Electric light for hen houses at Massachusetts farm week
At Amherst on July 20 the Massachusetts Agricultural College summer farmers week drew about 2500 attendees. Poultry experts described using electric light to extend laying seasons, while S B Haskell urged growing Indian corn green feeds and beets for winter. John Willard emphasized bankruptcy risk in farming and extension services aid.
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Amherst
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Rice
S. B. Haskell
Massachusetts Experiment Station
Haskell
Mr. Hasell
New England
John Willard
William M. E. Whitelock
Marboro
Massachusetts
Monster Watermelon Arrives in Boston From South Carolina
The chief of the watermelon tribe arrived in Boston by train from the south escorted by a car of big men. Weighing 64 pounds the melon was grown by Luigi Lobuo of Allendale, South Carolina. It drew crowds of traffic policemen and market men who marveled at its size and rind and interior.
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Boston
C. Messina
Messina
S. Strock & Co
Luigi Lobuo
Allendale
South Carolina
Strock
No Limit to Funds for Cox
Washington July 29 George White the new national chairman announced funds for financing the Democratic national campaign will be received in any amounts and party leaders will be concerned only with the sources from which the money comes He called the idea of limiting contributions to 1000 buncombe.
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Washington
George White
Buncombe
Cox and White Outline Democratic Campaign Moves
National chairman details plan for Governor Coxs tour through key states Ohio Indiana Illinois and New England to rally support. William G McAdoo and Palmer to speak. a 15 member campaign committee to be named with E H Moore and Wilbur M Marsh directing finances.
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White
Cox
San Francisco
Democratic Party
White House
Wilson
League of Nations
Coxure
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New England
William G. McAdoo
Palmer
Washington
Chicago
E. H. Moore
Wilbur M. Marsh
Boy of 12 Shot by Playmate in Collinsville
Leslie Terry aged 12 was shot and killed this afternoon by playmate George Douglass 14. Douglass then shot himself in the temple and was taken to a Hartford hospital in serious condition with the loss of his right eye expected. Medical Examiner C J Kilburn ruled the shooting accidental and said Douglass attempted suicide upon learning he fatally wounded Terry.
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Collinsville
Conn
Leslie Terry
George Douglass
Douglass
Hartford
C. J. Kilburn
Terry
Mad altercation causes woman to faint after traffic incident
Patrolman Thomas Barry saw Miss Ethel M Lovell of Franklin faint from anger as she attempted to exit a slowly moving auto on Walnut and Craft streets Newtonville. She revived at the police station and blamed the driver Walter G Langell of Franklin who directed questions back to her. Police released both parties.
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Thomas Barry
Newton
Walnut
Craft Streets
Newtonville
Ethel M. Lovell
West Street
Franklin
Walter G. Langell
Union Street
Women Caught in Poker Raid in New York
Magistrate Raphael Tobias presided over the case of Mrs. Florence Schlesinger charged with keeping a gambling house after detectives found about a dozen women playing poker in her apartment at 540 West 148th Street. Chips valued at one dollar red, fifty cent white, and ten cent blue were used, with rolls of twenty dollar purchases yielding eighteen dollars in chips and two dollars to the kitty. The magistrate held Schlesinger on five hundred dollars bail for General Sessions, criticizing the business aspect of the game and its hardship on husbands.
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New York
Raphael Tobias
Washington Heights Court
Florence Schlesinger
West 148d- Street
Foley and Donnelly
Schles
New R. R. Loans of 18 915 000 Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved three railroad loans totaling 18 915 000. Great Northern Railway received 17 910 000 for locomotives steel ore cars and improvements to move freight. Central of Georgia got 815 000 for extra equipment. Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic secured 200 000 to cover a 475 000 due July 19.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway Company
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Company
St Columbkille Outing At Riverside Grounds
Several hundred members of the Catholic Institute of St Columbkille’s gathered at Riverside Grounds for an outdoor outing. The event drew parishioners and supporters from surrounding communities.
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St. Columbkille
Riverside Grounds
the Catholic Institute of St. Columbkille’s
Parish Picnic at Riverside Grounds Featured Jazz Band
Parishioners visited Riverside recreation grounds for a first annual picnic. Swimming in a new pool filled most of the day while basket lunches were enjoyed near the Charles River bank. An impromptu band of harmonicas played jazz, lifting spirits as attendees danced at a river pavilion.
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Riverside Recreation Grounds
Charles River
Imepromptu
Hardmonicas
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Post
James E. Rice
Cornell University Poultry Department
Tropics
S. Lathrop Davenport
Essex County Agricultural School
William Mansion
Bureau of Markets
W. W. Chenoweth
Flint Laboratory
Chenoweth
Boston and Vicinity
Freiman
Lenox Jewelry Co
U.S
U. S
Pete
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Northern Ave
Fort Hill
Gorton
Ara
Ee As
Union St
Wash. St
Monster Watermelon
Lad
Waltham
Hamilton
Elgin
Jason Weiler
Washington St. Col. Franklin
R. R
Tremont Street
Beach
Ooen
Palm Beach
Priestley
Superior Make
Crash and
Black Cat
Adams Square
Brattle St. Washington
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