Jefferson household and Monticello stand as national shrine
The article details moves to restore Monticello Charlottesville Va to a national patriotic shrine. It recounts Jefferson’s life from birth April 13 1743 to death July 4 1826, his roles from draft of the Declaration to University of Virginia founder, and explains the Jefferson Memorial Foundation efforts to clear debt and restore historic rooms and furniture.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Thom T
Jefferson
Monticello
Charlottesville
United States
Shadwell
William and Mary College
Continental Congress
Virginia
Congress
France
University of Virginia
Monticelli
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
American Institute of Architects
Wiske Simba
Architects’ Committee
Thomas Jefferson
England
Ano
Bedford
Treasury
Coolidge
Board of Governors
Jericho Place Names in England and a Pedestrian Tale
A police court case notes a man saying he traveled from Jericho to London, not the Biblical Jericho. Six Jerichos exist in England per the ordnance survey, implying a place origin. The piece reflects on cautious naming by ancestors.
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London
Jericho
Palestine
England
Garden of Gethsemane and Holy City Places Mentioned
The London Times notes multiple biblical place names appearing in Yorkshire Clydebank Paradise Nineveh Salem and Zion in various contexts signaling symbolic or literary usage across locales. The quoted passage highlights recurring toponymic motifs.
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Gethsemane
Yorkshire
Clydebank
Paradise
Nineveh
Salems
Zions
London Times
Ancient Superstition on Peacock Feathers Origin
The Mohammedan tradition links peacock feathers to the entrance to Paradise, alongside a snake, in explanations of a longstanding superstition about these birds and their adornments.
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Paradise
Warning of danger linked to funeral emblems
A fragment states that Satan deceived both and they shared his punishment. It adds that some authorities claim peacock feathers served as funeral emblems and were believed to bring bad luck.
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Satan
Cheer Him Up First Mosquito
Observation of a dejected fat man as the first mosquito suggests helping him. The second mosquito agrees to go over and give him a shot in the arm.
Immune oat variety Markton fights smut losses
The USDA reports a newly discovered oat variety Markton immune to covered smut, yielding highly in Oregon and Washington tests. Hybrids with Markton are being tested nationwide to reduce the annual oat crop losses from smut, which reached over 35 million bushels in 1923.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Markton
Turkey
Oregon
Washington
United States
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Practical Suggestions to Keep Calves Growing
The calf should stay with its dam for 2 to 4 days to take colostrum. Feed 2 to 5 pounds of dam milk three times daily and introduce grain and hay at 10 days. Maintain clean utensils and pens, protect from lice, and provide fresh water and salt. Gradually increase hay and grain after 6 to 8 weeks and use silage if available.
Cucumber Beetles Destructive Pests and Control Method
Striped cucumber beetles attack cucumbers melons squashes and related vines. Dr Carl J Drake Iowa State College recommends dusting young plants with calcium arsenate and gypsum, followed by two to three weekly applications and eleven to twelve total. A shaker or hand dusting applies the mix. Circular No 90 details insects and control and is available from the Iowa State College Bulletin Section Ames Iowa.
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Carl J Drake
Iowa State College
Bulletin
Ames
Iowa
Soybean Meal as Dairy Cattle Feed Proves Equal Value
A South Dakota State College experiment shows soy bean meal as a dairy cattle feed is as valuable as other meals. Moderate amounts did not harm butter quality. excessive feeding tended to yield softer, saltier butter.
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South Dakota State College
Pure Bred Sires Bring Improvement in Dairy Herds
The U S Department of Agriculture foreword argues pure bred bulls boost milk and butterfat at low cost. Daughters exceed dams in milk by 14.5 percent and butterfat by 16 percent, with gains totaling 966 pounds of milk and 48 pounds of fat. At year start 220 cooperative bull associations owned 1008 pure bred sires. benefits accrue across generations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Dairying
United States
Ten Commandments for Owners of Dairy Cows
A North Dakota Agricultural College note outlines practical dairy guidelines urging sufficient feeding for production based on milk output, balanced rations with sweet clover and alfalfa, varied feeds, silage, salt, and bulky rations. It stresses weighing milk, calculating feed costs, shelter from cold, water twice daily, and striving to outproduce neighbors with farm-grown feed and pure-bred bulls for profitable butter fat.
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Dakotas
J. R. Dice
North Dakota Agricultural College
Prevention Best Remedy for Chicken Diseases
The article stresses prevention over cure in poultry health. It cites that sick flocks often result from introducing new fowls without proper isolation, inadequate post outbreak cleaning, and pest infestations from lice and mites. A proactive preventive approach protects flocks and reduces disease spread.
Farm Facts for Better Poultry and Livestock Practices
Guidelines urge keeping liquid manure covered to prevent flies and mosquitoes, use sweet clover and alfalfa on uplands, grow legumes to supply soil nitrogen, bury or burn dead fowl to deter scavengers, use poisons for woodchucks, consult county agent on poisons, prefer cracked yellow corn for baby chicks, and advise dairymen to keep herd records while selling some boarders for beef and acquiring better sires.
Whimsy of Fashion Has Checked Anemia
Prof W W Dixon of Cambridge University spoke under the People's League of Health as the tight corset vanishes from use. The Philadelphia Ledger notes London hospitals once saw many anemia cases among women and workers, but the lecturer says those cases have disappeared because tight laced corsets are no longer worn by young women seeking health.
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Softexce
W. W. Dixon
Cambridge University
People’s League of Health
London
Philadelphia Ledger
Drum lauds World War books on war's victories for all sides
Gen Hugh Drum, visiting Washington, says war books show every World War battle was a victory for both sides and no general erred from start to finish. He laughs and adds that to err is human and to be about it more so.
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Jefferson
Hugh Drum
Washington
Drum
Plan to consolidate land in Superior National Forest
The Superior National Forest, the largest national reserve east of the Mississippi, spans 1,268,588 acres with 411,000 acres privately owned. A movement seeks to acquire private land by purchase or gift to consolidate and expand government holdings. The forest is noted for wildlife and waterways.
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Superior National Forest
Mississippi
Poison Ivy Kiss Mistaken Under Mistletoe Tale
Youngstown Telegram reports a joke exchange about a kiss mistaken for mistletoe that proves to be poison ivy on the lip. The quip references a slang Euripidese phrase and a humorous misidentification of the plant.
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Youngstown
Chile Aids Homebuilding Loan Approved
The government of Chile authorized a 25 million dollar loan to assist the erection of modern dwellings and tenements.
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Chile
Government of
Unnamed Western Mountains Tower Over Appalachians
A vast expanse of thousands of mountains in the West rises nearly twice as high as any peak in the Appalachians and remains unnamed in the article.
Indigestion prompts patent remedies and pierced ears note
An old advertisement notes Wright’s Vegetable Pills relieve bloated feeling and distress from indigestion while acting as a purgative. The copy also remarks that many girls who never had ear piercings may have them bored. The tone is sensational and promotional with medical claims and fashion remarks.
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New Orleans
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Chroxi Research Laboratories
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Cleveland
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