Ex Bankers in Prison at Leavenworth in Bankers Row
Ex bankers now inmates at the United States penitentiary in Leavenworth Kansas total 21 and form the most educated and refined group among the prison population. They are housed on Bankers Row and work as clerks keeping prison records and supervising laundry. They wear the prison uniform and follow standard penitentiary routine while maintaining orderly conduct.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Flavius J. Tygard
Butler
Bankers’ Colony
United States
Tygard
High Finance
Bankers' Colony Inmates Named With Roles And Terms
A list identifies the so called Bankers' Colony inmates with their home towns jobs and sentence dates. Warden McClaughrey defends the group saying they receive no special privileges and are held to the same rules as other prisoners.
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Bankers’ Colony
Justus L. Brodrick
Elkhart
Ind
Walter Brown
Wilson L. Collins
Cyrus J. McCrady
Seymour
Alfred (. Barker
Redford
John TE Wood
Matthews
Frank GG. Bigelow
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry G. Goll
Robert BR. Taylor
New York City
Missouri State Prison
Milton J. Fugman
San Antonio
Tex
Thomas E. Lary
Nillsboro
Frank M. Mabry
McGregor
J. A. Erickson
Minot
N. D
Charles C. King
Scotland
S D
Charles E. Grotefend
St. Louis
Thomas Coghill
Sherman FE. Haas
Chicago
Joliet
McClaughrey
Making of Matches Reveals Widespread Pacific Coast Industry
Washington report details global and domestic demand for matches, with 3,000,000 struck each minute and Americans consuming 700 billion yearly. It notes hundreds of U.S. factories, a Pacific coast facility covering 240 acres, 32 miles of rail, and 200,000 feet daily of logs. The piece explains timber quality, by products, imports, and the patented processes behind match production including a machine capable of 177,926,460 daily outputs. The Japanese are noted for paper matches.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Wedding Fee Ties Knot Over Two Dollar Charge
Groom seeks cheapest marriage payment as magistrate Justice John Marshall Smedes ties wedding vow with bride Annie Hunter and guests. The groom offers 45 cents and a best man helps by asking the maid of honor to slip the squire five cents for the ceremony.
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Cincinnati
George Wadsworth
John Marshall Smedes
Marshall
Wadsworth
Annie Hunter
Justice Smedes
Smedes
Jim
New York Rail Accidents Report Falls Short of Safe Service
A public service commission record for October lists 47 deaths and 4866 injuries on Greater New York railways and streetcars. Of the injuries 593 occurred while alighting and 510 while boarding, with 791 hurt in vehicle collisions and 603 employees injured on duty.
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New York
Greater
Public Service Commission
Loss of Fish Business In Canada Ties To Eastern Markets
Canadian fishermen face reduced sales as catch enters Montreal and Toronto via Boston and New York. Canadians plan to counter the decline with improved railroad service and modern refrigerator facilities to restore markets and distribution.
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Montreal
Toronto
Boston
New York
Diary of a royal Spanish baby schedule
Madrid reports a diary for the royal baby listing a regimented day from 7:30 a m wake up to 6 p m supper. The routine includes breakfast hatch first visits to parents promenades in palace grounds open air lunch siesta drives in Casa del Campo and visits to the parents with brief bar at 6 p m.
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Madrid
Hatch
Palace
Casa del Campo
Pas Co
Ailment of Cows at Calving Time
Article explains garget or caked udder in calving cows. Udder becomes hard with enlarged feverish glands due to excess milk. Do not fully milk out cows. partially empty to reduce inflammation, use warm water fomentation, provide calf suckling, and rub with compounded ointment after milking.
What Milk Costs From Cornell Dairy Study
Cornell university reports milk production costs at 65 cents per hundredweight and fat at 16 cents per pound with variations among individuals of the same breed. Larger cows use less dry material per 1000 pounds body weight, best fat yields come from cows with strong milk flow, higher food intake yields more milk and fat at lower costs, and pasture grass remains the cheapest feed for milk and fat production.
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Cornell University
Dairy cows and beef prospects in Wisconsin farming
The author argues that average Wisconsin cows yield about 160 pounds of butter per year and typically fail to profit in beef when raised as steers. He contends it is better to breed cows specialized for milking rather than dual-purpose animals, noting the difficulty of dairy cows producing offspring with strong beef traits.
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Wisconsin
Tk. C, Jacobs
Milking Stool Improves on Old Fashioned Design
A Farm and Home correspondent describes a milking stool improvement. The new design replaces the standard two joined pieces with two braces nailed to the stool, preventing looseness and reducing danger during use.
Strippings and Dairy Stable Practices Highlight Profits
The article extols free boarded stables and clean dairies, noting better cows and feed yield higher profits. It urges proper stall width, four high producers over eight average ones, and offers a method to keep cream in summer by burying a sealed 12 bucket near the separator. It compares hand and machine milking, finding machines faster and capable of milking ten cows by one man with four machines.
Brainy Farmers Win By Thinking Before Acting
It takes a man with brains to make a success at farming nowadays. The man who thinks first and acts next always wins out over the fellow who, if he has anything to think with, always uses it when it is too late.
Hog Feeding Profit Link to Grain Prices
The article notes hog farming remains profitable when grain prices are low but warns at higher grain costs and expensive land that the hog operation may lose money. It emphasizes the shift in profitability drivers for American farmers.
Dairy farm water and icehouse concrete design
A detailed plan for a concrete dairy room and icehouse shows reinforced walls and floors, a 13 by 10 foot footprint, and a tall water tower with arch, floor drains, and three water pipes. Construction emphasizes strong reinforcement, watertight flooring, and a pyramid roof for a neat finish, with an estimated cost between $500 and $600.
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Joseph KE
Breeders’ Gazette
Useful Little Work Box and Office Wardrobe Tips
A compact guide describes making a small padded work box with a cotton reel rack and storage for needles silks and tapes. It offers fashion advice for business women including a one piece princess style dress with a black marchioness wrap and a picture hat. It notes striped gauze fabrics for tunics and fichu bodices and minimal trimming.
Uses of Perfume Properly Prepared Sachets
The article advises on subtle fragrance methods using sachets and powders to scent clothing and linens. It details blends with cedarwood lavender benzoin cloves and cinnamon, plus options like pads and bags to avoid harshness. It notes vanilla beans fir balsam and orris root for lasting delicate scents.
Modernized antique waist-bag with emeralds and crochet
An antique waist-bag of rich silk, with a gold mounting and real emeralds, has been renovated by its owner a skilled crochet worker who partly veiled the faded silk with shamrocks and harps worked in silk Trish crochet to echo the emeralds and evoke verdant Erin.
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Erin
Expensive Bridge Coats in Net and Lace
In this era of lavish fashion a bridge coat costs hundreds, with hand work driving the price. A coat and sleeve coatee in ecru filet net features a filet lace border with gold thread, ivory soutache braiding, and gold highlights. A black mandarin style coat repeats the elaborate border and colored embroidery on net.
Yellow Wedding Color Advice From Fashion Notes
In selecting yellow flowers and gowns for a wedding, opt for the deepest rich shades to keep the color vibrant. Lighter yellows fade to creamy or near white, so careful choice is essential for a true yellow wedding palette.
Useful Panamá cloth dress patterns and care tips
The article extols black Panama shirtwaist costumes for women and schoolgirls, noting the fabric’s harsh feel against the skin and suggesting half waist adjustments, trimmed cuffs and collars, and a circular skirt with silk or braided trim. It highlights durability, weather resilience, and styling variations for schoolwear and uniforms.
Homemade neckwear designs with embroidery crochet lace
Three handmade neckwear samples described. The top features coronation braid embroidery, the middle showcases large black dots and rings, and the bottom uses crochet lace in a clover leaf pattern.
Winter Costumes Described In Fine Bespoke Attire
A description outlines a smart black broadcloth outfit with habit back and plain skirt, horn buttons, dal green suede collar, silk cuffs, and a black flat hat with a large ribbon bow. It notes a brown cantifmt sit, a slightly training skirt, deep flounce embroidery, and a tight three-quarter coat with pale fawn vest, hand embroidery, and brown velvet collar.
bridal pageant care differs from plans
The text notes that bridal showings and floral arrangements under artificial light often fail to match the bride’s plans, with care not always shown and the resulting effect differing from expectations.
Regal chameleon ribbons in vogue with velvet flowers
Ribbons in rich velvet floral designs feature chameleon gold and silver tints. Available in arouad sash widths and standard trimming grades. Gold and silver tissues by the yard suit skirts and bodices, reflecting vogue glamour.
Little French Blouses Feature Hand Embroidery Details
The article highlights smart tailor-made little French blouses in mulberry tones with soft colors. It notes hand embroidery as a feature of the waists but not in lavish quantities.
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M. Y
Wilkie
Secretary of the Treasury
Gage
Leavenworth
Kansas
Germany
Austria
France
Sweden
Fire Department of
District of Columbia
Maid of Honor
Squire
Royal Infant
Ved
Garget
Cornell University Experiment Station
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