Care of Show Horses and Dairy Shorthorn Breeding Notes
Shows how to handle horses with colds during travel and at home, including warm boxes, reduced oats, and possible enemas, plus advice to seek professional care. Also reports on the British Shorthorn Society dairy dairy Shorthorn association proposal, milk records aims, and a Danish feeding method emphasizing results with detailed cow records and milk yield guidance.
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United Kingdom
James Dunlop
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
Scotland
Denmark
Dunlop
Milk Record Society
Surfaceman Alexander Anderson Becomes Edinburgh Librarian
Alexander Anderson known as Surfaceman has been appointed Chief Librarian at Edinburgh University Library. Born April 20 1845 in Kirnkonnel Dumfriesshire he started as a quarryman then worked seventeen years as a railway surface man before turning to letters. He published A Song of Labor and Other Poems in 1873 and Two Angels and Songs of the Rail, later serving as assistant librarian and secretary to the Edinburgh Philosophical Society before returning to the university library.
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Alexander Anderson
Edinburgh University Library
Anderson
Dundee Advertiser
Kirnkconnel
Dumfriesshire
Surfaceman
Edinburgh Philosophical Society
University Library
Tirupati Temple draws devotees to vow sacrifices
A Madras Mail report describes Tirupati Temple in North Arcot as India’s most popular shrine. It notes the temple’s immense income and vows by sick Hindus to part with jewels treasures and even hair, as pilgrims depart with shaved heads.
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Tirupati
Arcot
All India
Tirupati Temple
Madras
British Inns Leave Tourists Lament Comfort Gaps
The Lancet laments British inns for travelers in Great Britain saying innkeepers in Home Counties prioritize liquor sales over guest comfort, with visitors finding France more accommodating in small towns and villages.
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Great Britain
France
A Little Behind the Times
An ancient village dame asks the parson’s daughter whether the earful Japs are fighting for us or the Boers, reflecting a humorous, regionally flavored chatter about wartime loyalties.
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Parson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fortescue
The
King of Pollard Distributors
Ind Barnawartha
Vic
Boarda
Santa Oo
Fortesgue & Sons
the “Champion” Wool Press
Fredk. Mason
D. Raves
Dischinary
Sussex Street
Sydney
G. P.O
Machine
Australasia
Daisy
Burgon
Burgon Shearing Machine CO
Hamilton Street
Computing
Standard Computing Scale Company
Union Chambers
Pitt Street
Spencer Nolan
Oxford ST
Hornsby” Binders
HAM & Owen
Ender Sons
Honey Kisses
Hunter & Company
Farm and Field
Thomas H. Dixon
Jersey Bulletin
Peters
Nebraska
Johnson
British Inns
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