Head Hunters of South America Stun Explorer Returns
Dr. William Curtis Farabee of the University of Pennsylvania recounts three years in the Amazon region visiting Mundurucu and Jivero tribes. He describes head hunting customs, belts of human teeth, ceremonial practices, and the hard trek through remote forest with Ogilvie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Curtis Farabee
University of Pennsylvania
Amazon River
South America
University of ‘Pennsylvania
Farabee
New York Sun
Mundurucu
Jivero
Amazon
Arabee
Amazon Valley
Para
British Guiana
H. P. C. Melville
Guiana
John Ogilvie
Mr. Melville
Dndanawa
Odd Bits Of World News And Trivia
A roundup of curiosities spans from a 216 foot timber shipped from British Columbia to England for a Kew Gardens flagpole to baboons aiding water finding in South Africa and elephant tusks weighing up to 1000 pounds. It notes New York City pension funds, Swiss forestry rules, inventions for motorists and haircare, and many other scattered facts across science, geography, and everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
England
Kew Gardens
South Africa
New York City
Switzerland
Vigor Fecundity and Type Guide Swine Breeding
The article discusses pork production aims and hog selection based on vigor fecundity and efficiency. It advises preferring long growthy sows with strong backs and teats, choosing one breed and a dominant boar, and focusing on feed quality especially alfalfa pasture to improve herd profitability. It notes Duroc Poland-China Berkshire and Hampshire as viable breeds with emphasis on individuality of the boar over breed alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgh R. Samson
Denver
Tyrd
Arm
Eke
Eleven Sidelights On Disease Of Hogs
A historical guidance list stresses prevention for hog diseases noting cleanliness, space, ventilation,quarantine, vaccination, and husbandry practices. It urges proper sanitation of water troughs, pens, and buildings and recommends veterinary help for vaccination and treatment.
Place to store root crops for winter feeding
Farmers advised to store roots in a cellar or cave to feed livestock through winter. Suggested crops include mangel beets carrots turnips and ruta bagas as prime winter feed. Emphasizes preserved seeds and preparedness for scarcity of green forage.
Stack Wheat Quickly After Cutting for Quality
The passage urges stacking wheat immediately after cutting to preserve color and protect kernels. It notes straw becomes brittle and threshers save most kernels, while threshing from the shock causes heavy losses.
Crude Creosote Promoted as Germ and Bug Killer
Advises using crude creosote as a cheap effective germ and bug killer for hen coops hog pens and barns. Recommends applying with brush paint or spray for broad coverage and pest control.
Making Live Stock Like Sweet Clover Pasture
Farmers report sheep and cattle reluctant to eat sweet clover at first. Isolate animals on sweet clover for a few days then allow access to other pastures. after a short period, livestock prefer sweet clover to other forage. Sweet clover offers nutritive, palatable pasture with little risk of bloat and boosts milk flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Crops Department
Iowa State College
Eradication of All Weeds By Persistent Farm Work
The article urges readers to cut, mow, plow, dig, or pull weeds now before they seed. It argues that recognizing weed growth early shows diligence, and with perseverance it is easier to keep weeds down than to grow extra corn where it should be sparse. It uses Mr. Warmer as a metaphor for alert farming habits.
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Serbia
Ireland
Warmer
Character of the Farmer and his Son
The piece argues the farmer's character reflects his son and that a poor, unproductive farm breeds discouragement and shiftlessness. Restoring productivity is praised as morally and financially beneficial, highlighting the link between farm performance and farmer virtue.
Surplus Supers for Bea Colonies Delayed Start
Provide surplus supers for the bea colonies but do not place the new one until the old unit is well filled. This policy aims to keep workers motivated and avoid discouragement from underused hives.
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Bea
Styles in Capes Capture Fashion across Materials and Eras
Fashion notes from 1910 describe capes as the dominant outer garment for motoring and evenings. Peasant capes in various fabrics gain popularity, while evening wraps of red and blue chiffon with white marabou accessorize dinners. The cape era outshines coats, with past styles like empire influences hinting at a broader revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ubs
McClure
Ayudiente
Aging Hands Warn of Early Signs for Working Women
The text urges care for aging hands, noting manual labor accelerates aging compared to leisure class hands. It describes drying skin and wrinkling, advises daily cold cream or olive oil rubs, and suggests benzoin tincture or lemon juice in olive oil to bleach and nourish the skin.
Fads and Fashions: Handkerchief White Blouse Trends
A pretty blouse features handkerchief white fabric with delicate color dots. Contrasting color blouses gain favor for dressy attire, white georgette crepe with heavy color embroidery enhances blouses. The test fancy is a transparent hat with under brim trimming. A card cabinet aids a young housekeeper, and picnic use suggests folding a bungalow uproots over the lunch basket for easy access.
Long Capes Show Lavish Trims and Color
Trimmed capes described include a rose pink cape with ostrich edging and a white accent, and an emerald green silk cape with a second waist depth cape. The green cape features three spaced rushes along the lower edge and a pleated finish, a large ruche collar, and a simple folded hem with a decorative upper edge.
Remedy for Feet Burning May Be Simple Home Cure
A folk remedy suggests buying five cents' worth of tannin at a drug store and placing it in an empty powder box. Sprinkle a small amount into your stocking every few days to ease burning feet and eventually forget the problem.
Boudoir Capes Charm Paris Ladies at Breakfast
A Paris rumor says a silk cape for the boudoir will suit ladies who sip chocolate or tea in bed. The cape, in crepe or satin with patterned coloring to match room hangings, drapes over semi‑shoulders during breakfast. It reduces fuss compared with traditional negligees and may appeal to American leisure class women.
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Paris
Feisure
When She Sews Big Cretonne Work Basket
A needlewoman’s basket reveals its contents at a glance with a nude top over wide hoops showing pins needles punchers and cocket needles. The willow bottom wears beautifully and the basket drops beside the chair rather than resting in the lap.
Marks Change in Styles in Fashionable Coats
The Introduction of Fullness Into the fill models is the most marked feature of the change in styles. A coat in softly finished dark green broadcloth trimmed with darker velvet shows a clearly defined silhouette. The hat matches the trim and features a small feather.
Silence Cloths of Asbestos for Tables
An asbestos cloth offers waterproof and heat proof protection for table tops. It resists stains and damage from hot spills, is hatless with no binding, and is made in halves of three hinged sections that won’t warp. It folds neatly into a sideboard drawer when stored.
Stockings Grow Scarce Amid Holiday Rush
In the lead up to the year’s biggest sales, stockings and related textiles rise in price and grow harder to obtain. Drop stitch white silk and fish hose vanish from many shops, forcing buyers to settle for less durable substitutes.
Dermal Massage Guide for Plump Cheeks
The instructions advise common facial rubbing to fill thin cheeks. For the right cheek use the left hand with the thumb beyond the mouth corner and perform upward outward rotations. Begin at the mouth corner and trace three diverging lines over the cheek. Repeat about six times per cheek using the opposite hand on the other side.
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Melville
Dr. Farabee
Ogilvie
Waiwai
Great Falls
Balata Gum
Dutch Guiana
Philadelphia
Farrabee
Walwal
China
Amsterdam
Mexican
Pacific
Gulf of California
Argentina
Ibound
Duroc
Jersey
Iowa
Cape
Boudoir Capes
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