Corn Club Boys Build Nation More Than Financiers
The piece contrasts broad public interest in finance with the quiet impact of corn club youth. It lauds the agricultural students for contributing to national progress, suggesting patience yields guidance from those with practical rural knowledge.
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Boys of the Corn Clubs
Social patterns amid matrimony and crime in men
A terse observation notes that bachelors die sooner and commit crimes more often, contrasting the blessing of women with male behavior, implying social implications of marriage on life and conduct.
Profitable Management of a Dairy Herd
Advice on humane dairy farming focuses on cow comfort to boost milk yield. Emphasizes warm well lit ventilated barns, ample window space, cleanliness, bedding, and daily brushing to reduce stress and improve production. Stressing Golden Rule treatment, June-like conditions year round are urged for higher returns.
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Cato
Osly
Cause of Thrush in Horses Feet
Veterinary note explains thrush arises from standing in manure or filth and from dry floors. Proper hoof trimming, cleaning, and strong disinfectant use are advised, followed by calomel dusting and clay application to the sole for ordinary cases.
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M. H. Reynolds
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Vegetables Absorb Iron In Soil Iron Uptake Study
The Vienna agricultural experiment station reports success in making certain vegetables absorb more iron from soil. Tests link iron rich plants to potential nutritional benefits for the human body.
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Vienna
Ingenious Cabinet Incubator Aids Seed Germination
A man patents a cabinet style incubator that sprays warm moist air through its walls to keep seeds moist as they germinate. The device speeds testing of germinating qualities by delivering controlled humidity to seed trays.
Value of silage and corn stover for cattle feeding
Animal Husbandman Hi R Smith reports Nebraska trials on silage and corn stover values for cattle. He notes shredded stover is convenient but costly for feed. bundle corn could cut costs and may outperform silage when ears are harvested early. Summer trials without pasture show calves gain well on corn silage and alfalfa, with siloed corn playing a key year round where grass is scarce.
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Hi. R. Smith
University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Nebraska Experiment Station
Stover
Corrugated Strawboard Pouches For Single Egg Parcel Post
Shipping eggs gets safer with new corrugated strawboard containers that fit closely around each egg. These crates shield the contents, reducing breakage during parcel post transit and enabling safer, single egg shipments.
Test Farm Machinery Bureaus Run by Germany and Hungary
Germany and Hungary operate government bureaus to test farm machinery. The agencies focus on evaluating equipment standards and safety for farmers and agricultural industries.
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Germany
Hungary
Italy’s wine grape cultivation exceeds eleven million acres
Italy devotes more than 11 million acres to wine grape cultivation. The vast area highlights the country’s prominent role in viticulture and wine production.
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Italy
Manor Dock Emigrant Party Amusing Seaside Dressing Event
An entertaining seaside fundraiser featured a Mano r Dock theme with Emigrant costumes on August 8. Guests enjoyed Dutch peasant outfits, prizes for a Russian Jewish family, refreshments, dancing, and card games, plus ideas for church or club fundraising using themed decorations and surprise parcels.
Cobbler Game for Wee Tots
A playful activity for children where one child sits as the cobbler while others form a circle and dance. The cobbler reaches for a foot to touch and the dancer must avoid capture while still holding hands. If touched, the dancer becomes the new cobbler.
Novel Shower Scheme For Gift Presentation
A playful shower idea involves small gifts like hosiery and handkerchiefs presented as a jack Horner pie. At dessert time guests pull ribbons and offer humorous excuses to pass packages to the honored guest, creating a festive reveal.
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Jack Horner
Unique Wedding Anniversary Celebration Highlights Fashion Replicas
The fortieth wedding anniversary featured dining room dolls in bridal costumes matching the original wedding outfits. A daughter wore her mother’s gown as the bride could not fit into it. Place cards displayed old and current photos labeled Forty Years After, plus images of the first and current homes.
Practical and Seasonable Menu for Stag Affairs
A compact menu outline listing courses and items for stag affairs. Includes cold fruit starter with sherry, soups, salmon croquettes, fries, roast beef with gravy, vegetables, jams and preserves, Parker House rolls, fruit ice, tomato salad, cheese balls, sandwiches, peach mousse, cake, coffee and confections.
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Parker House
Letter Game Revives a Nostalgic Childhood Puzzle
The note describes a simple parlor pastime where players name items starting with a chosen letter. Examples use American city Atlanta foreign city Amiens a river Alabama a mineral amethyst a vegetable artichoke an animal ape an article Arctic a variety of prompts. Madame Merri signs off.
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Atlanta
Amiens
Alabama
Madame Merri
Link Buttons In Style Gain In Fashion
Link cuff buttons rise in fashion as used on coats. Handwrought dull silver buttons fetch eight dollars a pair. More ornate links set with Russian blue lapis lazuli command fifteen dollars.
Daring Effects in Summer Frocks and Suitings
The piece notes a shift toward lighter summer frocks over heavy satin suitings for the average girl. It suggests pairing white herringbone serge skirts with bright ratine coats and favors bold color for sporting coats, recommending white skirts to offset vivid outerwear.
Bibs for the Baby
Bibs for the smallest family member are made with pads beneath and trimmed with lace or embroidery or kept plain.
The Real Diggers of the Panama Canal
A historical view of the laborers who built the canal detailing Jamaica and Barbados workers, Spaniards from northern Spain, and local staff. It notes conditions of housing and pay, racial divisions in roles, supervision by white bosses, and the cultural life of labor camps along with health care and the port of Ancon.
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Uncle Sam
West Indies
Jamaica
Barbados
Sthmus
Panama
Spain
Commission
Ancon
Colon
Siajian
Cuba
Ancon Hill
Salvation Army
Anron Hill
Seid
Vallejo Fire Prompt Helpers Honored by City Council
The city commends Navy and Marine Corps personnel for aiding during a May 3 fire. Liberty men ashore at the moment acted without orders, saving much property and benefiting Vallejo previously through similar acts.
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En Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Vallejo
Partridge Job Sparks Taxidermist Feathers Fly
A customer storms into a taxidermy shop accusing poor work after a partridge he had mounted last summer sheds its feathers in season. The proprietor retorts that the display is so lifelike the feathers moult naturally.
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