Man jumps into bear den to test bears interest
Milwaukee resident William Eckhardt, 20, leaped into a zoo bear den at Washington Park after wandering near his home. Bears ignored him as he waited in the waterless moat while keepers lowered a ladder and pulled him out. Eckhardt said he just felt like trying it.
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Milwaukee
West Galena Street
William Eckhardt
Washington Park Zoo
Eckhardt
William Borkenhagen
Fred Schultz
Charles Stanke
English Girls Eagerly Seek Dangerous Work
English workers seek radium prep roles despite danger. Minuscule needles and plaques filled with radium salts require strict safeguards. Girls work up to six months under heavy gloves and lead protections, in well lit labs with ventilation and protective glass barriers.
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London
England
Firemen Watch Non-Subscriber Lose Garage
Pine Lawn Fire Department arrived on Glen Avenue to view a garage fire. Fire Chief Harry Reiners explained the owner refused to subscribe to the fire department, saying he would handle his own fires. The garage burned to the ground as firefighters stood by and then returned to station.
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St. Louis
Pine Lawn
Glen Avenue
Harry Reiners
Thumbing Nose at Judge Leads to Jail Term
James Dwyer was cited for contempt of court in Charleston Municipal court after he "thumbed his nose" at Judge Charles Sullivan. He received a ten day jail sentence following a $10 fine for drunkenness, detected by a police officer.
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Boston
Charles 8. Sullivan
Charleston
James Dwyer
Dwyer
FiveYearOld Boy Starts Car and Smiles after Wreck
Vancouver Washington reports a five year old boy, watching his mother, started the car in reverse. It rolled down the street, smashed through a store front window, and the boy walked away smiling.
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Vancouver
Wash
C. ©. Moore
Bobby
False Teeth Cause Suit in Kansas City Divorce
Lula Gooch files for divorce alleging she paid with her own money for three sets of false teeth for her husband who lost his bite amid a dispute over finances and personal support.
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Kansas City
Lula Gooch
Hens Laying Tricks for Summer Feed Plans
L M Hurd of the New York State College of Agriculture advises wet mash feeding to boost summer egg production. Use skimmilk or semisolid buttermilk to wet mash, or oats and dry mash when milk is unavailable, feeding late afternoon and limiting intake to twenty minutes. Maintain green forage, fresh water, shade, and control red mites. tobacco dust may be added to mash to combat worms and coccidiosis, ensuring nicotine content.
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L. M. Hurd
New York State College of Agriculture
Hurd
Hen offspring prove best guide to laying ability
A three year USDA experiment with 793 White Leghorn hens shows progeny testing best predicts a hen’s breeding quality. Results indicate a sire’s dam egg production and a dam’s lineage are not reliable indicators, as full sisters and different dam lines produced varied egg results.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Morley A. Jull
Department
Beltsville
Lice on Poultry Disrupt Hens in Indiana Guide
A correspondent notes fowl louse feed on dried skin and feather bits rather than blood, seldom biting but causing constant skin crawling and discomfort. Hens are nervous and sensitive, suffering more from lice than commonly realized.
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Indiana Farmer’s Guide
Connecticut Eggs Bill Classifies Fresh Cold Stored and Incubated Eggs
A measure passed by the Connecticut house of the general assembly requires eggs to bear specific designations. If an egg does not meet the listed categories but remains wholesome and edible it may be labeled simply as egg.
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Connecticut
House of the General Assembly
Poultry Facts From Various States and Anecdotes
Ohio ranks fourth in poultry production with 24,954,000 chickens. Pullets lay about 20 percent more eggs annually than yearling hens. Seneca County poultry raisers marketed 1,800,000 eggs last year. Pecky the Rhode Island hen laid an egg 9 inches in circumference in Pomeroy Ohio. Farm poultry income nationally is surpassed only by cattle cotton hogs and milk. The first poultry exhibit at an American fair was Emden geese by Mr. Sisson at Pawtucket Rhode Island in 1826. A Tyrrell County farmer reports a brick brooder costing 60 cents for stove piping and 20 cents for lime and claims it works fine.
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Pecky
Rhode Island
Ernest Bahr
Pomeroy
Ohio
United States
America
Sisson
Pawtucket
Tyrrell County
N. C
Odd Findings Of Gold In Chunks Across History
A National Geographic tale recounts oversized gold nuggets found by children in California, a miner in Dutch Flat washing up a head-sized chunk, and a 4 ft 9 in New South Wales nugget worth 148000. It notes North Carolina’s early mint records and the famed Oliver Martin nugget sold for 22700 after an initial 10000.
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Frederick Simpich
National Geographic Magazine
California
Perkins
Calaveras County
Dutch Flat
Dan Hill
North Carolina
United States Mint
Reed
Abarrus County
Montgomery County
Thomas Faney
Faney
Fancy
Oliver Martin
Martin
Fowler
New South Wales
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Peterman
ANT Food
Sekafro
Kohl
28Th St
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Manns Choice Confectionery
Manns Choice
Toov
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