Trucking Woes Raise Food Costs Across Cities
A U S Department of Agriculture study traces the costly path food takes from rail to retailer. Cited example peaches in a midwestern city show delays, extra handling, and bruising as cars switch yards, two-mile hauls, and multiple transfers. Wholesale terminals could save millions annually by direct rail-to-wholesale delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. GC. L
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Teamsters
Washington
D. C
New York City
Richmond
Queens
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Fine Morgan Sire in Experiment At Texas King Ranch
The United States Department of Agriculture sent two year old Morgan stallion Lucky from Middlebury Vermont to the King Ranch Kingsville Texas to study saddle possibilities. Lucky weighs 925 pounds and stands 14½ hands high. He is bred from Hugo Meteor Morgan and Calve and Wanice General Gates. Breeders show strong interest in the Morgan as a saddle horse.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lucky
Morgan Horse
Mid- Mebury
Santa Gertrudis Ranch
Kingsville
Tex
King Ranch
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Hugo
Meteor Morgan
Calve
General Gates
Wanice
Caroline
Daniel Lambert
Government Farm
Middlebury
Uniform containers elevate marketing through standardization
The text argues for uniform Cana, jure and other containers in pack, appearance, quality and condition. When a container meets the standard on its label or brand it becomes its own advertisement and often a guaranty that encourages further purchases.
Boys Surpass Elders In Cattle Registration Leap
In Ustick near Boise City, a group of boys, aided by state agents and the State College of Agriculture, bought 19 head of purebred cattle, lifting their community’s registered herd by 26 percent and signaling a notable rise from the prior 3 percent national registration.
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United States
Ustick
Boise City
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
State College of Agriculture
Mites and Lice Harm Poultry Flocks
Mites and lice injure fowl by saping vitality and reducing eggs. Thorough house cleaning, regular disinfectant use on roosts and nests, and frequent dusting of the birds will control these pests.
Farming tips for grain storage and weed control
The notice advises storing grain and preventing weed seeding. If soil is sour, apply ground lime. It warns of a upcoming increase in corn production in the Midwest and notes millet is typically seeded at three to four pecks per acre.
Charming Dutch Colonial Home Featured by W A Radford
An article by W A Radford extols the enduring appeal of Dutch colonial homes. It highlights quaintness, roominess, and hospitable charm, noting the living room measures 18 ft 8 in by 27 ft and features a large open fireplace and wall bookcase.
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W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Vwts
Baiter
Willem A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Attractive modern frame home with compact kitchen and four bedrooms
A charming frame house features a lower story with lat ice framing and drop siding, a distinctive door, arch centered dormers, green shutters, and a bright kitchen with an ice box wall door from the pantry. Four equal sized second floor bedrooms, two windows each, and a full bath complete the layout.
Water Lilies In Profusion At Kenilworth Gardens
Washington’s Shaw aquatic gardens at Kenilworth face destruction by the Anacostia reclamation project. The water lily farm spans six acres with ten pools, showing 75 varieties from white to royal purples. Each variety blooms on its own schedule, many opening at night for moonlight viewing.
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Washington
Shaw
Kenilworth
Anacostia
Anacostia Island
Treasury
The
Christian Science Monitor
W. B. Shaw
L. Helen Fowler
Portland
Macon
Chicago
Nature
Priest
Isles
Gardens at 6030 feet height rival world’s best
A massive botanical garden sits at 6030 feet near the Little St Bernard in Aosta valley. Initiated by the hospice rector M. Chanoux, it houses flora from the Alps, Balkans, Caucasus and other ranges including the Himalayas. Begun in 1892, it opened for inspection in 1907 under Professor Vaccari.
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Little St. Bernard
Valley
Aosta
M. Chanoux
Alps
Balkans
Carpathians
Caucasus
Pyrenees
Himalayas
America
Japan
New Zealand
Wospire
Vaccari
Rochester Post-Express
Women and bacon lure women into politics debate
A fragmentary remark questions why women rush to enter politics linking it to supposed bargains and curiosity. The terse exchange hints at gendered views and social incentives without a clear event or date.
Staying on Watch Not Going Away This Summer
A fragmentary line shows a speaker defending presence at home over summer, arguing against leaving husband alone with two cases of liquor in the cellar. The murky OCR implies a domestic dispute or cautious maintenance of household duties.
Honor Their Patron Saint Sara of the Egyptians
Gipsy caravans from France Spain Italy and Romania converge on Ploumance Brittany to honor Saint Sara the Egyptians patron saint. The tale places Sara as Madonna’s servant who followed Mary across the sea and supposedly died near Brittany. Gipsies dispute scriptural foundations but keep a yearly gathering when war permits.
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Europe
Brittany
Sara
Ploumance
France
Spain
Italy
Roumania
Palestine
Mary
Madonna
Gipsies
Rome
Sunflowers Fall as Silage in Kansas Dairy Test
Kansas State Agricultural College dairy researchers tried sunflower silage in 1920s style feed trials. Five cows fed sunflower silage with alfalfa and grain lost body weight and milk output over 24 days, dropping about 66 pounds per cow. After switching to cane silage, cows gained 25 pounds each in 24 days and most rebounded in milk production.
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Kansas
Dairy Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Pigeon Post Delivers Orders To Butcher Shop
An English butcher's son uses homing pigeons to carry orders from distant districts to his father's shop. He gathers about a dozen orders, sends them via six fast birds, and within minutes the slips in metal cases reach the shop. The routine runs in a three hour round with progressively released birds delivering further orders.
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England
Paint Sing Sing Chimney by Noted Escaped Climber
Emil Totterman a former sailor and steeplejack, once escaped Sing Sing, is chosen by Warden Lawes to climb the 75 foot power house chimney to repaint it yellow. He is serving a natural life sentence and will rig from the top to apply the new coat to exterior prison buildings.
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Sing Sing
Lawes
Emil Totterman
Otterman
Waste of Gasoline in Canada Widens Drains on Fuel
Studies show one half gallon of gasoline per car is wasted daily through carelessness and needless mileage. This amounts to 200000 gallons wasted daily nationwide, or 79000000 gallons per year if all cars run every day.
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Canada
Wood prices rise hurting buyers and makers
The text notes wood advancing in price and its broad impact on the market. It mentions Gill and a humorous line about a person with a wooden head avoiding a large “bean” in the morning, reflecting the era’s tone. The fragment suggests rising costs affect both suppliers and consumers in the woodenware trade.
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Wood
Hill
Gill
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A testimonial from Minnie Mitch of Harrington Me praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from backache displacements irregularities and nervous fatigue. The letter claims regular periods improved work ability and urges others to use the medicine, noting no harmful drugs and offering confidential contact with Lydia E Pinkham Co Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Minnie Mitch- 2Arrington
Mitchell
Lydia E
New Car Feature Sparks Car Noise Joke
A prosperous man asks for a new car and the dealer reveals phonographs are now installed in all models. The joke notes the phonograph noise helps buyers hear engine knocks, prompting laughter at the clever invention.
Will Understand Later On Mother Elsie Exchange
A brief exchange shows Elsie chiding a caller for asking Miss Older her age. The daughter defends herself noting Miss Older asked first and says she did not get mad about it.
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Elsie
Reduced to It and Bachelor Tax Crusade
A fragment hints at emotional strain with the line I feel as limp as a rug and a remark that feelings have torn a person apart. It contrasts with a satirical note that some men might pay a bachelor tax rather than join the benedicts, implying social duties and reputational stakes.
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Vermont Farm
Famous Ranch
Texas
Idaho
Middle West
Shaw Aquatic Gardens
National Capital
Gipsles
Nables Oy
Holland
Carter
Beleans
Bellanns
T. Sans
Tote Co
Otay
Cal
Denver
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