Hard Struggle for Large Family in Goodhue Village
Twenty four children were born to Anton and Anna Rosener of Goodhue Minnesota. Five sets of twins and eighteen surviving children, with the last born in 1909. The family faced rising costs yet kept health and work, with sons William Edward and Theodore pursuing trades and others dispersing to new lives as opportunities arose.
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Goodhue
Minn
Anton Rosener
Edward
William
Theodore
Rosie
Hastings
Austria
Anton
Steve
Red Wing Fire Department
Grace
Harry Howard
Minneapolis
German Beauties Shy Shun Bathing Suits
Berlin Germany moves to crown Fraulein Deutschland via an American style contest. The League of Cultivation of Physical Beauty selects city winners from 44 towns with optional bathing suit wear and no artificial shaping aids. Finalists proceed to Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
Fraulein Deutschland
Hilde Quandt
League of Cultivation of Physical Beauty
Camp McCoy to Be Leader for Artillery Training
Camp McCoy Wisconsin will become the nation's largest artillery training camp within three years. Each year thousands of regular army organized reserve and National Guard artillery troops from nine states will train there. The three year plan calls for June arrivals of units from Missouri Iowa Illinois Wisconsin North and South Dakota Minnesota Nebraska with Michigan artillery to join later from Camp Grayling. This marks Camp McCoy as a premier large training site named for Maj. Gen. Robert B. McCoy.
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Camp McCoy
McCoy
Wis
Monroe County
United States
Organized Reserve
Nationa Guard
National Guard
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Michigan
Camp Grayling
Mich
Robert B. McCoy
Sparta
Royal Chef Prefers Job in American Kitchen
Eureka Springs Arkansas report on W. C. Thompson an Estonian who trained in the Russian royal palace kitchens and cooked for three czars. Now working as a chef at a local resort hotel he says American diners are easier to please than monarchs. Thompson gained experience under Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicholas II.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
W. C. Thompson
Thompson
Alexander II
Alexander III
Nicholas II
Miracle cures lure pilgrims to Edense site
Crowds gather in Edense Denmark the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen after reports of miraculous cures at spiritualist meetings. Brother Johannes said to have died there two centuries ago is credited with restoring sight to a blind girl and aiding many cripples. Police had banned secret meetings.
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Edense
Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen
Johannes
Army Twins Alike in Rank and Service in Field and Coast Artillery
Washington reports two sets of first lieutenants with twin service records. Herbert B. and Herschel D. Baker of the field artillery and Claude T. and Clem O. Gunn of the coast artillery serve in different posts in the United States and abroad. The Bakers share closely aligned careers from enlistment in 1917 through World War I service and later promotions.
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Field and
Coast Artillery
Second Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
N. C
Gunn Brothers
Manila
Clem
Fifty-ninth Coast Artillery
Claude
Sixtieth
Hart Divorcée Seeks Reunion for Son’s Sake
Winifred Westover Hart, ex wife of screen actor Bill Hart, says she would remarry him for their four year old son. The New York American reports the remark.
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New York
Winifred Westover Hart
Bill Hart
New York American
No Mixed Dancing Protest At Eastern High Senior Dance
Report notes no mixed dancing at the Eastern High School senior dance for 20 years. Each year a petition to allow mixed dancing is denied.
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New York
Eastern High School
Grinding Hay for Dairy Feeds Questionable Economy
The dairy department at the University of Illinois reports grinding soy and alfalfa hay adds little milk output and costs more. Chaffing soybean hay with coarse stems offers fair economy, while grinding remains costly unless labor power and feed prices are low. Pennsylvania tests align, showing little digestibility gain from grinding.
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Dairy Department
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
Self-Feeders Not Good for Calf Says Expert
Thomas Olson led a three year study at South Dakota State College showing calves with access to self feeders overfeed or consume costly rations and develop rickets due to poor mineral assimilation. The calves, housed in a sunlit barn, lacked sufficient direct sunlight exposure and Olson recommends at least one hour of direct sun daily.
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South Dakota Agricultural College
Thomas Olson
Registered Animals Not Always High Producers
Farmers often assume that registration guarantees improvement. Many pure-bred animals are scrub due to little success in the family line across generations. Buyers should study the dam and granddams first, then evaluate the female line, before assessing the bull.
Milk Composition and Breeding for Enhanced Yield
The article explains that cow milk has fixed mineral and nutritional composition. It notes dairy cows can be bred and selected to produce much more milk than natural cows while maintaining specific percentages of protein sugar fat minerals and water.
Dairy Squibs on Cow Health and Milk Yield
Freshened cows yield more milk and butter fat when dairies are well run. Proper winter ventilation is essential to keep cows healthy and productive. Two misfits in herds, the masculine cow and effeminate bull, are described as too common in dairies.
Absentee Note Reveals Phonetic Excuse From Teacher
In a large Jewish school an absentee offered a phonetic excuse reading Hymen. Ead aadek. The Outlook notes the humorous line as a possible souvenir. The Boston Transcript reports a student’s quip about a movie star prompting a crowd to mob a speaker.
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Ead Aadek
Small-Talker on Conversing with Mrs Chatterns
A terse exchange notes that good talkers require tongue and brain to work together. It remarks that dazzle tricks do not imply brightness in a woman.
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Aids Elderly Bowels Naturally
Mon ticello Illinois physician Dr W B Caldwell after 47 years practice rejects harsh purge remedies. His Syrup Pepsin is promoted as a gentle natural laxative that strengthens bowel muscles and establishes regularity without pain, with offers for a free sample bottle by mail.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Ill
Illinois
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