Making the Dairy Farm a Prosperous Community Asset
A historical piece extols the dairy industry as the nation’s economic backbone. It highlights cows as efficient producers of human food, cites Princess Carlotta and Larry Oak as exemplars, and outlines dairy management rules including regular feeding, silos, water, and clean barns.
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United States
Larry Oak
Minnesota Experiment Station
Carlotta
Dairy Department
University of Missouri
Farmers urged to use cow testing for profitable dairying
Farmers should apply scales and the Babcock test to each cow to identify profitable producers. A cooperative cow testing association lowers costs to about 1 to 1.50 per cow annually and, in Iowa, 177 herds average 217 pounds of butterfat with a net profit of 32.77 per cow.
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Gether
Carlotta
Skylark Ormsby
Minnesota Agricultural College
United States
Wisconsin
Pcrch
Co-Operative
Iowa
Careful Monitoring of Flock Health Through Droppings
The article advises daily observation of droppings to gauge flock health and diet. Excess meat may cause blood in droppings, while overly wet mashes suggest drying. Yellow or light green loose stools signal possible cholera or bowel troubles nearing onset.
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Chholera
Fall Plowing Shows Higher Wheat Yield At Edgeley Substation
Wheat sown after early fall plowing at Edgeley substation North Dakota yielded five and four fifths bushels more per acre than wheat planted after late fall plowing. Research notes compare timing and location to measure crop output differences.
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Edgeley
North da
Shoe industry shows big gains across Missouri plants
The 1916 Red Book of the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 54 boot and shoe factories in Missouri, led by St. Louis, Kansas City, and St. Joseph, employing 15,477 workers who earned 7,279,650 dollars. Women and girls made up nearly half, earning 6 to 18 dollars weekly. men earned 12 to 30, while boys earned 5 to 9. The text notes St. Louis as the largest wholesale boot and shoe center and that smaller city factories act as branches feeding the St. Louis headquarters.
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Jefferson City
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Washington
Desoto
Brookfield
Kirksville
Moberly
Hermann
Union
Cape Girardeau
Hannibal
Convict Wesley Oliphant Escapes Puts On Ball Chain
Wesley Oliphant of Henry county, a two year burglary convict, escaped from the prison yard eight miles west of here. Bloodhounds tracked him to a tree where officers found him and put him to rock breaking duty with a ball and chain on his ankle to slow him if he tried to flee again. He escaped with the ball and chain still attached and remains at large.
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Wesley Oliphant
Henry County
Here
Pardoned convict from 1903 honored for faithfulness at mansion
John Davis, a Black man sent to the penitentiary in December 1903 for second degree murder to life, was pardoned by Governor Major for faithfulness. For many years he tended the grounds around the executive mansion.
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John Davis
Gov. Major
Arson Plot In Prison Sparks Wire Cutting At Oberman Plant
A convicts plot to burn the D. M. Oberman Manufacturing plant inside the state prison was uncovered after guards found a live wire leading to a pile of semi finished overalls. Officials believe a well organized arson ring operates among inmates to destroy non fireproof buildings. The Oberman factory employs 1000 workers. Revoked Parole. Governor Major canceled Henry Hopp's parole after a theft and pickpocket case. He faces return to prison following a St Louis County admission of guilt.
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D. M. Oberman Manufacturing Co
Central Broom Co
Oberman
Major
Henry Hopp
St. Louis
St.Louis County
St. Louis County
Hopp
William Hagemeyer
Hodiamont Avenue
Good Effects of Trouble and the Value of Disruption
A Solumbus Dispatch reflection argues that trouble spurs progress as many men seek conflict in politics. It asserts most political strife is unnecessary and that society benefits from troublemakers who provoke change rather than peacemakers who avoid action.
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Solumbus
Dean
Baby's Itching Skin Bathing Advice and Cuticura Remedies
Advice for soothing a baby's itchy skin using hot water and Cuticura Soap. Recommends applying Cuticura Ointment to irritation and promises better sleep with emollients. Promotes free mail sample with a book from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
War babies and the singing soldiers in a raucous night
The Lincoln Springfield London editor recalls a regiment with subalterns too young to grow moustaches. A few privates returning late sang Another Little Drink Won’t Do Us Any Harm, provoking the guard who warned them not to wake the war babies.
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Lincoln Springfield
London
Difficult Person and the Odds in a Conversation
A dialogue contrasts Briggins with another man as they discuss anger and respect. The excerpt notes California contains more than 200000 licensed autos, hinting at broad social context.
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California
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Chas. M. Carroll
Dalry
Gow
New York
Ohio
Duchess Skylark Ormsby
Alex. B. Skinker
Clarence W. Schnelle
John B. Hatfield
Julius Milhulka
Daniel S. Chapman
John F. Howell
Medical Corps
James F. Innes
Cuticura
Briggins
Doan
Ss Kidney Postersilburn CO
Buffalo
Dan
Carter
Jinks
Fletcher
Peru
Lydia E. Pinkham
Fey
St. Beverly, Mass
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