Clean up hog premises to curb cholera spread
Dr S E Cosford urges spring clean up of hog houses pens and lots to destroy germs worms and lice. Federal inspectors will assist with cleaning and free investigations while promoting sunlight fresh air and dryness to raise healthy hogs in Nebraska.
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U.S. Department of Agricultural
Nebraska
U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Beatrice
Tecumseh
Falls City
Auburn
S. ‘E Cosford
Son of the Honey Boy Moves On and a New Baby Arrives
A mother explains that the honey boy who lingered for a month has moved on to a new baby. She notes the former arrangement cost about four bits a week and the rocker now sits empty for the next child, while the family adapts to change and sleep shifts.
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Honey Boy
George B
Song Sparrows Find a Narrow Escape at Farmhouse
Daddy narrates a bird tale about Song Sparrows in a farmyard setting. Betsy feeds crumbs and water while a friendly white Kitten plots to chase Song Sparrows with a cat, until a near danger tests the birds and ends with a safer outcome.
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Daddy
Nick
Nancy
Mr. Owl
Betsy
Snowball
Dad
The High Art of Nagging a Husband
An article describing nagging as a special art, likening a husband to a hippo and detailing techniques to nag most effectively. It notes timing before dinner, predictable cycles, and subjective tactics to entertain the nagger, while critiquing some wives for failing to see the point.
Peculiar Water Lily Facts and Giant Victoria Regia Leaves
The water lily thrives in slow moving waters with blooms opening on warm days and closing at night. Leaves form flat nearly round paddles, with flowers in white pink or yellow about six inches across. Victoria regia from South America features leaves six to twelve feet wide with a tray like rim able to support two men.
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South America
Office Man Is Safest Rick
An actuary from the state workmen's compensation department ranks job risk by dollars per $100 of payroll. Office workers like bank clerks carry 1 cent per $100. newspaper workers 18 cents. window cleaners 4.65 dollars. professional wreckers face the highest 8.35 dollars per $100.
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State Workmen's Compensation Department
Eels Travel by Night to Spawn Near Gulf
Scientists report billions of eels moved up the Flint River on their annual nocturnal voyage toward the Mexican Gulf where they are expected to spawn in winter, confirming old authorities about sea spawning.
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Geer
Flint River
Mexican Gulf
Opposite Course Quoted in Manager Remarks
Fragmentary remarks from a manager discuss attempts at uplift and reference unfamiliar underworld terms. The damaged text shows unclear dialogue and missing context about who spoke and what event it concerns.
NOW DANCE IN BIG HOTELS
A social correspondent describes hotel balls as ideal for winter city visitors. Guests travel by motor, prepare in comfort, host dinner parties, attend the opera, and attend Siegfried with long acts, arriving at midnight for easy dancing with little care for upkeep or arrangements.
University of Omaha coeds demand $1500 annual income
In Omaha the coeds challenged Prof. De Lamatre’s view that $1000 a year suffices for a future husband. They asserted a $1500 annual income is needed to maintain a home, dismissing the notion that wealth or luxury is required.
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Harry de Lamatre
de Lamatre
Omaha
Birds of Paradise
Wait and See in French Translation Sparks Commentary
The Manchester Guardian notes that the French press in London struggles with translating "Wait and See" into French. M Coudurier of Journal de Geneve renders it as Attendez vous verrez ce qui arrivera, a thirteen syllable version. English remains the tersest language for such crisis notes.
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London
M. Coudurier
Journal de Geneve
Europe
Manchester Guardian
Ventilation Jokes Recall Western Wind Tale
A London Tit Bits anecdote recalls Colonel Cody’s tale of an English guest in the West swept from a wagon seat by a strong wind. The guest comments that ventilation in America is overdone after brushing sand from his whiskers.
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Cody
West
Rocky Mountain
London
Phonograph Station Names May Announce Liverpool Trams
A Liverpool tramways proposal to use a phonograph to announce station names faces challenges as the metallic tone often muddies familiar speech. A London Ob. note recalls a phonograph operator in an O Henry story promising to improve a voice dubbed from a tin mine.
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Liverpool
O. Henry
London
Raccoons Wash Their Food and Fascinate Wildlife
Raccoons inhabit North American woodlands from Canada to Panama except high mountains. They eat a varied diet including clams crawfish frogs birds eggs poultry nuts and fruits. In water they wash food before eating and their fondness for green corn brings them into danger from night raccoon hunting with dogs. They are intelligent and popular as pets and have a place in frontier lore with coonskin caps and barter.
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North America
Canada
Panama
Public Health Warning Urges Parental Education On Illnesses
The New York Medical Journal urges a campaign to educate parents and children about childhood diseases. It cites cases where fear of quarantine leads to concealing illness and sending contagious children to school.
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New York Medical Journal
Lebas Dares Obelisk Lift in Paris 1836
Lebas stood under the enormous moving obelisk during its 1836 ascent to Place de la Concorde. He risked crushing injury to prove his calculations as cables strained near breaking, choosing a tragic end over dishonor. The feat was noted by Le Cri de Paris and Constitutionel.
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Rameses III
Luxor
Paris
Place de la Concorde
Egypt
Lebas
Toulon
Nile
Seine
Hardihood Lebas
le Cri de Paris
Balloon plans fade as new air explorer targets New Guinea
A Swede named Dr. Eric Mjorberg now plans to fly into New Guinea’s interior using an airplane after Germany’s balloon exploration ideas never materialized. He is in the United States examining current aviation advances.
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New Guinea
Germany
Eric Mjorberg
United States
High Cost of Art Leaves Great Composers Poor
Fragmentary lines note the high cost of art and the death of composers in poverty. The passage hints at failed chances to achieve wealth through music, reflecting economic pressures on creators.
Young Artist Shines Among Paintings on Display
A young artist stands out among the paintings displayed at the Coene Art Gallery with notable works attracting attention from visitors and judges.
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