Southern Farmhouse for a Small Family Plan
United States Department of Agriculture presents a South facing farmhouse plan designed for a small family. It emphasizes a cool kitchen dining flow, sunlit living spaces, outdoor sleeping options, and a heat efficient hot air system. The design uses locally common materials and aims for easy construction by local builders in the South.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
Department
Pierhe House
Washington, D. C
Farmers urged to prepare for food crop drive
A letter to 10,000 Cotton Merchants Association members from President R. R. Ellis urges farmers to plant ample food crops to sustain both people and livestock for a full year. He warns of uncertain social political and business conditions in the next six months and stresses the need for Southern communities to act now to strengthen finances regardless of cotton prices next fall.
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Cotton Merchants’ Association
R. R. Ellis
South
United States
Importance of Herd Bull in Calf Breeding
The article notes the bull represents half the herd for calves and that a pure bred bull from strong lines can influence more than half the herd by passing breed characteristics to offspring. It emphasizes selecting only the best bred bulls to improve the herd.
Value of Babcock tester in Texas dairying
J. W. Bidgwar from College Station notes the Babcock tester has greatly aided Texas dairying by identifying unprofitable cows, enabling creameries to buy on a practical basis, and helping colleges solve key economic dairy problems.
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J. W. Bidgwar
College Station
Babcock
Texas
Will Pay Claim After 60 Years For Home Sweet Home Heir
United States to pay $205.92 to heirs of John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, after 60 years since his 1852 death in Tunis where he served as U S consul. Treasury seeks legal heirs. listed heirs reside in New York with a note on Payne’s family and odd spending on Barbary Intercourse appropriation.
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John Howard Payne
Tunis
United States
Washington
Sweet Home
Treasury
Treasury Department
Eloise E. Luquer
Congress
Mr. Payne
Lucy Taylor Payne Osborn
Thatcher Taylor Payne
William Payne
Hast Hampton
N. Y
Payne
Thatcher T. P. Luquer
Eloise P. Luquer
Lea M. Luquer
West Fortieth Street
New York City
Clara Ada Payne Doyce
United States Senate
New York
Brooklyn
Paris
Marseilles
Washington reveals women live longer than men
The U S Bureau of Census reports forthcoming life tables showing women outlive men by over three years and native whites and negroes by more than 3 years. Tables cover six New England states plus New York New Jersey Indiana Michigan and D C using 1910 population and mortality 1909 1910 1911.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Census
Division of Vital Statistics
New England
New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Michigan
District of Columbia
Court upholds mule’s prerogative in coal miner verdict
Frankfort Ky. The court of appeals set aside a $500 verdict for a coal miner who claimed he was kicked by a mule. The court ruled the mule had a right to kick and would be false to its breed’s tradition if it had not.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
DANGER POINTS ARE PLOTTED AT FIRST INDICATION OF TROUBLE
New York braces for possible war with plans by police, National Guard, and U S army officers. Guards placed at piers, aqueducts, terminals. 10,000 officers plus 7,000 volunteer policemen ready. Detailed mobilization procedures, signals, and supply lines mapped with units, aircraft, engineers, artillery, infantry, coast defense, and hospital support named.
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New York
National Guard
United States Army
Arthur Woods
Company Clerka
Signal Corps
Hempstead Plain
Central Park
Coast Artillery
Quartermaster Corps
New York State
IS CRUSHED BY JUNK IRON IN LAFAYETTE TRAIN ACCIDENT
James Fish of Springfield Massachusetts, twenty four, was crushed when junk iron shifted in a gondola as a west bound Wabash freight broke in two near Lafayette. He slept at the end of the car and could not free himself until the cars were bumped to release his legs. He was taken to the hospital in a badly crushed condition but likely to recover.
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Lafayette
Ind
James Fish
Springfield
Mass
Fish
Fisk
Coal Carried in Go Carts
Westminster sees perambulator coal parades as households cope with storage and access to coal. Rich and poor rush to procure fuel when the coal cart is late, mobbing the coalman and emptying small shops as go carts replace carts.
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London
Westminster
Smoked Since Girlhood In Pittston Woman Dies At 106
Mrs Catherine Reddington of Pittston aged 106 years has died. A lifelong smoker of strong tobacco since girlhood she often claimed that smoking had prolonged her life. The obituary notes her long habit and belief in cigarettes contributing to longevity.
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Pittston
Catherine Reddington
Must Be Deaf Coal Miner In Bellevue Observation
New York coal miner Andrew Kirsky told police he never heard of the European war and was sent to Bellevue hospital for observation. He appeared calm and gave a sparse statement as officers checked his condition.
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New York
Andrew Kirsky
Bellevue Hospital
Paul and Barnabas Lead in Pisidian Antioch
In Acts 13 Paul now leads the mission from Perga to Antioch. He preaches a scriptural sermon on Jesus as Messiah and Justifier, then faces Jewish opposition. Despite opposition and confusion, many Gentiles respond while Jews resist, prompting a pause for further testing in grace and perseverance.
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Paul
Saul
Barnabas
Pergy
Pamphylia
Asia Minor
Antioch
Pisidia
Galatia
John Mark
Jerusalem
Perga
Jesus
H. Paul
Peter
Christ
Messiah
Jesus the Justifier
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Cotton States Merchants Association
Stuyvesant
Barbara C. Rutherford
W. K. Vanderbilt
Cyril Hatch
Lewis M. Rutherford
Lewis Morris
John Rutherford
Peter Stuyvesant
Mile
Rita Jolivet
Count de Cippico
Kew
Jolivet
Plan Defense
Police
E. C. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Western New
Oper Union
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