Famine Refugees Packed Docks as Drought Hits Volga Towns
Refugees driven from drought and grasshoppers crowd docks and rail yards of Syzran and Samara. Typhus and starvation devastate Volga regions. families barter rings and belongings for bread while children starve and overcrowded camps struggle for food and shelter. German families join the suffering as aid workers report high child mortality near Samara.
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Syxran
Nrussia
Volta
Samara
Shpobiesk
Saratoil
Tsaritzin
Vola
Russia
Tolstoy
Dostofevsky
Ofenne
Marlupol
Siberia
Omsk
Anna Haines
Philadelphia
Friends’ Relief Organization
Fish Aquarium Examiner Faces 4000 Fish in Saturday Check
Floyd and Young in Chicago oversees a department store fish aquarium with 4000 specimens. On Saturday afternoon he plans to inspect every fish, give baths, feed, and treat any that appear ill, touching each fin and checking for diseases.
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Jeu
Floyd
Young W Ho
Chicago
Took Clothes Punched Nose Woman Seeks Divorce
Seattle, Wash. Willena White files suit for divorce from Roy White after a marriage of just over two months on May 31 1921. The complaint alleges he seized all her clothes locked her in a room and left, struck and choked her and insulted her before friends while threatening her and her mother. Willena Stoherts is her maiden name.
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Seattle
Wash
Birs
Willen White
Roy White
Bi Haa
Mrs. White
Willena Stoherts
Would-Be Rescuers Die After Pond Tragedy
In Staten Island two men Paul Sapa and Michael Sowenk jumped into a pond to save eight year old Edward Anderson whose shouts were mistaken for drowning cries. A bus driver panic drove the vehicle toward the bank. The men disappeared and were later found drowned with cramps suspected. two policemen recovered their bodies from the pond bottom.
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New York
Edward Anderson
Elizabeth
N. 3
Paul Sapa
Alichael Sowenk
Staten Island
Saps
Sewenk
Young Man Proposes Inquest to End Self-Possession
An odd proposal involves a young man asking a girl to lose her self-possession in a bid to settle a dispute. The report notes community concerns and unclear legal implications.
Cow testing improves herds with purebred bulls in西 western associations
USDA reports among cow testing associations nationwide show major strides in replacing scrub bulls with purebred sires. Idaho Colorado and Washington groups reach 160 percent purebred bulls. sales in local counties introduce more purebreds and reduce scrubs. Detailed gains include a Skagit Valley discharge of the last scrub bull and improved milk fat production in several California and Orange County herds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Dairy Division
Idaho
Colorado
Washington
Dairy Department
Duairymen
Kern
Skagit Valley
Wash) Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Eys
Queens
Orange County
California
Dairman
Ada Association
Ulusia
Reducing Milk Flow Under Calving Stress
Observations warn dairy farms against over milking near calving and failing to rest cows. Excess milking harms calves and reduces future milk yield, potentially keeping cows from producing more than three quarters of prior levels. Suggestions include drying up, stopping milking, and omitting grain for a few days to avoid trouble.
How a Wax Candle Burns and Goes Out
The article explains that wax must be heated by a flame until it gasifies and mixes with air to sustain light. Blowing on the flame cools the wick and interrupts gas production, extinguishing the candle. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Spider Attentive Listener Appeals to Boston Organist
An organist recalls a year long routine with a spider nesting in the organ case above his head. The spider would swing down to listen during each piece and return to its nest between tunes. The story concludes noting that a public thought leader attracts attention even if a follower earns more.
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Boston
Inet
Fragmented Riddle of Love and Bondage
A puzzling, archaic line hints at love and union among couples. It muses on why men fall in love yet quarrel when a husband and wife become one, then wonder how to escape or reclaim individuality.
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Ent
Samara
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Java
Bull Associationa
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