Marines and Bluebeard Lore From the Caribbean Campaign
A lively column describes Marines praising insignia and motto Semper Fidelis while recounting stories of Bluebeard legends in Charlotte Amalie. Corporal Lester F. Scott shares observations on Cha Cha communities, boats, and gender roles, plus a Rhine voyage diary by Lieut Carrol J. Single detailing German towns, castles, and a jungle excursion near Brohl with vivid sights and meals.
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Bluebeard
France
Virgin Islands
Lester F. Scott
United Statis Marines
Charlotte- Amalie
United States
Letter from Guam Corp. Taylor on duty and voyage delay
Corporal Fred G. Taylor writes from Guam about an on duty excursion to inspect baggage on a transport and waiting hours for the ship’s captain quartermaster to return from a social event to sign the manifest. The delay and official business are noted in the South Seas possession.
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Ufe
Island of
Guam
Corp
Fred G. Taylor
South Sea
Corporal Taylor
Advice to Employers on Helping Ex-Service Men Find Work
Arthur Woods, former New York police commissioner and now assistant to the secretary of war, urges Americans to welcome ex service men back into civilian life. He warns against tempting them with meager scraps or labor in useless tasks and says employers should offer jobs to ensure swift, peaceful reintegration.
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Rhineland
America
Paris
Baden
Ponce de Leon
Florida
Newenabr
Wienbergen
Brohl
Ati
Captain Stone
Rhine
Coil
Arthur Woods
New York
Secretary of War
Mysterious Georgian Lake Vanishes and Reappears Regularly
A lake near Vladosta Georgia alternates between vanishing for two to three weeks and reappearing to restore a three mile by three quarter mile water expanse. It sits about 12 feet deep on average and drains through subterranean passages, leaving a marmmoth basin with a sandy beach before refilling within a month.
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Georgia
Vladosta
Next Scientific Triumph Eludes Amid Fashion Fragility
A tongue in cheek note from Thrift Aagazine critiques the idea that major scientific triumphs await after crossing the Atlantic. It pokes fun at the possibility of another breakthrough until a shirt stud that never explodes during a tense moment is invented.
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Atlantic
Dialog of Careful Advice in a Quirky Exchange
Mr Crossiats urges avoiding contradictions with the new cook to spare her feelings. The patient wean agrees, saying he will call the employment agency immediately to learn her views on the League of Nations.
Horse Power Utilization on Farms Improves Labor Savings
United States Department of Agriculture outlines methods to better use horse power on average farms. Emphasizes fall plowing, two-horse breaking plows, horse planters, fertilizer distributors, and manure spreaders to boost labor efficiency, with cooperative harvesting and wider use of two-row cultivators.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cotton Belt
Raising Healthy Chickens in Breeding Yards
Agricultural guidance notes that vigor in breeding stock determines chick vitality. Select vigorous, well grown birds for yards, favor yearling hens, and avoid heavy early winter egg production to maintain vitality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lice Powder Essential For Rooster Health
An article recommends a lice powder for poultry health. It advises regular use of a dust bath with read dust and wood ashes and notes sodium fluoride as an effective powder from druggists. Apply a pinch at multiple feather bases including head neck pack breast vent tail thighs and under wings.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Market All Surplus Fowls
All hens and roosters which have frassed their days of usefulness should either be consigned to the stewn pot or the market basket letting fresh young owls of mood strain take their places like Dens and on the nests.
Symptoms and treatment for limberneck in poultry
The condition known as limberneck is not a disease but a symptom of several illnesses causing neck paralysis. It results from poisons absorbed from the intestines and is linked to indigestion, moldy grain, putrid meat, or intestinal worms. Treatment involves a full purgative dose such as 50 or 60 grains of Epsom salt or three to four teaspoons of castor oil for a grown fowl.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Limberneck
Harvesting Record Wheat Crop Prompts Drying Advice
The wheat harvest is set to be the largest on record and thrashers may not reach all areas on time. Much grain may wait beyond normal thrashing and rain or dew can damage it if left in shocks. The agriculture department urges considering stacking if prompt thrashing is uncertain.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Successful Sheep Farming Principles for Wool and Mutton
A concise guide stresses balanced emphasis on wool and mutton in sheep farming. It notes that conditions, management, and work quotas determine which product is favored, aiming for continuous overall success.
Door County Farm Group Targets Poor Cows in Better-Bull Drive
Wisconsin county farmers join a Better-Bull campaign to eliminate scrub bulls. A countywide effort backed by Grange Equity Society and cattle clubs urges replacing scrub sires with purebred bulls to boost profits. Evidence from farm surveys shows net profits rising with purebreds and falling with scrub sires.
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Wisconsin County
United States Department of Agriculture
Door County
Wis
Peninsular
Grange
Society of Equity
Association of Guernsey Men
Holstein Cattle Club
Wisconsin
Door Peninsula
Lake Michigan
Montmorency
Richmond
Breeding Heifers Early For Earlier Milk Production
A Colorado Agricultural College article argues heifers should be well developed and bred early, around 15 to 15 months if mature, otherwise at 18 to 20 months, to establish milk production early and improve lifelong milking performance.
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R. W. Clark
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Momthea
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Ratph Retsan
Pete
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