Boatswain's Call Tradition In Navy Recalled
An article in the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute recalls old navy practice where boatswains used sailor vernacular. Chief Boatswain McCarthy notes orders varied by occasion and officers risked miscommunication when not using familiar language. A story describes a captain’s hold bucket instruction met with a chaotic scramble and a shouted call for a bucketful of it.
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Naval Services
Morning Watch
Cleopatra's Pearl Sundae Sparkles in Mock Drama
In a playful scene Marc Antony questions Cleopatra as she drops a priceless pearl into wine. The queen declares she is inventing a new summer drink and names it pear sundae in a lighthearted exchange.
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Marc Antony
Cleopatra
Hawaii Sets Aside 690000 Acres for Forest Reserves Experiment
Hawaii announces a plan to preserve 690000 acres of forest reserves and test planting eucalyptus for firewood. The government plans conduct demonstrations in selected parcels to study growth, yield, and ecological impact. It aims to bolster fuel supply while assessing environmental effects.
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Government of
Hawaii
Old World Gentlemen and Bold Households in Jest
A witty exchange shows a couple discussing finances and domestic duties. The man, from an old distinguished family, jokes about not being able to hire a servant and his wife wonders how neighbors will view her doing the work. He claims his lineage while acknowledging tighter times.
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Gerald
Agatha
Harry
Recalled College Crew Coach Story From 1876 Note
At a dinner party James L. Rice, Columbia college crew coach, recalled a public school scene where a teacher asked Willie to answer a mental arithmetic question. Willie’s quick reply hinged on whether the person born in 1876 was male or female, yielding a humorous age implication.
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James L. Rice
Columbia College
Willie
Philadelphia Telegraph
Live Stock Feeding For Ewes On Rye And Blue Grass Pastures
Missouri Experiment Station reports results from four ewe groups suckling lambs fed on rye or blue grass pasture with or without grain. Grain on rye or blue grass kept ewes in good condition. without grain ewes thinned and unfit for market unless grain fed with lambs. Rye starts earlier but blue grass provides better June pasture. rye stems are coarse and less palatable.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Missouri
Best Feeder Cattle Types for Profitable Feedlot Gains
The article outlines key traits for profitable feeder steers before marketing crops as feed. It stresses a wide strong back and large heart girth, plus a strong frame and ample room for vital organs to ensure substantial gains and returns in winter feed programs.
Description of a robust feeding animal and its traits
The description outlines a well nourished animal with a wide head and muzzle indicating good feeding qualities. It notes short legs heavy hindquarters arched ribs thick soft skin and a heavy coat. A straight back and low set appearance reflect depth of body and compact structure essential for feeding performance.
Safe Purge For Horses Uses Barbadoes Aloes And Linseed Oil
The text prescribes aloes as the safest purge for horses using Barbadoes aloes not Cape aloes with a dose of four to seven drams. Linseed oil is a safe purge though variable in dose from one to one and a half pounds. Castor oil is unsafe for horses but fine for humans. croton meal boiled into a ball with linseed meal provides another purge with doses from a scruple to half a dram.
Stock Genores Fatten the unprofitable ewes for meat
The article argues for increasing meat yield by moving sheep through pastures to keep the flock steady and notes that the last 200 pounds from a young draft horse yield the most profit. It emphasizes breeding quality horses and avoiding scrub stock, stating good treatment benefits the colt and that local preference matters for sale.
Denver market quotations for cattle hogs and produce
Western Newspaper Union reports Denver markets with detailed beef steer and heifer prices by quality, plus cows, bulls, and feeders. Hogs lambs and ewes shown with ranges. buying and selling prices listed for grains, feeds, eggs, butter, and produce including cabbage onions potatoes and tomatoes.
Definition of Dry Farming Principles and Practices
A concise guide explains dry farming focusing on water conservation, drought resistant crops, and crop rotation. It covers tillage, deep plowing, organic matter, mulching, shallow cultivation to reduce evaporation, and references bulletins from Utah New Mexico Montana and Washington as sources.
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United States
Utah Experiment Station
Logan
Utah
New Mexico
Agricultural College
Montana
Hazeman
Mont
United States Department of Aerculture
Washington, D. C
Dry farming grows in western agriculture ahead of Denver congress
The drive to expand dry farming across western states grows as preparations for a Denver congress proceed from September 26 to October 10. Absent states and those considering displays include many west of the Missouri River plus Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Minnesota.
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Congress
Denver
Colorado
Missouri River
Wisconsin
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Colo
Miscellaneous market prices and commodities report
Lead prices in New York at 4.45 dollars per unit. Bar silver at 0.047 percent. Spelter in St. Louis 13.48 dollars. Copper casting 17.12 dollars. Butter Creamery at 27 cents firsts 250 seconds 280 packing. Eggs firsts 18 cents seconds 12 cents. Poultry hens 11 1/3 cents roosters 9 cents broilers الشمالية.
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N. Y
St. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago Market Prices For Hogs Cattle And Grains
Chicago hogs bulk prices range six to seven dollars with light and heavy categories noted. Cattle show native beef, western steers, cows and calves with varied per hundred weights. Grain prices list wheat corn oats rye barley and sundry staples with pork lard ribs values included.
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Chicago
Edible Oil From Weed Promises Kansas Industry
University of Kansas chemist Prof. E. H. Bailey reports a waste weed growing across western Kansas and neighboring states yields edible oil from its seeds. The oil could replace olive or cottonseed oil and the press cake serves as high protein stock feed, offering an economic use for semiarid lands.
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Kansas
E. H. Bailey
University of Kansas Food Chemist Laboratory
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Sure Cure for Melon Bugs
A market gardener credits bone dust as a cure for striped melon bugs. He paid $10 for the idea and says it has saved him money, noting bone meal around plants drives away pests and also serves as a rich fertilizer. The method costs about $3 per hundred pounds from fertilizer dealers.
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CM. Schulz
Cause of Bad Habits in Fowls Affects Health
Feather eating and feather pulling stem from confinement and neglect. To prevent or cure the habit provide green food, meat scraps, and ample exercise by making birds work for their food. Keep them busy. For plucked birds rub with carbonated vaseline.
Night in Atlanta Store Sparks Curious Exchange
One cold wet night a shivering black man named Jim stands in an Atlanta store doorway. The shop proprietor asks his purpose, and Jim replies he plans to sing bass at church tomorrow and is trying to catch a cold.
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Atlanta
Darky
Jom
Distressing Pimples Advertised Ointment and Soap
A vintage ad promotes a skin care routine claiming rapid clearing of pimples. It urges smear with an ointment then wash with Cuti cura Soap and hot water, repeated on rising and retiring, promising quick results. Free samples by mail from Cuttcura Dept XY in Boston, with postcard address.
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Cuttcura
Dept. XY
Boston
Why We Eat Eggs
A quoted advertising expert argues advertising drives consumption. He notes a duck’s quiet egg, but a hen’s egg provokes loud marketing, concluding that the world favors hens eggs over ducks eggs due to advertising influence.
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Tam
Daubyn Keeps House While Wife Away
Mr. Daubyn cared for the home during Mrs Daubyn’s absence. He wrote glowing letters praising kitchen experiments and dishwashing fun. On return, he met her at the station and escorted her home, finding she had taken his latch key.
Detective in Duluth Probes Bank Clerk Fortune Tale
A Duluth detective notes criminals slip when off guard and recalls a bank clerk who heard a fortune teller warn of a dark woman. The teller's words, “Beware of a dark woman,” unsettle the clerk as he turns pale in the lane of a church fair.
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Duluth
Picture of a man and wife with cigar and chair
A Kansas City Star item describes a man rolling an easy chair while his wife lights his cigar and the same man later chewing the end of a cigar while writing a check. The scene captures a familiar domestic moment with a hint of humor.
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Kansas City Star
Plain opinion on my latest photograph request
A society leader asks for a plain assessment of a new photograph but the cavalier replies that plain terms about the portrait are impossible. The exchange highlights flirtatious banter and social tension in a genteel setting.
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Fair Society
Dialogue Fragments On English in Indian Army
In a terse exchange readers note English predominance in Indian Army orders. A quip contrasts military formality with casual luncheon requests showing language use and cultural tone.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Thoroughly Lost. Othello explained his jealousy.
Othello reflects on jealousy, claiming insecurity over Desdemona’s fidelity. The speaker contends the loss of trust stems from imagined betrayal rather than concrete proof.
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Othello
Fifteenth Anniversary Dinner Theme In A Husband Wife Exchange
A southern congressman named Smith, living in the suburbs, tells a story of marriage longevity. His wife reminds him that their fifteenth wedding anniversary is near as they stand on the veranda. He promises roses, she suggests oysters for supper.
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Smith
John
Samoan Visitor Puzzles Editor With Odd Trade Question
Lincoln Springfield in London meets a Samoan who greets him and asks what natives do for a living. The reply lists selling coconuts birds of paradise and Robert Louis Stevenson’s inkwell as humorous local trades.
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Lincoln Springfield
London
Mr. Springfield
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hunger Strike Sparks Strained Home Clash
Dialogue shows Patience noting Mr Styles refused funds for clothes while Patrice reports a hunger strike by his wife. The exchange hints at social tension as observers worry about shifting power dynamics and judgment from others.
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