Evolution of Money From Barter to the Dollar
The article traces money’s origins from barter with salt and goods to coined metals. It covers copper and silver use in ancient civilizations, Rome and Charlemagne’s silver standard, English currency terms like pound and shilling, and the origin of the dollar from the Joachimsthaler or thaler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Thiopia
Abyssinia
Maria Theresa Thalers
Austria
National Bank of Degypt
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Near East
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Italy
Rome
Spain
Charlemagne
France
England
North
Caesar
Columbus
Europe
West
Germany
Netherlands
Count of Schuck
FIT CHICKENS FOR EXHIBIT AT FAIRS
Learn practical steps for preparing exhibition chickens. The guide advises separating males and females, housing in individual or small group coops, and avoiding force feeding. Extra feeding can add flesh and improve plumage, while washing white birds with soap and bluing enhances appearance before shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OC. F. Parrish
Extension Poultryman
Raton
Use of Artificial Light in Henhouses Gains Support
New Jersey farms adopt artificial lighting to stretch hens daylight in autumn. Researcher C. Platt notes longer day length boosts egg production and profits by increasing feed intake. start when daylight falls below 13 hours. Different systems exist, with lights on early morning, evening, or post‑noon, and end by November 1 for a resting period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Platt
State College of Agriculture
New Brunswick
Roosters Banned From Laying Flocks Warned
Farmers in the central states lose between 50 and 80 million dollars yearly due to producing fertile eggs that are culled in commerce and destroyed. Pan Mandeville of the United States Egg Society warns this practice lowers egg consumption and increases waste. He notes California eggs are preferred for fertility and urges removing all roosters from laying flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central States
Pan Mandeville
United States Egg Society
Mandeville
California
Poultry Rations and Health Practices for Broilers and Chickens
Clean housing alone does not prevent disease in poultry. External filth can cause intestinal disorders even with immaculate interiors. Barley can replace yellow corn when priced favorably and vitamin A sources are available. Many specialists urge sending broilers to market as soon as salable. Chicks grow fastest in early weeks and early weight gain reduces costs. Ground barley serves as a good substitute in laying mash when a high corn content diet is available.
Fighting disease in cabbage plants for next year
Ohio State University plant pathology expert A. L. Plerstorff urges cabbage growers to study this season's disease patterns to guide next year's control. Yellows, a major Ohio cabbage disease, can be managed only with yellows resistant seed such as early pointed Copenhagen, Danish bald head, and Flat Dutch varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Plerstorff
Ohio State University
Ohio
Copenhagen
Plerstorff
Swine Feeding Trials Show Varied Weight Gains Across Diets
Indiana Purdue Illinois and South Dakota swine experts report feeding trials over four summers. Pigs fed corn alone averaged 72 pounds start and 124 pounds end after 90 days, gaining 52 pounds and using 11% bushels per 100 pounds. Clover pasture boosted gains to 121 pounds with 6.44 bushels per 100 pounds. Tankage and pasture produced 150 and 147 pounds gains with end weights 222 and 219 pounds. Illinois expert says protein supplement decisions hinge on pasture. Tankage saved corn while costing about 8.38 per ton. Mixtures and skim milk influence protein needs on pasture.
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Indiana
Ilinois
South Dakota
John W. Schwab
Purdue University
W. E. Carroll
University of Illinois, Beieves
Select Young Animals for the Feeder Stock
An Iowa State College feeding study over three years shows steer calves bought in early winter and finished in a dry lot yield higher profits than yearlings or two-year-olds. Calves use less feed per hundredweight, sell at higher prices, and return greater margins over feed costs. yearlings rank second, while two-year-olds require more feed and bring lower prices and profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Cattle Wart Threat to Farmers on the Range
The article notes cattle warts reduce hide value by up to 25 percent and cause weak, lumpy spots after tanning. It urges removing infected cattle and sterilizing surroundings as the main solution to protect herds and livelihoods.
Friendship Marred by Distance in New York
Ernest L. Meyer argues in the Forum and Century that New York friendships collapse under distance and schedules. He notes Bronx to Flatbush, City Island to Jamaica or Jersey City, and two hour subway gaps before meetings. Casual encounters replace deeper ties as people share common hangouts and jargon.
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New York City
Bronx
Flatbush
City Island
Boon
Jamaica
Jersey City
New York
Ernest L. Meyer
London Borrowing Spree Reaches Personal Ads
A London daily prints a curious ad in a personals column asking borrowers to return marked volumes. The note requests the return of Waverly Novels No 5 and Les Miserables Vol I to Viscountess Astor, M. P. The piece notes the M. P. title refers to a member of parliament, not film or mounted police.
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United States
London
Times
Clivenden Library
Viscountess Astor
M. P
Lady Astor
Lost 20 Lbs in 4 Weeks Kruschen Salts Claim
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri claims she weighed 170 pounds at 28 years old and after one box of Kruschen Salts over four weeks she weighs 150 pounds. She says she has more energy and does not feel hungry. An 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and drug stores carry Kruschen with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
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Mae West
St. Louis
America
Odd Tibetan Steins Exhibited At Field Museum
The Field Museum in Chicago displays drinking vessels from Tibet with permanent straws and mouthpieces in handles. Some cups are carved from yak horns used for drinking arak, a liquor similar to beer.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Concentration Boosts Plans For Josh Aviator Path
In a farm kitchen conversation Farmer Corntessel remarks that aviation could focus Josh’s mind for long hours, while Josh himself says he plans to become an aviator. The exchange highlights a hoped for productive career path.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
To Be Pitied
Dialogue shows Mrs. Jones claiming no obligation to others while Mrs. Brown scoffs. They contrast possessions with poverty, noting the couple has no car or radio, wears old clothes, and stays at home. The exchange highlights social judgments and economic hardship.
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Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Brown
Poem Draws Tears and Perspiration in Banter
A humorous exchange notes Moist Poet appealing to a friend who is sweating rather than crying. The Vancouver Province quips about a cherp pun spelling the next paragraph, and the line ends on a playful misdirection about emotion and sweat.
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Vancouver Province
Embalming Threads Through Chicago Field Museum Talk
An elderly neighbor recalls the Field Museum trip and Egyptian mummies said to be embalmed and buried 3000 years before Christ. The other neighbor doubts the antiquity, noting past practices of no embalming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Field Museum
Mildred
Indianapolis News
Fellows' Syrup Promises Renewed Energy and Vitality
A vintage patent medicine blurb touts Fellows' Syrup as a quick tonic to restore strength, stamina, and appetite. It claims mental and physical pickup after a few doses and urges readers to ask pharmacists for the genuine product prescribed by doctors worldwide.
Fellows Syrup Fellows Syrup
A fragment notes jobbers losing work as market conditions confound employment. The piece muses on aging and sustaining opinion while noting economic pressures impacting workers in the syrup trade.
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Count of
Schlick
St. Joachimsthal
Joachim’s Dale
Bohemia
St. Joachim
Joachimsthaler
Morocco
Dia
Uticara
Drug Storen
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
Iarold Somers
Brooklyn
N. Yo
Fellows Syrup
Darwin CO
Milwaukee
Wis
A and L Supply Co
2Nd Ave. South
Minneapolis, Minn
Des Moines
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Malden
Mass
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