Missouri News Nuggets Late State Events Condensed
Highlights from Missouri across multiple towns include enrollment shifts at the University of Missouri with total 3,877 students and gender split, a Neelyville bank robbery thwarted by bystander vigilance, and Confederate Veterans dedicating a Memorial Park in Higginsville. Other items note railroad and gas utility moves in St Louis and St Joseph, a Fulton fair outreach, and local obituaries and DeMolay conclave in Joplin.
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Higginsville
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A. A. Pearson
C. C. Harvey
Kansas City
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C. B. Faris
St. Louis
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Jefferson City
State Public Service Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Universal Carloading Company
Missouri Pacific
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Biddle Streets
Arrangement of Barn Provides Best Manner of Stabling Cows
William A. Radford explains a dairy barn cross section detailing cow stalls, a feed alley eight feet wide, and a gutter system. The design prioritizes facing cows in for ventilation, lighting, and efficient feed and manure handling across a 36 foot wide stable with generous alleys.
Blending American Colonial Homes With Landscape Design
The article argues colonial style homes must fit surrounding landscapes, favoring wide front lawns and back line spacing to preserve beauty. It notes American colonial frames with large porches require more space than English or Mediterranean types, and warns against harsh lines due to small lots. It highlights conservative landscaping and porch emphasis as key differences between New England and southern colonial designs.
Tints in Brick by Architects Reveal New Beauty in Brick
Brick architects describe brick as a natural unit of burned clay with unique form and color. Their insights promise to set a new nationwide standard, presenting a fresh appreciation of brickwork for American architecture.
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America
Portable Fireplaces Bring Cozy Look Without Flues
Portable fireplaces offer a mid price solution for homes without chimneys. They move like furniture and use electric coal grates to simulate glowing embers with red glass, lights, and revolving vanes.
Shoulder on Shingles for Self-Locking Effect
A description of self-spacing shingles sealing roof slots to block rain and heat exchange. The design aims to close openings in ordinary shingle roofs, preventing wind intrusion and heat transfer. The passage highlights practical advantages of individual shingles.
Sound waves that kill protozoa demonstrated by UC researchers
Three University of California scientists in Berkeley showed high frequency sound waves emitted by a crystal vibrating at 790000 times a second can instantly kill protozoa and even sever parts of cells. They built glass needles and used micromanipulators to apply vibrations under a microscope, noting potential benefits such as bloodless surgery.
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Herkeley
Calif
University of California
A. R. Olson
Department of Chemistry
I. O. Schmitt
C. H. , Johnson
Berkeley
Chinese Typewriter Perfected by American
An American invention speeds up Chinese writing with a new typewriter using the Chu Yin Tzu Mu alphabet. The device features a 48-character keyboard including phonetic symbols numerals tone marks and punctuation, with characters set sidewise and read after a quarter turn.
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New York
China
Vast Bone Fertilizer Deposits At Pribilofs Attract Bids
Tacoma article reports millions of dollars of government owned fertilizer formed from seal and sea lion bone on Pribilof islands in the Bering Sea. The bone beds, under survey, form the world’s largest deposits with drifts a mile long and six feet deep. Ice and waves shape the windrows and sand may cover other large piles.
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Tacoma
Wash
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
Cats Hired to Rid Havre Rats on City Payroll
Le Havre hires 2,000 cats to curb a rat problem at the port. Rats swarmed the harbor after ships from around the world brought the rodents, leading the municipality to assign felines to the task.
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le Havre
Havre
Goals for dairy herd quality from Ohio State expert
C L Blackman Ohio State University extension specialist urges dairymen to define the ideal cow type. He says breeds align to models that emphasize high milk and fat output with longevity and consistent form. He notes that sires should come from cows possessing these traits and that breeding over time reduces culls as lineage influences the progeny.
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C. L. Blackman
Ohio State University
Ohio
Mr. Blackman
Feeds for Winter Demand Preparedness and Advice
Farmers urged to secure winter feed now as hay shortages loom from last winter. Andrew Boss cautions contracts should be made early despite high prices. Straw and corn fodder with high protein supplements can winter livestock. focus on curing and preserving straw and fodder this summer to ease next winter shortages.
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Andrew Boss
Minnesota Experiment Station
Boss
Scours in Young Calves Caused by Indigestion
Advice on calf scours links diarrhea to indigestion from overfeeding and irregular feeding. Recommends castor oil, bismuth preparations, and formalin in milk, plus fresh milk twice daily, strict feeding, and avoiding overfeeding to restore bowels to normal.
Invert Utensils After Sterilization On Drying Rack
After sterilization utensils should be inverted on a draining rack to dry unless used immediately. An outdoor sunlit rack with good air circulation helps them dry quickly, slowing bacteria growth and preserving the sterilizing benefits.
Fall Freshening Boosts Year Round Milk Output
Cows that freshen in calmer autumn conditions receive attentive care, enabling strong winter milk production. As feeding remains good and grass returns in spring, this supports sustained output, keeping milk production high from one end of the year to the other.
Milks Emulsion Transforms Health and Appearance
A Bristol Tennessee woman describes years of stomach and bowel trouble ending after starting Milks Emulsion in May. She reports weight gain from 108 to 138 pounds, brighter eyes, clearer complexion, and renewed energy while praising the product as nature’s beautifier. The letter praises the medicine and urges others to try it under a satisfaction guarantee.
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Leon
Sarah Kate Knight
Anderson Stt
Bristol
Tenn
The
Milks Emulsion Co
Terre Haute
Ind
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Small Boy Proposes Decoration Day Gift
A five year old in Indianapolis asks his mother to buy a gaudy stem decoration seen at a railing during breakfast. The mother replies they are decorations, not gifts, prompting the boy to ask for one specifically for Decoration Day as others nearby laugh.
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Indianapolis News
Batavia Man Wears 48Year Hat With Stays Shape
Thomas H. Hussey, seventy seven, bought a hat forty eight years ago and has worn it whenever a head covering is needed. He says the hat retains its shape and original color and remains usable after all this time.
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Thomas H. Hussey
Batavia
N. Y
Mr. Hussey
Repose for the Artists
A humorous exchange between Senator Sorghum and a speaker delivers a quip about touring and music. Sorghum complains he felt used as filler between jazz band selections during a prior speechmaking tour.
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Senator Sorghum
20 Mule Team Borax Advertises Washing Ease
An old advertisement promotes 20 Mule Team Borax as a laundry aid. It claims grease pots and pans milk pails dirty dishes and all wash items become clean sweet and pure with Borax in the water. The copy emphasizes reduced labor and time and notes hands remain white and clean.
Waiter Slip of the Tongue Cited in Madrid Joke
A Madrid joke recalls a waiter mix up with a calf tongue and a sheep tongue, followed by a pun about slip of the tongue. The snippet also notes a Soft coal warning for January work and a Red Cross Ball Blue ad claim.
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Madrid
Red Cross
Worth Weight in Gold
Mrs Duartes Mom can of Tully writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash restored her health after illness. She credits the remedies for significant relief and plans to continue using them, praising their value as worth their weight in gold.
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Inlaw
Lydia E. Pinkham
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