Converts to Buddhism Sweep America Namely Boston
Yekun Furukawa of the Rinzai sect arrives from Japan to devote five years to preaching in the United States. He has forty years of priestly service. The feature highlights Margaret Ledson in San Francisco becoming a Buddhist nun with Nyogen Senak presiding and the shaving of her head as a vow.
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United States
Boston
Yekun Furukawa
Rinzai Sect of
Japan
America
Yukan
San Francisco
Margaret Ledson
Nyogen Senaak
Margaret
Far North Trap Tale of Glutton the Wolverine
A bedtime tale recounts Honker the Goose and Eter Rabbit as Glutton the Wolverine outsmarts a trapper. Glutton ignores meat to hunt every trap, then consumes bait and sabotages others, prompting the trapper to seek him with a gun while Glutton visits his home.
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Eter
Hanker
Goose
Glutton
Wolverine
Honker
Peter
Buster Bear
Buster
Ben Chapman Leads In Base Stealing For Yankees
Ben Chapman, Yankees outfielder, constantly aims to steal bases whenever a lead appears. He has led both leagues in thefts, demonstrating an aggressive baserunning style.
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Ben Chapman
New York Yankees
Glutton Outwits Trapper In Fur Trade Tale
A narrator recalls a trapper in the wilderness who fails to find edible food after a snare. The next day the trapper leaves by canoe, returns later with more provisions, and the narrator notes Glutton’s cleverness and disdain for the trapper. The little people mentioned wear fur and survive by wit and caution.
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J. G. Lloyd
Wnu
Pact with Spirit on Africa West Coast Child Bond
A West African coast practice describes parents striking a bargain with an unseen spirit after a child is born. The child binds by proxy to keep a tabu such as not eating at sea or avoiding certain meats, while the spirit agrees to protect and care for the child.
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Africa
Squaw Dish and Egg Recipes from Mottier’s Cook Book
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union excerpt presents old fashioned dishes including the Squaw Dish with potatoes onions carrots and peas, salt pork and milk baked, a codfish and potato bake, a fried egg method, Eggs in Peppers baked with toast, a cold orange yolk drink, and Tongue and Spinach Salad with celery and mayonnaise.
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Western Newspaper Union
Absent minded engagement turns to wedding in New York
Doris Collins dismisses worry as she assists her mother with errands. Walter Harmon helps with a large package and, after a playful moment, Doris reveals they are engaged. Mrs Collins approves and plans to invite Walter to visit with peaches.
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Doris
Snail’s
Mrs. Collins
Walter Harmon
Walter
Mrs. Collings
Dixie Tie About Loved by Women Majority
A brief note discusses the Dixie tie as popular with the majority of women. The Leyden jar invention is noted as taking place in Leyden in 1746.
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Dixie
City of
Leyden
Cornell dairy calf starter cuts feeding chores and costs
The New York State College of Agriculture reports a dry calf Starter that eliminates heating water for mixing feeds. Calves reaching six months cost about 36 dollars with 825 pounds of milk fed in 17 weeks, using a blend of ground corn, oats, bran, linseed meal and skim milk.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Charles H. Crawford
Department of Animal Husbandry
Crawford
Animal Husbandry Department
Ithaca
N. Y
Creep feeding on ranges boosts calf weight and profit
University of Nebraska research finds April calf creep fed on native Kansas pastures average six bushels of grain, adding about 60 pounds to market weight. At 10 cents per pound, the extra weight nets roughly $1 per bushel of grain. Creep fed calves also fetch $1 to $2 per hundred more than nonfed calves while milking.
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Kansas
R. R. Thalman
University of Nebraska
Well Constructed Tank Efficient for Cooling
Tests at the state experiment station in Geneva New York show cooling in well constructed farm tanks is easier and as sanitary as cooling over an aerator Electric refrigerators for dairy farms are practical and reliable Farmers should use tanks large enough to hold six cans with twice as much ice and water as milk A tank 85 inches by 60 inches by 26 inches holds six cans and two gallons of water and ice per gallon of milk
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Geneva
N. Y
Dairy Facts Testing Opens Way to Sound Dairying
Carelessness in feeding raises milk costs while recent tests show silage acids are not harmful to cows. Calf horns are prevented with a caustic stick from the druggist and alfalfa storage for winter feed is urged. Milk utensil rinsing should be cool, weather affects production, and only the best cows should raise calves to ensure good bloodlines.
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Buddha
Robert
By Thornton W. Burgess
Trapper
Girligags
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Mottier
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
CWNU
Georgia
Cornell
Great Britain
Vickers Armstron
Baltimore
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