Paroled embezzler Cy Thomson rebuilt life in Minnesota
Austin Minnesota reports that Cy Thomson known as Cyclone, once auditor for George A Hormel, embezzled 1.187 million dollars from a major packing firm. He served eight and a half years of a 15 year sentence and is now paroled living on a Minnesota farm while questions linger about untraced funds.
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Birmingham
St. Paul
Chicago
Oakdale
le Roycy
Austin
Thomson
Hippodrome
New York
Minnesota
World’s Champion Three Year Old Swimmer Wins Cup
Marjorie Best, a three year old from Belleair Florida, is acclaimed the world’s champion swimmer for her age. At twenty three months she won the Barnes Newberry cup by swimming 25 feet. She decorates her suit with a swan and a fish and sports a natural hair style.
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Marjorie Best
Belleair
Fla
Marjorie
Neptune
Mother of 18 Has Quadruplets Too
In New Haven Connecticut a 39 year old man, Michael Salzo, reveals his wife has given birth to two sets of twins, a set of triplets, and a set of quadruplets, bringing the total to 18 children with only nine living. The couple wed in 1912.
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New Haven
Conn
Michael Salzo
Salzo
New England Doctors Aged Over 90 Still Practice
A survey by the New England Medical Center fund finds at least six nonagenarian family physicians active in the region. Names include Adams Royalston Gale East Saugus Eddy Middlebury Terrin Burlington Shaw Portland Paine Woonsocket. overall 87 physicians aged 71 to 97, including two women.
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Boston
Mass
New England
New England Medical Center Fund
Francis Wayland Adams
Royalston
George W. Gale
East Saugus
Merritt H. Eddy
Middlebury
Chester M. Terrin
Burlington, Vt
Abner O. Shaw
Portland
Ara M. Paine
Woonsocket
R. L
Times Are Changing, Boy Asks Farm Job
Freesoil Neb says the times are changing as former Representative David Leedy recalls a youth asking to be hired on a farm. He notes it has been ten years since such requests occurred.
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Freesoil
Neb
David Leedy
Leedy
Barrows on Feed Test Gain Most
USDA study finds barrows outperform sows in weight gain across diverse hogs and feeding systems. Between 8 years and 5 653 hogs, barrows led by about 5.43 percent under trials with purebreds and crosses, on dry lot and pasture, with feeds from barley to corn and soybeans.
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United States Department of Agriculture
B. Z. Russell
Bureau of Animal Industry
Russell
Flies Trouble Dairymen in Summer
Flies cause trouble for dairymen in summer with vast hatching potential. Keep manure hauled out and darken barns to limit flies. Alabastine blue on windows cleans easily and blankets over doors help cows rub off flies. Use fly sprays to reduce losses and nuisance.
Cleanliness Key to Healthy Chickens and Profitable Flock
The article stresses strict cleanliness to promote healthy growth in young chickens. It urges clean chicks, ground, houses, feed, and watering vessels, plus separation of pullets on good range to avoid disease and parasites, recommending high test lye scrubbing as a preventive measure.
Coccidiosis Symptoms Usually Quite Evident in Poultry
New Hampshire station outlines signs of coccidiosis in chickens including unsteady gait, lying on the floor, off feed, ruffled feathers, dull eyes, humped posture, and bloody droppings. Ill birds may show emaciation and paleness of shanks, with paralysis risks after three months. prevention centers on a 40 percent dried buttermilk mash and strict cleaning.
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New Hampshire
Sudan Grass Emerges as Strong Emergency Pasture for Cows
South Dakota State College reports five year dairy trial shows sudan grass as an excellent emergency pasture. In a third year, researchers study bloat causes with alfalfa and sweet clover. Seven cows shifted from rich ration to sudan pasture promptly increased milk production.
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Sudan
South Dakota State College
Thomas M. Olson
Professor Olson
Jerseys
Guernseys
Holsteins
Ayrshires
Hardwood Ashes Valuable Fertilizer For Gardens
Gardeners use ash from hardwoods as a fertilizer. USDA notes hardwood ashes contain potash and small amounts of time, with dry unleached ashes usable up to 50 pounds per 1,800 square feet. Softwood ashes or weathered ashes lose value. coal ashes mainly loosen soil.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Hampton Roads
Virginia
United States
R. J. Thomson
le Roy
Minon
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