Keeping Up to Date and Social Snoopery
A humorous exchange from the Portland Express notes a bald-headed man delaying two rappers for a needless haircut while a tensorialist says he must read the social column and movie news each morning to stay palatable for conversation. The ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for household textiles and linens.
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Portland Express
Why is chili called chilly when it is hot
A family moment at an evening gathering features a five year old asking why chilly sounds cold while the dish chill con carne is served. The parent reflects on language quirks and the warmth of shared meals.
Dialogue on a New Home Plans and Furnishings
A couple discusses their new home. The husband asks if it will be a manor villa or hacienda while the wife has yet to buy furniture. The exchange ends with uncertainty about the final house type and furnishing.
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Weste
Memory for Faces Outlives Debts, Says Adage
The old saying notes that a man with weak debt memory often recalls faces well. It suggests facial recognition remains sharper than bookkeeping.
Spring freshening boosts milk output but raises costs
Ohio State University researchers using Medina county dairy records over five years found spring freshening does not lower overall costs. Herds with more spring freshening produced more milk per cow and reduced the cost per 100 pounds, though total costs rose as spring involvement increased.
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Ohio State University
Medina County
Soy Beans Are Valued Feed for Dairy Cattle
A Delaware experiment station reports that soybean meal and soybean oil meal are satisfactory for feeding dairy cattle. The tests show soybeans superior to peanut oil meal and equal or slightly better than linseed, cotton seed, or other meals for milk production, supporting home-grown protein supplements.
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Delaware
Self-Feeding Dairy Cows Prove Unprofitable
University of Illinois experiments show dairy cows self feed to their preferred amounts but waste excess feed. Each cow chose different feeds from mill feeds, whole grain, ensilage and hay. Emphasizes sanitary stalls ventilation feed carriers and individual cow management to match production and demand.
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University of Illinois
Scrub Bull Lowers Herd Record to Goats Level
Dr J C Mc Dowell of the US Department of Agriculture urges culling to remove inferior stock to raise herd production. He cites a herd where successive scrubs lowered butterfat output from 146.8 pounds to 99.7 pounds, prompting the owner to replace the scrub bull with a registered one.
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J. C. McDowell
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
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Store Surplus Sunshine
The passage compares the silo to a irrigation dam for dairying, storing summer surplus sunshine as feed for winter. It notes silos reduce production costs and expand profitable use versus winter roots, which are laborious to prepare and costly without proper storage.
Square Type House Still Popular Despite Changing Vogue
Mr. William A. Radford offers free home building advice to readers, praising the square house for economy and space. The design features a balanced elevation with entrance, open porch, sun room, six rooms plus sun room, large living area, dining room, kitchen with pantry, breakfast nook, and upstairs two bedrooms with ample closets and a bathroom.
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William A. Radford
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Chicago
Ill
Well Placed Fireplace Helps Interior Style
Needlecraft Magazine notes a well placed fireplace or mantel becomes the room’s center of interest and offers layouts for average rooms without mantels. It suggests tables, chairs, mirrors, wall hangings, and appropriate finishes to create height and balance.
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Needlecraft Magazine
Woodwork Should Blend: Wall Shade Preferred in Rooms
Two finishing schemes for woodwork are discussed. The preferred approach places woodwork as part of the wall, using a shade one or two darker than the wall color for harmony and a restful effect. The alternate method colors woodwork to match furniture, suitable for large rooms or minimal woodwork.
Tile Stands Up Well Under Test of Time
Born like granite of a union of plastic earth and searing flame tile is practically imper ishable. Burned in temperatures un approached in any building conflagration tile immune shields other materials from fire. Blood brother to the everlasting rocks tile is untouched by ravages of time. Designed with science and skill for maximum strenth and minimum weight it bears burdens dependably and safely.
Garage inclusion boosts apartment rentals and value
In an era of widespread car ownership every apartment plan should include a garage when space allows. The feature enhances tenant convenience and can raise the rental rate and desirability of the building.
Bath Decoration Shifts to Quality Fixtures and Style
Americans seek more than functional baths. A new design sensibility favors quality fixtures and a coherent decorative scheme that enhances comfort and enjoyment in the home.
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America
Man Commits Suicide By Dynamite Near Hazleton
Michael Billie a 48 year old widower from Drifton tied two sticks of dynamite about his head and blew them off in his home. He had been seen with the dynamite earlier and neighbors noted odd behavior. The blast heavily damaged the house in Hazleton area.
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Hazleton
Michael Billie
Drifton
Billie
Police Patrolman Killed After Overlooked Gun
In Queens a cemetery holdup ends with Patrolman Henry Meyers shot in the back after pursuing two suspects who robbed two women in Beth El Heem cemetery. Benjamin Raider, a two term burglar, is under arrest charged with murder, with Meyers dying two and a half hours after the shooting.
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New York
Queens
Benjamin Raider
Henry Meyers
Meyers
Frances Lewis
Florence Novak
Manhattan
Beth- El-Heem
Locked in School Vault Rescue After Two Hour Ordeal
Albert Altwater thirteen years old was sealed inside a seven foot vault at a public school addition in Hackensack New Jersey. His playmate Arnold Backpacker closed the door for fun locking Albert in with no knob to escape. Police and firemen freed him after two hours by cutting a hole for air and using a key to open the door.
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Arnold
Fire Department
Albert
Wanderer's Jail Term Makes Record Perfect
A 39 year old vagrant known as Mike Luscovitch, a road wanderer, earned a six month workhouse sentence from Magistrate Doura in Morrisania court after failing to recall his last work or home state. He boasted of arrests in all states except New York.
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New York
Mike
Doura
Dazed by Inheritance Killed by Motor Car
Wong Lu ting a Canton wharf coolie, newly rich after an inheritable fortune, died after stepping into a car driven by Russian Alex Moskowitch outside Shanghai Provisional court. He succumbed at St Luke's hospital from a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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Shanghai
Wong-Luting
Canton
Wong
Alex Moskowitch
St. Luke's Hospital
Warshasky Won't Let Attendants Remove Trousers at Hospital
Red Bank New Jersey resident Louis Warshasky refused to let hospital attendants remove his trousers after an automobile collision. He insisted on a policeman present and when the officer arrived he turned over a stash of 2.4 dollars for safekeeping.
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Red Bank
N. J
Louis Warshasky
Warshasky
Do You Cough Omaha Ad Claims Medical Discovery Relief
Mrs M Stillam of 2417 Dodge St Omaha reports severe cold relief after using Medical Discovery. She praises the tonic and recommends it for health issues. Free confidential medical advice offered by Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York with tablet and liquid forms.
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Omaha
Nebr
President Invalids' Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y
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