United States Warehouse Act Sets Rules for Storage Receipts
The act, signed August 11, 1916, licenses warehouses for cotton, grain, wool, tobacco and flaxseed to issue reliable receipts. It authorizes inspections, bonds, and standards, requires receipts to show location, date, number, delivery terms, charges, product description, grade, and ownership, and obligates warehouses to keep accurate records and permit audits.
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Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Cure for hogs that eat chickens illustrated by boards
A writer suggests a simple pen barrier to stop hogs from reaching chickens. Start with an eight inch low board and add a six foot board at the same height around the pen. Hogs chase hens, slip beneath boards, then retreat to a corner and lie down, signaling the method's effect.
Milk weighing chart for convenient scales
A spring state facility provides a convenient place where milk is weighed on scales and weights are recorded on a chart for accurate dairy tracking.
Good Milking Stool Design Idea
A simple milking stool with a single leg uses waist straps to secure the seat. It claims to be sanitary, comfortable, and convenient for dairy work.
Way to Raise Calves from Clean Skim Milk
Practical advice on calf rearing using clean skim milk, fed regularly. Warns against pruning shade trees to avoid damage and ensure calf health.
Daddy’s Evening Tennis Tale
Nick Nancy and Daddy practice in a family scene about tennis with a pretend pond frog game. Mr Bull Frog and Mr Pond Frog invite others to join a pond tennis tournament to play for a cup made of stud and sticks.
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Nick
Nancy
Daddy
Flo
Mr. Bull Frog
Mr. Pond Frog
Mr. Bull Ifrog
Important to Mothers Warns to Inspect CASTORIA Bottles
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every CASTORIA bottle for safety in infants and children. The notice stresses choosing genuine CASTORIA and avoiding imitations that may harm youngsters.
Tabloid Aeroplanes and the British Tabloid Strategy
The British favor an unusually small fast aeroplane nicknamed the tabloid to reduce exposure to ground fire. A 5000 foot approach, armor covered SO0 horsepower engine, and a 100 mph glide lead to a steep vertical drop and rapid bomb release within 400 feet before retreat.
Where Are the Boys The Minden Magazine Quote
The Minden Magazine of the Lancashire Wusiliers comments in a recent issue that they cannot reveal their location but can note they are not where they were prior to departing for their current spot.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Minden
Lancashire Wusiliers
Briggins the pessimist reads meters for bad news
The passage notes Briggins as a pessimist who checks gas and electric meters in the cellar each morning. It adds that experts value the patience of women munition workers.
First Ocean Visit Sparks Kansas Native
A Kansan, visiting the sea for the first time, shows unexpected enthusiasm as he arrives late in the bathing season. Observers judge his curiosity humorous yet genuine about the ocean.
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Kansas
Grateful Acknowledgment for Dodds Kidney Pills
Mr. F C Case of Welcome Lake Pennsylvania reports relief from back ache kidney trouble and related symptoms after taking Dodds Kidney Pills. He urges publication to help others and notes price and availability from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Also mentions Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion at 50 cents per box.
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L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
F. C. Case
Welcome Lake
Dodds
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
New Zealand Rabbit Exports Reach Near Fifteen Million
In 1915 New Zealand exported 1,486,948 rabbits, a striking figure illustrating swift agricultural trade. Mr Dustin Stax makes a witty remark about wings quipping on the idea of chicken wings versus rabbit export volumes.
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Dustin Stax
New Zealand
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Congress
United States Department of Agriculture
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Graham Bonner
Trac the
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Brook
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen
Ind
Fletcher
Lydia Pinkham
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