Missouri News Nuggets: bonds bonds and trials across southeast
Mississippi Valley notes report a Kansas City Missouri Public Service Commission hearing on a 10000 bond issue for power company upgrades in Caruthersville Kennett and other towns and details of court cases and incidents across Missouri including a Jefferson City suit a fatal incubator fire and a Newton County public works plan.
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State Public Service
Jefferson City
theansas-Missouri Power Company
Ruthersville
Kennett
Hayti
Missouri
Caruthersville
Ght
Cardwell
Campell
Clarkton
Senath
Bragg City
Ascola
Steele
Holland
Cooter
Misori
E. G. Bennett
Macon
Illinois
Busse
Kennerins
Jefferson Ias
Poplar
Jim Goins
Goins
Kenner
Butler County
Illiam Hardy Sears
Huntsville
H. E. Ryan
Moberly
Huntsville Herald
Huntsle
John N. Hamilton
George G. Morris
Rolla
Lia Times
Ryan
An Printing Company
Hyde
Forarry Copeland
Mrs. Higgins
State Highway Commission
Commission
Theodore Gary
Kansas City
Proper height for sinks in kitchen
USDA says kitchen tasks feel easier at different heights. sinks should be around 30 to 31 inches from floor. Encourages experimenting to set optimum height for sink, table, ironing board, tub, and stove. Describes Maryland examples of raised sinks, adjustable furniture, and using blocks or stools to reduce bending.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Frederick County
Maryland
Middletown
Protect Food From Vermin and Rodents
USDA prepared warning on insects rats mice and flies harming foods. It notes rats spread plague and flies carry disease germs with eggs in stored grains and containers. The bulletin advises storing foods in closed containers, disposing of garbage, and destroying infested materials while cleaning storage areas.
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United States Department Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
New Farmers
Time study charts track housewife daily tasks
The USDA bureau of home economics developed clocklike diagrams to record how a housewife spends her day from morning until night. Charts capture minutes spent on tasks like dishwashing laundry sewing and child care plus blanks showing help received from husband children and paid or unpaid helpers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Washington
Household tips for cleaning and handling coal and pastry
Wash the zinc tray in your gas stove with vinegar, let stand a few minutes, rinse and dry to remove spots. Save paper bread and grocery bags to use as gloves when tending the fire or adding coal for cakes or pastry.
Crime and Crowds Linked by Writer
The writer argues half of crimes are crowd crimes and uses crowds in cities as a comparison to animals. He recalls a New York intersection incident and suggests calm, spacious settings reduce aggression, noting animals mirror human relations and even bears are harmless if not provoked.
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New York
Rocky Mountains
Struthers Burt
Saturday Evening Post
Career for Girls Poultry Farming Endorsed in Paris Letter
A Paris letter to L Oeuvre cited by the London Mail reports M Ambrose Rendu urging girls to form groups and rear chickens as an alternative to marriage. He notes a farm in the Oise department welcoming such groups and claims poultry work is easy, lucrative, and healthy, with examples of girls managing 500 hens.
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M. Ambrose-Rendu
Paris
L’oeuvre
London Mail
Oise
France
World’s platinum supply and false mining claims
The article notes Russia’s former 300,000 ounce per year output from gravel beds and explains that wartime price rises have spurred bogus platinum mining claims across the country. It asserts the United States has almost no platinum and finds many checked claims unworkable, per Engineering.
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Russia
United States Bureau of Mines
Signboard Vandal Chooses Backtrack Over Fine in National Forest
In Umatilla National Forest Washington a tourist defaced a signpost to leave his name for posterity. He faced a misdemeanor fine and chose to backtrack 25 miles and erase the name instead of paying. The incident shows penalties for defacing government property in national forests.
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Umatilla National Forest
Washington
French Doctors Capture Internal Organs on Film
Drs Loman and Comandon of Paris University School of Medicine achieved motion pictures of internal organs at 17 images per second. The film clearly shows heart movements and is touted as aiding diagnosis.
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Loman and Comandon
France
School of Medicine
Paris University
Fadeo meter tests dye fastness with carbon arc lights
A new European apparatus called the fadeo meter tests dye fastness using violet carbon arc lights. Forty samples can be tested at once with half exposed to light and the other half shielded for exact comparison after exposure.
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Europe
Bookkeeping Path to Business Success for Girls
A column urges girls to pursue bookkeeping and store management as solid career paths. It cites a case where a daughter takes over her father’s grocery, grows into owner, and advocates saving, order, and salesmanship as keys to independence and rewarding work.
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Miss Leonard
Indiana
Cinnamon and Bronze A Charleston Bookshop Boss at Convention
Christine Coffee of Charleston, head of a small West Virginia capital book store, stands out at a convention of business women. Observers describe her as calm but striking with cinnamon and bronze style, driven by a knack for meeting local demand and expanding her shop.
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Detroit
Cleveland
Seattle
New York
Christine
West Virginia
Miss Coffee
Christine Coffee
Charleston
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Cairo
Hollister
Kirbyville
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Ierce City
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St. Louis
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Chamber of Commerce
Springfield
Farmers’ Institute
Claude Hourigan
James Hourigan
Columbia
W. A. Clark
Missouri State Medical Association
G. Wilse Robinson
J. F. Welch
Salisbury
E. J. Goodwin
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Harmony
Slater
Marshall
Fulton Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association
Co-Operative Agricultural Association
E. Carrington
George Stokes
James Womack
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D. 8. Brown
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