Washington Letter on Roosevelt and Congress Harmony
The piece discusses Roosevelt avoiding direct clash with Congress while using diplomacy to push his policies. It highlights Congress backing railroad rate reforms after public sentiment, notes Cortelyou efficiently managing time for officials, and profiles Rep. William Sulzer as a key New York Democrat supportive of the president’s railroad rate plan.
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Ashington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Capitol Hill
Bishop
Panama Commission
Commission
Mr. Sulzer
New York
William Sulzer
House
Tennessee
Sulzer
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Henry Clay
New York City
Roughing It and Dirt Make Strong Babies
Kentucky representative George Gilbert criticizes pampered upbringing and frequent bathing. He argues children from hardworking families thrive with dirt and outdoor play, stressing air, roughhousing, and natural growth to reduce illness and fretfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gilmore Gilbert
Kentucky
Gilbert
The Heal Boss. Elsie Plays The Leading Lady
Dialog touches on theater roles with Elsie insisting she can be the leading lady while Tommy contends the manager must be a man. The Philadelphia Press captures a playful disagreement about gender roles in production.
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Tommy
Elsie
Philadelphia Press
His Happy Idea
A witty Cassell's Journal exchanges a joke about Sharpe giving his mother-in-law a motor car as a birthday gift. She is delighted and keeps traveling, underscoring the playful punchline.
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Richard
Sharpe
Jones
Cassell
Frost Bites and Home Remedies for Chilblains
Home Health La Porte explains frost bite as skin and deeper tissue inflammation from cold with risk of gangrene. It notes at risk groups and stages from redness to dry gangrene, and shares three remedies including laudanum solution, alum foot bath, and a tea from scrub oak leaves boiled in water for feet treatments.
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Memphis
Book of Home Health Club
Home Health Club letters seek medical advice
Readers from Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Oregon send questions on catarrh erysipelas cancer nose and back pain to Dr. D H Reeder La Porte Indiana. The exchange shares home remedies tissue remedies and cautions about access from druggists while urging osteopathic examination for long standing back issues.
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Oregon
D. H. Reeder
Laporte
Indiana
A. D
Home Health Club
Alfalfa Roots Deepen to Help Drought Resistance
The article discusses how deep alfalfa roots extend into the soil and explores whether root depth correlates with drought resistance. An illustration is referenced showing results obtained to date.
Deep Roots of Alfalfa Revealed by Kansas Study
Kansas experiment station reports alfalfa roots penetrate six feet or more in several plants. Deep roots help the crop resist drought by reaching water deep in the soil. The study also notes surface fibrous roots, more typical of alfalfa than clover, indicating shallow root activity.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Beekeeping Winter Prep Tips and Hive Types
A guide to preventing winter losses by ensuring stores and ventilation, edging hives for protection, and avoiding liquid food. It covers hive designs from double walled to box hives, movable frames, feeding methods, and evolving practices to maximize honey harvest.
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Farm Journal
Health Inquiries Policy From Home Health Club
Readers may request information on health subjects by writing to the Home Health Club or Dr. David H. Reeder in Laporte Indiana. Include full name and address and at least four cents postage with the inquiry.
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Cincinnatii
D. H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
R. A
Minnesota
David H. Reeder
Oklahoma
Home Health Club
S.C. W
Indl
Foresight in Farm Work Emphasized for Success
The Farmers' Review urges farmers to plan ahead during winter to optimize use of time and materials. It argues foresight reduces waste like other businesses, noting that planning comes from hard thinking and problem solving taught at agricultural colleges.
Watering Fowls in Winter
A newspaper note argues against warming devices for fowl water in cold weather. It suggests feeding warm water twice daily and keeping a consistent delivery time so hens expect and drink as needed, making lamps and heaters largely unnecessary.
Wireworms and their control in farming
A farmer’s guide describes the wireworm as the larval stage of click beetles, damaging corn seeds potatoes and vegetables. It explains life cycle from spring eggs to adult beetles, and recommends winter or early spring plowing and crop rotation to reduce populations.
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The
Farm Journal
United States
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Washington
Ostmaster
Cortelyou
Out West
Weaver
Home Health
la Porte, Incl
Wisconsin
D. C
Durand, Ill
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