Monroe farm progress under Ouachita agent marks record year
B M Jackson Ouachita parish farm agent reports unprecedented agricultural progress around Monroe. Demonstrations ranged from hog cholera vaccination saving $20,000 to pecan grafting success and co operative purchases cutting costs by about $3,000. Plans include a Parish Farm Bureau and practical boll weevil control testing.
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Monroe
B. M. Jackson
Ouachita Parish
Jackson
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Calvee
Pricipally
Fertilizer use and drainage plan for Ouachita Parish wetlands
The text discusses continued fertilizer use to maximize per acre yield in Ouachita Parish and recommends forming a drainage district to drain the eastern wetlands. It cites B. M. Jackson as Farm Agent for Ouachita Parish. It then describes Ainu women in Japan tattooing their upper and lower fins with soot from birch bark to create a moustache like mark, applied gradually from childhood and fixed with ash bark liquor, noting beauty and marriage prospects depend on the decoration.
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Ouachita Parish
Japan
Camel wedding decor sets in Turkestan traditions
The text describes a Turkestan wedding custom where the bride's tent is decorated with ornate trap pings sent by relatives. The bride then exits to receive congratulates, and female relatives of the groom carry her away as attendants pretend resistance by throwing raw oats. It also notes large salt beds in Nova Scotia with a single bed 900 feet by 80 feet and 98 percent purity covering 40 square miles.
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Turkestan
Nova Scotia
Alcohol from Seaweed at Pasteur Institute Reported
Experiments at the Pasteur Institute in Paris show that roughly six quarts of alcohol can be produced from every 100 pounds of seaweed, indicating an efficient conversion method.
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Pasteur Institute
Paris
Two Millions For Bachelor Widow Home In Ward Will
Newark N J June 10 Provision is made in the will of Marcus L Ward son of New Jersey s civil war governor probated here disposing of an estate valued at more than 3 000 000 A home for respectable bachelors and widowers is provided with conditions white bachelors or widowers over 60 years old and residents of New Jersey for ten years must qualify The bulk of the estate goes to charity with 20000 bequests to fourteen Newark institutions.
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Newark
N. J
Marcus L. Ward
New Jersey
Will Provides Large Donation To Proposed Home Project
The will memorializes faithful servants and outlines substantial bequests. It is estimated that over two million dollars will become available for the proposed home after all specific bequests are satisfied.
Beau Brummel and the birth of modern trousers
The 1814 sight of Beau Brummel in full leg covering breeches started a fashion shift. Trousers spread from English gentry to commoners in England and America and eventually across Europe. Over the century the design evolved from tights like fits to looser shapes with fewer bottom buttons shaping today’s style.
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Beau Brummel
London
England
America
Europe
Ford Rescues Flivver From City Scrap Pile
New York June 10 Francis J O Keefe assistant engineer in charge of the Bureau of Maintenance and Repairs stood near Pier A at the Battery surveying the remains of a flivver found in a scrap pile a few days ago.
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New York
Francis J. O'Keefe
Bureau of Maintenance and Repairs
Pier A
Henry Ford Buys Scrapped Ford Sparks New Car
A harbor yacht visitor named Henry Ford offers to exchange a scrap Ford for a new car after city officials balk at buying a replacement. O Keefe doubts the tale but Ford presents a business card. The new Ford arrives today.
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O'Keefe
New Jersey
Henry Ford
Woman in Red Starts Cow Stampede in Baronne Street
In New Orleans on Baronne Street a driver loses control as three cows run amok through a daytime crowd near the CFE Cless Realty office. A woman in a red dress and carmine hat spurs the escape, stamping through the street as bystanders scatter.
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New Orleans
Cows Loose in the Street Cause Stir at Baronne Street
A trio of cows wandered into a Royal Typewriter office on Baronne Street drawing a crowd. After minutes of confusion they were guided back outside by passers by and an elderly man, ending the incident with the animals continuing on their way.
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Royal Typewriter Agency
Baronne Street
Darky
Excavation Starts for Ouachita National Bank Building
Notice announces excavation work for the Ouachita National Bank building led by H. M. McGuire. Contact phone 633 for dirt delivery inquiries as of the date 11-31.
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Ouachita National Bank
H. M. McGuire
Stockholders Meeting Notice for Monroe Dry Goods Co
Notice of stockholders meeting at Monroe Dry Goods Company offices on Wednesday June 30 at 11 30 a m. The purpose is to decide whether capital stock will rise from 100000 to 250000 and to consider any other business. Signed Joan J Herring secretary.
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Monroe Dry Goods Company, Inc
Joan J. Herring
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Chamber of Commerce
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National Dental Par
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Louisiana Optical Co
Nicholas Norman
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Poth
National Dental
Parlor Monroe
Wexler’s Cigar Store
Palm Beach
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