Quakeress Becomes Focus of Tolstoyan Tax Standstill
Beatrice Boeke of Bilthoven and her husband Cornelius refuse to pay Dutch taxes citing Tolstoyan belief that all government rests on force. The Cadbury fortune’s English heirdonates income to workers but faces state seizures of furniture and potential bankruptcy as authorities press for payment. A deputation of Bournemouth workers thanks her while continuing to follow Dutch law.
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Holland
England
Beatrice Cadbury’ Boeke
Cadbury Cocea Works
Bournemouth Village
Coven Corporation
Richard Cadbury
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Cornelius Boeke
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Bournemouth
Boschhuis
Utrecht
George Cadbury
Bilthoven
Sir George
Netherlands
Dead Animals Found in Kentucky Breweries Raid
Prohibition agents raid ten Breathitt County distilleries Kentucky finding dead frogs lizards snakes and a pig in fermenters. Stills allegedly built from iron gasoline tanks. Agents destroy 3500 gallons of beer in 905 fermenters.
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Prohibition
Breathitt County
Goats Make Woman Rich in Goats and Real Estate
Grace Doe Goucher testifies in Superior court revealing she sold goats to fund fur trade profits of $20,000 and real estate ventures yielding $64,000 after carrying about $500 yearly. She accuses her husband of cruelty amid a property dispute.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Grace Doe Goucher
Superior Court
Changes in Beef Production in the United States Since 1850
The 1921 Yearbook article Our Beef Supply outlines how U S cattle are now slaughtered younger, boosting annual beef output but requiring more harvested feed. Cattle numbers fell after 1919 yet remain higher than 1896–1917, with shifts in demand by region and consumer class and a wartime export surge of over 1 billion pounds in 1917–1918.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
South America
Australia
Americans
Meatscrap diet boosts egg output in Wyandotte hens
Kentucky experiment station studied feeding meatscraps to white Wyandottes over three years. Egg production rose from 109.9 eggs at 5 percent scraps to 134.5 at 15 percent and 141.6 at 20 percent. Conclusion: mash should contain at least 20 percent meatscrap for maximum production.
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Kentucky Experiment Station
Federal grading praised by shipping groups for fruits
Letters to the USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics from producers and shippers show adoption of federal grades for fruits and vegetables. A cooperative Ohio peach shippers group says packing to U S grades raised prices by 15 to 50 cents per bushel and plans to replace old markings, improving quality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of
Beri Cultural Economics
United States Department ‘of Agriculture
Peach Shippers
Ohio
United States
Draperies Describe Beaded Frocks With Elaborate Back Draping
Fragment discusses beaded frocks with plain fronts and elaborate back draperies that may function as wing sleeves, highlighting design detail in fashion.
Best House for Poultry Then and Now
Makeshift poultry houses may suffice briefly but lasting economy comes from properly equipped houses. Plowing now avoids later delays when other farm tasks press, improving efficiency and long term results.
Lace fashions drive demand for colored mesh and Spanish lace
Laces in high colors and metallic mesh are in demand for dinner gowns and dance frocks. There is a trend toward using Spanish lace in black or gray over colorful foundations.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound praised by Chicago mother
Mrs Adrith Tomsheck of 10557 Wabash Ave Chicago credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her postnatal recovery and renewed health after doctors recommended the remedy. The article notes many physicians advocate it for nervous or run down women with various ailments and urges others to try the root and herb medicine.
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Chicago
Lydia
Adrith Tomsheck
Wabash Ave
Illinois
Business as Usual in a Philadelphia Paper
A reader angrily proclaims to stop the paper. the editor calmly leads him to the office where all operations proceed as normal. The tester then assumes the role of the offended customer and indignantly repeats the claim. The exchange ends with the editor denying the accusation and restoring routine.
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Philadelphia
Proving the Proverb on Distance and View
A Boston Evening Transcript excerpt notes distance makes the view enchanting and jokes that admiration toward a well off girl is easier. The exchange frames wit about perception and social status.
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Boston Evening Transcript
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