Two Indian States Punjab and Hyderabad in British India
The Punjab, a vast irrigated agricultural state with 25,000,000 people, borders the Indus and Jumna and houses Sikhs and Muslims in a diverse landscape centered on Lahore and Amritsar. Hyderabad, the Nizam’s Dominions, covers 82,700 square miles with a Hindu majority and a strong Moslem ruling elite, featuring Golconda wealth, Mecca mosque, and a vast, varied terrain similar in size to Kansas.
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National Geograhic Society
Washington, D. C
India
Punjab
Hyderabad
Indus
Jumna
Ganges
Paninad
Simla
Lahore
Ravi
Amritsar
Kashmir
Nizam
Kingdom of
Golconda
Hyderabad City
Mecca
Kansas
Mexico
Slyderabad
Schoolgirl Leads Push for Clear Train Announcements
In Cape Town a school girl sparked a movement for clearer train calls after a near misannouncement caused a crowd to miss a stop. The campaign attracted supporters and prompted government railways to review speaking practices to avoid confusion.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Determined Lady Chides Car Color Mismatch Light
A determined lady rejects a new car over a red light issue on the rear, insisting the color scheme does not match. A salesman asks what is wrong, and she points to the mismatch as the reason for disinterest.
Herd Records of Much Importance Growth in Dairy Herd Improvement
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, this item notes a surge in dairy herd improvement associations in the United States. By January 1, 1929 there were 1,090 associations with 465,804 cows keeping books, and about 21 million cows still unentered could join.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
J. C. McDowell
Bureau of Dairy Industry
McDowell
Me.Dowell
Keep Milker Clean and Free of All Bacteria
E G Hasting of the University of Wisconsin states the key to milker hygiene is preventing bacterial growth on milking machine parts. Bleaching powder, mixed at 12 ounces per gallon, serves as an effective germicide harmless to equipment and milk. Fill tubes with solution, seal openings, and wait until milking. After milking rinse with cold water, then warm water with washing soda, and air dry parts in a rack with fresh solution.
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E. G. Hasting
University of Wisconsin
Modern Chinese Death Squad in Nanking Suppresses Crime
In Nanking China a new execution squad carries rifles and enforces the law with swift deadly force. Seven men and an officer march in single file with a warning flag, operating around the clock to supplement the police.
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China
Nanking
Important Advantage of Taking Manure to Field
Daily manure hauling to the field on a dairy farm reduces fly breeding areas, aiding milk sanitation. An expert cited fly control as a primary reason, and hauling also keeps the barnyard cleaner and prevents losses from leaching and fermentation.
Dairy Notes on Pasture, Calves, and Stocking for Milk
Increasing days of grazing reduces grain needs. If pasture appears, fence it and place a milk cow there. Train calves with a rope halter to lead. Cow board is a major cost. purebred stock has high initial cost but bull associations offer affordable elite sires. Ask the county agent. Bulls can be serviceable to 14 to 16 years. Alfalfa hay best for milk, clover next, timothy weak. Overfeeding grain without roughage imbalance lowers efficiency.
Ever Young Howard Chandler Christy Portrays Queen Marie
The artist prepares to sail for Romania to paint Queen Marie and muses on spendthrift beauty products. He jokes that if Shakespeare were alive today his Seven Ages of Woman would begin with the babe and the child and move through the girl and the young woman.
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Howard Chandler Christy
Romania
Queen Marie
Shakespeare
Do You Remember Old-Timers and Blushing Photographers
A Pathfinder Magazine quip reflects on photographers asking women to raise skirts for pictures, noting photographers blush and stutter when making such timid requests. The joke recalls era conventions and camera friendlier standards in past press images.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Locket image silences talking likeness in debate
Dialogue voices scorn meeting with Growley and describe a speaking likeness of a woman in a locket used to shut it up. The exchange mocks the pest with sharp humor and clever jabs about domestic disputes.
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Growley
Jinks
Keep school shoes looking new
Fragmentary quotation riddled piece includes scattered slogans and jumbled lines about playing ball saw wood and provincial summer days. It features a jokey exchange about beating a wife and a business man chasing figures, with no coherent event or clear subject.
Traffic cop urges Nujol for health warning
A narrator promotes Nujol as a health aid in a police style warning. He claims it is not medicine, just a natural substance from Nujol Laboratories that helps keep the body’s system functioning and aids removal of poisons. Start Nujol today and buy at drugstores.
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Nujol Laboratories
Park Avenue
New York
Nujol
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