Tariff Commission Restructured Under 1922 Tariff Law
William S. Culbertson announces a complete reorganization of the tariff commission to handle new powers. Four board divisions will lead work plus a New York office and foreign investigations. An advisory board coordinates staff work and investigations may be requested by anyone. The act sections 316 317 extend powers to curb unfair import practices.
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Astiington
Tariff Commission
William 8. Culbertson
Culbertson
New York
Commission
National Security League blasts plan to override Supreme Court
The National Security League launches a nationwide campaign opposing a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to nullify Supreme Court decisions. Its board includes Lindley M. Garrison Myron T. Herrick Theodore Roosevelt Frederic R. Coudert John Henry Hammond Albert Bushnell Hart and others. The statement defends the checks and balances of the Constitution and cites James Bryce on the court’s role in safeguarding liberties and preventing hasty legislation.
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United States
America
Supreme Court of the
James Bryce
Supreme Court
Medicine Advancements Push Public Health Standards Forward
In New York a Rockefeller Foundation audit notes 1921 progress in preventive medicine, with about 10,000 Americans in public health work and a forecast of 20,000 needed in the next decade. It highlights training, political interference risks, and a Cornell clinic model aiding affordable care.
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New York
Bureaus
George E. Vincent
Rockefeller Foundation
International Health Board of the Foundation
Vincent
United States
Great Britain
Dominions
Continental
Europe
Health Organization
British Isles
India
Java
Philippines
Johns Hopkins University
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
New York University
Cornell University Medical School
New York City
United Hospital Fund
Cornell Clinic
Navy Spending Seen Less Than Gum Costs It
Rear Admiral Rogers argues navy costs are a modest burden and unevenly shouldered by regions. He notes per capita navy cost around $30 annually, but only about 25 cents in western agricultural districts. He adds federal taxes fund the navy about 8 percent, gum purchases exceed navy benefits, and preparedness buys peace against future wars.
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Rogers
General Board of the Navy
Mississippi
Navy
National American Engineering Museum Planned in Washington
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers with Smithsonian backing seeks a National Engineering Museum in the National Museum building. A DeLamater Ericsson collection will anchor the archive, highlighting Cornelius DeLamater and Capt. John Ericsson and naval industrial advances shaping U S prominence. The era includes Janes B. Eads in 1920 Hall of Fame context and a 1924 Ericsson monument near the Lincoln Memorial.
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N Engineering Museum
South Kennsington Museum
London
Arts Et Mellergs
Paris
German Museum
Munich
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Washington
Cornelius H. DeLamanter
Capt
John Ericsson
DeLamater Iron
Plac
Lincoln Memorial
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Best Laws for Women Proposed by National Woman's Party
National Woman's Party drafts a series of model laws on marriage divorce guardianship wives property rights jury service and women in industry to present to state legislatures. Miss Maud Younger says the plan seeks true equality by removing discrimination and enacting strong protections including illegitimacy abolition and equal dower and courtesy. The proposal cites North Dakota Louisiana Ohio Virginia and other states as examples of strong laws to imitate.
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Legislative Department
National
A Woman’s Party
North Dakota
Louisiana
Virginia
Two-Headed Terrapin Found Near Charlottesville
A dry land terrapin with two fully formed heads on separate necks was found near a spring on C. E. B. Black’s Crozet area farm. Each head has a complete snapping apparatus and can feed independently, a rare anomaly reported by local residents.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
C. EB. Black
Crozet
Miller School Road
Black
Man takes goat on train to provide milk for children
A. L. Crippen of Albuquerque, New Mexico, secured rail accommodations from Long Beach to his home for himself, wife, two children, and two goats. He arranged staterooms for his family near the express or baggage car so the goats could be nearby for fresh milk for the children.
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Long Beach
Cal
A. L. Crippen
Alburquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Crippen
Fort Dodges
Frank V. Hasek
Cedar Rapids
Civil Service Commission
Board of Library Trustees
Iowa
F. H. Ustick
C. B. & Q. Lines
Denver
Ustick
Des Moines
United Press
Washington
F. H. Livingston
Sioux City
Great Northern Railroad
William Bridgeman
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Wade
Keokuk
Bridgeman
Uncle Sam
Phillipines
Iowa State College
J. G. Hammer
Chicago
Benjamin Lake
Guttenberg
Lake
Peter Hahler
van Hone
Mason City
Clark
S. D
Joseph Woodall
Cerro Gordo County
Clark County
S. D. J. T. Bode
Ames
Air travel grows between continent and England in July
English Air Lines report growing use of transatlantic flights with 711 aircraft in service in July carrying 1 591 passengers. Most travelers were Americans indicating rising popularity of continental air travel to London and England.
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London
Continent
England
Animal Behavior Note on Head and Leg Response
A description notes that the animal cannot retract both heads as usual but can raise its legs in the same standard manner when startled or alarmed.
Comet Discovred by Baude Reported in Cygnus
A new comet was discovered by Baude of Hamburg and reported to Harvard Observatory via Copenhagen cablegram. The celestial body is located in Cygnus and is too faint to be seen without a telescope.
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Cambridge
Mass
Baude
Hamburg
Germany
Harvard College Observatory
Copenhagen
Constellation
Cygnus
Honey Bee Profits and Easy Care On Farms
The article extols honey bees as a profitable and low maintenance farm asset. Bees require little space and no expensive equipment, feed themselves, and need only slight attention. Proper hive setup and swarm handling ensure easy hiving with minimal disturbance.
Whitewash Helps Cow Barn For Cleanliness And Profit
Advice on barn sanitation recommends thorough whitewashing from top to bottom and ensuring good ventilation. It urges a winter cow diet of leguminous hay silage and a balanced concentrate mineral mix to boost health and profits.
Plan to Keep Sorehead Out of Poultry Flock
A farmer advises hanging canvas over the feed hopper to deter sorehead in hens. Slits in the canvas are greased with antiseptic salve to apply salve to birds’ foreheads during feeding, limiting sores. Fall freshening hinted as profitable for cows, boosting milk production and feed efficiency.
Farmland twine use tallies 6 250 miles in a single strand
Indian Head district farmers report about 800 000 pounds of twine used, equating to 60 000 bales or bundles. Each bundle holds 550 feet, implying 83 000 000 feet of twine if stretched end to end, about 6 250 miles. Also notes tuatera from New Zealand with rudimentary third eye traces.
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Indian Head
Canada
New Zealand
Wise Old Owl Goes to School at Millersville
At Millersville State Normal School a baby owl attends classes alongside human pupils. Dr H Justice Roddy of the faculty brings the bird to physical geography agricultural and nature study lessons, where the orphan owl sits in and minding its own business. The owl was found on campus by Doctor Noddy and soon formed a close attachment with the professor.
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Jesse Lazear
Howard B. Cross
Henry Hanson
South America
Doctor Hanson
Mosquito Squad
H. Justice Roddy
Noddy
Smokehouse Investment For Small Farms
Farmers who raise hogs can profit from building a cement smokehouse for curing hams shoulders and bacons. Recommend cubical chamber eight by eight by three feet with a cement wall of four to six inches, an iron door, and a four inch smoke pipe to vent to the smoke chamber.
Smokehouse construction and smoking tips for meat curing
The article from Popular Science Monthly explains building a smokehouse using stone brick or concrete, with a perforated barrel cover and a 4 or 5 inch pipe from fire pit to the curing chamber. It recommends green hickory or maple for fuel and smoking times from 86 to 48 hours, noting longer smoking for extended preservation.
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Popular Science Monthly
New Leaflet on Clean Milk by USDA Dairy Division
A four page leaflet from the United States Department of Agriculture dairy division explains that high quality milk is achievable by simple rules. Topics include clean cows, sterilizing utensils, using small top milking pails, and cooling milk promptly. The motto is keep milk clean covered cold.
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Dairy Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Ventilation Tips to Prevent Autumn Poultry Ailments
Forestall roup in autumn by stopping draft openings in the henhouse. Provide ample fresh air without cold drafts using muslin curtains or wind bafflers. Ventilate by making three sides airtight and the south side with vents. Use one square foot of glass and one of muslin per 16 feet of floor space, reducing curtain space if shutters are used.
Skunks Threaten Bees In Ohio Hives
A USDA Biological Survey report notes skunks cause major harm to bee-keepers in Ohio by nocturnal visits to hives. Skunks scratch until bees emerge, then eat them. The survey advises fencing hives with chicken wire at least three feet high.
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Ohio
The
Biological Survey of
United States Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Winter Eggs Profit Through Winter Laying Rates
The article argues that maximizing winter egg production yields top profit. It suggests two extra eggs per week per hen greatly boosts returns and even one additional egg over four weeks can cover feeding costs. Achieving this requires young, good laying hens and a feeder skilled in proper feed and preparation.
Plowed Land Should Remain Rough For Spring Seeding
The article advises leaving plowed land rough and not disk or harrowed down before spring to avoid packing. It notes that sweet clover can establish on sharp welded soil by seeding if the seed bed is well prepared and weed and grass free.
Protection of Young Pigs and Corn Silage for Cows
The article urges better sanitary conditions in hog quarters and emphasizes the value of properly housed breeding stock. It also notes corn silage as a succulent feed for cows, alongside roots as highly palatable forage for dairy cattle.
Fall Plowing Depth Aids Seedbed Preparation
The aim is to deepen the seed bed slightly by deeper fall plowing to weather any newly exposed sub soil. This improves soil structure and prepares moisture storage for the next planting season.
Poultry Feeding Practice Reduces Grinding by Gizzard
The practice among successful poultrymen is to grind part of the daily grain ration. While a fowl’s gizzard can grind all grain, it is generally considered more economical to use external power for part of the grinding.
Oil Farm Machinery Practice
A farm guidance line urges using small amounts of oil on farm machinery to reduce repair costs and unnecessary expenses. The tip stresses simple maintenance over costly repairs.
Iowa News Roundup Reveals Local Business and Personal Notices
Iowa report details Des Moines auto firm buying Waterloo brick block for 45000 dollars and Monticello creamery ranking among co operatives. It notes court actions and fines, marriages, divorces, deaths, and local industry updates across towns like Waterloo Des Moines Osage and Keokuk with multiple named individuals and firms.
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Monticello
Iowa
Glemens Automobile - Company of
Des’ ‘Moines
Waterloo
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Millersville State Normal School
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Oskaloosa
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Penn
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Lucy L. Seymour
Fred Pullman
Buena Vista County
August Frerichs
Wall Lake
William Thompson
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Jesup
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