Portraits on new currency proposed for eleven denominations
Elmo Scott Watson outlines a 1929 plan to issue uniquely portraited U S bills. The table lists Washington Jefferson Lincoln Hamilton Jackson Grant Franklin McKinley Cleveland Chase Madison and Jackson on various denominations with rationale against counterfeiting and size reduction.
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Beek Dewan
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Jefferson
Monticello
Lincoln Lincoln
Hamilton
Treasury
Jackson
White House
Capitol
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Hall
McKinley
Cleveland
Madigan
Chase
Washington S
Em Ibellish
Uncle Sam
Summer Egg Production Tips For Poultry Keepers
The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station outlines how to maintain standard summer egg production. Focus on housing ventilation, parasite control, feeding mash amounts, continuous green feed, and ample clean cool water. culling should wait until after these practices if production dips below 50 percent.
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New Jersey
Poultry Department
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Bride Arrives For Arranged Wedding In Bowery Scene
A Philadelphia Ledger account describes a wedding in a merchant’s home after a chase along Bowery streets with a detective. The bride, a “sing song girl” from a Chinese practice, is arranged by her father for a marriage to a Chinese suitor, a custom still observed by many Chinese communities.
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Tha’ ‘Strow
Bowery
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Philadelphia Ledger
China
Ancestor tribute quoted by Hi Ho of Chinatown
Hi Ho of Chinatown recites a refrain about honoring ancestors and repeating their old mistakes as Washington Star notes the community’s reflection in a public arena. The remark frames a call for humility and memory within a cultural context.
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Hi Ho
Washington Star
Natural Shade for All Young Poultry
Poultry specialists from Pennsylvania State College urge providing shade for young birds to protect them from heat. Moving colony houses toward a cornfield or surrounding with sunflowers offers natural shade. if not possible, use artificial shade such as old feed bags on a frame two to three feet high.
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Pennsylvania State College
Poultry Profit Chasing Best Practices
The article urges poultrymen to maximize returns by keeping hens only through their first laying year and replacing them with pullets. It argues high egg production effects are minimal since hens are culled before rapid decline from force feeding could affect laying performance.
Mistakes in Geese Feeding and Forage
A guide notes common errors in goose care. It stresses grazing as primary, with greens reducing extra feed. Grit and oyster shell should be accessible. Summer feeding uses corn meal bran and ground oats. winter adds steamed clover or alfalfa hay.
Grain Ration Guidelines for Geese Feeding
The article prescribes a ground mash based on 28 mushes moist feed, with three parts yellow corn meal one part wheat bran and one part middlings. Add 5 percent meat scraps, 15 percent during laying, 1 percent fine sand, 0.5 percent fine table salt, and a green feed to aid digestion.
Duck Feed Guidelines for Breeding Season
Instructions on mash feed composition for ducks during breeding season. Use two parts bran, one part corn meal, one part ground oats, and lightly feed whole oats and corn. Do not feed young ducks until after 86 hours old. First week mix equal parts bran, corn meal, and middlings with 5 percent sand, fed five times daily. After a week add 5 percent meat scraps and provide green feed.
Not Guilty Robert's Bluff Over Torn Overalls
Five year old Robert returns home with torn play overalls. His mother suspects climbing caused the tears while Robert insists he did not climb. He explains the pants were torn coming down, prompting a child’s earnest plea.
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Robert
Cruel moments in Paris dress shop told by Poiret
Paris couturier Paul Poiret recalls a New York interview anecdote about a mannequin who models dinner gowns to a middle aged couple. The wife nudges her husband as the mannequin poses in an increasingly daring gown provoking a hushed remark from George about attention.
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Paul Poiret
Paris
New York
George
Blueing Advice From an Advertisement
A short ad praises Red Cross Ball Blue for bluing laundry. It claims customers will be repaid by the results and notes that once tried, it will be used again.
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Red Cross
Adv
Arsenic in Everyday Food Warned by Doctor
Dr James Oliver warned at the Institute of Hygiene that arsenic is being added to many common foods in England. He cited bread and cocoa as examples and urged caution over widespread contamination.
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Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Hamilton
United States
Treasury
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
England
James Oliver
Institute of Hygiene
Woman given life for shooting husband fourth conviction
A lady received a life sentence after a shooting case against her husband. Court records showed this was her fourth conviction, highlighting harsher penalties for repeated offenses in a high profile verdict.
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