Missouri News Nuggets Roundup of State Items
A Missouri Automobile Club warns readers against 25 cent petitions to cut auto license fees. Sedalia reports the death of Donald Hoffman in Oregon and Fayette sees a restaurant owner die by poison. Alumni gather in St Louis for a Missouri U reunion. Father Eckstein retires in Springfield. Poplar Bluff hosts district meeting. Rates cut in Sedalia. governor to name next highway chairman. double killing at Flat River. Red Cross plans in Callaway County. A H Jeffrey dies in Columbia. Southwest Missouri Methodist conference ends in Clinton.
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Automobil Club
Kansas City
Missouri
Automobile Club of Missouri
Roy F. Britton
Sedalia
Donald Hoffman
F. E. Hoffman
Veterans’ Hospital
Portland
Ore
Fayette
Frank Koester
Red Cross
Fulton
Callaway County
Callaway
Louis Berghauser
W. L. Meng
Calling Dairymen to Improve Cows in Tough Times
The piece recalls the 1890s dairy downturn and urges dairymen to improve cattle. It quotes an agricultural writer who criticizes the era’s cows as poorly bred and managed, noting two redeeming traits appetite and vigor. It asserts better cows help farmers weather low moods today.
Proper Barn Equipment Boosts Milk Production
The article notes dairy herd gains from testing, breeding, and feeding alongside improved barn equipment. Equipment lowers labor, protects health, and lifts per cow output. Wisconsin dairy herd improvement members show higher production, with many using drinking cups ventilation and milking machines.
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Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Germs in Milking Pails Warn of Contamination Risk
The article stresses utensils like pails strainers and cans as the main germ source in milk. Thorough cleaning is essential since tanks held for hours can harbor billions of germs. An Llinda station test showed washed cans left in warmth for a day yielded one million germs per cubic centimeter in fresh milk samples.
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Llinda
New York Dairy Progress in 1930 Records
A State Farm Bureau Dairy committee report on 1930 progress notes dairy record keeping expanded to 29,698 cows in February and about 40,000 by year end. The number of herds on test rose, heifer and yearling counts climbed from 1926 figures, and more dairymen began records as culling increased in 500 herds.
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New York State
State Farm Bureau Federation Dairy Committee
Where Are the Good Cows
A tester for an Iowa dairy herd improvement association notes he spent a day seeking dairy cows in a neighboring county and found a rare situation. Dairymen in testing associations are not listing cows for sale because they have culled the poor animals and know the remaining cows are yielding fair returns for their feed.
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Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Dairy caution urges careful selection of herd sire
Dairymen should study pedigrees and records before replacing a sire. Some old-time poultrymen favor the hatchet cure for fowl ailments to keep flocks healthy, with carcasses burned.
Australia’s vast Rabbit Fence network battles endless flood of pests
The No 1 Rabbit Fence runs about 1,119 miles in Western Australia with 2,023 miles of fences costing 1,761,740 dollars and patrolled by boundary riders. A barrier between New South Wales and South Australia halts migrations as millions of rabbits swarm fences and perish under sun and barbed wire while a female rabbit births four to seven young every nine weeks.
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Australia
Western Australia
New South Wales
South Australia
Tve
How seldom do letters to the newspapers shout Hooray
A reflective line notes how rarely readers’ letters celebrate praise in print. It suggests civic discourse leans toward critique and concern rather than unreserved celebration.
Jewelers Battle Crooks Learn New Theft Countermeasures
Jewelry firms form the Jewelers Security Alliance of the United States to study crook tricks and reduce losses. Methods include fruit tricks and false stones. in 1930 stolen value dropped to about $111,000. Crooks now use kidnapping to force open stores, but the alliance has devised countermeasures.
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Alliance
Frank A. Fall
Boston Sculptor Cyrus Dallin Rallies For Indians
Boston sculptor Cyrus Dallin who has built a reputation on Indian studies delivered an address defending Indians and denouncing cowboys after years living in the Far West among both groups. He urged greater understanding and fair treatment amid frontier tensions.
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Far West
Cyrus Dallin
Boston
Indian Rights and Buffalo Decline Echo Dallin Talk
Speaker Dallin argued Indians were harmed by white treatment and blamed early buffalo laws for tribal decline. He described wagon-train logistics and noted buffalo extinction as a grave blow to natives, calling the red man a dignified, self restrained people rather than bloodthirsty.
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Dallin
Unknown Animals Found in Madagascar Forests
A report to the French Academy of Sciences notes unexplored forests in Madagascar north of the island where two French settlers found an unclassified lemur like creature about 18 inches long with a tail as long as its body. Zoologists believe these tabu forests may harbor more unknown species.
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French Academy of Sciences
Madagascar
Great
Africa
American donors fund 17 scholarships at Hebrew University
Young Jewish scholars from America will receive 17 new scholarships founded at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Benefactors in the United States provide the awards, to be awarded based on competitive examinations held at the start of the fall semester.
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America
Hebrew University
Jerusalem
United States
Necklace restringing tip with violin string
A jewelry tip advises using violin string to restring a necklace claiming it lasts much longer than thread or twine. The string’s stiffness wears off quickly, suggesting durability as a benefit.
Lightning damages Battle Creek home wounding no one
Lightning struck four sides of a Battle Creek residence as Mr. and Mrs. M J Ackley slept. A bedroom mirror shattered, two sets of golf clubs on the front porch ruined, the roof on the north side raised an inch, and the strike traveled in along the radio aerial.
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Battle Creek
Mich
M. J. Ackley
It Means Love and Code From Path Finder Magazine
A quirky note explores how vamping and a handkerchief gesture signal affection. The piece suggests a coded, romantic rule set tied to expressions and posture as a clue to love.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Bargains and home remedies advertised in one notice
An assortment of 20th century ads offers ladies hosiery deals from Economy Hosiery in Oakville Indiana, a home treatment for Pyorrhea with free particulars via BOX 400 Amarillo Texas, and a Farmlands listing by Grover H Webb of Fort Smith Arkansas promoting crops stock and farm implements for sale or inclusion.
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Amarillo
Texas
Grover H. Webb
Fort Smith
Ark
Water rights dispute on a shared stream
A brief exchange over ownership of upstream water leads to a neighbor declaring patience until the upstream flow reaches the downstream claim. The dialogue highlights tensions over resource rights and boundary lines.
Hard Luck Manners in Town Gossip
Town gossip centers on a public quarrel where insults fly about appearance and character. Two men clash in a overheard exchange, leaving onlookers debating who looks worse and who started the feud.
Surprise Is a Warning Train Motto
A bold expression challenges a belief by presenting an unexpected example. The remark frames surprise as a tool to test assumptions and provoke reconsideration in debate.
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