Profitable feeding for dairy cows tested in Pennsylvania
Bulletin 24 from the Pennsylvania agricultural station reports Waters Caldwell and Air Weld experiments feeding 10 cows from 12 pounds hay and 12 pounds grain up to 19 and 37 daily then back. Results show the medium ration yields the greatest net profit, while cheaper rations risk loss. individual cow variation is large and careful herd management is essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Agricultural Station
Waters
Caldwell
Air
Captain Hayes Ends Sociable Night in Patrol Wagon
A Chicago Herald story recounts Lieutenant Hayes, once a Desplaines Street captain, leaving a church sociable with his family. In rain and wind he shuttles them home in a patrol wagon, his humor and unorthodox exit provoking mixed laughter among onlookers and the matron’s astonishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Desplaines Street
Captain Hayes
Dazifel
Chicago Herald
De Beers Employee Letter Reveals Education Study
A De Beers Kimberley worker writes to a kitchen girl of color in a rambling missive full of archaic verse and errors. The letter, though incoherent, shows schooling influences and highlights how native education is shaping literary exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kafr Lore
South Africa Review
de Beers
Judea Moses
Miy
Zion
Miss Judeai
Anxor
Miss Moses
Yone
Framerbury Tamaly
Kimberley
Raffi
American science and industry outpace Britain in the 19th century
The Edinburgh Review notes American leadership in applying science to production. It cites electricity in manufacturing, aluminum price drops, iron and steel machinery, drop hammers lowering plow costs, and dramatic gains in pin and sleeve hitch production compared with colonial times, highlighting the shift from imported pins to millions produced domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Smith
America
England
Edinburgh Review
Superintendent Burns on Prison Reform Advocates Good Behavior
The speaker argues for preventive prison reform with a five pound measure to foster self control and reform. He contends that giving convicts confidence and restoring them to social life relies on good behavior becoming a habit and personal perseverance, as the only hopeful reform method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brrnes
Ipienden
Yi Po
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Feeds Health Message
A vintage health ad urges readers to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to get well or stay well, presenting it as a reliable medicine. The note emphasizes daily use for effective results and health maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Moldenhower
Creamery Journal
Mercantile Exchange
New York City
Governor Flower
New York
E. M. Jones
Dr. King
H. B. Backlen & Co
Chicago
Heskhand Household
Garrett & Pearre’s
Hood
Mysterious Timbuktu and Diverse Central African Notes
A mixed digest covers Timbuktu lore with its location, population, tribes, and mosques plus notes on European visits and trade. It also surveys German bread tastes, royal lace history, nursery superstitions, umbrella symbolism, galvanized iron, the Deathwatch beetle, a line from elegy in a country churchyard, and a Chamberlain’s remedy promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Africa
Timbuktu
Niger
Timberkiu
Ac Cabra
Timbukte
Berubidi
Theash
Auth
Almpar
Tramp Repeats Plea for Cash After Sidewalk Work
A pamphlet of short items reports a city dentist’s wife paid a tramp 40 cents to sweep snow from a long sidewalk. Two weeks later the same man returned, demanding money for damages after claiming a strained side. The doctor offered 15 cents, sparking a terse bargain and a relieved laugh.
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Alma
Tromp
Ivavine
nCet
Washington Post
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Agricultures Department
Victoria
Coburg
Melita
Edinburgh
Princess Royal
Duke of Albany
Duchess of York
Beatrice
Egypt
Nineveh
China
Japan
Persia
Sadio
Chamberlain
Kserite
Winthrop
H.W. Tallent
Vyecument Company
Tatter’s
Lor
W. W. Winthrop
Willam C
Asia Minor
United States
Indian River
Florida
Youn Winthrop
Xod Kb Whole Sim
Aee
Young Winthrop
Fort Worth
R. M. Wrane
J. Morgan Wells
Fnrmre
Hardeeville
Fla
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Toronto
Canada
Lady Aberdeen
Toronto Women’s Council
Stewart
Roral Institute
Orth
South America
Guatemala
Panama
Mexico
Australis
Seyond
Tess
Franklin Miles
Miles
Alonso Barker
Clinton
N. Y
Martin Gillet & CO
Baltimore
Nelaton
Lilly, Rogers & CO
Baltepmore
Paris
Furnisne B. i
John Wistis
A. Williamson
Pederick, Ma
Hen Weakhess
Erie Medical Ca
Buffalo
Oise
Frederick
Remington
N. J. Wilson & Son Excelsior Stove House
East
Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
Samilan
Brussels
Headington & CO
Charles
Fayette St
Maryland
Gatarra
A. J. Pearrke
B. M. Remsburg
Carlin House
Tieff Pianos
Chas
Stieff
North Liberty St
Pennyroyal Pitts
Mr Tbardeston
Maattie
Partieniane
Toutka
Ieee
Relays
W. T. Delaplaine
Beston
Noble Cook
Frederick Stove
E. Patrick
S. D. Thomas & GO
Maurantz
Sareepa Positien
Remedy
Ith
Apstic Printing
Wann
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Dorcise
Gualonne
W. F. Douglas
Sveckten
Baan A
Yeakle City Hall
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