Runaway submarine tale in Friendship Maine
Captain Solomon Peabbl es of Friendship Maine recalls a night voyage when his crew aboard the Polly P B captures a runaway submarine. After a tense exchange with a Rooshan lieutenant and a successful ransom-like tug, the crew tows the submarine to a steamship and celebrates with a sly secret about renaming the Polly P B as Submarine.
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Capt. Solomon
Friendstip
Maine
New York
Bill Clement
New London
Polly
Jonah
Green
Jehookibus
Friendship
Seven Seas
Derelick
High Seas
Solomon B. Peabbles
United States of
Bill
Leutenant
Cap'n
Solomon
Montreal Herald Correspondent Seeks Milk Trade Bottling Idea
A Montreal Herald correspondent asks about supplying eight cans of milk daily for city trade and considers bottling on the farm before shipping. He contemplates cement walls and related workflow steps.
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Montreal Herald
Dairyhouse design tips for small farms and milk handling
Guidance covers building materials for an ice house and milk room, ventilation, and cooling methods. It warns against diesel engines in dairies, suggests a separate engine building, and provides ice quantities and dimensions. It notes minimum 60 feet between milk house and stable and influences on milk taint risk and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanrahan
Teaching the Heifer to Milk in Quiet Farm Tactics
A correspondent recounts practical methods for training a heifer to milk, emphasizing gradual introduction, gentle handling, and timing around calving. Steps include winter acclimation, supervised udder contact, calf separation after initial milking, and careful teat care to prevent soreness.
Shed Roof Tank House for Farm Water Storage
A Michigan correspondent shares a simple shed roof tank house near a barn to protect stock water. Built with a three sided frame and front opening, it uses sawdust insulation and a hinged cover to keep water temperate and reduce icing, often preventing freezing overnight.
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Shiawasse County
Michigan
Oslerized Cows and Milk Production Through Ages
The article explains dairy cows should not be Oslerized before age twelve and may continue milking beyond that age. Milk yield rises to six, then plateaus. heifers give higher fat milk but require more nutrients. After seven, food needs again rise, and with proper digestion cows can milk effectively until twelve, though output declines with age.
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The
Journal of Agriculture
Roosevelt Asia voyage plans amid canal visit and wireless links
President Roosevelt together with Mrs. Roosevelt and Surgeon General Rixey heads to the isthmian route for the Panama Canal inspection. wireless telegraphy will relay developments to Washington from Guantanamo and Caribbean stations as armored ships guard his flagship. Officials from the canal commission Panama and Washington coordinate receptions and duties during a four day stay with messages to Congress and press.
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Washington
Foosevelt
Roosevelt
Genera Rixer
Navy
Sam
Panama
New Orlesne
Hampton
United States
San Francisco
Hipton
New York
Europe
Pon
Colon
Willo Te
Porto Reo
Porto
Hamyton
Pinan
Tennessee
Caribbean
Guantanamo
Louisiana
Kidd
Canal Commission
Herbert Squiers
Rooseveltn
Root
Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Agricultural experts will not probe babies crusade
Report misstates plans for an heredity study by a committee tied to the American Breeders association. Prof W N Hays heads the panel, which includes Bell and Jordan among others, to review data on heredity environment and potential need for marriage limits for defectives. The government disavows involvement.
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Agricultural Department
W. N. Hays
Secret of Agriculture
American Breeders' Association
Breeders’ Association
Columbo
Hays
Agriculture Department
Committee
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington, D. C
University of Chicago
C. EB. Ward
New York
J. E. Gilbert
Washington
Convict Soldier Betrayed by Finger Print Records
A U S army adoption of fingerprint identification exposed a Fort Leavenworth prisoner serving five years for a military crime. When the warden ordered fingerprints, the inmate resisted, prompting the warden to send prints to police. Scotland Yard then tied the man to a brutal murder in Morta, later sentencing him to life before his escape to America.
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United States Army
War Department
Fort Leavenworth
Murr Derer
Scotland Yard
United States Penitentiary
Morta
America
Postal back stamping faces nationwide opposition
ers in favor claim back stamping of mail provides a time check from origin to delivery and helps assign blame for delays. Critics including business groups argue abolition could slow delivery by one to three hours, prompting calls from several cities and Washington for ending the practice nationwide.
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Sak
Los Angeles
Kunvax City
Minneapolis
St. Detroit
Washington
Hitchcock
Beiny
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Francis Gardiner
Jonah B. Bowles
Sol Jest
Ani
Norway
Department of Agriculture
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