German cooperatives show how farmers unite for markets and power
A detailed survey of German agricultural co operation reveals 26 000 societies with nearly 2.5 million members led by democratic one member one vote, offering credit insurance stores creameries power plows automobiles and water supply bodies to boost output quality and market access across a centralized federation system.
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Berlin
Germany
Henry Wolff
United ‘States
Preyinos
Hanover
Western
America
United States
Audh
Bradenburg
Tragedy in Snow Story Of Owl Fox And Hare
James Oliver Curwood describes a winter hunt in the Canadian wilderness where a hare, a fox, and a white owl enact a brutal hunt on the snow. The narrator, noting the brutal scene, recalls a missing poison ball and a bedded fox, presenting a stark nature drama as if written in blood on the snow.
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Rhorning
Guy de Maupassant
James Oliver Curwood
Leslie’s Weekly
Lifeboats In Suit-Case by Italian Inventor Piperno
Italian inventor G Piperno unveils a compact lifeboat packed in a 20 pound suitcase sized 24 by 16 inches. On deck, break seal and unfold to a small craft. abandon ship by entering, launching overboard, and the device rights itself and opens for use.
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G. Piperno
England
Unrenewable Patent Joke Turns On Expiry Renewal
A county justice questions a patent attorney in a courtroom tale from National Monthly. The lawyer admits he is a patent attorney and the judge jokes that once a patent expires it cannot be renewed, poking fun at legal jargon.
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National Monthly
A King's Ruse and a Socialist Tailor Story
Thexlate August Bebel recalls in memoirs a tale from Prince Peter of Serbia then at Zurich. The prince, money short, counted on a German Socialist student friend a tailor who charged 16 percent extra on his bills and secretly passed the surplus to the prince.
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August Bebel
Servia
Peter
Marageorgevitch
Zurich
Fashionable millinery blooms brighten spring hats
The article surveys millinery flowers, noting vast variety from fabrics to leather, with artificial grasses dyed in season hues. It highlights roses in many forms, silk and velvet petals, and small fruit accents like lemons and cherries, crafted with high realism by makers led by Julia Bottomley.
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Julia
Bottomley
Medici collar and net undersleeves reshape summer dress
Julia Bottomley notes a new summer feature in neckwear with the Medici collar supported by wires and small bones. Wired collars ruffs and net undersleeves with lace edges promise sprightly styling, washable nets, and versatile fichus to pair with printed challies and light silks, priced 40 to 80 cents a yard.
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Julia Bottomley
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