Meaning of words in church and a warning on population
The essay discusses why audiences struggle to understand speech and urges careful word choices. It recounts a classroom experiment where a student could not define futile, illustrating vocabulary gaps. It then critiques rising population and wealth, arguing increased population taxes natural resources and risks crowded cities like China.
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America
Burke
United States
China
Com
Registrations on Texas autos reach 700,000 in 1923
Texas state highway department reports 1923 motor vehicle registrations will exceed 700,000, with 11 months totaling 672,000 and December likely pushing past the mark. Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, and Bexar counties lead in increases, while counties inch toward 1922 figures. Authorities adopt an automotive reference manual for weight and horsepower and prepare 1924 seals and records for tax collectors.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Dallas County
Harris County
Tarrant County
Bexar County
Highway Department
Highway to Connect Tyler and Henderson
The Texas highway commission reaffirmed state aid for State Highway No. 7 linking Tyler to the Rusk county line at Arp on the federal 7 percent system. The route will provide direct connections from Smith, Rusk, and Panola counties to Tyler, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Shreveport, with a spur from Troup linking to the pike. State Highway No. 43 was re routed to pass Jacksonville direct to Henderson and Marshall, extending from East Texas to Central Texas.
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Tyler
Tex
Henderson
State Highway Commission
Rusk County
Arp
Smith, Rusk
Panola Counties
Dallas
Fort Worth
Shreveport
Troup
Jacksonville
Marshall
East Texas
Austin
Texas
The
Highway Commission
Tyler Troup
Wintering Pullets Demand Precise Care and Management
A poultryman should classify pullets into four grades food medium poor and culls and sell the latter for meat. Six inches of straw on cleaned dry floors, thorough sanitation and whitewashing, draft control and window curtains. Provide grain mash ad lib and steer feeding to keep production under fifty percent for months.
Kentucky moves toward pure bred livestock progress
Wayland Rhoads of the Kentucky extension service reports rapid shift from scrub sires to pure breds in dairy and beef stock. About 16 percent of dairy bulls and 20 percent of beef bulls are now pure bred, with growth continuing. Previously half of east Kentucky mountain counties had no pure breds and the state lost 15 million dollars yearly to scrub bulls and boars. The movement, supported by the Better Lives Better Stock program, ranks Kentucky third nationwide, with 1,508 farmers signing to use pure bred sires exclusively and adopt improved husbandry methods.
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Kentucky
Wayland Rhoads
Kentucky Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Best
Mr. Rhoads
High Roosts Cause of Fowls Sore Feet
The article notes high roosts as the main cause of bumblefoot in large breeds. It warns hens will jump down from roosts over two feet high and suffer bruised feet on hard floors. It advises removing the high roosts to cure injuries, using wifehhazel, and keeping hens in a henhouse to prevent flying down from high perches.
Prevent Tuberculosis Clean Up All Grade Cows
Dairy expert C. S. Rhode of University of Lanois urges cleaning grade herds before expanding with purebred cows. He warns that selling clean animals now reduces tuberculosis risks and future losses, promoting strict culling and demand for disease-free stock among farmers and cow testing groups.
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C. S. Rhode
Dairy Extension
University of Lanois
Women Outvote Men in Vienna Election Todays Vote
Vienna analysis of the October 28 vote shows men casting 474000 ballots and women 554000, closely aligned with the sex population. Socialists polled 276000 men and 295000 women, while Christian Socialists drew 137000 men and 201000 women.
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Vienna
Austria
Christian Socialists
American flag vessels drive US trade shares in first nine months
American flag vessels carried 40 percent of total foreign trade, 49 percent of imports, and 30 percent of exports of the United States in the first nine months of 1923, according to figures issued this week by the Shipping Board's Bureau of Research.
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Washington
United States
The
Shipping Board
Bureau of Research
Large Cows Are Better Producers of Butterfat
A Missouri investigation compares Jersey cows from 625 to 1125 pounds, showing larger cows yield more butterfat. Cows averaging 625 pounds produced about 40 pounds of fat, while those at 1125 pounds produced around 471 pounds. After reaching 1000 pounds, extra weight adds little fat production.
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Missouri
Cleaner Health Bill Improves German Disease Control
Cleaner health bill, Berlin typhus and trachoma diseases of filth and poverty gradually brought under control in Germany. Diphtheria and scarlet fever also show decreases. Practically all contagious diseases improve since the war.
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Berlin
Germany
Creager Declines Ambassadorship to Mexico
Brownsville Texas businessman R B Creager has declined for now an offer of appointment as ambassador to Mexico. The decision comes amid speculation about U S diplomatic postings and regional relations in Washington.
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Creager
Washington
Brownsville
Texas
Mexico
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