Traveling Exhibits Explain Grain Grading Methods
A map in Washington shows grain grading outreach by the U S Department of Agriculture. Traveling Exhibits explain how federal standards unify grading for oats wheat and corn with tools like a 50-50 splitter moisture tester and type trays. Demonstrations include sampling from cars, testing, and the impact on marketing costs for growers and consumers.
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United States
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Marketing Purebred Animals Cooperation Plan
The plan, run by the Bureau of Markets and state and local agencies, helps buyers learn location and type of purebred animals for sale. Breeders must cooperate with each other and the county agent, who maintains full information in the association headquarters to connect buyers with sellers.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Eastern timber supplies pressure forest destruction
The piece notes that remaining large stands of timber in the far West do not prevent the United States from suffering wood shortages. It warns Europe will seek Eastern U S lumber due to shorter shipment distances as older Eastern timber nears exhaustion.
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Europe
Enthusiastic Reports From Soybean and Corn Planting
The record notes optimism among farmers who tried soybeans with corn. It mentions planter readiness and implies widespread favorable results from the crop experimentation.
Spirit of France Triumphs Through Quiet Heroism
The Flying Parson signs a Boys' Life piece about a Sunday hike where a worn peasant woman with three fallen sons embodies noble poverty. A push on her wheelbarrow reveals pride and sacrifice, as she recounts humble, cold quarters and unwavering devotion to France. Her spirit shines brighter than possession.
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Prince
Hove
Belvin W. Maynard
France
Grammar and Washing in Milwaukee Meeting
A Milwaukee meeting between the school board and public school teachers sparked humor over pay. The Oregonian notes a washerwoman earning six dollars daily, higher than teachers, and mocks the idea that grammar concerns should steer work choices.
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Milwaukee
Ore
Cape Ann and its early colonial ties to fishing and settlement
The cape was a bleak haven for explorers and briefly settled after the Mayflower era. Captain Smith explored the coast, naming sites and feeding the prisoner Turkis h poet and a Pontus. Early settlers relied on agriculture. fishing rose to prominence around 1700 as northeast Massachusetts developed its maritime identity.
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Cape Ann
Greenland
Plymouth
Thorwald
Cape of the Cross
John Smith
Poeadontus
Captain Smith
Massachusetts
Longevity Record Highlighted in Shifnal Village
In Shifnal village a longevity record is cited with headstones in a churchyard. Notably William Wakley is aged one hundred twenty four and upward, and Mary Kates, wife of Joseph, aged one hundred twenty seven, who married a third husband at ninety two. Wakley lived through the reign of eight monarchs.
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Shifnal
England
William Wakley
Mary
Joseph Kates
Playing Safe in Public Light
A humorous exchange between Miss Manchester and Mr. Hardiface about kissing in daylight versus electric light. He quips that daylight could reveal a concealed camera, while she recalls a kiss from the previous night under artificial lighting.
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Mr. Hardiface
Miss Manchester
Tough Willie Makes a Sunday School Joke
A cartoon caption pairing Tough Willie with a quip about fighting and attending Sunday school, featuring a character named Wil lie and a punchline about eye safety and religion.
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Willie
Goomlefellowe Stirs Debate in Local Court
Walter observes the case as Jual challenges a statement about Goomlefellowe. The exchange reveals a tangle of claims and counterclaims with observers noting the unusual phrasing and tension in the proceeding.
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Wilson
Goomlefellowe
Walter
Jual
Rich Indian Sets Up Hospital Fund in Oklahoma City
Jackson Barnett of Henryetta Oklahoma the world’s richest Indian bequeathed one million dollars for a hospital to serve all sick Indians in Oklahoma City and the state. The Creek allottee now a ward of Uncle Sam was cautious of marriage schemes by a Maharashtra style adventuress who failed to secure a license at Okemah Holdenville.
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Klahoma City
Okla
America
Oklahoma
Jackson Barnett
Henryetta
Barnett
Cushing Oil Field
Uncle Sam
Cato Sells
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma City
Okemah
Adventuress
Holdenville
Leap Year Nurse Mistakenly Plans Wedding With Stranger
Miss Hazel Courtenay, a self described graduate nurse, claimed she proposed marriage to a traveling salesman and loaned him 280.80 for a ring. Police learned he had a wife and two children in Mount Vernon, and that he had never met her, leading to an awkward mix up at police headquarters.
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Chester
Pifer
Clinton Avenue
Hazel Courtenay
Miss Courtenay
Mount Vernon
Everett Salmon
This Woman 106 Years Old Endures in Dwight Illinois
Mary Ann Potter of Dwight Illinois celebrated her 106th birthday born in Essex New York in 1814 She has lived in Illinois since statehood She and her family received 300 acres in Livingston County which remains in Potter hands She married 1834 to Stephen Potter now deceased She bore eight children only Albert Potter of Peru Indiana survives Her grandfather a Revolutionary War soldier told of Washington Her father served in 1812 Her husband fought in the Mexican War During Civil Spanish American and World War I she knitted socks and made bandages for troops She voted in every election since gaining the right She recalls pioneer hardships near the Indian chief Shabbona who warned settlers of Black Hawk raid sparing the Potters The 1920 census may reveal more centenarians but those with verifiable ages remain rare.
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Night
Ill
Illnois
Mary Ann Potter
Dwight
Essex
New York
Albert Potter
Peru
Ind
Potter
Shabbana
Black Hawk
Unclubby Kiss Sparks Pacific Union Expulsion
In Los Angeles the Pacific Union club expelled Pierre C. Moore for kissing a chambermaid. Moore, a multimillionaire with Nob Hill homes, faced a sensational affair that stirred gossip at the club and district chatter. The chambermaid, Miss Mary Wurtemburg, had sued for 10 000 dollars.
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OS Angeles
Pacific Union Club
Pierre C. Moore
Nob Hill
Moore
Pacific Union
Houndal
Yaterday
Wen
Hlawite
Edna Davin
Mary Wurtemburg
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Easy Corn Removal
An old ad touts Freezone as a Cincinnati genius discovery that removes all corns and calluses without soreness. It claims a few drops relieve pain instantly, allowing the corn to be lifted out with no irritation, with a tiny bottle costing only a few cents at drug stores.
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Cincinnati
Ady
Heard at the Club With a Witty Quip on Chentem
A humorous aside from the Boston Transcript features banter at a club about Chentem. The quip implies disbelief about his straightness using a zany metaphor involving a swallowed wire and a corkacrem.
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Chentem
Boston Transcript
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