Compensation for Veterans Families Expanded by Green Bill
The Green bill expands compensation to dependents of more than 800 veterans, allowing over four years payments totaling about 14.5 million dollars. Widows of certain fallen veterans may apply, and nearly 2,000 women may benefit, with additional relief including forgiveness of debts totaling around 109 thousand dollars for about 1,800 veterans.
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Almerican Legion
Watson B. Miller
Legion
United States
Roosevelt's Opinion on Slacker Oaths Sparks War Pledge Debate
Roosevelt condemned signing pledges to avoid service, calling for disfranchisement and front line tasks to relieve soldiers. The fiery view, from a letter to Mrs. Russell MacLennan of Redondo, California, is preserved by her as part of Rough Rider era rhetoric.
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Army
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Russell MacLennan
Redondo
Americans Auxiliary
Call
Rough Rider
MacLennan
Grave digger joins Legion after finding veteran worker
Wright Tarbell of Watertown 8 D champion member getter for the American Legion visited a cemetery to arrange a burial plot for a veteran. There he encountered a veteran already digging graves and signed him up for the Legion. The veteran then borrowed from the sexton to pay his dues.
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Wright Tarbell
Watertown
American Legion
Legion
Dangerous Nostalgia in Legion Weekly Dinner Exchange
Fragmentary quotes from the American Legion Weekly discuss a dinner gathering and the effects of flavored drinks on a girl described as intoxicated. The snippet reflects era tone and social commentary without full context or events.
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American Legion Weekly
Use of Salt in Range Management Booklet Issued
New USDA publication titled The Use of Salt in Range Management, by W R Chapline and Mo W Talbot, consolidates experiments and field observations on salt use for grazing stock. It details salt allowances, container design, and guidelines for cattle horses sheep and goats, with emphasis on cattle management. free 879-D circular available while supplies last, otherwise 10 cents from the Public Documents office.
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United States Department of Agriculture
W. R. Chapline
Mo. W. ‘Talbot
Forest Service
Washington, D. CO
Superintendent of Public Documents
Washington, D. C
Notion That Farm Seeds Run Out Is Dispelled
A Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association effort dispels the belief that farm seeds run out. Farmers now grow pure bred, well cleaned seed on their own farms, avoiding trade and weed introduction, and enhancing local seed quality and supply. The program has elevated Wisconsin as a major seed grain source.
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Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
Feeding a Young Calf in Early Months
The guide advises feeding calves sparingly at one month old, about four to six pounds daily, with milk morning and evening. Some suggest three or four feeds, but this isn’t necessary unless the calf is weak. By six weeks, gradually increase to ten to fifteen pounds daily.
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Ealfs
Turkey Is Dainty Eater
Turkey is a dainty eater, requiring clean food to stay healthy. Free range conditions provide fresh air and cleanliness, though some flocks thrive in confinement with good care.
Farm Notes on Culling, Advertising, and Animal Care
A collection of agricultural tips and sayings covers culling and saving on poultry costs, advertising self-promotion, family vacations, thinning fruit to improve yield, lime for acidic soils before seeding alfalfa, soil improvement by college guidance, and horse collar care including washing with warm water to prevent soreness from ill fitting or dirty collars.
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Farm Bureau
State Agricultural College
Luxurious coats and autumn millinery reveal fashion shifts
JULLA BOTTOMLEY reports a runway of stylish coats and hats for autumn and winter. Utility and dressier coats diverge with the former emphasizing warm, practical lines and fur trims, while hats showcase velvet, suede and intricate stitching. The spread notes fur collars, reversals, roomy pockets, and evolving brim and crown treatments.
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Julla Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Profit contrasts in Illinois poultry records reveal top third outperforming others
Illinois farmers collaborating with the College of Agriculture extension kept flock records showing total poultry profits of 48778 and cash receipts of 148598 from 39126 chickens and 416457 eggs. Best one third averaged 118 eggs per hen and $2.45 profit per hen, while poorest third lagged on profits, culls, and labor returns.
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Illinois
College of Agriculture, University of Iinois
John Vandervort
Vandervort
Close Calling
Prong Horn Antelope Family Tells Delicate Tale
Mother Prong Horn Antelope narrates to her young about hollow pronged horns, rare hollow horned features, and the diverse habitats from Rocky Mountains to deserts. She notes the family’s delicacy in cold weather, pride in being interesting, and plans to share more stories another time. The scene ends with the antelope youngsters appreciating the tale and seeking rest in a sunny grove.
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Mother
Rocky Mountains
Milk output little different from kafir in dairy test
Kansas Agricultural College tests show ground corn gives a very slight advantage over ground kafir. Milk and butterfat gains are minimal, and body weights are similar. Cows fed alfalfa hay, sorg silage, and a grain mix of four parts grain, two parts wheat bran, and one part oil meal.
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Kansas Agricultural College
Grease Cures Lice in Chicks Paragraph
Examine chicks showing signs of distress for head lice. The head louse is a destructive parasite. A sure remedy is grease because the insect cannot endure it. Rub lard into the heads of affected chicks after verification, then repeat in a week for relief.
Hogs Use By-Products To Boost Farm Waste Utilization
Hogs utilize farm by products that would be wasted including milk dairy waste garbage and meat from lost animals. They also consume garden waste non market grains and seeds from slaughter by products to profitably repurpose waste. Hogs multiply quickly and can be prepared for market faster than other farm animals.
Riddles and Puns From a Funny Page
A fragmentary humorous exchange presents ditzy wordplay and riddles about a doorbell a donkey and a postage stamp and a slangy riddle involving an eavesdropper and a blind man’s delight. The lines mix old timey jokes and dodgy spelling for comic effect.
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Roosevelt
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Outun
Kafir
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