Dictograph promises grand opera access worldwide
E M Turner touts dictograph and wireless versions to broadcast opera from stages to homes and offices. Tests in New York and Europe show potential for distant, clear hearing. Turner travels to Italy and Paris to demonstrate to royalty and government officials.
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Arvels
Garuso
Melba
Farrar
Hove
New York Metropolitan
Charce
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
K. AL. Turner
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
England
Turner
Buckingham
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Royal
Paris
le Matin
Central Federated Union
Board of Estimate
Hints for Farmers on Barn Shelters and Hog Pens
Practical notes urge building a cheap shed to protect farm tools and animals. Barn storage keeps plows, drills, wagons, and binders dry, prolongs life, and saves time. Hog pens need ventilation and cleanliness to prevent disease. avoid dirty, cramped quarters and ensure warmth and air flow. Also includes horses troubled by worms and a worm treatment regimen using dried sulphate of iron and sulfur mixes.
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New England
Homestead
Henty
National Stockman
Poor feeding undermines pure bred animals says Wisconsin study
The Wisconsin experiment station warns that pure breeds tend to degenerate without proper nutrition. It states that weak feeding allows scrub blood to reassert itself and prevents the full expression of inherited perfection from purebred sires or dams.
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Wisconsin Experiment Station
Treatment For Shoe Bail and Deep Plowing Advice
A Rural New Yorker note discusses removing a tumor from a horse by dissection rather than medicine, with a sugar and zinc lotion for wound care. It also advises gradually deepening plowing to eight or nine inches to improve soil, and includes poultry tips about feeding hens and winter protection, plus guidance on creating an economical wood lot from poor land.
Oxygen Helmet Aids Firemen In Ammonia Fumes Test
Philadelphia firefighters tested a new oxygen helmet to protect against ammonia fumes during rescue operations. Two men wore the helmets and entered a burning building to aid several victims. London brigades also competed in annual competitions testing hose handling and fire scene drills.
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Landis
Bremen
Philadelphia
Quaker City
London
Katie Frick Progress In Education A Deaf Blind Pennsylvania Girl
A Pennsylvanian girl Katie Frick, deaf, dumb and blind from age six, makes rapid educational progress. Her instructors praise her memory of sighted experiences and her rapid learning of the manual alphabet. She wrote her first letter home and aims to regain vocal speech with training.
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Helen Keller
Pennsylvania
Katie Frick
Keystone State
Miss Frick
Katie
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H. A. Connoy
Ernest V. Cockefair
William H. Parry
Charles A. Keyler
Bloomfield Avenue
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Passaic County
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Jefferson St
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OLD Reliable
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Lehigh
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