Economical six room cottage design from William A. Radford
William A. Radford offers free expert building advice to readers. He highlights a compact 20 by 38 foot six room cottage with integrated porches, sunlit living and dining spaces, an attic roof with curb, and practical storage nooks. He notes economy, not parsimony, and gives design tips for light, shelving, and a small study nook.
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William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ill
Not Untold The Arctic Explorer Faces Loneliness and Fame
At a reception the famed Arctic explorer discusses life at high latitude. A guest asks about loneliness and hardship, but the explorer says his life as part of a touring season was full of incidents and well received by audiences.
Youthful Burglar Stays Locked After Scuffle In City
Frederick C. Gray, an aspiring nineteen from Quincy Mass, was fled down stairs and pinned by a woman before police arrived on a charge of unlawful entry. Officers found a silver cigarette case marked Burlington Mayor’s gift and letters claiming a $50,000 heiress wife. A note to his father boasted of wealth and plans to return to Quincy with a touring car.
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York
Frederick C. Gray
Quincy
Mass
Gray
James B. Bourke
Burlington Vt
Frederick
Mary Smith
West Fifteenth Street
Burlington
James E. Burke
Lake Champlain
Walter
Clayton Burke
Chuck
Providence
Monkey Causes Spook on Rio Grande Train at Enver
Passengers and crew halted the southbound Rio Grande train near Whitewater after three sudden stops. A monkey, owned by J. Flickering, was found yanking the bellrope, causing the mysterious delays before the train resumed.
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Enver
Colo
Rio Grande
Montrose
First Moro language paper issued in Sulu Province
U S Army officers back the new Sulu News, a government owned Moro language newspaper from Zamboanga to the Philippines. Capt William Reed leads support, with local figures Datu Raja Manda Mand and Sheik Mustafa Ahmad to help write. The paper, distributed free, aims to inform readers and promote agricultural development.
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T. Louis
Zamboanga
Sultan of
Sulu
Philippines
Moro
William Reed
United States Cavalry
John J. Pershing
Billy” Reed
St. Louis
Jefferson Guards
J. Bissell Ware
Reed
Datu Raja Manda Mand
Sheik Mustafa Ahmad
Runaway girl posed as boy named Jack Wilson
Sarah Wilson a 15 year old daughter of a St Joseph ranchman fled home and, after hair cutting and smoking a pipe, was arrested on South Clark street. Officers say tears and blush betrayed her sex, and she admitted she was a girl before being returned to her father.
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Jack” Wilson
South Clark Street
Jack
Sarah Wilson
St. Joseph (Mo
Bluecoats
Sttle
Northwestern
Sarah
Proper Shelter and Feed Cut Lamb Loss in Flocks
J M Belm emphasizes preventing lamb and ewe losses during lambing by proper shelter on high dry ground, protective fencing, and separate housing for ewes with newborns. He advocates plentiful clean bedding, damp prevention, and rich protein rations including hay, fodder, turnips, and a mixed grain feed to boost milk and lamb growth.
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J. M. Belm
Danish dairy farming aims for large cow numbers per area
A Danish farmer keeps the largest possible cows per 234 acres or less, raises young stock, and uses oil cake and green crops to produce high quality manure in pits and cisterns. Cows are tethered or moved for grazing with water hauled twice daily, and most cows are milked in the stable three times daily during winter.
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Denmark
Grading Up a Herd for Better Butter Fat
The article advises selecting a sire from a line with strong butter fat records to raise herd milk richness. Breeding is the only effective method, progressing slowly but with encouraging results by the second year. Each year increases herd value and owner satisfaction.
Proper Enrichment of Soil for Better Yields
Discussion urges scientific soil enrichment via fertilization and thorough tilling. Emphasizes not removing nutrients without returning them and calls on farmers to adopt rotation and proper soil maintenance.
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Radford
Milwaukee
Dimine
Porrch
PoLiel
Whitewater
Grand Junction
U. S. Army
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