Tin Soldier's Christmas Ends with Santa and Dolly Dimple
A Christmas eve tale where a Tin Soldier seeks a new home. Santa considers a joint pair for a boy and girl, but nearly loses them to a water crash. The soldier sacrifices to stay with Dolly Dimple and is delivered to Jimmie and his cousin Jessie, reuniting the pair.
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Santa Claus
Dolly
Santa
Beauty
Peter
Dolly Dimple
Jack Tar
Jimmie
Jessie
Western Newspaper Union
Red as the cheerful color of Christmas season
The article explains red as the most cheerful color, its quick reaction on the optic nerve, and its association with Christmas through holly decorations and festive customs tied to the winter solstice and the holiday season.
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Association of Ideas
Poultry Experts Tie Sunlight to Chick Rickets Prevention
University of Minnesota extension expert Frederick B. Butt explains that violet ultraviolet rays in winter sun are minimal in northern latitudes and do not significantly boost anti rickets. He notes UV value rises after March and recommends feeding cod liver oil at 2 percent in mash until April 1 when sunlit UV value improves.
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Frederick B. Butt
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Best Results in Hatching Chickens Using Small Incubators
Poultry experts from University Farm St Paul Minn advise filling 100 egg capacity incubators with breeding pen eggs and transferring first candling fertile eggs to broody hens. Hens finish incubation in about the same time, enabling many chicks to be the same age, with careful handling to avoid losses.
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University Farm
St. Paul
Minn
Best Calcium Sources for the Poultry Flock
Iowa State College researchers in Ames tested grit materials for hens. Hard lime stone calcium carbonate with low magnesium yielded best results, while softer stone underperformed. Oyster shell clam shell and limestone fed together showed grit intake rose with eggs laid, meeting hens calcium needs.
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Poultry Husbandry Department
Iowa State College
Ames
How to Keep Eggs for Hatching
The article explains best practices for preserving eggs intended for hatching. It recommends placing eggs small end down in an egg case and turning daily if storage exceeds one week, with a simple method of alternately tilting the case between sides. Some keep eggs on their sides in a box and must turn them daily.
Test Incubator Calibrations Before Incubating Eggs
Run the incubator a few days before placing eggs to ensure proper regulation and reduce hazards of incubator operation during incubation. Do not panic if temperature drops after inserting eggs as cool eggs absorb heat and lower the incubator temp. Avoid keeping the lamp high at that time to prevent cooking the eggs before regulation.
Bank savings institutions by region in 1929
In June 1929 the United States had 611 mutual savings banks and 47 stock savings banks. New England had 384 mutual banks, the East had 23 stock banks, the South eight stock banks, the Midwest 679 stock and 19 mutual banks, the West 13 stock banks, and the Pacific 24 stock and six mutual banks.
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United States
New England
Middle West
Pacific States
Bank Cash Paradox Explained By Depositor’s Dilemma
A bank run paradox is illustrated by a depositor asking if cash is available to pay his deposit. If the bank can pay, he does not need the money. if it cannot, he does. The core truth remains that all depositors want assurance of funds, yet money is never all present at once.
Kruschen Salts Promises Vital Health and Youthful Feel
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a safe fat burner and toxin cleanse. It claims the formula provides six vital minerals for vigor and energy, and promises renewed youth, clearer skin, brighter eyes, and sharper thinking with daily use before breakfast.
Mysterious No 28 Leinster Gardens Bluff House
London urban oddity hides a fake two story facade at No 28 Leinster Gardens. Built to conceal a railway tunnel culvert it has no keyhole doorbell or letter box yet fools taxi drivers and puzzlers alike as jokes and invitations vanish into the blank wall.
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London
Leinster Gardens
Florida Rubber Trees Show Promising Growth
Rubber trees planted by the Department of Agriculture in Florida are progressing well says Dr Karl Kellerman associate chief of the bureau of plant industry in a report to the appropriation committee. The oldest trees are four years old and require lattice protection in Florida's climate. Kellerman says they can grow as well as in Haiti with satisfactory rubber production though slightly less vigor.
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Florida
Para
Department of Agriculture
House
Karl Fr. Kellerman
Bureau of Plant Industry
Haiti
Wellerman
Tropics
Judge Little Condemns Jazz in Dublin Court
Judge Little denounces jazz bands during a Dublin case to restrain late performances. He declares a jazz band “a form of hell” and imagines a hades with jazz, gramophones, loudspeakers, and motor horns for eternity.
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Judge Little
Dublin
Hades
London Mall
Methuselah drank camel milk and lengthened life
A quirky claim suggests the biblical Methuselah lived longer due to camel milk consumption. The text presents an odd theory without corroborating evidence or context.
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Methuselah
Talkies Installed At Leatherhead School For Blind
Officials say a talkie apparatus will be installed at the Royal School for the Blind in Leatherhead England. The totally blind may follow by sound the partially blind will see and hear and the deaf and dumb pupils will see the film.
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Royal School For the Blind
Leatherhead
England
Something to Argue About We Heard A Wonderful Argument
A fragment discusses a husband and wife haying near a judge, indicating a thematic vignette about marriage dispute. The readable text emphasizes domestic conflict and judicial framing, with no clear outcome or dates.
Her Husband's Hope Chest
Light humorous exchange from Capper's Farmer notes a wife recalling her husband’s private keepsake and a playful image of socks waiting to be darned before marriage.
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