New York’s New Postoffice Towers Over All Others
New York’s new post office building, a $6,000,000 granite structure five stories tall, faces Pennsylvania Station. It features 165000 cubic feet of granite, 18000 tons of steel, 7000000 bricks and 200000 square feet of glass. The main corridor rises two stories, with buff marble, white plaster and glass, 29 feet wide and 250 feet long, and 400000 square feet of working space inside.
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Popular Mechanics
Fly catching pays well for Shreveport man
Bartsch of Shreveport Louisiana earns a profit selling city flies to the health board. In two first days of a week his net revenue reached 2420 dollars after he bought about 100 traps and began targeting old and new fly habitats. The board offered premiums for dead or alive flies, and his market tactics pushed the price from 50 to 20 cents per quart. He plans to continue while funds last.
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Health ‘Board
Treasury
Train Collision in Dallas Oregon Avoids Explosion
A passenger train hit a vehicle carrying dynamite at Dallas Oregon recently but the charge did not detonate. The impact hurled the truck over 100 feet and the engine pilot and the truck driver both escaped death by leaping clear before impact.
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Dallas
Ore
Moody Bible Institute Lesson on Amos Six Prosperity and Judgment
The June 22 Moody Bible Institute lesson on Amos portrays Israel’s “golden age” of wealth and victories as a time of moral decay. It warns that ease in Zion invites woe, urges action against intemperance and social evil, and compares ancient Israel’s fate to modern nations driven by luxury.
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Jerusalem
Dairy Facts Feed Calf Separating Milk and Mush
A farm writer describes using a mush made from graham or whole wheat flour as a substitute for cream in calf feeding. Mix flour with boiling water, then add to skim milk and feed to calves alongside new milk, progressing to mostly skim milk and mush by about three weeks old to reduce scour. Emphasizes not overfeeding, plus pasture or bright hay, to aid calf health.
Water Supply System On The Farm By Gravity
Greathouse of Terryton Kansas explains a practical farm water system. A 40 gallon galvanized tank feeds a 10 foot milk trough, an underground line leads to a 16 foot stock tank, then to an irrigating garden reservoir. The 4 4 inch cylinder pump and 2 inch pipe circulate water for all uses. Cows grazing on green rye should be introduced slowly to avoid milk disruption.
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F. BE. Greathouse
Terryton
Kan
Advantages of Dairying for Year-Round Income
Dairying offers steady weekly income throughout the year, the potential to increase wealth, and the benefit of improving land fertility more effectively than other farming methods.
Dairy Notes On Best Practices For Cows And Butter
Practical dairy guidance on calf rearing, feeding, and low temperature care. Emphasizes clean milking, proper feeding with ground oats, minimal butter washing, and value of well cared for cows. Advocates turning farm materials into marketable butter and warns against dual herds influenced by false teachings.
Magnifying sound device frees hands for telephones
A historic description explains a magnifying sound attachment for telephone receivers. The device allows the user to place the earpiece on a table, freeing hands to handle documents, take notes, or dictate, while the other end remains connected and audible.
Oldest Bowling Green and Eczema Cure Adverts In One Page
An 1912 testimonial recounts Cuticura remedies curing scalp eczema after years of itch burning and medical advice to shave the head. The note claims complete hair regrowth and skin healing. The piece also notes England’s oldest bowls tradition in Southampton with a medieval green dating to 1299 and a ceremonial “fire jack” knighting on the green each summer.
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Geo. F. Clark
Cutleura
Dept. L
Boxton
Agt
England
Egyptain
Southampton
Eng
London and its Lumber
London is the most conservative city in Europe and loves its lumber. Old lamp post notices for hackney carriages persist though few vehicles remain. The relics reflect social history and may outlast future transport as society changes with omni-aeros.
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London
Europe
Miss Corker Performs Fancy Work On Bars
In a terse sports or gymnastic note, Corker showcases skill on the horizontal bars. The remark implies high competence in athletic routines, highlighting Corker's precision and execution in a gymnastic event.
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Corker
Hig Chance Gateman Hold On
A terse market note reports a boyish vendor in a street sale signaling a deal with a dollar offered for a car. The fragment hints at a student buyer remark and a quick sale.
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Stude
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