Denial of Butter Fat Loss Claim In Separator Debate
Frank J. Beckman challenges claims about the No. 6 U.S. Separator used by Alec Shafter. He offers $50 to anyone who can prove the separator leaves 1.5 pounds of butter fat per 2 pounds of milk and that an intelligent woman needs an hour to clean its bowl. He invites manufacturers to come forward to verify or debunk the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Alec ‘Shafter
Frank J. Beckman
Frank Beckman
U. S
Alex Shaffer
Rud
Stensvad
Beckman
Mr. Shaffer
Mr. Stensvad
Mr. Beckman
Rollman
California
Rollman Manufacturing CO
Penn Avenue
Mowat Joy
Academy Commencement Proceedings and Local News
The Hull academy held commencements over two evenings with essays and an oration by J B Chase of Ochesedan. Graduates included Gele Blatherwick, Jennie Dragoo, Kathryn McCabe, Marie Loepp, Effie Horn, and Harry Beckman. Notices mention marriages, real estate trips, and local travel, along with church services and rail updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha
Tha Academy
J. B. Chase
Ochesedan
Gele Blatherwick
Jennie Dragoo
Kathryn McCabe
Marie Loepp
Effie Horn
Mr. Uarry
Beckman
Miss Horn
Locop
Blatherwick
McGabe
Excursion to Arnold's Park by Great Lakes Line
A Sunday excursion from Hull on June 30 offers concerts at the Milwaukee Beach Pavilion Arnold's Park and a Sioux Falls vs. Flandreau baseball game with free grand stand admission for excursion ticket holders. Five excursion steamers operate from Okoboji with 25 cent round trips to Milwaukee Head landings. special train departs 8:33 a m. returning 7:40 p m. Tickets good only on the special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold’s Park
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pant Ry
Milwaukee Beach
Arnold's Park
Sioux Falls
Okeboji
Okoboji
Lake Park
Alilwaukee Beach
Milwaukee Head
Hull
Arnolds Park
Tull
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
Debate over showing cream separator versus endorsements
In a public query the INDEX asks readers whether a U S cream separator should demonstrate capabilities or rely on claims by Alec Shaffer and his backers regarding the DeLaval separator. The piece invites subscriptions to decide which approach is fairer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Alec Shaffer
Ous
Ife
Ila
Ami
Desige
Feneralship
Will Aanbie An
Winds of Love in Ainslee’s Magazine Verse
Fragmentary verse echoes wind driven thoughts of love and fate. Imagery of wind, shadows, and roaming thoughts weaves through a dreamy meditation on longing and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainslee’s Magazine
Failure and Forgiveness in Phillips Brooks Early Life
A retrospective note on Phillips Brooks at Harvard and as a Boston Latin School teacher. It recounts a young Brooks punishing an innocent pupil, later forgiven when they met as a bishop, and reflects on his early career and public lessons from that incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheries Cassidey
Ft. Worth
Texas
Charlie
Gen
Chicago, Stock Inland & Texas Railroad
Levty
Wifo
Heny
Iowa
Chicago
Pactie
North Western
Gand
Jeane
Sioux City
Omaha
Argubright
Harvard Allege
Phillias Brooks
Boston
Latin School
Komich
Phillips Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Phillips Crooks
Brooks
Massachusetts
Boston Common
Sun and Moon Foretold Weather Pranks in Australia
A London Truth tale notes a famous local figure in a southern colony who guides weather expectations. While visiting England for a holiday he visits a fruit garden and observes peach trees planted to favor the midday sun, revealing a humorous misplanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Engtain
Fle
Jim
London
Equerial Error Sparks Imagined Newspaper Debate
A Washington Star quip imagines a baffling newspaper venture. Broudie Bill recalls it failing as the editor refused to attend. The scene depicts a disordered intellect and a paranoid desk stance with a six shooter referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broudie Bill
Washington Star
Long Mille Muddle in Swedish Travel Tale
A traveler in Sweden is told he is about six miles from a point yet faces walking 11 700 yards if he chooses to walk instead. The piece compares the Swedish mile as the longest mile in the world and notes the distance in yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Fragmentary Local Dialog and Brief Notes
A garbled passage records a domestic exchange about a child swallowing a halfpenny and a terse warning to Bridget. It also mentions a boastful boy and an older man’s brag from a love story. The page notes a line about the Chinese attempting to write basics before migration from the Caspian region.
Figs as Favorite Eatables and Racing Endurance
The article discusses animals' preference for figs and their eating habits, noting figures among elephants, fowls, and other creatures. It then shifts to a long aside on racecourse training, generalship, and pacing, with anecdotes about performers and hosts from social gatherings.
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Menifert
Fiie
Henry Brinkhorat
Warley
Gdro
Warren
Will Coad
Cusaldy & Pie
Greally
Stenavad
Toha DeKorter
Agaat Losey
Cassing & Fir
Hull Roller MT Company
O. TW
Minnesota
Hawarden Republican
Northwestern Railroad
Milwaukee
Aew
Presbyterian Church
Leverybody
Mr. Roth
Cedar Grove
Wista
Patiance
West Poin
Fred Wiese
C. F. Hoffman
Cassid & Fie’ A
Alfred Putman
Clair Dietz
E. W. Sheffield
Feodesh, Kan
A Newell
Paul Keep
Wcheyedan
Elmer “Hollister
Emmettsburg
Rock Valley
Jim Jensen
Cassiday & Fie
Nyimeyer
Dirk Mooley
Bertha Blood
Bertha
Morning Side College
E. W. Hazard
Taut Treck
St. Paul
Frank
John Hospers
Orange City
G. Klay
Justice
Hawkins
Fobn
Klay
John
Fr. Coac
Standard Oil Company
Coad
Hetle
John Jansma
Blacksmihh
Wesley Beekman
Justice Tawkins
Jansma
Beekman
Peter Jensen
Seale House
Jausma
Marshal Scholten
Shirley
Clark
Co. Ey
New Orléans
Picayune
Chas
United States
Duluth
Minn
Sintil
Beaumont
St. Charles
Towne
Anofa
Elyns
Charles Weed
Banater
Centitiog of
Chintee Oabservatits
Cai
Chita
Grand Council
Leslie’s Weekly
Res. Murphy
Pat
Bridget
Caspian Sea
P. J
Daane
Saturday Review
W. Papipis
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