Memorial window at Annapolis honors Farragut hero
Admiral J. Watson 78 confirms cherished Farragut traditions at the unveiling of the Farragut memorial window in the United States Naval Academy chapel. The ceremony featured the lowering of the flag curtain by Miss Camilla Sewall as the window revealed the scene of Farragut lashed to the Hartford’s shrouds and praying before the battle.
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Farragut
Mobile Bay
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Admiral Watson
Hartford
Watson
Ae Hartford
Camilla Sewall
Bath
God
Mothers and Their Babies Urge Protective Maternity Bill
American women press congress to pass the Sheppard-Towner bill for maternity and infancy protection. They cite 600000 infant deaths and 46000 mothers' deaths, recount Dr. help saving Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Keyes, and contrast funds for hogs and mares with need for maternal care.
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Congress
Josephus Daniels
Senate Public Health Committee
Mrs. Keyes
Senator Keyes
New Hampshire
Boston
Congress reclassifies U.S. Army civilian salaries in Washington
Senator Henderson of Nevada told a joint commission that the government has no standard salary system for civilians. He cited 1,288 clerks classified as Clerk, class 1 performing 97 varieties of duties and noted similar misalignments across all clerk classes.
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Congress
Washington
Henderson
Nevada
Joint Commission
The
United States
Predictions of a helium air express by Kenly Kenly
Former brigadier general and air service head Kenly predicts a future aerial express using a rigid lighter than air craft filled with non inflammable helium. Motors and passengers would be enclosed in the bag enabling high speed and safety. Barrow England builds R-80, 530 feet long, 70 feet wide, thirty eight tons lift, four 240 hp engines, crew of fifteen, Atlantic crossing expected.
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William L. Kenly
Air Service
Barrow
England
Atlantic
Produce infertile eggs after hatching season
The article explains preventing losses from partial hatching by removing roosters after the season and ensuring hens lay infertile eggs. It notes infertile eggs come from hens not with a male, can be kept in heat, and should be marketed within three days.
Convert Brush Into Permanent Pasture
The Department of Agriculture says hundreds of thousands of acres are brush covered and should be permanent pasture. Farmers can clear one to a few acres yearly during slow periods, then plow and plant grasses suited to their region. Clearing is an investment with lifelong dividends. write the department for guidance.
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Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
White shelled egg breeds favored for egg production
The Mediterraneans or egg breeds suit white shelled egg production. Bred mainly for eggs rather than meat, they include Leghorn Minorca Ancona and Andalusian varieties per the U S department of agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Minorca
Ancona
Protect squash seedlings from striped cucumber beetle
Young squash seedlings are sometimes attacked by the striped cucumber beetle. Protect a few hills by covering each one with a small piece of wire fly screen until the plants are ten days to two weeks old.
Carpet Grass Seed Harvest Instructions Urged
Demand for carpet grass seed far exceeds supply and farmers are urged to harvest. Guidance from the department of agriculture covers cutting, minimal handling, thrashing on a tight floor or canvas, use of thrashing machines for large yields, reducing air intake, avoiding rapid vibration, and using a sieve of one twentieth inch mesh. Clean seed weighs 18 pounds per bushel.
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Department of Agriculture
Beet-top silage principles from USDA guidance
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that beet-top silage requires thorough packing to exclude air and a tight seal. Proper packing is essential for good silage quality.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry Notes on Coccidiosis and Care
Coccidiosis in chicks may improve with a sour milk diet. Standard-bred fowls give uniform products and a chickenpox vaccine can protect for a year. Small yards risk foul ground and traps catch hawks on fence posts. Get rid of mites by applying kettle residue from home-made soap to roosts and nests.
Whispered Ruth Tale Lights Jewish Homes In New York
In New York’s East Side mothers gathered daughters for a Ruth story night with brooms and candles. Girls recited Ruth 1 16 17 and mothers gave cakes, marking Shabath preparations as per ghetto traditions noted by the New York Tribune.
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London
Paris
Judengasse
Berlin
Ruth
Naomi
Omer
Vassover
Shabooth
New York Tribune
Woman Health Advice and Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A warning about women protecting their health followed by an advertisement for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promises restoration of health for women and offers confidential advice from a woman at Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydi E
Malicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Ancient artesian well near Camp Verde offered to federal government
Montezuma's well in Camp Verde Arizona, a deep lime rich artesian spring fed lake enclosed by natural cliff walls, is up for sale to the federal government. Geologists say irrigation ditches carried water to valley fields over a thousand years ago, leaving a solid, concrete like lime formation along its ancient channels.
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Montezuma’s
Camp Verde
Ariz
Study In Strength Shows Shifts In Lifting Power Across Ages
The article notes the lifting power of a youth at seventeen as 2380 pounds and traces changes over time. By age twenty the strength rises to 820 pounds, by thirty to 365, by forty declines eight pounds, and by fifty measures 830 pounds.
Senator Sorgum Advises Action Over Advice
In a crisis, Senator Sorgum says the best guidance is to avoid delaying for advice and focus on decisive action rather than seeking or giving more recommendations. The remark highlights a pragmatic approach to urgent situations.
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Senator Sorghum
Patent granted for electric shotgun with discharging sparks
The patent covers an electric shotgun that discharges sparks from cartridges that may contain explosive gas or liquid as well as powder.
Cincinnati Markets Grain Prices and Livestock Rates
Market notes list corn prices for various grades from No 2 to No 3 and white yellow mixes, oats bids, wheat red varieties, butter and dairy quotes, live poultry weights and prices, cattle by class, calves sheep lambs hogs values, and shipping ranges. Ends with Royse ad fragment.
John Smith Named New England Founder and Name Origin
Captain John Smith, famed for Pocahontas, helped map the northern coast in 1614 and renamed it New England. The Mayflower charter later adopted the name already used on Smith's map.
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John Smith
New England
Pocahontas Fame
Virginia Colony
North
Virginia
Smith
Local Sports Brief Highlights Early Season Upset
In a surprising result, the city’s high school team defeated a favored rival at home. Star players from both sides contributed key scores as the game swung on a late fourth quarter run, boosting the underdogs to a narrow victory.
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