Public Accidents Lead Death Toll
C B Auell of the National Safety Council argues that mechanization and power increase danger to daily life. He notes automobile deaths total about 106000 annually in the United States and warns that safety efforts lag behind rapid industrial progress. The shift of accidental deaths to streets and public spaces underscores the need for broadened protective measures.
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C. B. Auel
National Safety Council
New York
Aladdin
Nature
Thi
Double Eagles Return as United States Mints Expand Output
The Philadelphia mint along with San Francisco and Denver reports show triple minting of the $20 gold coin known as the double eagle. Philadelphia alone is producing about 80,000 daily, a new record for a single plant, driven by a leadership law requiring one third of government gold certificates to be backed by specie.
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Philadelphia
United States
San Francisco
Denver
Conness
British Try to Save Old Smithy
In Hertford England local officials and the ministry of agriculture collaborate to preserve village blacksmithing amid mass production. Special exhibits at the Hertfordshire show prize crafts like wrought iron gates and weather vanes, while plans aim to keep the smithy from fading as autos and tractors rise.
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Hertford
England
Longfellow
Hertfordshire County Council
Ministry of Agriculture
Sife
Herts
Ir. W. Speaight
Hen Lays Egg Within Egg Stuns New Jersey Farm
Russell Schellenger, a Fishing Creek farmer near Cape May, finds a nesting egg containing a complete second egg inside after collecting eggs. The unusual double layer highlights hens adopting an economy program by conserving nesting space.
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Cape May
N. J
Cape
Russell Schellenger
Fishing Creek
Tenement Army of Wall Street Unites Diverse Neighborhood
The Bowling Green Neighborhood Associations fostered a living evidence of citizenship by linking 1,400 families from 28 nations in Wall Street Manhattan. The volunteer effort centers on a model headquarters on West Street, a $500,000 riverfront playground, and multiple clubs and health clinics. Common employment and second generation language uptake have bridged ethnic lines, with 8,781 women and 2,651 men employed on local payrolls and average family earnings around $1,000 annually.
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New York
Wall Street
Bowling Green
West Street
River Front
Geneva
Association
Manhattan
Association Henda
Equitable
Empire
Noble
Paul Franklin
Quake Deaths Linked to Poison Gas Say Scientists
A seismic disaster commission reports that 88 000 quake victims at an army clothing depot died from exposure to poison gas rather than fire. The forty member panel of scientists investigates the disaster and its long term effects.
Woman Steals Autos Detained in Rochester Case
Rochester police said Mrs. Mary Smith twenty two confessed the other night to stealing about fifteen automobiles in Detroit and Buffalo with her husband Walter Smith twenty and the couple are held on vagrancy charges.
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Rochester
N. Y
Mary Smith
Detroit
Buffalo
Walter Smith
Jazz band plays in English church service for first time
In Wandsworth England Alfredo's band performed during a church service marking a historic first for the country. The event showcased a jazz group taking part in a stead of traditional sacred music, signaling a shift in church musical practice.
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Wandsworth
England
Alfredo
California Campus Encompasses 530 Acres of Untouched Canyon
The University of California campus spans about 530 acres and includes a sizeable canyon kept in near natural condition.
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University of California
Locomotives Get Names in British Railways Tradition
The London and North Eastern railway resumes the old stage coach practice by naming locomotives after famed race horses. Early titles include Flying Fox Ormonde Hermit Diablo Donovan Doncaster among others. The Southern Railway follows suit naming engines after notable men. The larger passenger locomotives will bear names while only yard switchers remain numbered.
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London
London & North Eastern Railway
Enabeled
Flying Fox
Ormonde
Hermit
Diablo
Donovan
Doncaster
Mallway
Hig Majesty
Prince of Wales
Pocket Hole Causes Man to Lose Ten Dollars
Report notes that several men choose to risk ten dollars on a horse race rather than lose a dime from a pocket hole. The quip highlights frugal caution and horse racing culture in the period.
Iowa Agriculture Experiment Association Opens Soy Bean Trials
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association in Ames offers one-bushel lots of Manchu Peking and Dunfield soy beans for trial by growers. Fees cover beans, bags, inoculation, and postage, with limited Dunfield seed sent in two pound lots. Applications and questions should be sent to Ames.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Ames
Lowa
Iowa
Cucumber Beetles Trouble Home Garden
Garden notes describe striped and spotted cucumber beetles attacking young cucumber and melon plants. Historic controls include turpentine tobacco camphor arsenate dust and Paris green. The 22 percent nicotine dust is the most recent treatment but effectiveness varies with weather and beetle return.
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Paris
Shippers urged to steer clear of oversupplied hay markets
Marketing experts advise hay shippers to avoid glutted markets as hay cannot be stored like grains. Oversupply drags prices, so ship the type the market wants and monitor quotations when receipts are heavy or demand slow. Kansas City serves as the large distributing hay market supplying the South and cotton regions.
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Kansas City
Teach Chicks to Roost to Prevent Overcrowded Nests
Instructions urge teaching chicks to roost after brooding to avoid crowding in house corners. Overcrowded growing stock risk summer colds that hinder growth and may become a loss by fall. Spray roosts with disinfectant to kill mites and protect stock.
Destroys Potato Bugs Warns Early Attack
The article warns that potato bugs attack soon after sprouts appear and vines may be destroyed. Young insects cause more damage than adults. It advises spraying when plants are a few inches high with arsenate of lead or Varis green as a substitute, detailing mixing rates for large and small gardens.
Destroy Melon Louse with Nicotine Spray and Dust Mix
For melon louse spray with nicotine sulphate at 1 to 50 and add cheap laundry soap at 4 pounds per 50 gallons. Ensure spray outlet angle reaches undersides of leaves. For striped cucumber dust with 1 pound calcium arsenate and 20 pounds gypsum or land plaster.
Filling an Ordinary Silo for Efficient Silage
Hoards Dairyman advises on labor for silo filling and timing of corn harvest to produce well preserved silage. Optimal staffing includes binder operator, engine and cutter operator, three teams for hauling, plus two loaders, with total effort depending on distance to the silo. Corn should be silaged when kernels dent and glaze before leaves dry, about ten days to two weeks before grain harvest to ensure proper moisture and rapid heating.
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Hoard
Ling
Alfalfa Crop Risks From Mature Nurse Crop Practices
Alfalfa fields sown in spring suffer when nurse crops of oats or barley mature. Water is drawn from the soil, stunting young alfalfa plants. Lodging from ripe grain also endangers stands. Growers should harvest grain early to protect alfalfa establishment and inoculation investments.
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George W. Musgrave
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Muggrove
Ripentigg
Buttermilk Valuation for Swine Feed
Buttermilk has the same feeding value as skim milk for swine and is valued by comparing it to corn. When corn is $1 per bushel, diluted buttermilk equals 0.5 bushel per 100 pounds, meaning 50 cents per hundredweight for feeding swine, provided buttermilk is not fed in excess of three pounds per one pound of grain.
Feeding Heifers for First Calving in Beef Operations
The article explains that no heifer is pregnant and overfeeding poses little risk. Liberal feeding months before freshening builds condition for work and aids udder development before first calving. Do not fear gaining too much fat. a beefy, well conditioned physique is desirable.
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Goa
Small Wood Denizens Have Large Appetites
The USDA Biological Survey at Southwestern Forest Experiment Station tests the diet of the Rocky Mountain mantled ground squirrel and the San Francisco mountain chipmunk. A group of four seed trees in an acre of western yellow pine land can produce about 2000 seeds in a good year, enough to feed one squirrel family and three chipmunk families for two weeks, hampering natural reforestation in good years.
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Rocky Mountain
Silence and bravado under fire in a trench tale
A sergeant moments before an imagined roar dives into a shell hole but finds a private already there. The near miss ends with a grim, dark humor exchange as the sergeant confirms his identity and the private jokes about the waiting explosion. The scene captures wartime tension and camaraderie.
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Sarge
London space value bids for compact six in one furniture
In crowded London flats space is precious with fold up bunks stacked like ships berths. Aether introduces a six in one contrivance combining a folding bed washstand chest mirror shoe rack and extra bedding space for compact living.
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London
First electric street railway systems in U S
The first electric street railway to run successfully in the United States began operations in Richmond Virginia in 1888. Today there are 45000 miles of track and last year 900 companies carried 16000000000 passengers, about 160 times the U S population.
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United States
Richmond
Hair Curling Devices and the Rise of Permanent Waving
Popular Science Monthly notes six hundred U S patents issued for new hair curling devices. These include methods using hot air and steam and permanent waving machines. The first American curling patent was issued in 1857 to Lewis, who perfected an iron heated by plunging it in hot water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Patent Office
Popular Science Monthly
Lewis
Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment Talcum Ad
Advertisement promoting the Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum powder. It highlights use for face skin baby and dusting powder with perfume, claiming it renders other perfumes unnecessary and notes price 25e each.
Scotland records high infant mortality and low birth rate
The Scottish registrar general reports ninety eight infant deaths per 1000 births in Scotland in 1024 and a birth rate of 192, the lowest since the war. The United States infant mortality is stated as 0 per 1000 births in 10928.
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Scotland
United States
Poison bran mash to combat cutworms in corn
Instructions recommend poisoning cutworms in corn ground using bran mash. Mix 24 pounds wheat bran with 1 pound paris green 1 quart cheap molasses and 8% gallons of water and scatter in late afternoon or early evening for best results.
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Patsor
Nere
Paris
Agricultural tips and pest control in farm gardens
The text covers alfalfa use for profits, garden maintenance through frequent but shallow pruning, and rest after eight weeks. It warns cucumber wilt from striped cucumber beetles and suggests Bordeaux mixture with lead arsenate for prevention. It notes pest control through parasites and cabbage maggot, spraying with dilute corrosive sublimate, and milking cows after pasture removal to avoid grassy flavors.
Twice in This Woman's Life Lydia Pinkham’s Remedy
Ellensburg Washington woman recalls severe monthly pains in youth and later chronic pain during motherhood She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and continues using it now She invites letters about the medicine's impact from Porter's Drug Store to Ellensburg Washington and back to Mrs William Carver R F D No 2 Ellensburg Washington
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg
Washington
Lydia B. Pinkham
Porter
Willliam Carver
R. F.D. No
Burglars Claim They Are Upstairs in Odd Night Visit
A frightened wife wakes to argue with a pair of burglars who insist they are downstairs but then reveal they are actually upstairs. A strangers voice calms the scene as the intruders depart with a cryptic good night.
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