Police Chief Pursues Cow Through Village Campus
In Chicago River Forest a cow belonging to Police Chief F W Taats disrupts a Rosary College masque. The chief lassos Lucy the Hereford to a front axle rope, moves the police car in short bursts, and finally leads the animal back toward the station over about three miles.
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Chicago
River Forest
F. W. Taats
Viola Lorenzen
Sergeart
United States
Rosary College
Rosary
Soo
Lucy
Ile
Tle
Laney
Goss
Nee
Gee
Birds killed by dash on light at Wind Point
Hundreds of birds of all species were killed by flying into the Wind Point light north of Racine. The foggy glare confused the birds causing them to dive into the lighthouse and cover the grounds with dead bodies.
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Dash
Racine
Wis
fiseHmite
Gre City
Freak Pig with Three Eyes Draws Attention in Batavia
Mrs Tha E Ess of Batavia raises a pig noted for three eyes, two snouts, two mouths and two tongues. The animal can see with all three eyes and squeal from both throats simultaneously. It is one of eleven pigs in the litter and may die soon.
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Rochester
Tha E. Ess
Batavia
Sweethearts Reunited by War in Coblenz Germany
In Coblenz Germany a U S Army soldier and his childhood neighbor Bertha Burgotte reunite after years apart. Arthur Schultz, now Private Schultz, recognizes Bertha from Toledo where they once played. Bertha plans to return to the United States with Schultz as his wife, the pair reuniting amid war's disruption.
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Toledo, O
Germany
Bertha Burgotte
Bertha
America
Arthur Schultz
Mchultz
Moselweiss
Coblengz
Trafic
Sebastz
Schultz
Bertha Borgette
United States
Man is Treed by Furious Bull Near Brownsville
In Hagerstown Indiana a man, BL Reid, spent the day perched in a cherry tree after being chased by a savage bull. He remained on the limb until a neighbor, W M Martin, helped push the animal away and lowered Reid to the ground later in the evening.
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Hagerstown
Tnd
Reid
Brownsville
Reid T
Othe
Eid
Meo Reid
W. M. Atartin
Mer Reid
Darth Casey
Murder Case Tied to Jealous Rivalry in Whitesburg
Whitesburg case centers on Judith Sergent aged seventeen who loved a mountaineer and conflicted with Chad Bates and his brother Bobbie over her father’s plan. Bates and confederate allegedly murdered Judith Sergent two days after Bates faced perjury charges, then fled to the mountains and dumped her body in a ravine found two weeks later.
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Whitesburg
Kkeudith
Dente Abe Teak
Chad Bates
Bobbie
Miijsl Sergent
Sergent
Vrhit Bates
Sernringamarriace Teense
Charity by E. L. Jay and the Auction Racket
Lawrence Terhune, a self styled reformer, uses a private sale plan to buy art from a New York auction with his agent Gerstensang. The agent dupes the auctioneer into bidding on bogus ivory pieces, inflating prices until the scheme collapses and Terhune’s confidence in the con is exposed.
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Lawrence Terhune
Lfe
Mikado
Terhune
Traney
Satsuma
J. Taawrence Terhune
Mr. Perdone
Tie
New York
Torhune
J. Lawrence Terhune
Nuctioneer
Mr Perhone
Tin Meester Derhune
Prine
Mr. Cer
Mr Terhune
Mr. Terhone
Gerstensang
Watt
Mr. Terfue
Nita
Cdadeeba Neds
Imagined Note and Bread Incident Across South America
A puzzling tale describes a native sending a note with four loaves of bread to a friend in South America. Theo ate one loaf en route, later discovering the note’s theft. On another occasion he sat on the note while eating a loaf, astonished by the clue it created.
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South America
Theo
Dud
United States potato grades aim for nationwide standard
The Bureau of Markets of the U S Department of Agriculture recommends United States grade fancy for potatoes in addition to No 1 and No 2. Fancy requires mature, bright, smooth potatoes free from dirt and defects with size ranges defined, allowing small deviations for commercial handling.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
United States Food Administration
Department
Bureau of Iarkets
Virginia Leads Nation in Better Sires Movement in Pulaski County
Farmers in Pulaski County Virginia join the Better Sires Better Stock program declaring they will adopt purebred sires and improve live stock. Over 10 000 head of domestic stock plus poultry enrolled with 654 local GTO farmers participating. Virginia leads nationwide enrollment as the Bureau of Animal Industry records show rising adoption of purebreds and replacement of inferior stock.
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Virginia
GTO
Pulaski County
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Thin all plants in garden
Nearly all home gardeners plant more seed than necessary to get a full stand. As soon as plants are large enough, pull excess plants to leave space for vegetables to develop. Crowded conditions cause tall unhealthy growth and excess plants act as weeds, using up food and moisture.
Home Storage of Vegetables for Winter Supplies
A farming bulletin advises saving fall harvests in basement cellars pits or outdoor caves to extend use of pumpkins squash beets onions tomatoes apples and more. It promotes economical storage rooms and mentions a Farmers Bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture with details on inexpensive storage options and menu variety.
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United States Department of Agricure
Clover Seeds Profit in Second Growth
Farmers can harvest profitable clover seed by cutting early at blossoming, applying plaster or fine compost, and allowing a strong stalk second growth. Seed comes from the second crop, not the first, with plaster as the best mineral fertilizer for economical yield.
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Chriff
Flivver
Lucey
Yank
Coblenz
Farmer
Mountaineer
E. L. Jay
Stensang
Aucetioneer
Gerstensing
Clersten
Clover Seeds
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