Calf Veal Debate and Beef Supply Plight Across the United States
The article argues that ending veal consumption for ten years could dramatically boost meat supply and reduce prices. It cites census data, calf-kill statistics, and economic factors from dairying regions, and discusses legal and cooperative reforms to promote beef production. It quotes Dr. I H Bailey on legislative limits on calf killing and proposes local slaughterhouses and farmer cooperatives to raise beef maturity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sam
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Boston
Commission
I. H. Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
Ithaca
N.Y
Bailey
Congress
Improving Heifer Development for Superior Dairy Cattle
The text emphasizes selecting sires and rigorous care of young calves to improve herds. Key steps include initial nursing, gradual milk changes, early grain feeding with bran and oats, ample roughage, and high quality alfalfa hay. Proper housing, cleanliness, ventilation, and exercise are advised to foster digestive capacity and healthy growth.
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Calif
Dancing craze sparks dry humor from Browcher
A quip by Mr. Browcher ridicules dance fever by noting it does not let a worker rise early and head to the day’s labor with the same spring in his step as after a night’s revelry.
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Mrr. Browcher
No Merits Seen in Peddling Your Poetry
A dialogue mocks a poet asking if their persistence could win success selling a worthy item like an egg beater or vacuum cleaner. The tone questions value and suggests shifting to a practical product for better reception.
Posterity and moving pictures spark a stern witticism
A patriot warns that future generations judge actions by the record. Senator Sorghum counters with a sharp remark, suggesting many will instead focus on motion pictures and public display.
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Senator Sorghum
Attracted by Pretty Face Japanese Saloon Maids Draw Patrons
A historical account notes Japanese drinking saloons in the East End featuring pretty bar maids who attract customers with charm and free tidbits. Patrons commonly spend about 20 sen, with drinks and a small fish snack costing three sen, and many return daily for the appealing service despite eventual payment.
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East End
Vanderbilts Lunch Encounter With Bold Beggar
Gertrude Vanderbilt, dining at Murray's with a friend, was approached by a seedy mendicant who asked for pennies. She handed him a quarter and laughed, saying she should have given a dollar for his brash honesty.
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Gertrude Vanderbilt
Murray's
Miss Vanderbilt
Cure for Scalp Trouble Promoted by Cuticura Ad
Mrs Alice Kirlin of Circleville Ohio reports a child’s severe scalp itch and sores improved after two applications of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She claims full recovery and notes the product is sold worldwide with a 32 page Skin Book.
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South Scioto St
Circleville
Ohio
Alice Kirlin
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Justice For Immigrants And The Poor Is Urged
A New York Legal Aid bureau offers a ten cent fee to provide a lawyer for immigrants and poor people seeking justice. In Gotham, the speaker notes individuals who spent thousands to obtain justice and remain jailed.
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New York
Not That Stingy Judgment Quip From Judge
A humorous exchange cited by Judge features Schmidt and Pat debating a riddle about a hen laying eggs. The exchange highlights wit over a paradoxical question and ends with Pat delivering a quick retort about value and generosity.
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Hogan
Schmidt
Pat
Crowd presses toward new uplift jail entrance
A tense scene unfolds as a mob of men gathers near the new uplift jail, suspected to be trying to force entry. The crowd's motive and the authorities' response are being watched closely by onlookers.
Nature Guided Inquiry Aims At Satisfying the Stomach
A quotation attributed to Athenaeus states that any investigation guided by natural principles ultimately seeks to gratify the stomach. The line emphasizes practical, bodily ends over abstract pursuits.
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Athenaeus
File Cabinet Exchange Frames Quiet Office Moment
A brief, sharp exchange captures a rasping letter being asked where to place it. The reply is concise and practical, directing it to the file. The moment underscores routine office habit and the no-nonsense tone of clerical work.
The Uncertainty of Love
A reflective note on how love remains unpredictable yet central to human experience, capturing the tension between hope and doubt in relationships and emotional bonds.
Blockades and raids plague New England in 1814
One hundred years ago British blockaders landed boat crews at night along the New England coast. They looted stores and burned ships at wharves before slipping back to their boats. Militia proved powerless to stop the enemy during much of the summer of 1814 from Maine to the Connecticut River.
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Easters Coset
New England
Maine
Connecticut River
Succeeds in Canada Lew Palmer’s rapid farm rise in ten years
Ameri can farmer Lew Palmer of Staveley Alberta travels from Duluth Minnesota with four cows and three horses. He homesteaded in Staveley and now owns 480 acres with $8,000 in implements, 34 Percheron horses. He earned $1,000 from hogs last year and harvested 7,000 bushels of wheat 6,000 bushels of oats 12 acres of potatoes and 18 tons of onions. Farm and stock valued at $30,000, all earned in ten years.
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Lew Palmer
Staveley
Alta
Palmer
Duluth
Minn
Exchange
Mistral Compared to Burns in Provencal Revival
The article states Mistral, the Provencal poet, surpassed Robert Burns in creating a living language. Burns found his language mature, while Mistral had to forge a new expression from ruins of vineyard and farm. Our Provencal is described as a wild beauty now tempered by reformers and education policy.
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Mistral
Robert Burns
Burns
France
Terrier Rags Begs Alms During Rector's Sermon
A portly English rector faced his congregation with alms basin raised when his terrier Rags darted into the chancel last summer. The dog sat upright before his master and begged, creating a comic clash of mischief and reverence.
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Rags
Getting Rid of Indigestion and House Chores Joke
A light item notes a kitchen quip about indigestion and a home improvement gag. The joke centers on a woman giving away a chafing dish as a sign of change in her household. The tone is playful and dated comic strip.
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Gotham
Donkey Partition Sparks Silas and Her-I Quip
In a brief exchange, Her-I muses on a dan dy partition for a donkey while Silas-Walls remarks that walls have ears, signaling a sly backstage tease. The line hints at secrecy and wit in a casual dialogue.
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Silas
Home Looked Good To Him Percival Roberts Returns
Percival Roberts of Boston, Oxford graduate and Harvard law alumnus, arrives home from Naples after fleeing an attack by Tripolitan bandits as Italian soldiers confront Arab horsemen on the Tunis border. He details a camel dash across the desert and the dispersion of his party, including two Frenchmen and an Englishman. Incubation of China's Egg outlines constitutional changes abolishing the cabinet, creating departmental chiefs, and a president as supreme ruler with a redesigned state department and advisory board.
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Percival Roberts
Boston
Oxford College
England
Harvard Law School
Bostom
Naples
Roberts
Italy
Stax
Tunis
China
Sunday lampoons new dances with ballroom tale
Billy Sunday in Philadelphia weighs in with a joking story about a couple in a conservatory where a fountain and music set the mood. A bold embrace leads to a ballroom exit and a maxixe dance, prompting a remark on propriety.
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Billy Sunday
Philadelphia
Mr. Sunday
A Necessity at the Cat Show
A light dialogue hints at confidence in the cat show and eagerness for it to begin. The exchange underscores anticipation and the idea that success hinges on timely arrival and participation.
Castorla Labeled as Safe Remedy for Children and Mothers
Consumers urged to inspect Castorla bottles for the KaryW signature and the claim of safe use for over 20 years. The notice notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoring and emphasizes the product's reliability for babies and mothers.
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Karyw
Fletcher
French Women Lawyers in Paris Bar History
Mollie Vedone and Mlle Grumberg join the defense team for Mme Caillaux as the Paris bar recognizes female advocates. Vedone dominates female practice, surpassing senior Mlle Chauvin, once a professor who became Europe’s first woman sworn into the bar in 1897 after a hard-fought bid.
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Mollie
Vedone
Molle
Grumberg
Mme
Caillaux
Paris
Mile. Chauvin
Mille. Chauvin
Europe
Proverbic Quip Sparks Gentle Car Humor
A playful exchange on roadside caution contrasts old wisdom with a pun about timing and fines as a driver contemplates cautious automobiling. The fragment hints at lighthearted rural or local humor from a bygone era without specific events or names.
Noted Parlor Dialogues on Husbands and Manners
A pair of women characters exchange quick lines about ideal husbands. First girl dismisses the notion of a required type, while the second woman praises wealth and charm. The snippet also makes a playful aside about men and how they dress, ending with a joke about a man not sitting on the floor to wear hosiery.
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Biue
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Spring Grove Ave
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