Tragic New York case ends in mother’s death with child saved
A nurse Mrs Anon Mae Rieger aged 36 attempted to kill herself and her six year old daughter Roselle by gas in a One Hundred and Twenty-fourth street apartment. Neighbors alerted police and Patrolman William Smith rescued the child, she survived with faint signs of life after ministering first aid. The mother died, leaving a farewell letter to her estranged husband Tom detailing unhappiness and bitterness and urging him to care for the child.
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New York
Anon Mae Rieger
Dogs Save Master from Cliff Fall Near Bakersfield
H B Hobright of Bakersfield and his two dogs a Siberian stag hound and a fox terrier saved him when he slipped on a Sunday morning and fell partly over a cliff a man from Kansas City guided by the terrier reached the scene and the stag hound dragged Hobright from the brink by his trouser leg the dogs refused to let aid come until Hobright spoke to them.
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Bakersfield
Cal
H. G. Hobright
Hobright
W. P. Cummings
Kansas City
Cummings
Meanest thief sought after war widow’s pension theft
Waterloo police hunt the meanest thief who stole a pension of 57 dollars from Mrs. Susie Love a war widow whose husband died in the Argonne forest.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Susie Love
Argonne Forest
Local Nuptials Tie Two Nebraska Seniors in Arapahoe
Judge John W. Kimmel of Arapahoe Nebraska and Mrs Mary DP Love aged 75 and 74 respectively were married here. The couple includes a great grandfather and a grandmother reflecting a long life together.
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Denver, Colon
John W. Kimmel
Arapahoe, Neb
Mary DP. Love
Fire at Aylmer academy destroys school
Edmond Lambert and William Lebel both confessed to police that chronic truancy and desire for freedom led them to start a blaze that leveled the Aylmer academy causing an estimated loss of $30,000.
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Aylmer, Que
Edmond Lambert
William Lebel
Aylmer Academy
Inferiority Complex and Unknown Knowledge
A brief reflection notes that feeling inferior comes from envying someone who knows what you do not while they lack the things you know, shaping a quiet, philosophical moment in the Duluth Herald.
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The
Duluth Herald
Squeak in Doc s Motor Turned Out to Be Cat
Dr Simon Stern of 5026 South Michigan Avenue could not start his car in the rain. A loud engine yowl followed by a cat leaping from under the hood startled him as he found fur and the tail tip on the engine. He had left the hood up overnight.
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Chicago
Simon Stern
South
Michigan Avenue
Ten-year-old Ruth Zemke saves Bertha Batmas from lake peril
In Chicago at Thirty fourth street the 10 year old Ruth Zemke rescued eight year old Bertha Batmas from drowning after Bertha fell in while trying to save Ruth's six year old brother. Ruth swam to shore with Bertha but the boy sank and could not be saved despite Ruth's two dives.
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Chicago
Ruth Zemke
Thirtyfourth Street
Bertha Batmas
Lowe Avenue
Ruth
Bertha
Murder Confession Reveals 80 Year Old Mystery
Ithaca reports Amelia Crum releases a confession linking the 80 year old disappearance of Mrs. Edward H. Ruloff to the murder of her husband’s name. The husband, hanged in Binghamton for killing a store clerk, confessed before execution to sinking his wife’s body in Cayuga Lake. A skeleton found near the State Agriculture College prompted renewed interest.
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Ithaca
Amelia Crum
Dward H. Ruloff
Binghamton
Ruloff
Cayuga Lake
Taughannock Falls
Landon D. Crum
New State Agriculture College
Prince Sleeps in Park Seeks Wealthy Wife in Budapest
Police recover elderly man in rags from a park bench identified as former Prince Alexander Hohenloe-Oehringen. Once a Bavarian cavalry colonel, he wandered poverty with two failed marriages. He hires a lawyer to find a rich spouse, but no match is made.
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Budapest
Alexander Hohenloe-Oehringen
Prince Hohenlee-Oehringen
Aas
Prince Hohenlee
Vienna
New Rochelle Baby Grace Hecker Born With Two Teeth
Grace Agnes Hecker was born in New Rochelle New York weighing eight pounds. She arrived with two well developed teeth in the lower jaw and expressed general world weariness in her first day. She is the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hecker.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Grace Agnes Hecker
Grace
Anton Hecker
Fort Wayne brakeman dies after being struck by cars
Forrest Arch bold a 33 year old brake man for the Nickel Plate railroad died from injuries after he fell beneath a cut of cars and lost both legs in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Forrest Archbold
Nickel Plate Railroad
Hand Power ends in milking cows exceed national supply
A quip from Good Hardware notes that if all the handshaking from the last election were directed to milking cows the nation would have enough milk for a week.
Well Constructed and Equipped Dairy Barn Advised by Expert
William A. Radford offers free guidance on farm building issues from Chicago Illinois. The article notes dairy farming requires manual labor even with modern equipment and invites readers to mail inquiries with a two cent stamp.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Efficient Dairy Barn Design for 88 Cows
An expert overview explains how modern dairy barn layout reduces labor and boosts profits. The illustrated plan supports 88 cows with dual stall rows, central feed alley, carrier tracks, drains, gutters, manure disposal alleys, wide end doors, side doors, extensive windows, four air shafts per side, six ventilation shafts per side, a feed room, two large tile silos, and loft space above the feed room.
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Vais
Precaution in Varnishing During Winter Conditions
The article explains varnish drying is slowed by cold or damp air and helps by maintaining about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. It advises ventilating interiors during drying, warming varnish before use, ensuring the undercoat is fully dry, and avoiding oils turpentine or adulterated varnishes in undercoats. It warns against adding substances after cooling.
Cast Concrete Gains Shown in Industry
The article highlights a broad range of precast concrete products including lighting standards fountains columns sundial standards bird baths and cast sills lintels and cornices. It notes continued growth in use for entrances sidewalks sidewalk lights laundry tubs and posts as well as farm items like fence posts silo blocks and septic tanks.
Some Built In Devices for the Home Builder
The modern bedroom should be compact and efficient with built in devices. The text notes options for space saving features and integrated components for a neat, uncluttered layout.
Heating Plants Nerve Centers Amid Dwellers Discomfort
Heating plants serve as nerve centers and their derangement often causes acute discomfort to residents.
Built in furniture highlights in reception halls and sun parlor
Describes built in features such as wardrobes with hangings, shelves, shoe racks, dressing tables, mirrors, chairs, stairs, closets, a telephone table, writing desk, benches, radiator enclosures, and artistically furnished sun parlors with flower boxes and casement windows.
Garden Gate Described as Ideal Entry to Formal Garden
A low white gate with an arch of roses and a broad clipped hedge frames an ideal garden entrance. The text advocates formal entrances for formal gardens and describes a tow curved gate of wide planks with heavy hinges and a trellis overhead for hollyhocks and larkspur.
Saving Oat Crop From Rust Enemy
The USDA leads a nationwide effort to save oats from black stem rust by destroying its alternate host and breeding resistant varieties. Selections Minnesota 686 and 687 show strong resistance, along with Richland Iowa 105 and White Tartar. The Heigira Rustproof from South Africa also proves promising as testing expands to 51 stations in the U S and Canada. A visiting specialist will monitor results and compare infections against defenseless control varieties.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Richland
Iowa
South Africa
Canada
Proper Pullet Rearing for Egg Laying
Farmers are urged to build bone and muscle in pullets before laying. Do not overfeed corn early. feed abundant corn in the mature laying ration to keep the fowl in good flesh. Grow with mashes and scratch seeds to develop vigor, then the egg machine is ready to operate.
Sudan Grass as Substitute Hay Crop for Pastures
Sudan grass, a fine stemmed sorghum, proves a viable substitute hay crop. Trials at several agricultural stations show it suits pasture use when alternated with regular rotations. It recovers quickly after grazing and roots well, avoiding pull up. Cattle relish the green seed and maintain milk flow comparable to standard pastures.
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Sudan
Cooling Eggs in Incubator Reveals Hatch Rate Gap
The poultry department at South Dakota State College found cooling eggs in one incubator and not in another of the same model affected hatch rates. Two seasons showed 62 percent hatch without cooling versus 61 percent with cooling. Adequate ventilating systems may require cooling.
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Poultry
South Dakota State College
Seed Poultry Yards For Bacteria Control And Feed
Seed poultry yards to destroy bacteria and provide green forage. Rotate lots when many fowls share a small run. Oats is the most common plant used for this purpose.
Train Crash Kills Two in Fruitvale Tennessee
Mrs. Arthur Jones and her fifteen year old daughter Haughtie were killed when a southbound Louisville and Nashville freight train struck their automobile at a grade crossing near Fruitvale Tennessee.
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Fruitvale
Tenn
Arthur Jones
Haughtie
Louisville & Nashville
Here
Williams's Housecleaning Becomes Prelude to Cosmic Tasks
A vivid Atlanta Constitution line frames Brother Williams urging thorough housecleaning as preparation for tackling larger universal problems. The colorful phrasing suggests a preacherly exhortation linking daily discipline to grand challenges and spiritual scope.
Strength Essential in Building and Design
The text stresses that building strength is essential for homes to stand and serve, noting that true strength is not visible on the surface. It warns that many unseen factors go into a house and urges reliance on expert knowledge for material selection and aesthetic outcomes.
Beauty as a Measure of Architecture
The text argues that beauty in architecture is the felt pleasure of viewing and inhabiting a building rather than a performative display. It emphasizes beauty as a quality influencing perception and daily experience of spaces and design.
White Pine and Arkansas Soft Pine Character in Woodwork
White Pine shows a definite character its grain and sheen informesthetic uses. Arkansas soft pine forms a satin like interior trim and takes stain or enamel with notable beauty.
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Arkansas
Pasture Stockholders Warn on Early Spring Grazing
Blue Grass Pasture warns that heavy spring grazing harms summer pasturage by lowering carrying capacity and triggering a July August shortage. Sweet clover patches can help by taking on early grazing pressure and preserving forage for dryer months.
Better Poultry Improves Stock Through Pure Bred Males
A USDA report on the Better Sives Better Stock campaign notes 1,164,657 poultry and other fowl in improvement programs, led by pure bred males. Poultry outnumbers cattle and other stock, and pure-bred sires boost pure-bred female ownership, with small investment for breeding pens and rapid benefits to other farm animals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Setting High Standard for Dairy Production
H. St. Lascelles, Fieldman for Colorado State Dairy Commissioner, urges strict dairy breed standards. The guide lists Holstein Friesian cows’ annual fat targets by age from two to five years and a 305 day requirement at 50 percent of all year test, plus calf rearing within 14 months of the prior birth. He advocates judging grades and using pure bred sires to ensure reliable producers.
Rhubarb: a hardy perennial vegetable for seasons
Rhubarb is described as a hardy perennial vegetable that provides an early spring supply akin to asparagus. Early leafstalks are in demand, with harvest lasting about eight weeks, after which leaves feed the roots for next year’s crop. The plant survives extreme heat and winter cold in central latitudes.
Sweet Clover Compared To Alfalfa as Livestock Feed
Analyses from Tolaho experiment station show sweet clover matches alfalfa for livestock feed. It delivers similar protein and carbohydrate levels with only slightly higher crude fiber. Biennial yellow sweet clover has more crude fiber than white biennial.
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Tolaho
Farm Notes on Crops Chicks and Cleanups
Weeds die best before sowing and proper exercise aids chick growth. Soybeans, sweet clover, vetch and Mammoth clover improve sandy soils. Cate and dogs help control run but require owner cooperation. Time and shared effort improve agriculture at individual and national levels. Seed rates include Iowa broadcast soybeans at about sixty pounds per acre and drills for hay with 80 pounds per acre. Cod liver oil in mash aids young chicks, and kerosene helps bearings when tightening bolts.
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Iowa
Astronomer Claims Zodiac Origins Of 20 Languages
Edward Getsinger, an astronomer and antiquity researcher, asserts that the origin of twenty languages traces to zodiac signs. He calls his study zodial phaby and says astronomy began as a religious discipline among learned classes over 12,000 years ago. Zodiac emblems were tribal signs that evolved into modern graphic letters.
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Zodialphaby
Edward ©. Getsinger
Preachers Grow Scarce in U S Churches and Villages
United States has about 80,000 churches in 10,000 villages without regular preachers per federated church authorities. In many places a preacher is available only one Sunday a month and in some remote areas even less. Rice glue made by boiling rice in water yields a fine paste for pasting white paper.
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United States
Signing Off After Prayer Time on the Wireless
A young Bennie ends a children's hour by closing with a prayer and a humorous Amen as the program signs off, adding a playful Good Hardware note.
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Little Bennie
Renewing Youth Reflections From Milwaukee Journal
A fragment notes the challenge of renewing youth and memory as discussed in the Milwaukee Journal. The line reflects on aging, time, and the desire to recapture earlier vigor.
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Milwawkee Journal
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N. Richmond St
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North Ashland Ave
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Franconia Notch
New Hampshire
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