Wholesalers Urged to Build Terminal for Food Shipments
A government study traces how food travels from rail to retailer and finds costly, redundant handling boosts prices. Elimination through centralized wholesale terminals could save millions in New York City boroughs and beyond, delivering cars directly to wholesalers and reducing delays and spoilage.
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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 Seeks Saddle Potential
United States Department of Agriculture sends two year old Morgan stallion Lucky from Middlebury Vermont to the King Ranch Kingsville Texas to study saddle possibilities. Lucky 14 and a half hands, 925 pounds, sired by Hugo out of Wanice. Breeders show strong interest as the King Ranch plans to breed him to high class mares.
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Lucky
Vermont Farm
Famous Ranch
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
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
Favor Uniform Containers
Standardized containers are essential for effective marketing. Cana, jure and other bottles should match in pack, appearance, quality, and condition so that every container meeting the stated standard becomes a self advertising guaranty of future purchases.
Boys Surpass Their Elders In Cattle Registry Rise
In Ustick near Boise City, boys, aided by department agents and the State College of Agriculture, bought 19 head of purebred cattle, boosting their community total by 26 percent and modeling self driven agricultural progress beyond regional elders.
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United States
Ustick
Boise City
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
State College of Agriculture
Mites and Lice Harm Poultry Yields and Care
Mites and lice injure fowls sap vitality and reduce egg production. Thorough house cleaning frequent disinfectant use on roosts and nests and regular dusting of the birds control these pests.
Grain storage and soil notes amid Midwest farming forecast
Farmers advised to store grain and keep weeds from seeding, with lime added to sour soil. The text notes a coming rise in crop numbers in the Midwest and mentions millet seed rates of three to four pecks per acre as standard practice.
Popular Dutch colonial home shown with large living room
The article describes a century old Dutch colonial home famed for quaintness and roominess. It highlights an 18 ft 8 in by 27 ft living room with a large open fireplace, a 10 by 14 ft covered porch, a long reception hall, and a dining room of 13 ft 3 in by 15 ft, noting modern building innovations and hospitable appearance.
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W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Vwts
Baiter
Willem A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Attractive lat ice house design with modern kitchen features
The home showcases a frame with lower story lat ice and upper siding, an old fashioned door with knocker, arch centered dormers, green shutters, and a practical modern kitchen. Four equal bedrooms on the second floor share two windows each. ample closets and a pantry porch ice box improve efficiency amid labor shortages.
Water Lilies In Profusion At Kenilworth Gardens
Washingtons Shaw aquatic gardens at Kenilworth face destruction from the Anacostia reclamation project. The water lily farm spans six acres with 10 pools and 75 varied varieties, from Siberian pymaea to virginalis. Each bloom opens on its own schedule from dawn to dusk, with night blooms opening after dusk 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
Extraordinary high altitude garden near Aosta
A garden at 6030 feet near the Little St Bernard in the Aosta valley showcases mountain flora from the Alps Balkans Carpathians Caucasus Pyrenees Himalayas and ranges in America Japan and New Zealand. Begun in 1892 it was opened for inspection in 1807 under the care of Professor Vaccari Rocheste r Post Express says.
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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 in Politics and Western Bacon Bargains
A fragmentary discussion notes women in politics attract attention and questions why many women engage in political arenas. The speaker spars with a reference to bargains or bait associated with political involvement, suggesting stereotypes about gender and public life.
Staying on Watch Amid Summer, Marriage and Liquor
A fragment from a household note hints at guarding a home through the summer. It mentions staying vigilant, not leaving a spouse alone with liquor, and a cautious, perhaps strained, domestic exchange. The tone suggests concern, possessiveness, and a practical, if tense, arrangement.
Honor Their Patron Saint of the Gypsies in Brittany Shrine
Caravans from southern Europe converge on Ploumance Brittany to honor Saint Sara the Egyptians, patron saint of Gypsies. An encampment shaped like a five pointed star houses 5,000 from France Spain Italy and Romania. The Sara legend contradicts scripture but Gypsies keep the annual pilgrimage when wars permit.
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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 fed five cows a diet that replaced corn silage with sunflower silage for 24 days. The cows showed weight loss averaging 66 pounds and milk output dropped by 3.4 pounds per day, then recovered after switching back to cane silage, gaining 25 pounds per cow and restoring most milk production.
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Kansas
Dairy Department
Kansas State Agricultural College
Orders by Pigeon Post in England
A butcher's son uses homing pigeons to ferry shop orders from distant districts. He gathers about a dozen orders per round, releases coded slips in metal cases on each pigeon, and returns to his father’s shop within about three hours with all orders dispatched.
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England
Sing Sing Chimney Painters Draw Top Escaped Climber
War den Lawes selects Emil Totterman, famed escape artist and former sailor, to climb Sing Sing power house chimney 75 feet high to repaint and fasten rigging. Totterman, serving a natural life sentence, will apply yellow paint to match new exterior coats on prison buildings.
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Sing Sing
Lawes
Emil Totterman
Otterman
Waste of Gasoline In Canada Estimated Losses
Analysts say half a gallon of gasoline per car is wasted daily in Canada through carelessness and excessive driving. This adds up to about 200000 gallons wasted daily nationwide, or roughly 79000000 gallons per year if cars run every day.
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Canada
Wood Advancing Hill-Everything in the way of woodenware
The note says woodenware prices are rising and Gill is aware of the trend. It oddly mentions a man with a wooden head who no longer desires a large morning bean, implying a humorous or nonsensical line about appetite or fortune.
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Wood
Hill
Gill
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Woman
Mrs Minnie Mitchell of Barrington Maine reports relief from backache displacements irregularities and nervous prostration after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges others suffering similarly to try the medicine and writes confidentially to Lydia E Pinkham Co Lynn Mass for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Minnie Mitch- 2Arrington
Mitchell
Lydia E
Noisy phonographs headlined in new car sales
A prosperous citizen asks for a new car and the dealer touts phonographs in all models. The joke notes the phonograph noise drowns the engine knock, highlighting a quirky 20th century auto marketing gag.
Will Understand Later On Mother Elsie Exchange
Dialogue between a mother and daughter about age comments. Elsie says it was unkind to ask Miss Older her age. The daughter defends asking first and notes she did not get mad.
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Elsie
Reduced to It and Torn by Emotions
A terse exchange evokes fragility with a remark about feeling limp as a rug and being torn by emotions. The line hints at men preferring bachelor tax over becoming benedicts, framing a satirical view of reform era social expectations.
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Idaho
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Shaw Aquatic Gardens
National Capital
Gipsles
Nables Oy
Holland
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Beleans
Bellanns
T. Sans
Tote Co
Otay
Cal
Denver
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