Alaska Cattle Experiments Signal Meat Industry Growth
The piece details a 1911 experiment near Circle by J A Reiger converting silage into feed for 45 cattle through a harsh Arctic winter. It highlights vast Yukon flats for grazing, ongoing Arctic reindeer trade, and future plans to develop a domestic cattle industry in interior Alaska. It ends with Mrs Marion Cray Wentworth advocating a one million woman sex strike to oppose war and war readiness.
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Alaska
Uncle Sam
United States
Pacific Coast
United States Department of Agriculture
Arctic Circle
J. A. Reiger
Circle
Fairbanks
Reiger
Yukon Flats
Fort Hamlin
Arctic
Interior
Agricultural Department
Scott
Marion Cray Wentworth
America
Wentworth
Nuff
A Mixed Bag of Tiny Town Tales and Jokes
Augusta Sexton helped receive the Liberty Bell in Chicago with others while light verse and jokes circulate. A Chicago Tribune want ad seeks a sober married chauffeur. Miss Marla Slipp broke her arm in Brainerd, and a lunchtime scene at a station is described with Irish humor.
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Augusta Sexton
Chicago
Sexton
Chicago Tribune
the Brainerd
Minn
Tribune
Quite a Traveler Villa Fights On Across Mexico
The note says Villa remains a persistent figure shifting from a demoralized retreat at Torreon to a reported threat near Mexico City about 500 miles away. The commentary also mocks a Minneapolis inventor of cold storage bread and anticipates other odd inventions.
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Villa
Torreon
Mexico City
Can t Even Hear the Swat Editor Star
A reader inquiry about insect hearing reveals that flies and many insects are deaf though they can see well. Scientists note hearing is rare in lower animal forms and insects ignore loud noises while relying on sight touch and smell. The piece ends with a light quip about wheat and buckwheat cakes and hopes for wheat from Europe.
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Star
Dora
Pacific coast trade with Russia seen as permanent
In 1915 Seattle cargoes to Russia totaled 4.17 million dollars for the first half, far above 93 thousand the prior year. Officials say war goods are not from Germany and that Pacific coast trade with Russia may endure, while commentary ridicules certain public figures and reflects broader wartime discourse.
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Seattle
Russia
Germany
Pacific
To arms to legs tocsin sounds in summer shock
A mosaic of humorous snippets and verse contrasts with a siege of insects and illness. A Kentucky grocery boy encounters a loafer, a nursemaid jokes spark, an explorer recalls boot soup, and a tax joke ends with untold wealth.
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Kentucky
Sol
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