Clean Butter Packages Highlighted at National Dairy Show
United States Department of Agriculture officials emphasize that neat attractive butter packaging enhances perceived value by reducing odor transfer and improving enjoyment. The St Paul show October 8 to 15 showcased international and domestic butter packs, illustrating good and poor packaging practices.
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United States Department of Agriculture
St. Paul
Minn
Department
Sweet-Cream Butter Scores High After Storage in Norfolk
After a year in storage in Norfolk samples of sweet-cream butter topped the New York market with an average score of 93.47 from 1,000,000 pounds shipped for the United States. Inspectors note the butter was made for the navy last year and praised its high salt content and low moisture.
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Norfolk
New York
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
New York City
Navy
High-Priced Sire Sows Market Quality Bias
A breeder argues that a sire’s value hinges on passing desirable traits to offspring. He contends some sires fail to improve marketability, making them expensive bets for continued breeding and sale viability.
Signs of Tuberculosis and Dairy Herd Health Note
A cow that stays thin despite good feed and has a cough shows signs of tuberculosis, test by a veterinarian. Producers Not Boarders stresses dairy cows must be producers, not dependents, on a successful dairy farm.
The Short-Tailed Shrew Speaks of Its Name and Ways
Mr Short-Tailed Shrew and Mrs Short-Tailed Shrew discuss why the name is interesting and recount the creature’s habits. They note their role in eating harmful insects, their keen smell and hearing, burrowing homes, and busy active lives. The dialogue ends with a polite goodbye.
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Mr. Short-Tailed Shrew
Mrs. Short-Tailed Shrew
Mr. Short
Mr. Short- Tailed Shrew
Mrs. Short-Tailed. Shrew
Horse's perilous trip over icy trestle headline feature
A chestnut horse named Robin owned by Fred A. Holmes pulled a heavy rack on a barrels haul near Belfast Maine. As the team neared the railroad bridge the driver fell ill and Robin crossed the ice covered trestle safely reaching solid ground.
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City Point
Belfast
Robin
Fred A. Holmes
Boston Globe
Coxey Seeks 112 Idle Vessels Under National Plan
A House committee heard Rep Gahn of Ohio present Coxey’s plan to hand over 112 idle ships to Jacob S. Coxey Sr and Theodore D. Wells for reconditioning with government funding and treasury notes totaling 40,936,000. Coxey argued the unemployed deserve “vision,” while critics questioned qualifications to operate ships.
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House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Gahn
Ohio
Jacob S. Coxey, Sr
Massillon, C
Coxey’s Army
Coxey
Theodore D. Wells
New York
Treasury
Lady Rhondda Seeks Seat in House of Lords
British peeress Lady Rhondda won her suit to sit with the Lords by virtue of her peerage. If granted, she becomes the first woman to hold a Lords seat. She heads multiple companies, led war work, and survived the Lusitania torpedoing in 1917.
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Rhondda
House of Lords
Lords
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Viscount Rhondda
Bertha Krupp
England
Lusitania
Sir Humphrey Mackworth
Mason's Daughter Runs for Congress in Illinois Race
Mrs Winifred Mason Huck of Chicago, daughter of the late Representative William E Mason, seeks the Republican nomination for representative at large from Illinois. She filed petitions in Springfield for the long term and to fill her father’s unexpired term, amid a largely factional contest across ten Cook County districts.
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Winifred Mason Huck
Chicago
William E. Mason
Illinois
Springfield
Cook County
Mann
Britten’s
Huck
John J. Brown
Vandilla
Benjamin Michalek
Henry R. Rathbone
Kenilworth
Richard Yates
Allen J. Albert
Paris
Michael H. Cleary
Galena
F. R. Collins
Simon J. Gorman
Henry Murphy
William Murphy
Leroy Nape
Schneider
Paxton
United States
Mlinois
Uncle Sam Liberal With His Veterans
Col. Charles R. Forbes reports the United States has provided extensive benefits to former service members. Since the bureau’s start, 1,418,912 claims were filed for vocational training, insurance, and death or disability compensation, with 41,767 allowed and 474,170 disallowed. By year end 1921, 104,579 veterans received vocational education and 28,687 were hospitalized.
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United States
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Bureau
What Agitates Mr. Smith
An assortment of stenographers reveals varied loyalties and habits, yet none reveal secrets of Mr. Smith’s business. Josephine, Marie, Mary Margaret, Grace Alice, and Ruby Anna each differ in appearance and attitude but share a silent code. Yonkers Cuckoo piece notes civic pride and noisy dawn chorus.
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Mr. Smith
Josephine
Marie
Mary Margaret
Grace Alice
Ruby Anna
Katherine Negley
Judge
Passing It On as It Were Pat Rooney's Foundry
A rainy day scene at Pat Rooney's new home-brew foundry brings friends inside. An English visitor complains of awful beer, fearing insult to Pat. Mike proposes a joke by pouring raincoat contents into the Englishman's pocket, then reveals he poured his own into the Englishman's pocket.
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Pat Rooney
Pat
Mike
San Francisco
Churchill’s Boer War Escape Recalled by Rhodesian Aide
Sir Charles Goghlan relays Churchill’s tale of a Boer on horseback halting his escape after the wrecked armored train at Chieveley Natal. Churchill later told General Botha in London that he was the man on the horse after decades in politics.
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Winston Churchill
Chieveley
Natal
Churchill
Charles Goghlan
London
Cape Times
Mr. Churchill
Botha
Explorer Finds African Natives Wearing Metropolitan Police Uniforms
An explorer returning from Africa reports discovering natives in the local police uniforms. He notes the cast-off garments were taken to the interior and worn as ornaments. Natives asked which group to fight, via their chief, indicating no desire to fight the explorers or their allies.
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Africa
Mrs Glenn Abbey Praises Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription
A Painesville woman recalls youth illness and exhaustion relieved by Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription. She credits the remedy with rapid restoration where other medicines failed and urges readers to seek confidential medical advice or trial tablets by mail.
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Glenn Abbey
Painesville, O
Dr. Pierce
Eagle St. Health
The
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N. Y
Whom They Do Orator Voice from Rear Landlords do the leased
A Wayside Tales style line hints at labor and property themes. The terse quip suggests satire on landlords and tenants with an oratorical refrain about duty and work.
California Fig Syrup advertisement claim and usage
A vintage ad urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup to cleanse a sick child's bowels and liver. It promises quick relief from constipation and sour bile, claiming a teaspoonful today prevents tomorrow's illness and notes directions on the bottle for babies and children.
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California
Jones quotes Simmons on an active brain
Jones notes Simmons appears to have a highly active mind while Bones questions if it is retroactive in nature. The exchange hints at a playful debate over memory and time.
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Jones—“Simmons
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