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...start a buckeye is to plant the seed. It is a difficult tree to transplant. And if the Ohio Society of New York wishes?and it is a praiseworthy wish?to plant a grove of buckeyes on Long Island, I shall be glad this fall, to send them a peck of buckeye seeds?buckeyes we call them...
...Chinese-American fruit expert, credited with having originated two of the best-known varieties of grapefruit and oranges in the world; in Deland, Fla. Aged 12, he came to the U. S., was adopted by two wealthy Baptist women, was converted. He inherited from these women an orange grove in Florida, began his experiments. He worked in seclusion, held prayers in his private chapel. Others benefited by his researches and Gong died a poor man. Said Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor: "The orange growers of the United States should build a monument to his memory, and doubtless they will...
They took Hubert Rampley out and flogged him. They did not think he should keep company with Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Skidmore, who had not yet secured her divorce. The floggers, sentenced to seven months in jail, were five, deacons all of the Atkins Avenue Baptist Church, Cedar Grove...
...Ocean Grove, N. J., the Ku Klux Klan, women members included, thronged an auditorium to the number of 8,000, listened to such statements as: "We must get back to the teachings of our mothers; and if we had lived up to those teachings, there would be no need for the Ku Klux Klan or any other organization in America today. If you are loyal to your mother, you are loyal to your country...
...lives in an old-fashioned brick house with 15 rooms, has a big library and (so it is said) 100 pipes?briars, corncobs, clays, calabashes. He likes Oriental rugs, is somewhat of a naturalist (collects birds' nests), owns a maple grove. He bought a tumbled-down place about 15 miles from Ludlow and uses it as a fishing club?he loves fishing. His automobile is good but old?old and paintless. There are nine clocks in the room where he works, for one of his hobbies is repairing clocks. Mr. Sargent is, in Republican state politics, quite a power...