Many Seek Jobs in Midwestern Free Employment Bureaus
In several Ohio cities including Columbus and Cleveland a busy month saw 71, before 600 requests for farm help and 1,071 job seekers. Across Cleveland Akron Cincinnati Toledo Youngstown and Columbus thousands applied. thousands more found work or were placed. Data breakouts show farm placements, unskilled and skilled labor, and clerical hires with domestic work dominating female placements.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Akron
Cincinnati
Dayton
Jelo
Youngstown
Toledo
Bureau
Insurance on a Sailboat Echoes Ancient Sea Writs
A reader notes a bill for sailboat insurance read with delight due to its archaic phraseology. The policy vows to bear adventures and perils of seas and war, pirates and thieves, jettisons and arrests, lawfully covering all kings and peoples, inviting inquiry into its origin.
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Christopher Columbus
Hoodoo ships spotted by underwriters in launch lore
In Syren and Shipping, underwriters note that ships deemed hoodoo are hard to insure and misfortunes at launch signal an unlucky career. The Daphne drowned over a hundred during launch, later renamed several times yet remained cursed before finally sinking.
King Loses £500000 in French Court Case
The Court of Appeals in Tou rJouse France reversed a 1913 Civil Court ruling that King Alfonso of Spain received £500000 from Albert Sapene former mayor of a small town near Toplon. The Appeals Court declared the will invalid and awarded the entire estate to Sapene’s sister, noting Sapene’s royalist leanings as the motive.
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Court of Appeals
TourJouse
France
St. Gaudens
Alfonso
Spain
Albert Sapene
Toplon
M. Sapene
Climbing records face challenge from Everest expedition
The Duke of the Abruzzi held the world mountaineering record at 24 600 feet on Mount Godwin Austen in the Himalayas though he did not reach the summit. A British expedition plans to attempt Everest at an estimated 29 141 feet. Mrs Fanny Bullock Workman set a women’s record of 23 300 feet on a Nun Kun peak in India.
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Duke of the
Abruzzi
Godwin-Austen
Himalayas
Everest
Fanny Bullock-Workman
Nun Kun
India
Actress Offended By Friend Joke Over Photo Shoot
A well known actress, confronted about her appearance, retorts that she has just had art photographs taken and is trying to resemble them. She replies when asked what is the matter with her face that she looks drawn and out of focus by design.
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Dramatic Mirror
Sailors Stranded in New York After War Boom
In New York port a large wave of unemployed sailors, about twenty thousand, many Scandinavian, await cargoes as ships lack work after wartime earnings. The boom era ends with widespread idleness and destitution among seamen.
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New York
Right Hon William Crooks Dies, Longtime Labour MP
London report notes the death of The Right Hon William Crooks who served as Labour member of Parliament for nearly twenty years. He began life in poverty as a pauper and rose to political office.
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London
Wiliam Crooks
Gum Industry Has Humble Beginning
A World Outlook piece traces the gum industry from chicle's discovery with Mexico supplying the raw material to the U S market. It recounts Gen Santi Anna bringing chicle to New York in 1866, Thomas Adams and son developing chewing gum, and the first piece sold for 35 dollars seed money. The article notes the industry now moves about 60 million dollars annually globally.
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Mexico
United States
Santi Anna
Saug Harbor
Staten Island
Thomas Adams
Thomas
Stoi
Adams
Wealth in Mosquitia Timber Estimated at 248 Million
The Mosquitia territory in Honduras holds about 90 million pine trees valued at 22.5 million, 45 million cedar and mahogany trees at 225 million, and 14 million miscellaneous trees at 1.4 million, totaling an estimated forest value of 248.9 million. The area spans ~9,000 square miles, with a population near 5,000, and rivers Negro Patuca and Coco provide inland navigation for light vessels.
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Mosquitia
Ritory
Honduras
United States
Mosquitia Territory
Republic
Patuca
Coco
World's Largest Scale at West Albany NY
A giant railway scale near West Albany New York now complete. It can weigh a 1 650 000 pound road with six instruments of 275 000 pounds each. The device tops heavy locomotives and other rolling stock. Nearby rail routes Chill Bolivia cross the Andes at 14 105 feet above sea level and offer oxygen chambers for passengers. A St Louis man was pickpocketed after a stranger pointed out a $1 bill, losing $29 from his hip pocket.
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West Albany
N.Y
Chill
Bolivia
Andes
St. Louia
Dishes of the Orient and Curious Foods to Eat
The article surveys exotic foods from East and Africa, praising oysters, snails, hedgehogs, and edible bird nests used as gelatin substitutes. It notes sea cucumbers, locusts, and the Bugong butterfly as dietary curiosities, detailing regional preparation methods and markets.
Why Thunder Sours Milk Explanation of lightning’s effect on dairy
The piece explains that milk contains bacteria that sour naturally over days. Under electrical influence bacteria become energized, causing milk to sour in minutes rather than days. Electricity is described as invigorating the bacteria much like stimulants affect people.
Snakes Eaten Roasted in Australia Said Delicate
An English traveler notes that several types of snakes are roasted in Australia and considered equal in delicacy to the finest stewed eels. The steam from roasting reptiles is described as not unsavory in any sense.
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Australia
Progressive Club of Washington Township Organizes in Iowa
A Cass County Iowa pig club is featured, with the United States Department of Agriculture backing youth farm programs. The Progressive Club of Washington Township forms with officer-led activities, monthly meetings, songs, and farm home discussions. Boys will pursue a pig club and girls sewing, planning demonstrations at the state fair and aiming to keep youth in farming.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cass County
Towa
Des Moines
Washington Township
Grapevine Looper Found Damaging Chautauqua Vines
United States Department of Agriculture observers report the grapevine looper a green worm about an inch and a half long causing damage to vineyards in the Chautauqua belt along Lake Erie. It feeds from early June to mid July and can be killed by spraying with a arsenate of lead solution mixed with water or Bordeaux mixture. A spray aimed at grapevine rootworm and grape berry moth after blossoms fall also controls the looper.
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Virginia
United States Department of Agriculture
Chautauqua
Lake Erie
Small Fruits In Orchards Prove Profitable
Small fruits have a place in every orchard and can boost home and farm revenue. Blackberries dewberries strawberries grapes and similar crops perform well on good soil with proper care and attention. A small land area dedicated to such fruits often yields higher returns than the rest of the farm if a market exists.
Capons as foster mothers for orphan chicks prove effective
An article by George Beuey in The Republic advocates capons as natural brooders. A Kansas experiment shows a White Wyandotte capon raising 26, then 31 chicks, with success across five weeks and successful weaning. Capons reduce artificial brooders, cut labor, and may save feed costs while offering protection against predators.
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Republic
George Beuey
Kansas
Mr. Cason
Capons
Mr. Benoy
Inventions and Patents Highlighted in Popular Science
A survey notes coconut shell derived acetic acid in Ceylon and a seaweed based alcohol yeast process patented in England. It mentions a railroad switch cleaning device, distant control searchlights, and a motion picture teaching aid for anatomy. Also notes waterproof cardboard coffins and a peanut milk substitute turning sour, with weed control by paper mulching in Hawaii and rubber-seed oil as a linseed substitute.
Facts About Gold From Historical Ledger
A historical note details gold properties and statistics. It covers weight measures, coin composition, production shares, extreme thinness of beaten sheets, dental use by Romans, and large U.S. gold reserves and subtreasury holdings. It cites 22 carat versus 14 carat value and the July 1 reserve total.
Quote Essay on Virtue and Temptation from Chicago American
A Chicago American editorial extols patience and self-criticism as tools of wisdom. It argues that poverty paired with temptation breeds crime, while necessity can foster art and science.
Bugs Carry Wilt Bacteria In Beetle Jaws
Striped green beetles that infest cucumbers were found to carry wilt bacteria in their jaws and transfer them from plant to plant. They often survive the bacteria through winter in their intestinal tract and infect crops again in spring, say plant pathologists at the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Tytet States Department of Agriculture
Proverbial View of Women and Their Traits
A series of admonitory maxims on women noting tenderness, jealousy, liberty, lip biting, and replacement of “good” women by “new” ones. It warns that wealth can buy affection but condemns indifference, while suggesting women may be swayed by money yet value consideration.
Early Cultivation Helps Young Plants Take Root
Frequent cultivation keeps soil aerated and warm, prevents crusting, and aids young plants. When moisture comes as showers, cultivate often. Proper early cultivation reduces later weed problems and maintenance as they establish.
Pitiful Case of Unhappiness Without Cause
A comic exchange unfolds as Mrs. Hilderberry explains her husband’s misery to an insurance collector. They joke that being unhappy without reason is a crime, recounting Lew Weeks whose stag party led to a minor mishap after his wife and sister-in-law’s visit and a chase by a town constable.
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Mrs. Hilderberry
Lew Weeks
Lew
Mutilated war heroes and a Civil War veteran joke
An army officer at a dinner warns that mutilated World War I veterans will be treated poorly after a few years. He recalls Civil War veterans’ hardships, including a one legged veteran who complains the bed in Ocean Grove is "uncomfortable" and only has three legs. The landlady quips that three legs is still two more than the veteran has.
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Ocean Grove
Got Even in a Highland Grudge Tale
Angus MacGrath, a village innocent, rubbed a bull at a farmyard gate then vowed revenge. He later returned with a brown calf and struck him, claiming to have “done it” to get even, telling the bull’s owner he sent word to the father about the deed.
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Angus MacGrath
Angus
The Lap of Luxury Misunderstood By a Bright Pupil
A teacher asks what the lap of luxury means and a pupil answers with a witty tale about a cat stealing into the larder and licking cream from milk. The exchange amuses and unsettles the teacher as she ponders the child's clever remark.
Quiet Labour Prompted by Moving Day Plans
Bre and Bill exchange terse remarks about worry and workload as Bre announces starting work tomorrow, signaling a shift in routine and the strain of impending duty. The dialogue hints at domestic tension and mounting responsibilities as a new workday approaches.
Blankets by the Million in the United Kingdom
More than 3,000 pairs of blankets are woven annually in the United Kingdom, reflecting a substantial domestic textile effort. The article notes steady production, with implications for industry employment and regional textile centers.
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United Kingdom
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