New York Laboratory Opens For Indigent Inventors At Safety Museum
The American Museum of Safety introduces a free use laboratory at its West Twenty fourth Street home. Inventors can work with materials and equipment provided. they must supply their own materials. The project aims to foster safety devices and industrial welfare with a non coercive, research oriented approach.
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New York
American Museum of “Bately
American Museum of Safety
Boston
San Francisco
Syracuse Man Makes Sunflowers A Paying Crop
N Y Syracuse resident E K Barlow found sunflowers offer real value beyond ornament. He planted seeds, received 50 inquiries from Malone to Jacksonville, and estimates an acre could yield 3500 pounds of seed 700 pounds of oil 2800 pounds of oil cake 16 tons of stalks and 600 gallons of alcohol with significant residue. He says sunflowers grow on poor soil and waste land, suggesting a profitable crop for underutilized farm spaces.
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N. Y
E. K. Barlow
Syracuse
Malone
Jacksonville
Fla
Hudson River
Montana
Barlow
Park Squirrels Nab Greek's Peanuts in Chicago
In Jackson Park Saturday night hungry squirrels mob a peanut vendor named Sperekas. They hijack bags from his roaster and share the loot, drawing a crowd of picnickers as the vendor awakens to the commotion and exclaims in shock at the theft.
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Ucago
Morris
Sperekas
Jackson
Eden
Aegean Sea
Jackson Park
Atauzhi
Infertile Eggs Cut Egg Loss On Farms
Estimates place annual egg losses in the United States at about 45 million dollars. Removing male birds during hatching reduces fertility and blood rings, with infertile eggs lasting longer in heat. To prevent spoilage, gather eggs twice daily and store below 70 degrees F, marketing them 2–3 times weekly.
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Iby
White Holland Turkeys Escape Blackhead By Field Habits
The expert argued that White Holland turkeys show fewer blackhead cases because they rarely visit corn fields in fall and gorge on unripened grain. He noted crossbreeding with Bronze increases robustness but does not explain the disease absence.
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Turkey
White
White Holland
Best Roosts and Chick Care for On Farm Flocks
On farms with poultry, losses of young chicks reach 25 to 30 percent without good housing warmth and care. Provide warm, fresh milk to offset digestive trouble and strengthen chicks. Two by fours make better roosts than round poles improving hen posture and preventing crooked breast bones.
Shade on the Farm Yard Trees and Planting Advice
An article urges farm homeowners to plant shade trees rather than fruit or nut varieties. It praises maples oaks and tulip trees, notes rapid growth of maples, warns against fruit litter, recommends native species, and prefers evergreens to shelter birds, while cautioning about the dangers of resin from certain trees.
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Moat
Catalpa
Remarkable insectivorous plants and sensitive flowers in a show
A 19th century report describes a rare display of carnivorous plants from Australia, including Nepenthes and other pitcher plants, arranged with sensitive flowers. The article notes their reaction to sound, their ability to attract and trap insects, and mentions wealthy collectors and amateur horticulturists seeking rare varieties.
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Australia
Harvard University
Botanical ‘Gardens
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Buienoii
Alene
Brasil
Time Warning from a City Constable
Pett Ridge anecdotes recount a musician seeking help with a boy who asked the time. The lad replied that at three o'clock he would get his hair cut, prompting the constable to remark that there were eight minutes left before the cut.
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Pearson's Weekly
His Hard Heart. Barrister's son delights jurors in court
An eight year old son of a renowned barrister attends a court where his father delivers a brilliant speech. The boy reports to his mother that the father made jurors cry, and with pride declares the boy himself wins the scene.
Boy Teaches Parrot Swear Words, Aunt Shocked
A boy visits Aunt Elvira and, while watching her parrot, utters profane words. The aunt accuses him of teaching the bird to swear, but the boy insists he is simply telling it what it mustn’t say.
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Timothy
Elvira
Circumstantial Evidence and the Sentinel Boy
A young boy on sentinel duty with an air rifle angers a neighbor over a broken window. The irate woman confronts him and asks if he broke it, and the boy replies uncertainly before the confrontation ends with a judge.
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Johnny
Turing
Judge
Blame the Elephant in Paper Cutter Complaint
A Boston Transcript note reports a customer upset over a paper cutter not being ivory as claimed. The clerk questions the complaint while humorously referencing an elephant with false teeth.
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Boston Transcript
Woman Refuses Registry Over Party Affiliation
A noted suffragette confronts a registration official refusing to state party affiliation claiming it is none of his business. She declares she will not register without the man’s name. This exchange highlights early voting rights debates reflected in Brooklyn society.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Court session fragment from Kansas trial question
Fragmentary transcript shows a judge and jury discussion over a suit for 10 000 tied to a stolen rise with references to an agent and a foreman. The garbled dialogue suggests an unsettled trial proceeding and potential questions about jury instructions.
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Kansas
Fragmented OCR Note Poised as Court Scene
Garbled text shows a court setting with scattered phrases about a wife shock and a doctor presence. Hearing elements include a Sergeant Nomez reference and a late night incident at Indianapolis. The passage reads as disjointed dialogue and partial actions, lacking clear structure or complete facts.
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