Wise restraint urged on expanding farm acreage
Secretary David F. Houston warns against large sudden increases in farm land due to labor and capital limits. He urges detailed regional studies to utilize existing lands, improve settlement patterns, and curb misleading land sellers while expanding rural infrastructure and services.
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Washington
David F. Houston
Federal Department Ie
Agricultural Colleges
Houston
Land Company
Needle in His Body For Half a Century
In Elyria Ohio Robert Myers aged fifty two developed a lump between his shoulder blades. Doctors removed a tarnished needle with 24 inches of thread still attached, likely swallowed as a child and wandering for decades. Medical staff say his ailments stem from the needle's journey through his body.
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Elyria
Robert Myers
Myers
Tiny Hillsboro jeweler builds a compressed air engine
A Hillsboro jeweler crafts a minuscule engine driven by compressed air. It measures three quarters of an inch in length and weighs two and a quarter grains. Cylinder bore is 281000 of an inch and the flywheel diameter is 964 of an inch with a 901000 of an inch stroke.
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Hilllsboro
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Hillsboro
Ontario Power Company
Niagara Falls
Musicians Return Home After World War Strain
American musicians come back to studio and stage after war service. Veterans like David Hochstein lie dead, others rejoin theater orchestras, cabaret bands, and concert halls. Percussionists, pianists, and violinists resume old careers as they adapt to civilian life.
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America
Ike David Hochstein
Argonne
Percy Grainger
Irving Bertie
Albert Spalding
Amepten
The Kitchen Cabinet
A reflective note on valuing time and living fully. Advice praises using baking to fill life with joy, suggesting a white cookie recipe with maple fondant and almonds. A gift of cakes and jelly or grape juice is recommended as a simple, acceptable kindness that eliminates the unessential as they pass.
Thrifty wife cites grape juice for meals and drinks
A thrifty housewife notes she has bottled ample grape juice to feed her family and as its popularity grows becomes the universal drink. She lists several dishes that can use grape juice beyond beverages.
Grape Juice Parfait and Grapefruit Serving Tips
Instructions describe making a grape juice parfait with gelatin and lemon, plus serving breakfast grapefruit halves with grape juice. Steps include beating cream, cooking sugar and grape juice to soft ball stage, folding with egg white, and chilling in a mold with ice and salt for three hours.
Gelatin Dessert and Misty Narrative Fragments
Soften gelatin in cold water then dissolve in heated mix with grape juice sugar lemon juice and beat in egg whites. Fold in marshmallows and chill in molds served with cream. The text also includes a moral about a man who does things the wrong way and a vague rescue brigade reference.
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Rescue Brigade
Preparation of Barreled Apples for the Market
The Agriculture Bureau publishes Farmers' Bulletin 1080 on preparing barreled apples for sale. It details maturity signs, picking methods, use of sacks and baskets, ladder selection, sorting tables, sizing machines, and feeding options. It also covers grading laws, packing house designs, and hauling practices for efficient, quality packing and distribution.
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United States Department of Agriculture
East
Middle West
Bureau of Markets
Northwest
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