Eight Year Old Max Factor Lives as Hermit After Getting Lost
In Los Angeles Max Factor aged eight wandered after separation from his parents. He survived a month on city streets selling old newspapers, sleeping in a barrel and in Boyle Heights, hoping his father would find him. Police found him hungry but clean with 15 cents saved.
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Iate Wayfarers
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Main Street
Bad Man Hughes Causes Breakfast Dish Free-for-All
Charles Y Hughes, a Black Tom discharged worker, began tossing plates cups and saucers in a freight car at breakfast stunning diners and triggering a munitions disaster scare. Police arrested him as he prepared to draw knives and forks.
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Charles Y. Hughes
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Black Tom
Healin
Greenville
Big Charley
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Charley
Charley Hughes
Woman with Global Roots Named Immigration Secretary
A detailed profile of Marie A. Leff, described as an adventurous woman with a French father, German mother, Russian husband, and American ties, who is appointed immigration secretary by the Y.M.C.A. The article recounts her early life in Europe and Russia, her perilous experiences with the Order of Social Democracy, imprisonment, a Siberian journey with prisoners, and life in England and America before taking a role in Omaha. It notes Cleveland as Paris to lose Mrs Leff and her assignment to a settlement house in Omaha.
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Leff
Germany
Maurie
Russia
Marie
Order of Soccial Democracy
Siberia
Marty
England
Amere
Santa Fe
Toft Kan
America
Cleveland
Paris
Umaha
To End Goods Sent on Approval in Dry Goods Shops
New York reports a push to end the practice of sending items on approval in dry goods stores. Customers, especially women, allegedly misuse the system by ordering various items and returning them after brief wear, creating losses for merchants and reputational harm. Industry officials consider a mutual restriction to curb the practice.
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Anybody Can Grow Peonies in the Home Garden
The peony is a sturdy flower for average gardeners light and well drained soil. Plant crown about three inches below surface and stake to mark spot. Best planting time September or October. divide fleshy roots to propagate with buds intact. After bloom, bone meal can aid weak plants. notes many named varieties and hybrid perpetuals from Doctor Huey's recommendations.
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Ihar Treur
Notable Roses for Cultivation In This Country
Dr. Robert Huey lists top roses by class for outdoor growing. Wichuriana climbers highlighted include Dor othy Perkins Reine Marie Henriette Christine Wrafth(exrrter) terrmental Thawatha Dr Van Fleet and Elisa Robichan. Hybrid tea selections include Antoine Revoire Berry Clarice Goodach Chrissie Mackillyr Mrs Mackellar Dorothy Page Roberts Duchess of Wellington General Mac Arthur Grace Molyneux Gustav Grunerwald George C Waud Jos oh BU Killarney Yonkh eer J L Mock Hon Ina Bingham Laurent Curle Lyon Rose Madame Jules Bonche Madame Jules Grolez Madame Marie a Lie Ophelia My Maryhend and itrt Huey.
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Robert Huey
Dorothy Perkins Reine Marie Henriette
Christine Wrafth-éxrrter
Terrmental Thawatha
van Fleet
Elisa Robichan
Antoine Revoire
Berry Clarice Goodach
Chrissie Mackillyr
Mrs. Mackellar
Dorothy Page Roberts
Duchess of Wellington
General MacArthur
Grace Molyneux
Gustiv Grunerwald
George C. Waud
Jos Oh BU
Killarney
Yonkheer
J. L. Mock
Ina Bingham
Laurent Curl
Early bulb planting tips and sweet pea timing
The article advises selecting bulbs for autumn planting to secure the best specimens and notes planting after late frosts. It warns beds planted now will bloom before snow melts in spring and suggests planting sweet peas in open ground next November for an early crop. It also explains rotting manure loses fertilizing value, with two tons of fresh manure yielding one ton rotted due to evaporation and leaching.
Table Decorations With Asparagus Plumosus Centerpieces
This article praises asparagus plumosus as the best daily table decoration plant. It notes its dense foliage, suitability for compact bushy forms, and easy cultivation with light soil and moderate watering. Sunlight not essential, weekly showers help, and trimming tips help the plant spread, with bowls of flowers spreading sunshine and dispelling gloom.
Raise geese for home use and meat in Kansas
N L Harris of Kansas State Agricultural College says geese can be economical on waste ground enclosed by hog wire. Geese forage on grass and insects, reach market weight at 12 to 16 weeks, and require little grain at six weeks. Dry land Emden and Foulotse are best. water not needed for swimming. eggs and breeding records noted. breeding geese can be kept eight to fourteen years.
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N. L. Harris
Kansas State Agricultural College
Mr. Harris
West
Middle West
Kansas
Emden
Buckwheat and Rye Mix Boost Fall Seed and Winter Fodder
The plan mixes buckwheat with rye sown around August first to yield fall seed and winter green fodder. Buckwheat provides seed crop while rye offers green forage. hens should be kept off the patch during critical growth. If rye is unavailable, wheat can substitute though with heavier early growth.
Useful Runway for Chicks
A portable runway helps raise chicks away from the yard, giving access to fresh earth and safety from pests. It can prevent losses from hawks and illness at modest cost. Any town resident can build a runway from common lath rather than other materials.
Preventing Fly Infestations in Poultry Plants with Borax
Poultry houses and yards are fly hatcheries if manure is not treated. Borax or similar powders applied to dropping boards and under roosts prove most effective, with minimal cost—about five to nine cents per pound from wholesalers. Treating the manure during the fly season can cost roughly a half-cent per hen.
Selected eggs for market report from farm notes
The text highlights eggs as the primary farm income with rising demand and profitable prices. It notes eggs require less labor and are easy to market, while poultry meat remains a secondary source. It suggests timing broilers in June July fowl in September October and capons January April for revenue.
Water and grit for chicks after placement
Chicks may have water and grit immediately after placement in the hover but should not be fed for a few hours to adjust. Start with bread and milk or grain chick feed first. Some poulterers say clabbered milk aids digestion by acid fighting germs.
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Legend Weber
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Countess Ofchester
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Frau Karl Drusegka
Suzanne Marie Rodocanacht
George Dickson
Capt. Hayward
Ulrich Brunner
Oskar Cordet
John Laing
Baroness Rothschild
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