Kansas Farmers Form Beef Clubs to Cut Costs
Special to The Sun reports Kansas farmers forming beef clubs to cut meat prices. Agron Walton started the first club near Topeka, with 20 to 23 families sharing a butcher’s kill list and tools. Clubs kill weekly, dividing cuts among members, and aim for steady supply and lower costs, with steers delivering about six to seven cents per pound for porterhouse and related steaks.
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Topeka
Kas
United States
Kansas
Agron Walton
Walton
COPY FAMOUS CROWNS
Some eastern society teachers adopt diamond crowns shaped like royalty. Mrs John Jacob Astor and Mr Clarence Mackay have crowns mimicking the English crown. Mrs Howard Gould owns one like Queen Helen of Italy. Mrs Charles Yerkes wears a diadem facsimile of an Epanish ruler. Mrs Bradley Martin has a crown modeled on Empress Josephine.
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Europe
John Jacob Astor
Clarence Mackiy
Howard Gould
Helen
Ttinly
Charles Yerkes
Bradle¢y Marin
Emr
Josephine
How Gotham Has Grown Census Figures Show NYC Near Four Million
The census indicates New York City is about 13 000 short of four million inhabitants. One hundred years ago the city held around 17 000 residents.
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Gotham
New York City
Ancient Babylon Brick Reveals 40 Million Year Old Letter
A brick unearthed at an Os ancient Babylon site carries a 40 million year old missive. The letter is from Gliel to a young woman Kas nya whose name means Hie shoe Kao buya. The writer conveys anxious longing as his sweetheart Babyton is away in a country village with many afterglow expressions.
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Babylon
Gliel
Kasnya
Solving the Problem and Family Treats Debate
Dialogue on honesty and hospitality contrasts treating a cook as family versus a guest in a Washington Life discussion. It frames loyalty, social norms, and the place of workers within households. The exchange highlights differing views on inclusion and respect inside the home.
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Piggman
Dismukes
Great Beatt
Washington
Chile Riots Spark Commentary From Ambassador Martinez
A Chilean ambassador offers perspective on Santiago unrest. He notes labor unions, strikes, and street disturbances mirror tensions seen in U S cities. He explains the riot was a focal flare during annual army maneuvers and reports no lasting crisis or imminent upheaval.
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Santiago de Chile
United States
Austria Labor Unions Dictate Wages to Painters
A Vienna report notes skilled labor remains fragmented by unions within the lower Austria painters group. The union, covering about two thirds of local painters, enforces a wage scale from $3 to $4 weekly, nine hour days, and annual average pay around $6 weekly. Dues are ten cents weekly in summer and three cents in winter. Funeral expense benefits are provided, with a case cited as $40,310.
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Vienna
Austria
Lower Austria
Unin
Unions and Labor Conditions in Austria and Workmen Pay
The excerpt notes that aid for funeral expenses exists for families, but aid for unemployed members is limited to travel expenses when job seeking. It states that unequipped labor in Austria is poorly organized and most agricultural workers lack unions, while nonunion workers receive low wages and endure long hours.
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Ange Ds
Austria
Tragedy in Kalamazoo Man Attempts Suicide at Home
Wittim Monrose of Kalamazoo attempted to die in comfort by cutting his throat but missed the jugular vein. His wife discovered him in an easy chair smoking a pipe as blood flowed. A surgeon sutured the wound and Monrose vows he will not hurry matters again.
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Wittim Monrose
Kalamazoo
Mteit
Br. Monroe
Cautionary Cold Cure Advertises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide and quinine with jet-tap instructions and claims refunds. It features E. W. Grove’s signature on each box and promises rapid remedy.
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E. W. Grove
Cured in Forty Days Joyful News for Asthma Sufferers
In St Peter Minnesota Herman Sporing, once worn by asthma, recovered after forty days using a new Austrian remedy. He had retired from business but resumed work, and obtained the medicine from the Austrian dispensary to share free trials with sufferers who write.
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St, Peter
Minn
Navy
Herman Sport
Citisens
Sporing
Wwe
Ascatca
Istest
New York City
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Aaron Walton
Big Man
Chile
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