All Spoke A Different Language
A trans Pacific liner log fragment describes a distress scene where steerage passengers from many nations end up adrift after a cutter is cast away. Two captives, a Slav and an Italian, battle for survival while a British jurist faces execution by hunger and thirst. The Empress later rescues a drifting cutter finding three dead men with a belt of food and water.
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Sammes Wellden
Tarrister
London
Maelish
Tie
Empress
Mongolia
Rubbish Hidden Treasures From Waste to Wealth
An article notes waste profits from discarded tin and cigarette packs yielding about £6000 from 11 beds funded by the Ancient Order of Druids. It mentions stamps and other waste streams funding convalescent homes and a £15000 windfall for a waste dealer. Lancashire mill waste reportedly produced £280,000 after a leader’s death.
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Order of
Druids
Byron Bellingham
Cardiff
Wales
London
Ufe
Barrow
York
Lancashire
Year of Julius Caesar Calendar Reform
The Julian calendar is described as the reform of the Roman calendar in 46 B C by Julius Caesar with Sosigenes. It adopted Greek reckoning and made years 365 days with an extra day every four years. It remained in use in Europe until the late 16th century when gradually replaced by the Gregorian calendar.
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Julius Caesar
Sosigenes
Europe
Government Bulletin Reprint Cautions on Misrepresentation
Officials warn against altering government seed bulletins or attaching personal ads to imply government endorsement. Dealers reprovingly cautioned that such modifications could violate the law and mislead the public.
Thoughtful Roman Pleads for a Wife Despite Rejection
A man pleads on bended knee for a girl to marry him but she refuses citing lack of love and faults. He suggests she pray for the husband she would marry while she stands in supplication.
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Roman
Tam
Suppention
A Rabin Shammos Story of a Self Made Immigrant
The piece recalls a penniless Russian immigrant who arrived in New York as a shammos. Illiterate but driven, he rose to wealth as an East Side real estate operator. When needing a loan he asked the banker to write the note he would sign, noting he cannot read or write. The banker is astonished by his ascent.
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New York
Greenhorn
USA
East Side
Mr. Rabin
Forehanded man with seven fair-haired children
A southern state tale notes that a cautious father once kept an affectionate family income from state aid. A lowland pioneer, riding with a native guide, spots a well kept homestead and learns its owner has seven children all described as fair-haired, hinting at luck and steady means.
Interurban Riders Forge Bonds In Indiana Lines
A fragment from Indianapolis describes inter urban electric railways carrying Hoosiers between farms and towns. Conductors and motormen, known by first names, recruit from nearby farms and towns. A Lafayette line limited clears suburbs and travels Boone county cornfields as a farm boy asks about tobacco spitting and waiting for Lebanon after early attempts at Zionsville.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lafayette
Boone County
Jess
Zionsville
Lebanon
Reducing Infant Livestock Deaths Through Better Care
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that less than 10 percent of farmers' problems require legislation and urges focus on farming practices. Dr Maurice Hall explains that most losses occur after birth due to infection, weather, and improper feeding, stressing breeding, care, and sanitation for all stock. He warns against assuming pure breds are best and urges decisive action to prevent deaths.
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United States Department Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
Maurice ©. Hall
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Iodine in Stock Feed Promotes Reproduction and Growth
A. R. Lamb of Iowa State College states iodine is essential in small amounts for animal nutrition. Proper iodine levels improve reproduction, gains, and prevent goltre. Feeding one-third ounce of potassium iodide per 100 pounds of mineral mix or about one grain weekly to sheep or hogs during gestation is recommended.
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A. R. Lamb
Iowa State College
Judging Dairy Cattle by University of Minnesota Bulletin
W. E. Peterson of the dairy division at the University of Minnesota authored Special Bulletin No. 92, Judging Dairy Cattle. The bulletin provides a general study of dairy conformation with many pictures illustrating and contrasting good and poor dairy types to aid dairymen in selecting cows for their herds.
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W. E. Peterson
Dairy Division
University of Minnesota
Live Stock Hints for Efficient Rearing and Feeding
The scrub bull yields quality beef when slaughtered before six months. Cattle thrive on first-year sweet clover hay and other clover hays. Pigs grow best with ample skim milk instead of costly seeds. Spring lambs fed grain from two to three weeks old reach about a tenfold weight by ninety days and fetch top prices. Colts gain strongest with crushed oats and bran or a mix of corn and oats with linseed meal, plus early alfalfa hay.
United States highway signs set for interstate marking plan
A joint Interstate Highways board in Washington reaches a tentative agreement on the form and color of warning and directional signs for principal routes. Proposed United States routes will use a standardized shield marker with a state name and route number, with uniform colors for luminous and non luminous signs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Joint Board of Interstate Highways
Washington
United States Highways
United States
Highway Departments
Eliminate Guesswork in Road Construction in North Carolina
The North Carolina highway department and chemist St. L. Oberholser advance road building by daily density tests. If density is insufficient, work stops within 24 hours and faulty sections may be torn up and relaid. The method saves repairs and produces top bituminous roads.
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North Carolina Highway Department
St. L. Oberholser
Chemical Laboratory
State Highway Department
Raleigh
North Carolina
Trucks Speed Road Work In Modern Highway Building
The article notes motor trucks accelerate road construction and reduce costs, contrasting ancient Roman paving speeds with modern advances. It claims Roman roads took about 14 months per mile, whereas today a mile of paved road can be laid in 14 days or less.
Improvement of Roads in Our Country
The text argues that good roads are essential amid growing traffic and wider, thicker roadways. It notes public support for steady road development as the nation increasingly moves on wheels.
Helped Through Change of Life By Vegetable Compound
Mrs L Gianici of Baltimore Maryland testifies that after long illness and failing health her life improved through the use of Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She notes relief from nervousness strain and menopausal symptoms and says it helped two daughters prepare for marriage and bear children. She urges other women to try the medicine.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pinkham
Lisay
Agetom
Livas
Mra. L. Gianici
Namor St
Egypt Buys U S Ping Irrigation Bid Change
The Egyptian government irrigation department rejects bids from central European firms and plans to require southern pine from America for major government projects.
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Egypt
U. S
America
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