Aunt Em the Newsboy Lady and a Lawyer’s Son
In Broadway's theater district Aunt Em, a widow who sold papers for twenty years, supports six children from a doorway corner. Her daughter Wenda, a stenographer, woos a lawyer’s clerk named Laddie Evans. Their romance faces family pride, but Aunt Em reminds them to pursue their own paths as she shouts her wares.
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Aunt Em
New York
Broadway
Wenda
Notion Store
f.Jean
Laddie Evans
Laddie “Evans
Laddie
Forty-fifth Street
Spring Lake
Telegram -Sun and Post
Evans
Lawbrary
Birthday Party Gifts for Margaret
Aunt presents Margaret at the party with three books four handkerchiefs and the measies according to the mother.
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Margaret
Sweet Clover and Lespedeza for Soil Improvement
Guidance from the Southern Agriculturist on using sweet clover and lespedeza to improve soil. Recommends liming before seeding sweet clover, timing for unhulled and hulled seeds, and mixing 3 to 5 pounds of lespedeza per acre. Details seeding rates, lime needs, and optimal sowing windows for March and February.
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Southern Agriculturist
Winter Plowing Weakens Insect Pests in Soil
Missouri Farmer reports that winter plowing can control soil inhabiting pests such as cutworms and grubworms by destroying them or exposing them to the elements and enemies. The practice is most effective on sod land slated for corn the next year, though sloping, prone to erosion fields may be unsafe to plow in winter.
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Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
Cornstalk Poisoning in Cattle and Horses
Dr. G B Weaver from South Dakota State College explains cornstalk diseases cause heavy losses in grazing cattle and horses. The illness likely stems from poisoning, possibly prussic acid or potassium nitrate or both, with nervous signs and impaired control. Prevention centers on keeping stock out of stalk fields and abandoning stalks for feed when poisoning risk is present.
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G. 8. Weaver
South Dakota State College
Watch Horses Teeth To Maintain Proper Chewing
The idle horse eats dry roughage and its teeth require occasional inspection. The upper jaw is wider than the lower, causing uneven wear and sharp edges on inner lower molars and outer upper teeth. These edges may cut the tongue or cheeks and irritate sores. A guarded rasp should be used to rasp them down as needed.
Purity of Farm Water Supply Guidance
Virgil Overholt of Ohio State University warns farm water purity hinges on proper well placement and construction. Wells should be 300 feet from pollution sources with a water tight wall to 25 feet deep and a sloping concrete slab. Springs are not reliably pure. surface contamination and animal ingress must be prevented.
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Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Grass Beef Compared With Grain-Fed Beef
Grass beef is considered inferior to grain fed beef on average due to darker color yellower fat and greater shrink from slaughter. Muscles are tougher from more exercise though flavor can rank high in some studies by USDA and state agricultural colleges. Trade opinion and grass beef outlets are diminishing annually.
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Department of Agriculture
State ‘Agricultural Colleges
Potato Acreage Plans Show Uncertainty in 1932 Season
Department of Agriculture reports from 18 states on commercial early and intermediate potatoes indicate uncertain planting plans for the coming season. Despite lower production costs, credit restrictions and financing difficulties push many growers to reduce acreage, with January 1 intentions totaling about 256,030 acres, roughly 23 percent below 1931 and near 1929 levels. intermediate states expect a small acreage increase overall.
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Department of Agriculture
Money in Cowpeas and Crop Returns in Texas Farm
A. Stanford of Cameron county Texas reports 12 acres in potatoes. Six acres formerly in cowpeas yielded 770 sacks worth 2507.50 while the other six acres in cotton produced 507 sacks worth 1632. The cotton crop added 500. Cowpeas seed cost 30, making the cowpeas followed by potatoes worth 345.50 more than the preceding potato and cotton on the other half. Potato yields after peas were 145.91 per acre higher than after cotton.
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Iton
Capper
Farm Hints on Orchard Neglect and Ram Sales
The article notes neglected orchards breed pests affecting nearby groves. It reports 784 pure-bred rams distributed over six years through 24 sales by co operative sheep and wool producers associations in Pennsylvania.
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Co-Operative Sheep and Wool Producers’ Associations
Pennsylvania
Liver function and heat response linked by Henry Barbour
Dr Henry G Barbour of Yale University reports to the National Academy that the liver’s reaction signals heat by signaling when the body is chilled or at fever onset.
Why Have Cities
A quote framing cities as natural parts of America rather than alien growths, noting urban areas expand much faster than other regions.
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America
Brown buys house for a song says Pathfinder Magazine
Pathfinder Magazine notes Brown purchased a house for a song and paid with notes. The item highlights a bargain purchase and mentions payment via notes as the terms of the sale.
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Brown
Pathfinder Magazine
How One Man Lost 22 Pounds
Detroit man Herman Rankis reports losing 22 pounds after using Kruschen Salts. He says a diet began with the first bottle and he feels like a new man. The ad claims a safe quick fat loss method by taking half a teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast.
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Herman Rankis
Detroit
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