Doctor Whitbeck Burglary Staged by Master Striver Jett
A clever thief named Jett plots a doctor office theft at 450 Trades building. Barrett and Durrett, two detectives, foil the ruse by exposing the plan and recovering the doctor’s wallet and watch while Jett escapes with a gripping finale.
Bread Sacred in Spain Says Law Enforces Delicacy
A quip from a reader recounts an old Spanish belief that bread is sacred. In Barcelona a boy threw away bread and a policeman ordered him to pick it up and lay it on a stone for dogs to eat, to avoid waste. The tale illustrates cultural reverence for bread.
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Barcelona
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Unclear Crossroad Market Remarks Spark Confusion
Fragmentary quotation from Kansas City Star page cites Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge amid garbled talk about life costs and a proprietor recounting a theft and a whaling incident involving a wife, with references to a local emporium and Yonah.
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Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Grain Mixtures for Dairy Cows and Protein Rations
Palatable feeds boost intake and balanced nutrition for dairy cattle. The guide outlines mixing high and low protein grains with roughages, cautions on cottonseed and linseed meals, and provides labeled formulas with digestible protein percentages for various forage conditions and protein levels.
Depraved Appetite in Dairy Cows Linked to Mineral Deficiency
The article suggests a mineral deficiency or nutritional lack causes depraved appetite in cows. It recommends supplementing grain with cod liver oil and bone meal to address the issue and restore proper nutrition.
Live Stock Advice for Better Beef From Agriculture Dept
The United States Department of Agriculture urges choosing a good, well cared for herd bull to improve calf weights and future stocker feeders. Purebred sires add about 125 pounds per year in native calves and about 200 pounds in two year olds, with better gains offset by feed costs. Proper exercise and special feeding before breeding are recommended, with ration mainly roughages and a small amount of grain tailored to the bull’s age and size.
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Bales Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Prevent Pig Eating by Proper Feed and Care
A sow may eat her piglets due to constipation or feverish condition. Feed properly during pregnancy and add linseed meal to regulate bowels. Remove and burn or bury afterbirth to prevent cannibalism. Dust piglets with kerosene scented cloth to deter the sow from devouring them. Monitor bowels and avoid excess kerosene on piglets.
Permanent Pastures for Wintering Beef Cattle
Proven methods from Prof. L V Blarky advise keeping the lower herd on permanent pastures until frost, then moving to velvet bean fields and rye pasture to maintain weight with minimal extra feed through winter.
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L. V. Blarky
Clemeon College
Saving Pigs With Pen Accessories And Better Feed
The article claims piglets can be saved by adding furrowing pens with fenfers and improving sow rations. Over half of the typical 84 percent loss could be prevented at a cost of 12.57 dollars to feed a sow from breeding to weaning. It asks if ten sows are fed to get twenty pigs, whether six or seven sows could produce the same result with less labor.
Foreign Diseases and Water-Cures Investigated Abroad
An American physician travels abroad to study water-cures and notes how wealth attracted hasty, fatal diagnoses and assurances that cures and starch-related remedies would secure recovery. The report marks notable news from foreign ports according to the New York Herald Tribune.
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Forolen
New York Herald-Tritune
Grumpy Old Guy and The Olive Tree Remark
Grumpy old man Diogenea is depicted in a tale from the Boston Transcript. He reportedly comments on women hanged from an olive tree with a biting remark about faults in nature.
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Diogenea
Boston Transcript
Remarkable palm tree in West Africa fuels travelers
An East to West growing fan shaped palm in West Africa supplies a cooling pleasant tasting liquid that often saves travelers when their water runs low. The note appears in the Los Angeles Times.
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Weat
Africa
Los Angeles
Pastry from Western China Buried With Travelers Found
A 1300 year old pastry collection from western China was found among exhibits sent to the British Museum. The items, dating to the seventh century, include delicate biscuits pierced and worked into filigree buckle shapes.
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British Museum
China
Porpoise Polly Trains to Take Food From Hand
The Brighton aquarium porpoise Polly has learned to take food from the chief attendant in three days. Polly now consumes seven pounds of herrings daily and will soon have her rations doubled.
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Brighton
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Shelly’s Words and the Rhythm of Modulated Art
A quotation attributes to Walter Bagehot the view that Shelly’s words bend to fit rhythm like a modulated art, moving into place with little conscious effort by the poet. It highlights the seamless craft of poetic expression through cadence.
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Walter Bagehot
Caribou Horn Discovery in Michigan Swamp
A large caribou horn fragment found in a swamp near White Cloud supports local lore that Michigan once hosted caribou. It marks the second such discovery in the same area within recent years.
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White Cloud
Silver World Map Prominent at Royal Geographical Society
A thin circular silver map of the world exhibited in London at the Royal Geographical Society honors Drake's voyage around the world 1577 1680. It is one of four such maps in existence and stands as the best of the group.
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Royal Geographical Society
London
Drake
Strength of Wood Compared to Steel in Tension
A thin strip of wood cut with the grain can bear about three times the load of a steel wire of equal weight. The text notes wood is extremely strong but anisotropic, excelling along the grain.
Oldest Church Bell Still in Use at St Mary Loreto
The oldest bell known to still be in regular use tolls at the parish church of St Mary of Loreto in Villalago Italy. A Vermont man tripped on a mountain path and broke his leg after a 600 fallen tree incident. the bell has rung for over twelve centuries guiding worshipers to prayer. The piece notes measures taken to protect people from folly and cites evolving Madrid as a bustling modern city in southern Europe with rising skyscrapers.
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St. Mary of Loreto
Villalago
Vermont
Italy
Boston Transcript
Married to a Tree and the Law of Three Wives
The piece notes a Hindu man cannot legally wed a third time in the Junjab. It claims such a man ends up married to a tree, so any actual future marriage would count as his fourth wife. The text uses a satirical or provocative line to discuss marriage norms.
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Jeff
Durrett
A Principle for Rulers From Kenko Hoshi Quote
A Japanese Buddhist priest of the Fourteenth century argues that a ruler must prevent cold and hunger to uphold morality. He asserts ordinary living means are essential to maintain ethical standards under rule.
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Kenko Hoshi
Two Things to Mind for a Peaceful Life
Quote from Uncle Eben in the Washington Star urges following the Ten Commandments and traffic signs to lead a safe and peaceable life. The remark frames simple moral guidance as the path to community order.
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Eben
Washington Star
Definition of Novel Food Statistics
The Dallas News reports a health themed note describing a man who over 70 years consumes 96 tons of food including solids and liquids. It contrasts with an Indy woman hoping to weigh 1,280 times her own weight to test scales for money.
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Indy
Dallas News
Canned Food Demand Surges Amid Wartime Shortages
Amid global shortages, Americans consume more canned meat than ever, while milk, fruit, vegetables, and fish also stay in steady demand. The trend highlights how household pantries adapt to supply constraints and changing eating habits.
Necessity Knows No Law Says Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript editorial argues that necessity may override legal rules but decisions on appeal remain final, urging caution in judicial restraint and public policy implications.
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Boston Transcript
Pioneer School in Germany Opens Over a Century Ago
The open air Theiet school in Germany was established over a hundred years ago, marking a long history in progressive education.
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Ermany's
Theiet
Germany
Sea Salt Content From Ocean Figures Listed
Readable text notes sea salt content, stating about six pounds of salt per thousand pounds of water. This simplifies to a rough ratio indicating salt concentration in seawater.
Gigantic Prehistoric Pots Found Near Goble Aris Site
Gigantic pottery jars with circumference over six feet unearthed in prehistoric cliff-dweller ruins near Goble Aris. Discovery sheds light on ancient storage and daily life in the region.
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Goble
Aris
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