Faithful to Old Vehicle Ox Cart Still Used in South and India
The National Geographic Society bulletin notes the ox cart remains a common transport in the southern United States and India. It describes oxen pulling packed wagons in North Carolina Georgia Alabama and other regions and even used for carrying loads and as floats after death.
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South
India
Greenland
Lange Koch
National Geographic Society
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Ila
Mandalay
Ruling on Marital Conduct Cites Fur Coat Dispute
In a Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt the client alleges her husband subjected her to fuel and inhuman treatment over his refusal to buy a thousand dollar fur coat. The judge remarks that the act may be cruel but not inhuman.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Time, Work, and the Clock in Daily Life
The piece argues against clock watching, urging action over timing. Fear drives alertness and speed, while steady effort and enthusiasm make time feel irrelevant. It reflects a Chicago Daily News quote on time and a child’s joke about Washington’s birthday and a joke about a lawyer.
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Eaily
F. A. Walker
Chicago Daily News
Bull Association Show Boosts Greenwood County Fair Features
A United States Department of Agriculture prepared report describes a Greenwood South Carolina fair feature where eight bull associations entered 23 of 25 bulls. Prizes covered age classes and special categories, highlighting training and breeding condition. Abb eville County plans expansion adding ten more association bulls for wider purebred access.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Greenwood County
D. C
Greenwood Air
Bull Association
Abbeville County
Pedigree Not Sufficient to Make a Satisfactory Hog
The article argues that pedigree alone does not guarantee a good hog. It cites two buyers at a purebred sale, one profiting and the other losing, due to differences in feed. It emphasizes a balanced program of green pasture, live stock, proper buildings, and varied feed rather than relying on dry lots or single-feed strategies.
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Blondie
Claudine
Heloise
Ike
Kansas City Star
Prevent Ailments of Calf From Poor Feeding And Conditions
Specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture advise preventing calf illnesses through proper feeding, dry and well-bedded housing, fresh water, exercise, sun, and clean air. Monitor calves for drowsiness or fever and reduce feed if signs appear. seek a veterinarian for serious illness.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Self-Feeders Not Favored For Dairy Cows
Virginia experiment station tested self feeders for dairy cows and found them uneconomical. Cows did not gorge or founder, but they ate more than needed to produce the milk they yielded. They were satisfactory for pigs and some beef steers, but dairy cattle proved inefficient under the plan.
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Virginia Experiment Station
Rhode Island Ayrshire and Holstein Clubs Target Scrub Sires
At a joint Rhode Island Ayrshire association and Rhode Island Holstein F cream club meeting, members focused on tuberculosis eradication and the Purebred Sire campaign. They discussed cleaning up TB and pledged to eliminate every scrub sire in Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island Ayrshire Association
Rhode Island Mholstein-Fresian Club
Rhode Island
Hogs and cotton urged to balance farm growth
A North Carolina farm voice warns that raising too many hogs or growing too much cotton hurts profits. The speaker, W. W. Shay of the North Carolina College of Agriculture, advocates aligning hog numbers with feed grown on the farm to capture rebound profits after prices drop.
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W. W. Shay
North Carolina College of Agriculture
Inspection and vaccination rates for interstate livestock
United States Department of Agriculture veterinarians surveyed livestock at market centers last fiscal year. Cattle and sheep inspections reached over 22 million and 24 million respectively with substantial dipping to meet disease regulations. Swine inspections neared 40 million with hundreds of thousands vaccinated for hog cholera. Horses and mules numbered over 36 thousand with several tested for mare mallein tests.
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United ‘States Department of Agriculture
Pon
Shelter Needed for Sheep in Bad Weather
Sheep need shelter in severe weather, especially young lambs. Damp cold conditions chill flocks. provide green forage with roughage and grain to help them thrive.
Superior Feed for Steers
Wet pulp or corn silage should always be included in the ration for steers. The succulence provided by these feeds helps keep stock healthy and hearty on full feed.
Needs¢ Quick Finds New Fur During Paper Hour
A boy carrying routes from a News substation braves the cold in scant clothing. On a frigid day he triumphantly tells the station manager he found a new fur, naming a brand transfer as the source, prompting surprised reactions.
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Sally
Mac
Pransfer
Indianapolis News
Aspirin warning and unrelated anecdotes in a 1920s page
An advertisement warns to look for Bayer on genuine Aspirin tablets and outlines uses for colds headaches and other pains. Separate notes describe Blondie’s temper and a hotel kitchen exchange, and another ad promotes Cuticura products for irritated baby skin with hot baths and talcum powder.
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Bayer
Noted legislative bodies and a humorous sixth
In a Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon a child-like dialogue lists the American Congress, British Parliament, French Chamber of Deputies, German Reichstag, Jaese Diet, and adds Hungarian goulash as a playful sixth while the teacher presses for another.
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Willie
Paw
Chamber of Deputies
Cincinnati Enquirer
Man Advertises for Wife Seeks Woman with Ideas
A western man advertises for a wife claiming he wants a partner with ideas. He says he will get that quality from any woman he marries, according to a Boston Tran script.
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Boston Transcript
Butler’s quip on idea ownership and research ethics
In the New York Evening Post, Nicholas Murray Butler shares a waggish anecdote about Brander Matthews on how ideas evolve: translation, adaptation, plagiarism, and finally research as the fourth man takes it. The joke contrasts academic trends with intellectual honesty.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Brander Matthews
Matthews
Professor Matthews
Dr. Butler
New York Evening Post
Daniel in the Lion’s Den Image Inspires Child’s Whisper
A parlor scene shows Daniel in the lions den while Betty, a curious child, asks the lions to bite him a little to satisfy her curiosity. The moment echoes a tale from the Bible where Daniel is spared by divine protection for his goodness.
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Daniel
Betty
Harper’s Magazine
Muffler Wanted and a Secret Invention Pitch
A humorous snippet shows a vendor seeking a muffler while an inventor pitches a device to amplify voice. Mr. Henpeck pleads to keep the idea from his wife as the talk turns to science and invention.
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Mr. Henpeck
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