Dairy Shorthorn Breeders Propose Unified Association
A dairy Shorthorn society proposal urges breeders to form the Pure-bred Dairy Shorthorn Association to promote the breed, publish milk records, award prizes, and standardize judging while avoiding a separate herd book. The note cites UK dairy trade value and emphasizes milking traits alongside show qualities. It also covers cattle health topics and Danish feeding methods as context for improved dairy production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Thos
Guinea
Cultivate Kindness in Life’s Business, Entvoile Says
Johnson notes that cultivating kindness is a part of the business of life, underscoring a practical ethos for everyday conduct and social interaction.
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Entvoile
Johnson
Surfaceman Named Chief Librarian at Edinburgh University Library
Alexander Anderson known as Surfaceman has been appointed Chief Librarian at Edinburgh University Library. Born April 30 1845 in Dumfriesshire he started as a quarryman and railway surface worker before a literary career. He wrote as Surfaceman publishing A Song of Labor and Two Angels and Songs of the Rail.
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Alexander Anderson
Surfaceman
Edinburgh University Library
Anderson
Dundee Advertiser
iXirnkconnel
Dumfriesshire
Edinburgh Philoophical Society
University Library
A Busy Temple Tirupati’s Crowd and Vows
The Virupati Temple in North Arcot District ranks as one of India's most visited. Pilgrims vow to part with valuables and even hair to satisfy sacred vows, with nearly every pilgrim leaving the temple shaved after their visit.
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Losnon
James Dunlop
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
Scotland
Denmark
Mr Union
Milk Record Society
Aly
Virupati
Arcot
India
Tirupati
Madras
British inns lag behind French hospitality say Lancet
A Lancet critique notes British innkeepers in the Home Counties neglect traveler comfort. It contrasts unfriendly service with the more accommodating inns in provincial France, accusing innkeepers of prioritizing selling intoxicants over guest well being.
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Great Britain
France
Behind the Tunes An Ancient Village Dame Reflects
A fragmentary note recalls a elderly village dame speaking to her daughter, questioning the motives of distant forces and pondering whether the war efforts serve her homeland or other distant conflicts like the Boers. The voice hints at wartime skepticism and curiosity about global struggles.
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King of Pollard Distributors
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Ndiko Bad Wartha
Fortescue & Sons
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Fredk, Mason
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Champio
Sena
Illuatratea Catalogu
Fredk, Mason — Machinery Sterehann
Sunes Street
Sydney
Box 205
G.P.C
D. Raves
Succe
Australasia
Daly
Vue
Ulion
Wolsey
Burgon
Hamilton Street
Computing
Body Muzma Oy
Ed Price Lite
the Standard Computing Scale Company
Union Chambers
Pitt Street
Spencer Nolan
Ladies
Oxford ST. Allie
Hornsby
Ungersignes
HAM & Owen
Bridge St. Sten
Sussex Street
Hunter & Company
Thomas H. Tixon
Shormey Bulletin
Vr Peters
Nebraska Experiment Station
British Inns
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