburg
Eidan
Swanson
Caren
Opros A
LR. Smith
Dorado Springs
Juwian Bowers
Caragbar
Ohio
el Dorado Springs
Bes
Monte
Tobandon
Martan BO
Agrsts
Lake @t
Winchester
Lother
Aof Ac
Pam F. Pedloy
Imphiete
Coat
Thigration
Ottawa
Canada
C.J. Prouguton
Monamock Bik
Eia
Ur Wourubh Biroet
Kansas City
Evemott
Snddorsemedtt
S. Government
Green
Sbiez Esseri
Teunity Goren
Beets Kg
Basia Marzid
Ea Grosso Basket
Latkmont
Sealer
Alton
Buns
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