Raising the Calf on Skim Milk in Missouri
C H Eckles of the Agricultural College and Experiment Station in Columbia Missouri discusses practical methods for raising calves on skim milk. He argues high land costs push skim milk feeding as profitable, outlines timing from birth, feeding frequency, and transitioning to skim milk, and warns against sour or cold milk and overfeeding.
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Missouri
Pope
Hani
C. H. Eckles
Agricultural College & Experiment Station
Columbia
Comet Sighted Shines as Speeding Wonder Near Sunset
New York May 27 A comet racing through space at millions of miles a minute lit the sky after sunset The estimate comes from Edwin Fairfax Naulty a noted astronomy student who cites Prof William R Brooks of Geneva New York as the discoverer The article notes the comet appeared bright to the naked eye and describes directions for viewing at different times
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Ean
New York
Edwin Fairfax Nau‘ty
William R. Brooks
Geneva N. Y
Naulty
Comet Speed Theories Discussed From 1813 Event
The fragment cites Mr Naulty comparing the 1813 Brooks comet to the 1443 sighting and 1813 tail details. It notes the head around the sun in two hours implying a travel of 126 million miles in 120 minutes and a tail near 200 million miles, suggesting vast motion and scale in cometary paths.
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Ches
Mr. Naulty
Naulty
Brooks
In Memoriam Willie Mae Elgin Died at Home
This notice reports the death of Willie Mae Elgin aged 20 months who drank carbolic acid at home 1.5 miles south of Nelson on May 18 1909. Interment was at Napton Zoar church cemetery after funeral services by Rev C C Cox Marshall. The child was fondly regarded and the family expresses deep sympathy to relatives.
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Nelson
Willie Mae Elgin
Mason Elgin
Napton Zoar Church
C. C. Cox
Marshall
Willie Mae
Dr. Smith
Dear Mother
Bright Gold
Lillian
Deafness Cured Only By Constitutional Remedies
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole cure for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube, claims nine of ten cases arise from catarrh, offers $1000 for any deafness cure not aided by catarrh cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Land Deals and Historic Real Estate Blends with Names
A fragmented notice lists various land deals and values from the past, citing buyers and prices. Henry Overholser entered 19 lots valued at about half a million. Anton Classen bought 2 acres at 15 per acre with decades of resale at 10k per acre. James Weaver, Ohio shoe clerk, recorded 60 ft of ground with $30 initial cost, now worth $100k. G W Turley sold a 4 ft lot for 35k after cost 14.75, netting 20k. a stage in Bannsettain shows 4k per front foot.
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Sturn
Maysaya
Oklahoma City
Henry Overholser
Anton Classen
James Weaver
Ohio
G. W. Turley
German Girl in Kansas City Finds Work and Fate
A German girl in Kansas City, 26, earns seven dollars weekly with board and washing, once earned 50 cents daily carrying a bed, and previously endured a year for three dollars plus board and clothes in the “underland.” She later banked several hundred dollars before the Clinton bank failure erased it. Nearby notes tell of Had-her-way home in Jackson County, a cattle car fire fatal to fourteen, and other domestic, wry, or moral observations from local papers.
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Kansas City
Fnderland
Clinton
Jackson County
Missouri
Hudderway
Remembering Faces Sparks A Dinner Reunion
Blinks recalls his guest Jinks returning from abroad and jokes about memory. Later, Jinks meets Bobby who instantly recognizes him, recalling the earlier visit and his mother’s strong reaction the previous summer.
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Blinks
Jinks
Bobby
Mra
Pater
McGee's Baby Elixir Promises Diarrhea Cure Claim
A vintage ad asserts that the baby’s bowels are the most delicate area and that McGee's Baby Elixir cures diarrhea dysentery and all stomach or bowel derangements. Sold by P. H. Franklin.
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McGee
P. H. Franklin
New Zealand Railways critiqued for rising costs and political influence
A table of New Zealand railway finances shows capital costs growing faster than mileage, operating expenses outpacing gross earnings, and a ten year net loss of £4,880,147. The piece notes typical speeds, freight rate disparities, and argues politics has dictated construction, staffing, and pricing, harming financial returns.
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Profesor le Reassignol Anya
New Zealand
Christchurch
Dunedin
United States
Municipal ownership of light plants condemned
A Tamaqua Courier editorial argues municipal ownership leads to graft and inefficiency. It claims politicians use plant control for personal gain, with engineers serving politics over duty, and says public ownership harms private enterprise, breeds corruption, and ultimately derails the system.
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Tamaqua
Private company offered to supply Holland fighting plant
Reaction slow but sure against civic commercialism as several towns debate municipal utilities. Holland mayor says negotiations to sell the electric plant to a private firm, at an estimated 30000 dollars to upgrade for efficient service. Washington Indiana voters reject remodeling, favoring sale. other towns vote against waterworks or referendum efforts.
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Holland
Mich
Trenton
Chester
Ill
Manitowoc
Wis
State Commission
Washington
Ind
Common Council
City Wires On Roofs Create City Duty, Court Rules
Texas Supreme Court in City of Greenville versus Pitts holds that wires running along a building partition wall above roofs impose a city duty to maintain them for building owners and others with roof rights. Damages awarded are charged to city general funds, not the lighting department. Proper bookkeeping would reveal municipal costs closer to private costs.
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Supreme Court of Texas
Greenville
Pitts
Municipal graft and public mismanagement warned
Politicians keep city affairs aligned to private gain, treating public service as a minor feature. Tax money ends in the hands of a “gang,” making city enterprises ill managed and costly. The Chicago Journal argues human nature won’t change, so public utilities belong in private hands.
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Chicago Journal
The Dream and the Reality in Municipal Hiring
The Coroner of Connellsville argues municipal jobs are mainly political rewards. Applicants’ fitness, honesty, and industry come after faithfulness to the party. Party managers run municipal plants, leading to negligence, waste, and high costs, undermining the dream.
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Connellsville
Courior
Tax Rates Vary Across Indiana Cities
Indiana reports show twenty eight cities with own sight and water plants charging $1.04 tax rate, while fifty seven other cities face $1.77. The bureau of etatiatics notes variance across localities in 1920s era tax administration.
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Indiana
Etatiatics
Russianizing America’s Post Office Control
The piece argues that official censorship exists in both Russia and the United States, with the U.S. system less brutal yet equally oppressive. It contends ordinary citizens are unaware of post office power to restrict or return publications, drawing a contrast with Russian practices of blacking out foreign papers.
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America
Postoffice
Ths
Roosevelt on avoiding class government and public utilities
President Roosevelt warns against a plutocratic or socialist class government. He urges a middle course to prevent government ownership of public utilities and the chaos of unrestricted individualism impacting interstate commerce.
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President Roosevelt
Municipal ownership taxes and city expense loss
Advocates of municipal ownership overlook including as an expense the tax loss when cities own public utilities. When the city buys a plant, taxes it would otherwise pay to itself disappear, a drain properly charged to the plant as city expense. Davenport Times notes the recurring issue.
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Davenport
Brest council sells city property to ease debt
The new Brest municipal council, ending eight years of Socialist rule, is forced to sell city property to cover large debts. The move reflects financial pressure following the transfer of power and signals ongoing austerity measures in the city administration.
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Brest
France
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