English Egg Train Demonstrates Co operation in Wales
A novel English campaign uses the South Wales demonstration train to teach Welsh farmers about cooperative depots and scientific poultry methods. The Agricultural Organization Society and the National Poultry Organization Society organize the effort with government funds and Great Western railway support to spread modern farming knowledge east and north.
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London
England
South Wales
Agricultural Organization Society
National Poultry Organization Society
Britain
Wales
Carmarthen
Cardigan
Pembroke
Dacre House
Westminster
Great Western Railway
North Wales
Yorkshire
Annals of Agricultural Organization
Bull snakes hired to curb Detroit rat problem
A Detroit naturalist orders 300 bull snakes from Texas to free distribute to residents to combat rats. The snakes, praised for affection and loyalty, are expected to eradicate rats within a week. experts including Dr. Merriam support the plan while cautioning women to guard hairdos against Bill the snake.
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Detroit
Mich
Texas
Pacific Coast
Lone Star
Bill
C. Hart Merriam
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Merriam
Cat as Mother of Chicks Adopts Orphaned Henlets
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a foster mother story unfolds at Lewis Finfrock Jr.s home where a cat that lost kittens has adopted a brood of motherless chicks. The cat struggles to call the peeps yet tries to feed them and cuddles them under her wing.
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Harrisburg
Lewis Finfrock, Jr
Kissing Is Not Dangerous Says Harvard Expert
Harvard medical professor Dr. A M Worthington says healthy couples may kiss without risk or harm. He rejects claims kissing spreads disease and notes microbes play a harmless, even essential, role in human interaction.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
A. M. Worthington
Medical
Worthington
London to order washing of lodging house inmates
London county council plans to use its power to inspect lodging houses for cleanliness. If inmates or clothing are foul, owners must arrange washing within 24 hours.
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London
London County Council
Springfield Bribery Probe Sparks Interofficial Clash
Prominent Sangamon County State's Attorney Edmund Burke clashes with Cook County official John E. W. Wayman over a legislative bribery inquiry. Judge Robert B. Shirley sides with Burke to pursue the Springfield end without interference. Burke, Detroit? No, University of Michigan graduate, longtime Democrat, elected state's attorney in 1908 after service on Sangamon board of supervisors.
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Edmund Burke
Sangamon County
Illinois
John E. W. Wayman
Cook County
Chicago
Springfield
Wayman
Burke
Mr. Stead
Robert B. Shirley
University of Michigan
Institution of Learning
Board of Supervisors
Curtiss Sees Air Fleets Diminishing Battleships
Aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss argues that aerial fleets will render battleships obsolete. He asserts the Florida and other dreadnoughts would be useless against air power, claiming 1000 airplanes could cost as much as one battleship.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Florida
New York
New Jersey
Washington congressional club elects Mrs Alexander White Gregg president
Mrs Alexander White Gregg wife of Representative Gregg of Texas was elected president of the Congressional club in Washington The club is comprised only of wives of senators and representatives Gregg is in his fourth term and the election filled a vacancy caused by Mrs James Breck Perkins's resignation The club holds Friday entertainment afternoons which were paused in May for Mrs Taft garden parties and social events.
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Alexander White Gregg
Representative Gregg
Texas
Congressional Club
Washington
Congress
Gregg
Mary Brooks
Palestine
Virginia
Lone Star State
May Gregg
Corcoran Street
James Breck Perkins
Representative Perkins
Rochester
N. Y
Taft
Edison proposes automatic clerkless stores and lower cost living
Thomas A. Edison unveils a planned automatic store with vending devices replacing clerks. Customers insert coins and select goods at a slot, receiving wrapped bundles while a central station monitors operations. He argues the scheme could reduce costs and benefit society, though it may threaten many store workers.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Edison
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Milwaukee Woman
Milwaukee woman testifies after a year of suffering from female troubles back pain and a suspected tumor that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She urges other women to try the remedy before surgery and notes the company receives many grateful letters.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Exar Imse
First St
Pinkham Medicine Company of
Mass
Lydia EF. Pinkham
Rs. Pinkham
Lynn
Fighters In The Majority
Virginia representative recounts a church fight over a blood feud. Excommunication lasted a year then repentance, but a bold member denounced endless forgiveness. The crowd’s Amen chorus collapsed as the speaker confessed tireless yielding to fighting.
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Harry Maynard
Virginia
Darky
Byah
Pahson
Best is beat and Postum helps a Mississippi teacher
A Mississippi schoolteacher reports coffee caused nervousness mood swings and heart palpitations. After switching to Postum the symptoms vanished and mood brightened, with the physician endorsing the change and the writer crediting Postum alone for the health improvement.
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Miss
Postum
Wellville
Plogs
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