Dream Street and the city of ambitious dreams
A collage of New York snapshots recalls Dream Street on Forty-fourth to Sixth Avenue with dreamers behind its theaters and hotels. Notes celebrate air rights over rail yards, the Woolworth and Chrysler towers, and stories of wealth from Ritter’s land idea to the Waldorf project. Also told are comic illustrator salaries, a surgeon’s X rays, a taxi tip tale with David Wallace, stray hairpins causing trouble, and Claremont Inn’s Revolutionary War link, all tied to the city’s restless energy.
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Forty-seventh Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenue
Canon Kunyon
New York
Runch
Little Town
Woolworth Tower
Madison Square Garden
BE. V. P. Ritter
Grand Central Palace
Waldorf
Musical Powder Box Acts as Burglar Alarm
In Valley Center Kansas a powder puff alarm woke Miss Bertha Robinson at dawn when a burglar lifted it from her dressing table. City marshal Harve Ogden chased the suspect, captured him near Wichita, and recovered a watch. The burglar then seized the marshal’s pistol, shot him in the leg, and fled.
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Valley Center
Kan
Bertha Robinson
Harve Ogden
Ogden
Wichita
Evolution of Uncle Sam from 19th century caricature to national symbol
A survey tracing the origins and evolution of Uncle Sam from early English and American cartoons to Thomas Nast and other illustrators. It discusses Samuel Wilson as the possible original, various depictions across wars, the shift from a beardless youth to a dignified national figure, and John Erskine's novel portraying Uncle Sam as a full character with domestic life and motives.
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Uncle Sam
United States
John Bull
England
Samuel Wilson
New York
Indiana
Troy
N. Y
Merriam
Ind
Brother Jonathan
New York Lantern
Fy Bellow
Bellow
Bellew
Sam
Thomas Nast
Mr. Nast
Bobbs-Merrill Company
John Erskine
F. Bellow
Oscar Cesare
New York Evening Post
Rollin Kirby
New York World
J. H. Cassel
Charles Dana Gibson
Nast
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Spain
Uncle Sant
Italy
France
Erskine
Union
Caponizing Chickens Boosts Meat Quality and Profit
New York state College of Agriculture notes caponizing cockerels held for market increases flavor and texture, lowers cost, and allows closer confinement. Suitable breeds include Orpingtons, Light Brahmas, Jersey Giants for large capons and Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds for smaller ones. Cockerels at 8 to 10 weeks weighing 1.25 to 2 pounds are typical. skillful handling advised. Cornell bulletin E 148 available via Ithaca office.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Ccn
Rhode Island
Cornell
Office of Publications
Ithaca
New York
Keep Waterers Clean During Summer Season
During summer months neglect of waterers and feeders increases contamination risk as chicks mature. Contaminants spread when dirt from floors enters waterers. Keep clean feed and water readily available and place feeders so chicks stay out of the dirt.
Dry Henhouse Floor Designs at Ohio State University
I L Dakan head poultryman at Ohio State University describes a practical poultry house floor they built by leveling the soil, adding tar paper to deter below ground water, then a two inch layer of concrete. The floor stayed notably dry all last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Dakan
Ohio State University
Dakan
Early control of red mites in poultry houses
Iowa State College poultry expert R L Cochran warns that red mites multiply quickly in warm weather and can live for months without food. They stunt or kill young chickens and halt laying. Egg hatching occurs four days after the female lays. Early treatment is essential to keep flocks healthy.
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R. L. Cochran
Iowa State College
Lime for Hen Yard and Soil Disinfection Practice
If not done, lime and plow the bare poultry yard at once and keep under cultivation for several weeks. Air-slaked lime is debated as a disinfectant, but it will likely benefit crops planted. Frequent soil stirring helps prevent disease contamination. cultivable crops respond best.
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Broadway
Forty-third Street
Yale
Southern University
Frank Daniels
East River
Rye
Forty-fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Hippodrome
Leslie Thrasher
Russell Patterson
Wallace Morgan
Jack Duncan
Duncan
David Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Frieda Mueller
Royal Palace
Potsdam
Claremont Inn
Riverside Drive
Washington
Vinnie Richards
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Nclesam of
Elmo Scott Watson
Your
United States Department of Agriculture
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