Fingerprint Scheme for Infants Proposed in Jam The Passing Show
A proposal to ease the scheme for taking infant fingerprints in America suggests making impressions in jam. This odd plan, referenced from London’s Passing Show, hints at a publicity stunt or satire while raising questions about practical feasibility and consent.
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GEORGIE MEMORIALS AND WILD WOMEN FILMS Recalled
Slang and terms creep into speech, says Professor Jorgan, citing two boys Georgie and Roger as example. He recalls Georgie resisting memory tasks by asking if his head is a parking place. The Los Angeles Times notes Swiggs and Swaggs discuss old wildlife films and the rise and fall of vampire scares in cinema.
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Knicker The modern child goes to part time school
Bocker And hag a part time home.
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Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promotes General Health
Catarrh is a constitutional condition requiring constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces, aiding nature and improving the patient's strength. All druggists. Circulars free. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Begun or began in past tense debate
A Columbus Dispatch style note explains that begun is often heard but began is the correct past tense for begin. It cautions that have began is incorrect and suggests safer usage like I began yesterday and the battle began between the armies. Richard Grant White’s critique is cited.
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On Strike Hick Time and Tick Cartoons Magazine
A playful note contrasts strikes with time value and consumer buying habits. It asserts that a single kind word to the living outweighs a lengthy eulogy for the dead, reflecting a lighthearted editorial voice.
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Norfolk and Western to Begin 20 Percent Shop Retrenchment
Roanoke Virginia reports a 20 percent cut in shop forces on the Norfolk and Western railway system starting October 16. Laborers and helpers lead the reductions with gradual reach to mechanics. N D Maher, president, says no big cuts and every retrenchment to be carefully studied to avoid harming efficiency. Officials instructed to review all departments for economies, including clerical and mechanical staff.
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Coughlin Infant Smothered In Norristown Case
Harrisburg Pa August Pasquale known as the Crank confesses to Major Lynn G Adams that he stole Blakely Coughlin from his Norristown home and smothered the child under his coat. He says he buttoned the coat as he heard a noise while descending a ladder and discovered the baby was dead after moving away from the house.
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Falling Prices May Drop Half in Months, Dealers Claim
Delegates at the Purchasing Agents Association meeting warned of a price fall possibly up to fifty percent within six to seven months. Bonzall reelected president of the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St. Louis. Norfolk, Va., chosen as 1921 convention site. London reports King Alexander improving after monkey bite. Harvard enrolls 5,481 students, up 459 from last year. Cameron Texas investigates origin of fire destroying a cotton compress and warehouses. Asquith calls Lloyd George speech a declaration of insolvency of the coalition. Polish government disavows occupation of Vilna by General Zeligouski and troops.
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Night Rider Threats Reach Columbia South Carolina
Governor Cooper received word from Bishopville in Lee County that a warning had been placed on the door of a gin house near town threatening gin burning.
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Calf Milk Substitutes and Home Rearing Advice
The article reviews calf substitutes as alternatives to milk for the first two months, noting no perfect replacement exists. It discusses calf meals, home-made mixes, and prices from local dealers, stressing that meals yield leaner calves but can be healthy with proper care. It lists common ingredients such as cornmeal, middlings, wheat flour, rice, oat flakes, barley malt, coconut meal, linseed, flaxseed, cottonseed meal, blood flour, blood meal, and dried skim milk. Skim milk powder is not essential.
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Calf Meal Costs and Mixes for Best Results
Calf meal is pricey but effective. Prices vary from 4 to 10 dollars per hundred pounds, averaging about 5. Home mixes like the Purdue Mixture use equal parts homing feed, linseed meal, red dog flour, and dried blood. Indiana experiment station blends include cornmeal, dried blood, oilmeal, or combinations with oat flakes and flaxseed meal to ensure proper nutrients and easy digestion.
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Feeding to full capacity in dairy cattle feeding rules
Economical feeding aims to fill cows to full capacity by matching roughage intake to appetite and adjusting grain to milk output. Feed one pound grain per three pints of milk daily, or for cows producing 40 pounds or more, one to three and a half or four pounds of milk. Another rule suggests one pound grain per day per one pound of weekly butterfat.
Cartoons Magazine Cartoon Quip About Hosiery Time
In a brief cartoon caption from Cartoons Magazine, Thin remarks that time is being made in hosiery with Spurs style talk. Jones counters that the hosiery is sheer enough, reflecting light humor about fashion trends.
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Cartoons Magazine
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