Egg Shell Material and Its Importance for Hens
The article explains egg shell material comes from lime rich substances like crushed shells and bones. It notes shells are about ten percent of an egg and that strong shells prevent breakage, handling damage, and egg eating by hens. It stresses easy, cheap sources of lime and maintains strong shells improve egg quality and transport.
Blue Andalusian hen praised for eggs and vigor
The Blue Andalusian is a rare blue plumaged fowl regarded for large white eggs and early laying. It is favored by English and French poultry men for quality and temperament though less popular locally due to skin color. Chicks are hardy, pullets begin laying at five to six months, and specimens show merit for egg size and weight.
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Minorca
Transmitting Tuberculosis From Humans To Cattle Experiments
The article details German tests where 3 cows and 2 calves were fed 50 to 60 grams of human sputum to assess tuberculosis transmission. After four months all animals showed infection in abdominal glands, traced to pharyngeal lymph nodes, with tubercle bacilli present. It also notes dangers of salt brine to hogs and deaths from large salt intake.
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Man
Germany
Gasoline Cupid Sparks a City Chauffeur Romance
A stranded grand boulevard scene leads a gentleman driver to lend his car to a girl en route to college. She reveals affection, signals the chauffeur, and he offers to marry her after guiding her to the city hall. The pair’s playful banter hinges on education and romance in a bustling city setting.
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Capitol
Cupid's chariot saves the day in old romance note
In a Boston Globe piece the couple Frank and Bessie seal their commitment as a breakdown becomes a comic Cupid moment. The man pleads for companionship and she agrees, humor blending with romance as he blesses the stubborn engine.
Miserly Akron banker tale ends with clever twist
Gen. Dick, Mark Hanna's successor in his youth, earned wages as a teller in an Akron bank. He relays a quizzical anecdote about a miser depositor who joked about killing him for $10,000, then proposes half- killing for $5,000 after calculating that money has no value after death.
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Mark Hanna
Gen. Dick
Akron
Scrub-DONIT MOPS Stir Debate Over Cleaning Styles
A West Broadway shop drew attention with long-handled mops and scrubbing brushes, reflecting regional taste. A passerby noted mops remind him of farm days while workers prefer brushes. trade sources say demand comes mainly from New England and west of the Mississippi, with the South and the area between New York and the Mississippi showing little interest.
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West Brodaway
New York
New England
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Fourth Avenue
New York Times
Arkansas's Miss Hicks Named Third Assistant Clerk
Congressman Joe T. Robinson recalls Arkansas traditions as a third assistant clerk was elected by unanimous vote to a woman after twenty-four ballots. The selection, nicknamed the Lily of Lafayette, reflects lingering views on gallantry and gender roles in state history.
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Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Arkansaw
Rich Theft Strikes Cathedral in Santander Spain
Thieves robbed the Santillana cathedral, a Gothic Hispano church dating to the eleventh century, of gold and silver ornaments weighing 450 pounds valued at 500000 dollars. They escaped in a fast car before an alarm could be raised, after a meticulously planned break in.
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Santillana
Santander
Spain
A Child's Thought of God
A reflective verse echoing Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sense of divine presence. The speaker questions visible signs of God in nature and mining, then notes a comforting, maternal embrace that echoes faith and secrecy.
The Japanese Soldier in Campaign Life
The article notes rice and fried fish as staple army food with thick glutinous rice cut into squares. It describes the soldier’s whipcord muscles, keen aim, and strong memory for landmarks, plus a three-hour daily sleep, cleanliness, and patriotism. It states a daily state cost of about 9 cents.
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M. Pichon
Heart Medicine Claim Aids Woman in South Dakota
Mrs H D Hyde of Folsom South Dakota suffered years with heart pain. After trying many remedies she used Dodd's Kidney Pills and soon felt relief with no further heart distress. She praises the pills as the greatest heart medicine she has used.
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Folsom
S. Dak
H. D. Hyde
Dodd
The Fond Parent's Pride
A reporter asked the father about his injured boy after an operation. The father praised the child and said he took only chloroform, with the parent expressing pride in the boy's resolve.
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Utica Observer
Dialogue on synopsis and story endings
Penelope argues with the judge about the usefulness of a synopsis while Perdita notes readers can start from the current point. The judge reflects that the synopsis should reveal the ending, sparking a tense exchange about narrative previews.
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Perdita
Penelope
Principal credits Grape-Nuts for 23 years of health revival
A California high school principal describes lifelong indigestion and rheumatic pain eased within two months by a diet of Grape-Nuts, milk and fruit prescribed by a physician friend. He asserts lasting relief, improved strength, and close to ideal health, urging continued production of the cereal.
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Wellvilie
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