Missouri News Nuggets: aviation records and legal cases
Miss Mildred Kauffman set a new looping record at Lambert Field in an American Eagle biplane, climbing to 8000 feet and performing 46 loops amid haze. Other items cover a deadlocked murder trial of Mrs Laura Trimmer and son, a train death in Centaur, Missouri, Pettis County gravel road expansion, a Springfield sermon critique, a parole for Clifford Lemon, a Missouri highway engineers' president, and a Kansas City insurance receivership bid.
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St. Louis
Lambert-St. Louis
Mildred Kauffman
Kansas City
Kauffman
C. F. Schory
Pittsburgh
National Aeronautic Association
Mildred Steinoff
Akron
Ohio
Kansas City Air Circus
American Eagle Aircraft Company
West Plains
Laura Trimmer
Sylvester James
Elliott E. Trimmer
National Guard
Trimmer
Billings and Blackwell
Okla
Pomona
Sedalia
Pettis County
T. O. Stanley
C. W. Brown
Jefferson City
State Highway Department
Highway Engineers’ Association of Missouri
Roy Leslie
St. Joseph
Moss Edwards
Mexico
Tom Parks
Clinton
Charles H. Swift
Marshall
Combination Horse and Dairy Barn for Long Term Dividends
William A. Radford explains a dual purpose dairy and horse barn design with separate stalls under one roof. The 36 by 100 foot gambrel structure features modern equipment, a shared mow, hay chute, and concrete dairy floors. Dairymen gain labor savings and healthier, higher yielding cows, paying for the barn over years.
Don't Skimp on Stairs Warns Home Builder Expert
George E. Eichenlaub warns in the American Architect that stair design affects safety and comfort. He notes more than 40 percent of home falls occur on stairs and cites an 1802 hotel as an ideal with seven and a half inch risers and twelve and a half inch treads.
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George E. Eichenlaub
Eichenlaub
Year Round Comfort Insured by Insulation
Insulation is described as a dollars and cents economy. Wealthy homeowners first used it for comfort. It reduces heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer, making year round comfort possible and healthier while lowering costly upkeep.
Modernize Old Homes by Installing Tile
Tile installation rests on a strong foundation and can be applied to wood brick concrete steel or gypsum. Floors may be tiled atop existing surfaces or a new subfloor built with a concrete bed and mortar setting. Tiled baths are common in remodeling projects and greatly modernize homes.
Oak Floors Offer Safe Easy Clean Advantage
Floors of oak provide a sanitary, low maintenance solution by laying oak flooring over old softwood. It prevents cracks that collect dust and germs and keeps rooms looking fresh with minimal effort.
Edge Grain Shingles Make Good Siding
Edge grain shingles of fine quality fully impregnated with preservative provide a highly satisfactory siding. The appearance is fine and the cost comparison with clapboards depends on quality and width. Both wide shingles and clap boards are expensive, though shingles cost a little less for initial price. If stained, upkeep expenses are reduced.
Electric cooling of milk debated by dairymen in radio talk
R F Bucknam of the New York Agricultural College notes electric refrigeration offers a new option for dairy cooling. He cites estimated costs of 14 cents per can for electricity versus 16 cents for ice cooling, suggesting electricity favors when ice house upgrades are costly or labor is tight.
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R. F. Bucknam
New York Agricultural College
Bucknam
Wisconsin
New York
Calves Benefit From Protein Ration In Winter
University of Nebraska tests at Valentine station show feeding ½ to 1 pound of cottonseed cake per calf daily with prairie hay yields the best economical gains. Calves kept on pasture then fed at Lincoln station grow faster, while stunted calves never catch up.
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Valentine
University of Nebraska
Agricultural College
Lincoln
Dairy Feed Balancing Guidelines for Fall Calves and Cows
Guidelines emphasize warm clean stalls for fall-born calves and balanced rations. Avoid barley oats wheat or corn alone. use gluten products and bran. Cottonseed meals are not advised in large amounts. Cows prefer clover hay with about 14 percent protein in grain. mixed hay needs 16 percent. Clean separators boost skim efficiency. With low protein roughage, mix equal parts ground corn wheat bran and cottonseed meal. linseed oilmeal preferred if no silage. For typical conditions use a blend of hay types close to balanced protein. If hay includes clover, feed 400 lb ground corn 200 lb wheat bran and 100 lb cottonseed meal.
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Sudan
Man in Pittsburgh exults over newborn child in street car chase
A chaotic Pittsburgh street scene ends with a man shouting a birth announcement eight pounds and fourteen ounces as pedestrians stare. He blocks traffic and chases a passing street car while declaring a boy is born, showing reckless excitement amid urban mayhem.
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Pittsburgh
Weighing Oddities At Melbourne Royal Show
Officials at the Melbourne royal show faced a strange measurement puzzle. A cow losing 24 pounds of milk dropped only 18 pounds in weight. A secretary weighing himself and drinking one pound of water gained just ten ounces. The tests occurred before council stewards and Dr H McKenna. Navajo Indians do road work in Mesa Verde National Park.
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Melbourne
Mesa Verde National Park
Lutheran Third in Size Worldwide
Time reports the Lutheran church has an estimated global membership of 81 million, ranking third after the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Eastern Church among all Christian denominations.
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Lutheran Church
Noted Split Declines Offer in Witty Exchange
A humorous dispute unfolds with lines about dividing the house. One party favors the inside while the other contends for pairing spaces. The exchange suggests a playful bargaining stance and lighthearted tension.
Labor Frees Us From Irksomeness Vice and Poverty
A compact adage echoing Voltaire that labor eliminates the three great social ills of boredom, moral decay, and want, asserting work as a cure for public hardship.
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Voltaire
Plane planes malaria fight with dust over swamps
A marine corps airplane sprayed paris green dust from beneath its carriage to kill mosquito larvae over thousands of acres of swamp land in a day. The first experiment in Haiti, reported by Samuel W. Honaker, consul at Port au Prince, was entirely satisfactory and areas once unlivable are now cleaned up.
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Paris
Marine Corps
Haiti
Samuel W. Honaker
Port-au-Prince
City Managers Adopted in 392 Cities by 1929
In 1929 the city manager form of government had been adopted in 392 cities, reflecting a shift toward professional administration in municipal governance.
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Rock Island
Centaur
Baumann Brothers Undertaking Company
William J. McMahilon
Bonne Terre
James L. Kidd
Chippewa Street
McMahlon
Springfield
Beth Campbell
Springfield Leader
G. Bryant Drake
First Congregational Church
University of Oklahoma
State Penal Board
Caulfield
Clifford R. Lemon
Martin A. Lohmann
Lemon
Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company
W. H. McCamish
William A. Smith
Smith
Fred R. White
Wyandotte
W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
South Dearborn Street
Chicago
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Joo Drops
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