Water Heating Device Lets Warm Water Reach Barn
An illustrated diagram from Orange Judd Farmer shows a simple house to barn water heating setup using a shared hot water line and two short pipes. Opening valve B and closing A lets warm house boiler water flow to the barn tub, as tested on a farm in Amherst Massachusetts for winters. Rights of Sheep Owners: Agnes Smith sued George Wetherill in Oneida County NY for damages over her dog shot while chasing sheep. the appellate division ruled the statute allows killing a dog that chases or wounds sheep, beyond common law defenses, upholding a broader rule.
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Orange Judd
Amherst
Maass
Agnes Smith
George Wetherill
Oneida County
New York
Wetherill
Nash
King of Angoras champion buck sold at auction
Lazarus, bred by D. Taylor of Lake Valley New Mexico, was the Kansas City show champion Angora buck. The animal was sold at auction to Col. C. Rich. The article lauds American breeding quality and compares favorably to Turkey and South Africa stock.
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King of
Record price for American bred Angora reaches seven hundred
A Dubuque Iowa breeder named Richardson sells an American bred Angora for 700 dollars, setting a new record price for the breed. The sale highlights demand for Angora goats and the breeder’s rising reputation in local livestock circles.
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Ardson
Dubuque
Iowa
Tips for Creameries and Dairy Packaging Standards
The Illinois Bulletin No 83 advises milk cans be washed and sterilized with steam at the factory and returned to the farm in a suitable receptacle. Cans used for transport should be emptied promptly, washed, scalded, and inverted on a rack with covers off. It also urges dairy markets to be developed with products of known standards and original packaging so consumers know grade and quality.
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Illixois
Minnesota dairy education gains A W Trow
Dairy educator A W Trow of Glenville Minnesota joins the state dairy and food department educational staff. The Legislature has voted a $30 000 annual appropriation and dairy laws have been improved to aid farmers and dairymen statewide.
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A. W. Trow
Glenville
Minn
Dairy and Food Department
Minnesota
A Good Whitewash Recipe for Inside and Outside Use
The article describes two whitewash methods. For interior work mix ready limewash with soft boiled rice and white glue. For exterior use substitute rock salt dissolved in boiling water. Applied on a sunny day the finish stays permanent and helps destroy lice inside poultry houses and stables.
A Desirable Door Lock for Barn Doors
D H Shepard describes a crossbar lock that replaces the heavy perpendicular bar with a round iron bolt that secures to the middle rail and turns freely. The bar ends fit into floor and beam gains, or a strip nailed to the beam underside, allowing easier operation from inside the barn.
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D. H. Shepard
Relieving a Puffing Horse and Its care
The article explains roaring in horses, a lung disease like human asthma, with no cure. Light work and a grain heavy diet help. A treatment of iodide of potassium and nux vomica given twice daily for two to three weeks may relieve symptoms during attacks.
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Indianapolis News
Homemade fireproofing mix for cattle and milking routine
A reader notes a simple home formula of kerosene fish oil and carbolic acid to deter fires in cattle. It advises daily morning spraying after milking with emphasis on the head and limbs to maintain milk flow in heat. London timber houses claim lasting strength over two centuries.
Justice McCarthy receives substantial recognition in London
Premier Balfour grants Justin McCarthy a civil pension of 1000 pounds per year in recognition of his meritorious services to history and literature. McCarthy, born in Cork in 1830, rising statesman, historian, journalist and orator, built a career from Cork and Liverpool papers to the London Star and lecturing in America.
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London
Balfour
Justin McCarthy
Cork
Ireland
Liverpool
London Star
John Bright
America
McCarthy
Parnell
London Times
Minakuchi Buckner Marriage Ties Japan and Kentucky Families
Yutaka Minakuchi of Japan, a Kennedy University graduate and ordained minister, marries Olive Buckner of Cave Ridge Kentucky. Minakuchi is linked to Japanese royalty and diplomacy. Buckner comes from a long prominent Bourbon County family and attends the Christian Church. The union draws unusual attention for cross national marriages between Americans and Japanese.
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South
Yutaka Minakuchi
Japan
Oliver Buckner
Cave Ridge
Minakuchi
Kenneey University
Lexington
Kentucky
Christian Church
Buckner
Bourbon County
Burdette Starts Humorist Church in Los Angeles
Robert J. Burdette, famed humorist and lecturer, has established a new church in Los Angeles. Known for his engaging presence and gentle tones, he rose from Peoria common schooling to a long career in journalism and public speaking after serving in the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry.
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Bob” Burdette
California
Robert J. Burdette
Los Angeles
Mr. Burdette
Peoria
Pensions Shown For Veterans From Several Wars
A Pension Commissioner Ware summary refutes the idea Republicans are ungrateful by listing pension disbursements to veterans from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish American War. The totals include Revolutionary era pensions, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, and the Spanish American War expenditures.
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Ware
Not Such a Fool as He Looks
A brief exchange shows a character confessing love despite doubt from a father. The other replies that intelligence must match the claim, hinting at tension around sincerity and prudence in relationships.
Atlanta Woman Claims Cure From Ovarian Inflammation
Miss Alice Bailey of Atlanta Georgia recounts a permanent cure from ovarian inflammation using Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound after years of pain and a near operation. She describes weight gain and restored health following two bottles and endorses the remedy.
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Alice Bailey
Atlanta
Geon
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Avice Barter
North Boulevard
England's Navy Costs and its Seaborne Supremacy
England sustains naval supremacy at an annual cost around 155 million dollars. The piece notes this expense compares to U.S. pension outlays. An unrelated medical ad promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Er measures claiming cures from the first day and offers a free trial and booklet from Dr Kline Ltd in Philadelphia.
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England
United States
Dr.Kline
K. H. Kline
Forty Years Piso's Cure for Consumption Ad
Conversation hints at a long running cure for coughs and colds. The ad notes Piso's Cure for Consumption has cured coughs for forty years and is available at druggists for 25 cents.
The Making of Him
The fragment shows a tailor arguing about clothes making the man. A quip suggests clothes influence perception and identity, highlighting social judgments tied to attire.
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Him
Allen's Foot-Ease Free Sample Offer
Olmsted Le Roy N Y offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease claimed to cure sweating feet swelling and aching feet ease tight shoes and treat corns bunions and nails sold by druggists 25 cents no substitutes. Also a whimsical exchange about preferring May to Mary in a dialogue about names and vacation fears.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Mrs Winslow Teething Syrup Promoted for Children
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the top remedy for teething discomfort in infants and young children. It emphasizes ease of use and soothing effects for mothers seeking relief during teething season.
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Mrs. Winslow
Lost His Identity in Marriage Question
A brief excerpt quotes a man answering marriage questions with humor and resignation. He admits being married two or three times and says after the third he lost track of who he was and how he arrived there. The exchange appears in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Referson Machine Co Successors to John Poole Portland Oregon
Portland Oregon firm Referson Machine Co successors to John Poole advertises sawmill machinery gasoline engines and general machinery line at foot of Morrison Street.
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Referson Machine Co
John Poole
Morrison St
Portland
Oregon
Parsons Hawke
Eland
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