Napoleon’s Russian Campaign Descent From Glory to Desolation
The piece recounts Napoleon Bonaparte’s invasion of Russia, detailing a grand army of 500,000, Moscow’s fall, a scorched economy, and a brutal retreat. It includes Burgoyne memoir passages describing hunger, frost, and the Berezina crossing, with Napoleon and key marshals among the survivors.
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Europe
Russia
Napoleon
Lithuania
Moscow
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Commissariat
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Heineman
Emperor
Murat
Eugene
Italy
Berthier
Neuchatel
Ney
Mortier
Lefevre
Imperial Guard
Berezina
Marshal Victor
Paris
Unusual Humor Found Among Thieves in Prose Anecdotes
G. B. Dougherty notes criminal wit in the Saturday Evening Post. Tales recount a rope ladder thief firing at his own shadow, a pickpocket funding a church window, and a counterfeit artist failing after a whisky spill. The anecdotes end with the craftsman painting a prison wall.
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Dougherty
Saturday Evening Post
Jim
New York
Emanuel
Detroit Housewife Reports Bureau of Animal Industry Alert
A Detroit housewife received a London order note from the United States Bureau of Animal Industry warning that packing straw and excelsior containing goods bound for her must be destroyed to prevent hoof and mouth disease. An inspector would verify disposal locally.
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Justice
Detroit
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
London
England
Bureau
Detroit Free Press
Portugal to Boost Farming With Machinery and Training
Portugal plans government aid for farmers including implements and fertilizers with instruction on intensive cultivation. Doctor Oliveira of the Banco Agricola in Lisbon says directors will supervise work and profits after improvements revert to the owner. The scheme aims to offset animal-power shortages and stimulate tractor demand.
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Portugal
Doctor Oliveira
Banco Agricola
Lisbon
Orthoform Price Sparked Quick Drug Store Talk
A Kansas City Star fragment notes a Topeka physician prescribing orthoform, a potent powdered medicine for throat infections. The pharmacist and customer debated cost, with the asking price pegged at sixty four dollars a pound before the customer bought two drams.
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Topeka
Kansas City Star
Prince Ginori Conti's Steam Driven Power Plant
Prince Ginori Conti of Italy builds a steam driven electric plant from an inactive volcano on his estate. He bores wells to capture steam producing over 8000 horsepower and also extracts boracic acid from the condensed steam for eye care uses.
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Prince Ginori-Conti
Italy
Favorite Books Among Texas Children
Five thousand Texas children were asked to name their favorite books. The top ten selections include Little Women Treasure Island Tom Sawyer Robinson Crusoe Huckleberry Finn Robin Hood Little Men Black Beauty Pollyanna and The Call of the Wild.
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Texas
Bulls boost calf weight and value says USDA findings
USDA research shows calves from pure bred beef bulls weigh about 125 pounds more at one year and fetch 2 cents per pound more as stockers. Two year olds gain 200 pounds and 2 to 4 cents per pound. Yearlings split at 12 to 25 dollars per head, grading weights higher. Feed costs are similar to yearling, but grades outperform scrubs beyond that stage, nearly doubling offspring value.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Coffee Cows Count Milk Use Across United States
Dairy statisticians report 8,000,000 coffee cows and 750,000 tea cows in the United States. Coffee and tea together drive milk and cream use equivalent to one eighth of national milk production, with about 1.0 billion pounds of coffee and 85 million pounds of tea consumed annually. Sugar used for coffee and tea amounts to about 800 million pounds yearly.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Milk and Cream Consumption Rises Across Farm and City Homes
A United States Department of Agriculture survey shows rising daily per person intake of milk and cream from 1921 to 1928. In 1923 farm households with cows averaged 1.78 pints per person daily, city homes 0.87 pints, while nonmilking farms lag behind. Overall 1928 daily intake was 1.6 pints per person. The farm data derive from about 80,000 farm schedules. city data cover roughly 800 cities and 25 million people.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Boards of Health
Dairy Cow Feeding Needs for Milk Production
A dairy cow requires about 50 pounds of silage and 25 pounds of alfalfa or clover hay plus 6 to 10 pounds of grain. Some farmers skip silage, relying on legume hay, which is a mistake and not a balanced diet.
Swamp-Root Endorsed by Druggists in Old Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims the product aids natural function, has stood the test of years, and is sold on merit. The ad urges readers to test it by sending ten cents and mentions a college education quote by Ole Buck.
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Kyon Dee
Agricultural College
Kilmer
Dr. Se Ae Ee
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