Unique Americans who shaped two nations careers
A biographical sketch honors Samuel P Carter Benjamin Shields and James B Shields. It details Carter's split service in navy and army, his rise to rear admiral and major general, and his death in 1881. It tracks Benjamin's career from Louisiana to the U S Senate, and Shields's Illinois and Oregon service, Civil War commands, and senatorial tenure.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Webster
United States Navy
United States Army
America
Hoven
United States
Tennessee
Samuel Powhatan Carter
Elizabethtown
Carter County
U. S
Ohio
Naval Academy
Uncle Sam
China
Carter
War Department
Tennessee Volunteers
John H. Morgan
Smith
Knoxville
John Schofield
North Carolina
Navy
Lighthouse Board
Mississippi River
New Deans
Yale
New Orleans
Louisiana
Benjamin
Senate
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Davis
Confederate States of America
Confederacy
Richmond
Florida
Bahamas
Liverpool
England
Inner Temple
London
Paris
James B. Shields
Dungannon
County Tyrone
Ireland
Shields
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Supreme Court
General Land Office
Illinois Volunteers
Taylor
Rio Grande
Wood
Chihuahua
Scott
Cerro Gordo
Valley of Mexico
New York
South Carolina
Chapultepec
Oregon
Minnesota
United States Senate
California
Mexico
Washington
Fred W. Lander
N. P. Banks
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Winchester
Jackson
Carrollton
Congress
Missouri
Ottumwa
Town
Western
Union
Capper Prize Goes to Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock
The first Capper prize of 5000 dollars and a gold medal for distinguished service to American agriculture is awarded to Stephen Moulton Babcock of the University of Wisconsin. His 1890 butterfat test enabled modern dairying, and the award honors his lifelong agricultural chemistry work.
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Chicago
Capper
Stephen Moulton Babcock
University of Wisconsin
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Doctor Babcock
Wisconsin
National Country Life Association
Madison
Wis
Mother 42 Completes Grammar School Graduation
In St Louis Lulu Ruh, mother of five, earned her eighth grade diploma from night school after rejoining grammar school work at age 42. She began studies in 1929 after illness kept her home since age twelve. She plans to start high school next September and has saved her graduation dress in anticipation.
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St. Louis
Lulu Ruh
Catherine
Taxicab Driver Aids Bandits Escape Police
Detroit case where Charles Mason a taxicab driver admitted wrecking a police scout car with his cab to aid two youth bandits in escaping after a store robbery. He drove beside the pursuing car, shouted for mercy, and forced the police vehicle onto a curb allowing the bandits to flee. He said he knew one bandit as his kid brother.
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Detroit
Charles Mason
Mason
Composer Makes Perfect Score in Radio Test
Du Bois Pennsylvania. George W. Rosenkrans of Penfield submitted to a national radio test by a firm. He scored 100 percent by identifying voices, counts of male and female voices, pitch levels, harmony and discord, and instruments heard. He is the first to achieve a perfect score in the section.
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du Bois
George W. Rosenkrans
Penfield
Rosenkrans
Steve the Hippopotamus at St. Louis Zoo Treated for Sore Throat
The prized hippo Steve at the St. Louis zoo suffers a severe sore throat the largest in the Midwest. A special serum is being administered to Steve by the gallon as treatment.
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Louis
Steve
St. Louis Zoo
Middle West
Dairy presence of cow well justified on North Carolina farms
On North Carolina farms the dairy cow justifies its presence by building soil fertility. Dairy extension specialist John A. Arey notes crop-only farms erode and lose productivity, while pasture and manure recycling improve land health, sustain yields, and support long term income despite modest milk profits.
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North Carolina
John A. Arey
North Carolina State College
Piedmont
Arey
Value of Corn Silage in Ration Proven
Purdue University experiments show corn silage in dairy cow rations maintains milk production compared with double hay, improves milk and fat efficiency, and keeps body weights steadier. Cows favored silage as a palatable, available feed.
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Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Size and Development Guiding Heifer Breeding
The guide says breed timing depends on size and development. Large heavy dairy breeds should freshen at 27 to 30 months, matured breeds at 24 to 27 months, and underdeveloped heifers should be delayed to reach a satisfactory size before breeding.
Digestible protein in grain ration for cows
The amount of digestible protein required in a cow’s grain mix falls as alfalfa or clover hay increases in the diet. A cow fed mostly alfalfa or clover hay without silage needs about 12 to 13 percent digestible protein, with example mixtures including corn, oats, wheat bran, linseed meal, and gluten.
Calves Should Not Rely on Grass Early Forage
Dairy farmers who raise heifer replacements keep calves on grain skim milk and hay until about nine months old. This method preserves pasture and ensures steady growth, delaying full dependence on pasture for feed.
Flawless Crystal Sphere Given to National Museum
Mrs Worcester Reed Warner presented a flawless crystal sphere to the United States National Museum in memory of her late husband. Weighing 106 pounds and nearly thirteen inches in diameter, the sphere was cut in China from Burma quartz and polished in Japan after an eighteen month process.
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Worcester Reed Warner
United States National Museum
China
Japan
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Judah P
Carter and
Army Information Service
James EF. Shields
Mrs. King
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Swish Clean Mfg. Co
E. Buchtel Ave
Akron
Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Kennedy Mfg.Co
Lutaville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lickdale
Mars
Crypt I. Suerman, R
Lickdale, Pa
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