Divorce Record Highlights Rising Kansas City Separations
Kansas City study shows one divorce per four marriages, highest U S rates. Dr Charles A Elwood links rising divorces to religious decline, individualism and New Woman era. Women initiate 80 percent of cases. marriage age trends and work life influence discord.
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Ansas
United States
Missouri
Kansas
Charles A. Elwood
The
State University
Elwood
One Man Booms Street Fakers Sales
A Chicago man reveals a lucrative street hustle where he boosts fake sales by drawing crowds with observant disguises and suggestive selling. He varies clothing to dodge detection, enters slow crowds, and profits from reselling items at high markups, earning 50 to 100 dollars weekly with 20 to 30 takers.
Police official Flynn Threatened by Black Hand Cadre
William J Flynn deputy police commissioner and head of the detective bureau pursuing the Italian kidnaping gang has received repeated death threats from Black Hand members. He has faced crossbones skulls and death marks in courts and on streets but has not yet been attacked. Despite the threats he remains at his post and continues the pursuit.
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York
William J. Flynn
United States
Black Hand
Flynn
Letter Delayed 72 Years Reaches Yonkers From Geneva
A historic postal anomaly ends when a letter posted April 28 1838 in Geneva New York arrives in Yonkers New York after seventy two years. The folded letter bears a Geneva NY postmark followed by Syracuse NY Dec 27 1910 and lacks a dead letter office mark. The sender signed Whitney and the intended recipient remains unnamed.
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Geneva
N.Y
Syracuse
N. Y
Whitney
Ite kind wedding card alliance ticket exchange
A brief dialogue pieces together a playful exchange about an alliance ticket described as a wedding card. The quirky banter riffs on pairing formal ceremony with travel or political language in a humorous, domestic tone.
Black Head Kills Turkeys in Colorado Flock
Pathologist Dr. B. KrupP explains Entero hepatitis or black head disease in turkeys. The parasite Amoeba meleagridis infects the gut liver and causes tissue death. No cure exists. prevent spread, disinfect thoroughly, isolate sick birds, and consider cremation. Use trough feeding and sanitize watering troughs with antiseptics.
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B. ¥. Krupp
Colorado Agricultural College
Colorado
Turkey
Pheasant Farming Plans Move Into Western States
The United States Department of Agriculture expects pheasants to thrive in parts of the country and will introduce them from China and other native regions. Oregon and Washington suit the climate for production and pheasants are more numerous there than quail in the east and south.
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Oregon
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
China
Observations on Hen Diets and Crowd Effects
The author notes hens prefer corn over oats and buckwheat when mixed with wheat and rye. About 60 birds is the safe flock size. Crowded housing, like crowded tenements, increases disease and mortality in both chickens and people.
Hens Fatness and Egg Yields Examined
The piece argues that overfat hens and even humans are not the main reason for low egg production. It notes that flocks are often not fed the right diet to maximize laying, rather than simply being too fat.
One of Profitable Breeds The Silver Penciled Wyandotte
A writer notes the Silver Penciled Wyandotte as a new profitable breed with beauty and table qualities attracting poultrymen. Demand is high, birds are in breeding use, and experts can distinguish good birds though fanciers say breeding is challenging. the breed is expected to gain traction in shows.
Movable Roosts For Fowls Practical Plan From Farm and Home
Norton A. Allison of Kansas outlines a portable henhouse roost design. Use 2x4s cut to fit width, make notches 18 inches apart and 1 1/2 inches deep. Build with saw-horse style benches for short and long roosts, clean easily, and move quickly. Emphasizes keeping the henhouse free of filth with droppings boards and frequent cleaning to reduce mess and disease.
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Norton A. Allison
Kansas
Poultry Care Advice For Happy Chickens And Strong Eggs
Farmers are urged to give roosters rest and provide grit lime and gravel for digestion. Sweet milk aids growth in young chicks and laying hens, while sour milk harms the young. Whitewash the coop, replace unpopular males, and avoid overcrowded housing to preserve vigor. Keep February chicks dry warm and well fed for best start.
Practical Use Of Sextant Instrument To Measure Star Distances
The sextant measures angular distances between two stars using direct and reflected rays. A telescope receives one star directly while the other is seen via two mirrors. moving a movable limb changes the mirror angle, and the star separation equals twice the mirror angle, read on the sextant arc.
Safety Device for Cribs Uses Straps to Keep Child Covered
Mrs. F Salinger of New Rochelle New York has developed an improved crib safety strap system to hold a small child in bed and prevent uncovering. Two long straps wrap around the bed with a cross strap over the child and an elastic section allows movement within set limits. Reinforced eyelets permit fastening to bedding with safety pins. Also described is a Roman mirror from an Austrian burial site dated to the second or third century A.D. examined by chemists who suggest foil was attached to thin glass with a balsam resin.
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Mra. F Salinger
New Rochelle, N.Y
Austria
French chemist links vegetation odors to photography effect
A French chemist advances the idea that odors from vegetation spread through the air and reduce actinic solar radiation, potentially affecting photographic exposure. The theory suggests plant scents may alter light quality reaching photosensitive surfaces.
Inventor Patents Hair Comb with Small Hook
A new hair comb design features a tiny hook hidden under the piece to engage the hair and prevent loss. The inventor claims this device secures back and side combs more reliably, offering a practical improvement in everyday grooming.
Hatching Fish Eggs Out of Water A New Method
The article explains a method tried in Germany for trout and salmon eggs where hatching occurs out of water. Egg trays holding about 1,000 eggs sit on air trays with a moss filled upper tray to maintain humidity. Water is added daily to the top tray, and eggs are later moved to standard underwater equipment to hatch in a few days.
E Science Invention and Inventions Foretell The Times
A collage of science world notes shows varied progress from a night grade violin with 65 wood pieces to a vast ozone plant for St Petersburg and radium price talk. It cites New York population projections, wave power ideas, vanadium steel benefits, lighthouse naming schemes, and wage figures for Japanese workers and servants.
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St. Petersburg
Paris
Louvre
United States
New York City
Manhattan Island
Tog Borna
New England
New York
New Jersey
Japan
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Silver Wyandotte
Sextent
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