Old Faces Absent from Congress as Sixty-First Assembles
A delegation of twelve senators and 77 representatives from the last congress are missing as the Sixty-first Congress convenes in special session. Notable retirements include Hepburn of Iowa with 22 years in Congress, Sherman of New York now vice president with 20 years in the house, and others like Cousins of Iowa and Delegate Smith of Arizona with 16 years each. Senator Teller of Colorado remains the longest serving retiree, while Foraker, Hemenway, McCreary, and several others also left lengthy tenure behind as the new session opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cousins
Iowa
Delegate Smith
Arizona
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Cooper
Texas
Overstreet
Indiana
Williams
Mississippi
Acheson
Pennsylvania
Teller
Colorado
Congress
National Momentary Commission
Senator Platt
New York
House
Senate
Senator Foraker
Hemenway
Charles W. Fairbanks
Committee On
Appropriations
McCreary
House of Representatives
Ankeny
Washington
Fulton
Oregon
Gary
South Carolina
Hansbrough
Nebraska
Kittredge
South Dakota
Lord
Kansas
Milton
Florida
Younger Senators Mark New Era in U S Congress
A contemporary portrait of the new crop in the Senate highlights youth and vigor. It notes William O Connell Bradley of Kentucky as a noted recruit with a Civil War past and legal prowess, plus other fresh faces like Albert B Cummings, Theodore Burton, George D Chamberlain, Elihu Root, and Yakima Jones, while only a handful are over sixty, signaling a shift toward younger leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Kentucky
William O'Connell Bradley
Trish Liberator
Daniel
Bradley
Flory Albert B. Cummings
Theodore Burton
Charles P. Taft
George BD. Chamberlain
Oregon
Elihu Root
Yakima" Jones
Washington State
Chamberlain
Blaine
Bridge Clash at Bachelors Ball Sparks Gossip
The Washington social set debates an incident at the last Bachelors German ball. Mrs. Longworth started a bridge room but Jerome Bonaparte, claiming royal prerogatives, ordered it stopped. Nicholas Longworth confronted him, and the quarrel divided opinions though Mrs. Longworth is widely respected.
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Washington
Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Bonapartes
Jerome
Bonaparte
Mr. Longworth
Mr. Bonaparte
Mrs. Longworth
Nick
Bachelors
Jerome Bonaparte
Relics of Delaware chiefs sent to national museum
Richard C. Adams of Washington deposits silver pipe from 1814 and a silver tomahawk with stars and sun to the national museum. The collection includes a war club, a cedar flute from Fort Pitt era, a wampum belt, and a buffalo horn war bonnet linked to Delaware and Wyandot history. ownership may revert to Adams or heirs on demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Harrison
Richard C. Adams
Washington
National Museum
Adams
Swannock
Secundine
Fremont
Rocky Mountains
United States
Fort Pitt
Changes in Milk Sanitation and Bacteria
The article explains that milk carries bacteria from cows and surroundings, but many bacteria are harmless or beneficial. It cites studies showing high bacterial counts in sour cream and emphasizes cleanliness and cooling below 45°F to slow growth. It contrasts American and Paris milk, noting icing and cleanliness as key to keeping milk longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conn
Illnois
New York
New Jersey
Paris
Weighing Milk Per Cow Proves Best Farm Test
A practical method for judging a cow’s production is to weigh and test the milk from each animal. Farmers report better pay when this labor is used, as weight of milk correlates with yield. Estimating by foam level in the pail is unreliable and prone to error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tthose
Orange Judd
Barn Windlass for the Barn Lift and Haul System
A barn windlass can be built from iron pipe or bar secured to the ladder or a sturdy support with eye bolts or staples. It helps raise grain, wagon boxes, and other heavy loads to the upper barn area and can be rigged with pipes and falls to boost power. A bolt in a hole prevents unwinding.
Dairy Notes on Cow Udder Care and Stable Design
Advice on udder hygiene and milk bathing with warm milk. Warns against confinement and high manger, favors level floors and comfortable head position for feeding. Emphasizes smooth walls and ceilings in dairy stables to prevent dirt buildup and maintain cow health.
Scours in Calves and Preventive Care
A Farm Students' Review summarizes main calf scours causes and cures. Key factors include overfeeding milk, improper milk temperature, unclean pails, irregular feeding amounts and times, unrestricted grain in milk, and excessive water. Treatment advises halving milk, gradual reintroduction, and adding dried blood or eggs for nutrition. also warns of neonatal naval infection and use of disinfectants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Students
Skira
Homemade Root Cutter Described For Fast Harvests
A reader describes a self made lever root cutter crafted from an old handsaw. The device, fastened by a bolt and guided by two wood pieces, cuts hard roots like rutabagas swiftly with practice. The correspondent notes its efficiency and includes an illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd Farmer
Queen of My Heart Verse and One Liner Jests
A Victorian style dedication to a beloved queen features a romantic monologue about the sovereign reign of love and a city editor’s quip about a cigar and a clever prank. The piece blends light poetry with brief humorous snippets from period columns and cartoons. It mentions a Cleveland Leader attribution to Ted Robinson and a New York Herald jab about cigars.
The Past, Tommy Papa
Tommy asks who his father was in a soulful moment with his Papa reflecting on childhood memory and identity as a tender exchange unfolds through simple dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Papa
Too Late Then Dear But It Doesn’t Feel Like Too Much
The Cleveland Leader quotes a lighthearted exchange about eating habits and manners. A mother warns a child not to overeat when the mother is away, while a conversational aside riffs on formality and a stenographer leaving the room. The fragment preserves dated newspaper tone and domestic tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biu
Air
Cleveland
A Farmer’s Rule: Keep the Bull Out of the Herd
A Hoard's Dairyman rebuke cautions dairy farmers against letting the bull roam with cows. It cites danger of injury or death, high costs from break-ins, better calving timing when bulls are separated, and improved milk yield and calf quality when cows calve in fall with a single service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Hoard
Jersey
Guernsey
Insignificant Noodle Retort Noted In Letter Exchange
A playful exchange described as a letter prank between Crushed and Fweddy in Chicago. The narrator reports wearing a letter addressed politely yet defacing the word respectful with a flourish, ending with a comic jab.
One Sure to Go. Bacon-Do you always: thre nana
Fragmentary text presents no clear event, person, or location. It appears as garbled dialogue or OCR noise with stray phrases about bacon and Yonkers, offering no coherent report or identifiable entities.
Quotations and quips from old papers mixed in wit
A collage of cheeky exchanges and snappy lines drawn from city papers. The Detroit Free Press mocks a book seller through a wary buyer while the Louisville Courier Journal and Chicago Tribune echo whimsical social chatter and election banter.
Theater seating friction spurs demand for better access
Bronson argues reservations favor the wealthy as Woodson notes changes in theater seating. Bronson cites needing front row seats to avoid attention, while recalling times when he could sit anywhere, highlighting inequities in public venues and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronson
Woodson
That's Why He Asked Him Reckless Nephew skit dialogue item
A compact excerpt from Yonkers Statesman style humor columns features a punchy exchange about a cigarette and uncle, followed by light banter on skating sighting and a quip about a mustache. It ends with a heading about bowling souvenirs.
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Yonkers Statesman
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Dairy Notes
Ted Robinson
New York Herald
Puck
New York Weekly
Chicago ‘Tribune
Louisville Courier Journal
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Tribune
Sca
Skate
Patrice
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