The National Bird Turkey Breeding and Varieties
A detailed overview of the domestic wild turkey versus the domesticated breed, its size ranges from 16 to 36 pounds, and the importance of pure breeding stock. It discusses inbreeding dangers, crossbreeding with wild stock, and notes major varieties such as Narragansett Bronze White Holland and Norfolk. It cites Farmers Bulletin No. 200 by T F McGrew and highlights range feeding and market readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Turkey
T. F. McGrew
New York
Farmers’ Bulletin
Central America
Nutritive Value and Palatability of Eggs
Experiments show eggs are easily assimilated and nutritious whether raw or lightly cooked. Price comparisons tie nutrition value to market costs, while palatability emerges as a key factor in overall food value, affecting how much nutrition is actually gained.
University of Cincinnati Freshmen Face Scheduling Scandal
Freshman and sophomore girls at the University of Cincinnati react to a gymnasium exam scandal involving Miss Edna Earl Hope. A confidential room appointment leads to measurements of hips arms chest and fingers with a proposed standard. Girls plan to meet President Dabney while some fear reporting the matter.
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University of Cincinnati
Edna Earl Hope
Miss Hope
Scarlet
Dabney
Lacking In Education Laughs Through Nickel Loss
A child Freddie sobs after losing a nickel. An old man advises calm, but the boy insists he cannot cry any other way, revealing how he feels about the loss.
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Freddie
Say not goodbye but in brighter clime bid me morning
Poetic line recalling farewell turned to hopeful greeting as the speaker imagines a future in a brighter place. The verse frames parting as a sunrise within memory and sentiment.
Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine subscription pitch
An advertisement touts Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine offering a yearly subscription for ten cents or ten dollars value. It emphasizes music pages for families with children and the home environment as uplifting, urging readers to send a dime or stamps to Maxwell's at 1409 Fisher Building, Chicago.
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Maxwell’s
Homemaker Magazine
Maxwell’s Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago
Incorruptible Resolve in Early American Revolution
In the opening days of the American Revolution, as France recognized U S independence, Parliament pushed a conciliatory bill to recover colonial possessions. Congress rejected the plan, but commissioners then pursued infamy through secret correspondence and bribery attempts via a female agent offering $50,000 and offices to delegate Reed, who refused, saying the King could not buy him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United States
Lord Carlisle
William Edson
Gov. Johnstone
Brough
America
Congress
Reed
Pennsylvania
England
Destruction of Alexandria Books Prompted by Censorship Belief
The tale recalls Omar’s decree that books either conform to the Koran or be deemed evil and destroyed, a philosophy cited as triggering the loss of seven hundred thousand manuscript volumes in Alexandria. Pliny notes Homer’s Triad of 15,000 verses compacted within a walnut shell.
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Omar
Alexandria
Pliny
Remarkable Tiny Ivory Chariot and Bee Concealed Ship
In ancient record, a Mermicide crafted an ivory chariot so small a fly could cover it with a single wing, and described a ship so minute it could be hidden by a bee’s wing. The account highlights astonishing micro-scale craft attributed to mythical makers.
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Mermicides
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Guy Elliott Mitchell
Narragansett Turkey
Buff Turkey
McGrew
Ronze Gorbler
ITE
Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine
Maxwell's
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago, Ile
Foster
Watson-Stillman Co
Dey St
BOOKS
Webb Publishing Cos
St. Paul Minn
Oude”Couyc
USS International Harvester Co
I. H.C
Monroe Street
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