Mount Vernon Model Home Moves to Stony Island Chicago
In 1897 Chicago, Mrs. W. S. McGuire and Sergeant McGuire moved a Mount Vernon replica from Jackson Park to Stony Island boulevard. The 84 by 47 foot wooden house, rebuilt with faithful interiors, serves as a patriotic memory and educational display for their daughters Lilian and Carlotta McGuire. The project cost about 1,600 dollars for transport and repairs, with Virginia authorities certifying accuracy.
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Chicago
Washington
Lilian
Carlotta McGuire
Lafayette
George
Mount Vernon
Virginia
W. 5. McGuire
Sergeant McGuire
Central Station
Jackson Park
Lucy P. Beale
Lady Board of Managers
Stony Island Boulevard
The Colored Brother in North and South
Analyzes how Afro-Americans are seen differently across regions. The south tolerates and authenticates the Negro’s flaws amid two centuries of training, while the north questions his humanity. Despite outside aid, prosperity remains tied to southern assimilation and labor, with unions limiting colored workers in other regions.
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South
Lippincott
Mason and Dixon
New England
Africa
Oysters at Swan Point Bar Targeted by Borer Pest
Oyster beds at Swan Point Bar Maryland face destruction as a borershell attaches to shells and bores through, threatening the oyster population and local harvests.
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Oyatera
Swan Point Bar
How Successful Farmers Manage Dairy and Poultry Care
Bard’s Dairyman presents twenty three practical points for dairy and poultry care drawn from a newspaper list. It covers selection and breeding, milk testing, calving timing, calf rearing, feeding to promote milk fat, stable conditions, bedding, and hygiene, plus roost design and pest control for poultry. It stresses careful records, proper temperatures, and sanitation to prevent disease and improve profits.
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Bard's Dairyman
Babcock
Chicken Roosts and the Perils of High Perches
A writer in an exchange argues hens favor lower roosts over elevated ones. The stair style saves space but leaves the lower pole often empty while the upper roosts fill, causing crowding and potential harm. Some contend fowls prefer height, suggesting all roosts be high to satisfy instinct.
Wet four month old chicks in Texas recover from cold exposure
Mr W P Alkin of Graham Texas reports fourteen Black Minorcas four months old became sick after staying wet all night. The Poultry Keeper notes chilling from soaking as the likely cause and suggests chlorate of potash in water and periodic hydrogen peroxide. If they fully recover they may be used for breeding.
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W. P. Alkin
Graham
Texas
Look at That Bail on scrubs and dairy bulls
Prof Sheldon condemns using scrub by low grade bulls as ruinous to dairy herds. He argues the bull is half the herd and urges farmers to choose well descended bulls within affordable prices. Also notes California University experiment breeding new cross Persian Merino sheep for wood and meat markets.
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Sheldon
Agricultural Department
University of California
Paso Robles
George Eruebiegas
Merino Sheep Husbandsry urged as future progress
A. M. Garland argues that only through eliminating inferior Merino sheep and expanding high quality, fast maturing carcasses can profitable merino husbandry endure. He warns against valuing inferior stock and predicts smaller flocks, broader crosses, and a cosmopolitan Merino base advancing the industry amid low prices and rising competition.
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Egypt
A. M. Garland
Treatment of Frosted Comba and Calf Raising Tips
Frosted combs on birds require shelter from wind and glycerine for the first aid. Apply ichthyol lanoline ointment daily to ease pain, though healing is slow and sloughing may occur. Also notes calf-raising advice and a remark on apple prices in Chicago groceries.
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Chicago
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MT. Vernon
General Washington
Dairy and Poultry
W. D. Heard
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