Eggs by Parcel Post Proves Practical Marketing Channel
A United States Department of Agriculture summary shows parcel post shipping of eggs is viable with proper packing and handling. Experiments from 1918 to 1914 covered 466 shipments totaling 9 181 eggs. breakage was under 3.6 percent, with usable eggs over 92 percent.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Parcel Post
Huréali of Markéts
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Washington
Minneapolis
Minn
Rocky Mountains
Eexgopr
Tobacco Remedy For Worms In Chickens Described
A Massachusetts poultry raiser praises a treatment for worms in chickens recommended by a United States Department of Agriculture official via California agricultural experiment stations. The method includes a medicated mash with tobacco stems and epsom salt, plus thorough cleaning of the hen yard to prevent reinfestation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
United-States
Save Few Choice Roosters For Next Season
Poultry expert from the United States food administration warns that January and February rooster purchases for breeding pens may disappoint next year. He urges farmers and city flock owners to keep a few well matured cockerels through winter, even at feed costs, rather than rely on uncertain commercial supply.
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United States Food Administration
Roosts on the Same Level in Henhouses
Instructions advise keeping multiple roosts on the same level to prevent fowls and chicks from crowding the highest pole.
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Hhenhouse
United States Details German POW Conditions
The United States outlines treatment of German prisoners of war and enemy aliens held in army camps. Fort McPherson and Fort Oglethorpe host the bulk with others at Fort Douglas, Toboga Island, and Panama. Interned Germans receive pay, sustenance, and recreation, with reading rooms and amateur plays shown to illustrate humane conditions.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Red Cross
Geneva
Navy
War Department
State Department
McPherson
Fort McPherson
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Douglas
Utah
Department of Justice
Toboga Island
Panama
General Pershing
Wear Sabots in Paris Startles Fashionable Circles
Mile Jardy a patriotic Parisienne launches a new fashion by appearing in the Bois de Boulogne in wooden sabots with a patent leather toe cap drawing attention from fashionable observers in Paris.
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Mile
Jardy
Bois de Boulogne
Man borrows $1000 to buy Liberty bonds in Albany
Albany Oregon C M Giddings borrowed 1000 dollars for one year at six percent to purchase Liberty bonds of the second issue. He will receive four percent interest on the bonds, making the carrying cost two percent annually. He has ample real estate but no cash to buy the bonds.
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Albany, Or
C. M. Giddings
Qiddings
Joffre Prefers Pocket Size Poems
Paris reports Marshal Joffre may join the Institute amid stories about his fondness for literature. A young poet gave him a manuscript of poems on the eve of departure for America. Joffre kept the manuscript and remarked that poems are the right size to slip into a pocket for reading on the train.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
America
Joffre
White Plague Fight Underway In Paris TB Effort
The American Red Cross in Paris cooperates with French authorities to care for women and children affected by tuberculosis. A special institution will open to treat a defined number of cases, while the Edith Wharton Sanitarium remains a separate facility for TB patients, starting November 15.
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Red Cross
France
Paris
Bureau of Tuberculosis
The
American Red Cross
American Tuberculosis Bureau
Edith Wharton Sanitarium
Civil War veteran in Hoboken shows eight-ear corn
David Carter of Hoboken Georgia a Civil War veteran possesses an ear of corn bearing eight small ears he found fifty years ago The specimen remains in good condition and is well preserved as a curiosity and local marvel.
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Hoboken
David Carter
Carter
Abundance of Potatoes at Base of American Flotilla
An American naval visitor notes Ireland's wartime freedom and abundance. He cites plentiful food and drink, cheaper meat, and large meals in Dublin or coastal towns. Labor is plentiful and emigration has dropped, with many young Irish staying home.
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Ireland
Iréland
England
Scotland
France
United States
Gallor
Dublin
Killarney
Youghal
Glengariff
America
Federal quarantine lifted for cattle tick territory in South
Washington reports Secretary D. Houston lifted the cattle tick quarantine on December 1 from 65,620 square miles in the South. The move frees vast tick-infested areas, allowing cattle to move to free territory under new restrictions, aiding southern herds and northern market access. Nine Southern states benefit as the largest one-time release since 1900.
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Washington, D. C
D. Houston
Free Territory
Ain
Gulf of Mexico
Try Women as Police in Tacoma Beat Test
Tacoma civil service board warns women may walk beats in the city unless there is an increase in male applicants for policeman examinations. Twenty additional officers are wanted but no applications have been received.
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Tacoma
Wash
Civil Service Board
German Butter Ration Cut in Greater Berlin
Berlin reduces weekly butter rations to about thirty grams while margarine is set at fifty grams. officials announce a department to explain the food situation. A newspaper comments that the stomach cannot read. In Butler Pennsylvania two boys, Leroy and Joseph McKusick, ages three and seven, are killed when a match is dropped into a blasting powder can at their home.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
von Waldow
Butler
Leroy Willis McKusick
Joseph McKusick
Blended House Social Sparks Friendly Poetry Debate
Mrs Jones and Mrs Robinson clash at social At Homes yet attend gatherings together. A playful exchange centers on Johnny reciting poetry with humor from Mr and Mrs Robinson and Mrs Jones weighing the child’s verse with affectionate teasing.
It Is Tough for Mrs Gabbles to Live With Deaf Husband
An exchange mocks Mrs Gabbles as talkative and notes her suspicion that her husband Mr Gabbles became deaf to spite her. The venting highlights strain in their marriage and adds a satirical tone.
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Mrs. Gabbles
Mr. Gabbles
Office size questioned by financier and secretary reply
A witty quip contrasts a financier asking why a large office force is kept with the reply that it is to prevent outsiders from bothering the financier. The secretary clarifies the joke by noting the executive secretary’s role is to stop the office force from bothering him.
Circus wit and sawdust gag lands in cottage talk
A humorous exchange has a character recounting a plan to thrill a woman in a cottage. He says he will travel with a circus and recalls a new gag involving sawing wood and dust to evoke circus rings. The dialogue highlights the speaker's nerve and improvisation.
Fits In Anywhere People Shy on Punctuation Needn't Go to Smash
You can save the situation always with a dash and use flexible punctuation to fit in any context. The note suggests a dash as a simple tool to maintain flow without overreliance on commas or periods.
Sympathy Breaks Through Rainy Day Chores
A couple exchanges sympathy over a rheumatic leg pain and weather omen as the wife recalls plans to shop, noting rain as a sure sign. The light scene captures common daily worries and shared concern.
Bee Business Gone Wrong in a Glib Talker Tale
A humorous clipping recalls a man who was lured into the bee business by a smooth-talker who promised big profits. The venture ends with the man getting stung and a lesson on choosing words wisely. In another note, Robert Meltz advises saying good things, while a Crue reminder jokes about a husband and wife partnership and a lack of correspondence.
Professional floorwalker counsels on restless baby
Briggs mentions a fretful baby who cries all night. The speaker notes not to mind the crying, framing Briggs as a professional floorwalker.
Between Doctors First Doctor Operated for Appendicitis
A second physician questioned the condition of the patient after the first surgery for appendicitis. The prompt records a medical doubt about the ailment following the initial operation.
Great Discovery Beetle Varieties Count Surpasses Two Hundred Thousand
A science bulletin notes a remarkable finding that there are about 260000 distinct beetle varieties identified worldwide. Researchers credit extensive field work and taxonomic studies by entomologists across multiple regions.
Quote on Health and Failing Traditions
A speaker mocks a man who overreacts to every fact and poisons himself with bark infusions. He laments that the man’s health is deteriorating as a result of these self destructive remedies.
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