Milk and Kindness Think of It in Dairy Work
A Milwaukee woman, Addie F Howie, now an authority on jet cattle breeding, lectures at Wisconsin Agricultural College. She credits kindness as key to doubling milk yield, citing 22 pounds 5 ounces gained in seven days and calves sold at 300 dollars. Her approach links affection, scientific feeding, and profit, urging humane treatment of animals and people alike.
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Addie F. Howie
Howie
Milwaukee
Jet
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Bret Harte and Sala Meet Then Snub by Harte
A London anonymous memoir recounts Bret Harte meeting George Augustus Sala at a dinner where Harte coolly refused to be introduced to Sala, calling him a scoundrel. The tale highlights social tension and public intrigue surrounding literary figures of the era.
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Bret Harte
Sala
George Augustus Sala
London
Papa
Balo
Drink Evil in England a Victorian Warning
Mary Rankin Cranston in Craftsman surveys English pub life describing pubs as a national institution. The piece notes a high pub density, heavy drinking across classes and even among women and children, with mealtimes featuring women fetching drinks and omnibuses stopping near pubs. It contrasts British laxity with American business restrictions on drinking.
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Great Britain
United Kingdom
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Tondon
Hes
America
Mary Rankin Cranston
Premium on Sobriety: German Factory Rewards Abstinent Workers
A Rochting Tron and Steel works Volktingen policy pays premiums to workers who abstain from alcohol and maintain Good Templar lodge membership. One year yields 10 marks per quarter, two years 15 marks per quarter, with increases per additional year, signaling industrial support for sobriety. The piece cites The New York Tribune comparing liquor costs to all government expenditures and public services in the United States.
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Soziale Praxis
Germaininy
Rochting Tron and Steel Works
Volktingen
Saat
Lodge of Good Templars
T. E
The
New York Tribune
United States
Army
Navy
Congress
Worry and Alcohol in Relief of Worry Declared Harmful
Dr Baleehy argues in Canadian Magazine that worry cannot be eased by alcohol, calling its use abuse or misuse. He emphasizes alcohol never helps in personal crisis and often worsens outcomes, labeling it dangerous and counterproductive.
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Dr. Baleehy
Fraternal Orders Bar Saloonmen from Ranks
Fifty six of sixty four leading orders in the United States refuse to admit saloon keepers and bartenders, affecting over 9,000 members. The move reflects a shift in fraternal policy once deemed impracticable a quarter century ago.
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United
Atater
Estate Sale of James S Ralston Farm in Plumcreek Township Pa
An Orphans Court sale in Armstrong County Pa exposes the James S Ralston estate farm for public bid on May 19 1908 at 2 00 PM. The property totals 100 acres more or less across four tracts with coal gas and limestone, a brick dwelling of 14 rooms a bank barn and several outbuildings. Located midway between Kittanning and Indiana near Elderton the farm features a gas well royalty of 200 and free house gas with favorable access and investment appeal.
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Plumcreek Township
Armatrong County
James
Friston
Absalom M. Montgomery
Crooked Creek
James Armatrang
Plumcreek
Montgomery
Absalom Montgomery
James Armstrong
William McCracken
James Armatrongs
James Armatrong
Said Ralston
Heira
Hye
Kittanning
Indiana
Pike
Elderton
Indiana Borough
Indiana County
Wall
Jung
Pennsylvania
Thdinna
Fry
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Edwin A. Nye
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Charles &. Russell
DB. R. Mouett
J. W. Powell
Denver, Colorado Canyon
Orphans Court Sale
James S. Ralston
Deccaséa
Orphan's Court
Isabelle Carnahan
Elizabeth Seanor
Ralston
Toner Nanning
Sttanning, Pa
John A. Scott
Extcuron
Nonce
William Klingensmith
County of Indiana, Pa
Register
WM. & Daugherty
Indiana, Pi
M. C. Watson
W. D. Hamilton
Booth Mahoning Township
James AM. Nichol, Eikia. Pay
Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance
S.M. McHenry
James Speedy
John Kinter
R. F
Farmers Bank
Sell
Ash Way
Calhoun
Parshall
Penna
Indiana, Pa
J. C. Forsythe
Undertaker
Philadelphia Street
Rossmayne Flouring Mills
Ohio
Frantz Bros
Rossmoyne
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
Equitable
S. W. Guthrie
Gen. Agt
Homer City National Bank
Homer City
W. S. Daugherty
Philadelphia St
Gree
Amer
Ica
Indiana County Fair
White Wyandottes
Prairie State Incubator Co
J. Leroy Cunningham
R. W. Wehrle & Company
East End
Johnston
Edward Clawson
Boston
Ira A. Myers
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