Model Poultry House Plans for a Single Flock
The illustration depicts a 12 by 16 foot ground plan for a poultry house designed for one colony. The front is 6 feet high, rear 4 feet, with three windows on the south side and east end to admit sun while keeping the north and west walls windowless for warmth and draft avoidance. A hip roof, elevated two and a half feet platform with hinged roosts allows quick cleaning each morning and the remaining space beneath the roosts remains usable.
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Henry Jerolaman
New Jersey
Jere Luman
New Yorker
Milk Costs More and Farm Dairying Notes Rise
Milk prices rise in Massachusetts as costs of production climb. The piece contrasts seed, labor, equipment, and health regulations with higher producer expenses and notes dairy practices, planting and feeding, and the value of cream and butter. It covers stacking wheat, strawberry culture, and fence wire, highlighting farming economy and practical advice.
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Massachusetts
Boards of Health
Abe
Stewart's Third Fortune Boosts Nevada Wealth Story
A Carson City correspondent notes William M. Stewart the Silver King of Nevada marks his eightieth birthday while pursuing a third fortune. Once senator, editor, and miner, he faced losses, then rebuilt wealth through ore mining returning to the Senate in 1887. Now worth about a quarter million, he vows this fortune will endure and retire from politics.
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Nevada
United States
William M. Stewart
Carson City
WM M. Stewart
Bonanza Daya
Wenator
Yale College
New York
Ohso
Yale
California
West
United States Senate
St. Louis
Stewart
Senate
Declan
Kansas City Blue Belles Shine In Night Practice Ball Game
A Kansas City Times account reports on the Nightly Practice where the all Negro girls team the Kansas City Blue Belles, aged 18 to 22, play baseball with poise and power. Claude Hast organized the squad that tours Kansan towns. scenes describe batters, a fast pitcher, and a crowd reaction as an outfield home run captures attention.
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Kansas City Times
Pitobet
Toone
Kansas City
Rube Waddell
Princeton First to Require Manicures for Players in Football
A 19th century note jokes about Princeton mandating manicures for players before games. It covers rules about nail length, require a two minute polish break, and quips about how officials might judge grooming. The piece lampoons sports vanity and references a law-like clause about projecting waste on the body.
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Princeton
New York Herald
Marteura
Trenton
N. J
George Cohan
Lawrence Preparatory School
Angulars
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Roo
American Agriculturist
Grigo
Quebec
St Lawrence River
Estewart
Tors
London Chronicle
Japan
Towery
Land Na
England
Mother
Alan
Red Sea
Buckle
Pyramids
Pir
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