Agricultural students visit packing houses and plants
One hundred fifty students from the state agricultural school at Lincoln toured packing houses stock yards and Omaha factories to learn the handling of livestock from yard to sale. Guides and instructors explained grading classes and price factors while students observed operations and factory processes across food and clothing plants.
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State Agricultural School
Lincoln
Omaha
Agricultural School
Alfalfa Should Become Major Nebraska Crop, Iowa Figures
A Nebraska report compares alfalfa with corn noting alfalfa yields a higher return per ton at current corn prices. State College of Agriculture seeks acres of alfalfa sweet clover and pasture crops to seed this spring while Experiment Station findings praise sweet clover as a good pasture option. Early seeding favors pasture readiness by mid June with rape also presented as a worthwhile hog pasture crop when seeded early in March in eastern Nebraska.
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State College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Nebraska
Government Issues Farming Almanac 1921
The United States Department of Agriculture releases Agricultural Almanac for 1921 as farmers bulletin 1902 with seasonal weather, farm plans, livestock, marketing and farm helps. It includes tables for stock feed, fertilizers and spray solutions and requests through county farm bureaus or University of Nebraska Lincoln.
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Adam
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
College of Agriculture At
Lincoln
Clown Cho Cho Teaches Child Health in Nebraska
County farm bureaus women’s clubs and schools join with Extension Service to bring Cho Cho the health crown to Nebraska children. The New York program uses playful routines to teach simple health rules including brushing teeth daily drinking milk and avoiding coffee or tea.
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Iin
Nebraska County Farm Bureaus
Agricultural Extension Service
Cho Cho
Child Health Organization of
New York
Cleaning Books Moet family libraries described damaged volumes
Cleaning books and the Moet family libraries show several volumes with disfigurement. The article suggests cleaning methods using art gum or a kneaded eraser and, if needed, fine powdered eriumice lightly applied with a clean cloth. These tips note how dealers clean margins of old prints.
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Moet
Air Cooled Spark Plugs Ad From Osborn Motor Co
Advertisement from M. W. Osborn Motor Co promoting air cooled spark plugs and electric lighting bulbs. Mentions house electric lighting bulbs and an electric shop location one block east of the American Bank. Ad emphasizes availability and shop accessibility.
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M. W. Osborn Motor CO
American Bank
Argument at Maine Station Goes On Till Train
A New York correspondent quotes a Maine station master, a veteran telegraph operator and baggage man, who refuses to check a passenger’s ticket, then relents after a 15 minute dispute. He explains loneliness and a desire for a good argument to break three months without one.
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Maine
New York
Baggageman
Nobuddy
Baout
CincInne
Commercial Tribune
Forced Removal of Edict Sparks Coffeehouse Resistance
In 1675 London, Charles attempted to close coffee houses seen as hubs of dissent. Protests forced the proclamation to be revoked, allowing open operation until June 24, yet the lid stayed off. Coffee houses persisted as centers of free speech, with Dryden patrons and Pepys noting Dryden's lively company and seating by the fire.
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England
Charlies
Dhe
London
Landlord Kidnapping Tale From Petunia Tavern Yard
A bank president reports being abducted by a robber who dragged him from the Petunia tavern landlord’s yard as he mowed the lawn. The assailant fled southeast with the captive, likely to demand ransom. The man later returned at dusk wearing a vest, coat, and pants with a pistol in his coat pocket, saying the bandit perhaps found a barrel elsewhere.
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Stone Rank
Petunia Tavern
Kansas City Star
Tying the Knot and Its Ancient Roots
The article discusses the phrase tying the knot used for marriage ceremonies. It notes possible origins in ancient Babylonia where a priest tied threads from the bride and groom to symbolize the union, presenting the knot as a symbol of the matrimonial bond.
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Babylonia
Weighing a Perfume By Microbalance Discovery
Italian physicist Salvioni devised a microbalance so delicate it measures musk loss by volatilization. A thin glass thread fixed at one end supports tiny samples near the free end, with flexure observed under a 100x microscope to detect minuscule weights such as a mote weighing a thousandth of a milligram bending the thread.
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Salvioni
Show Location of Water in Painted Desert by Navajo Stone Sentinels
The Navajo Indians set up stone sentinels in the Painted Desert to guide travelers to scarce water. Each monument features a projecting rock pointing toward the nearest spring or waterhole, with additional arrows and grooves marking routes and windings. Water sources vary from tiny seeps to pools in rocky ledges, sometimes with multiple monuments along a route.
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Southwest
Join a Thank You Club And Its Simple Civic Joy
A Haverhill Gazette piece extols a "Thank You" club that needs no initiation or meetings. Any person can form it, using only the password Thank You, to daily spread sunsh ine and courtesy, with benefits growing from small acts to lasting goodwill.
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Haverhill Gazette
Fake josses flood Canton and Amoy markets
The article notes Canton and Amoy supply travelers and curio dealers with fake decorative figures called josses. These clay and glass replicas, including a hunger god design, sell for about 3 cents to locals but fetch up to $5 for tourists, with jade carvings sometimes valued at tens of thousands.
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Canton
Amoy
Curie
Orient
York and Lancaster Roses Blend Story of Peace
In historic symbolism the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster unite after civil strife. Henry of Lancaster married Elizabeth of York to seal peace. a crafty gardener created a striped red and white rose. The blended bloom survives in memory as the York and Lancaster.
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York
Lancaster
Henry of Lancaster
Elizabeth
Old England
York and
The Cockade in History from Military to Civil Use
The cockade began as a military or naval decoration and as a badge for political parties. National color ribbons marked soldiers in eighteenth century wars, with the white cockade signaling Stuart supporters after their exile. It moved from military hats to crown civil servants, ending with the black cockade on officers’ servants under George I.
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England
Orange of Nassau
Hanover
When Sleep Will Not Comes
An Exchange note urges calm when insomnia hits. It cautions that anger harms the nervous system and relationships with a roommate. It suggests curling up, daydreaming, and avoiding harsh reactions to salvage the night and prevent a rough morning.
Concealed in Earth's Bosom Reveals Hidden Treasures
The earth conceals wonders natural and man made, from prehistoric remains to coins and statues. Mammoths have been unearthed in Siberia, with mastodon bones found in Alaska, New York near the Hudson, and in New England, revealing buried cities and ancient artifacts.
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Siberia
Alaska
New York State
Hudson River
New England
Socrates on Government and Perceived Qualification
A quotation from Ballingroke notes Socrates saying no man takes up a trade without learning it yet many assume they are fit for governing the state. The remark highlights the gap between expertise and self confidence in political leadership.
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Socrates
Ballngroke
Sweet Peas Speak For Marian Davis In Milwaukee Tragedy
Marian Davis died of mercurial poisoning in Milwaukee after roaming from a farm to the city’s bright lights. A brother identified her as the low point of a life led astray by deceitful influence. She left a note signed A Painted Girl. Sweet peas and a funeral note spoke for the girl who once was.
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Marian Davis
Milwaukee
Marian
Hill
A Painted Girl Reveals Dying Wish and Warning
The Sioux City Tribune quotes a dying girl known as a painted girl. She asks for others to warn young women about dangers and urges public officials to heed her story. She laments lost life and hopes to speak for what she might have become.
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Sioux City Tribune
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Ike
Ralph Dunbar
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Sidney
E. L. Uptegrove
Prop
Union Pacific Hotel
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