Dairy Facts Feed Keeps Up Milk Yield
United States Department of Agriculture reports that ordinary rations with little pasture reduce milk yield. At Bellsville Maryland government farm experiments show a two month dry period with phosphorus rich hay and protein boosted feed can double milk output in the next lactation. Bulletin 445 notes calcium and phosphorus in food influence milk yield and directs requests to the Division of Publications.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bellsvile
Wien
Division of Publications
Help War on Tuberculosis in Grove City Dairies
The Grove City area in Pennsylvania runs aggressive tuberculosis eradication through USDA community extension work. Most dairy patrons plan herd tests and accreditation, expanding countywide and into neighboring counties. A local Accredited-Dairy-Cattle Show and Sales network has formed to support cooperative herd improvement and selling stock at higher values after testing.
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Grove City
United States Department of Agriculture
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Sawdust Diet Proves Viable For Cows In Wisconsin
Hydrolized sawdust used as one third of dairy cow rations at the University of Wisconsin dairy herd shows weight and milk production on par with a one quarter wood meal diet. USDA forest service notes no ill effects and considers year long feeding trials. Laboratory produced feed has used white pine, with trials to include western soft woods.
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Wisconsin
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural College
Bureau of Animal Industry
Forest Service Laboratory
Six Years in Frozen North Expects to Return to Solitude
Montreal reports Corporal Cornelius of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police returns after six Arctic years. He spent four years with Eskimo murderers, two years at Fort McPherson, and led dog sled patrols 1,190 miles across frozen terrain. Two Eskimo men were acquitted in 1938, then returned to their tribes. Cornelius and Brockie plan a quick holiday before heading home.
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Montreal
Cornelius
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Edmonton
Herschel Island
Civilization
Arctic
Fort McPherson
Arctic Circle
Dette
Bey Torista
Perscnel Asim
Pawspar
Joel
Eerie
Vieteudig
Victoria
Corenh Gulf
Ttear
Bort Ner
Coronation Gulf
Port McPherson
Mackenzie River
Fort Epworth
Clay
Snow Luis
Fie
Coast Rate
Conway
Kayugawa
Komak
Phillips
Brockie
Komuk
Coppermine
Corporal Cornelius
Constable Brockie
Halifax
Winniper
Carving Valued at 125000 Placed on Public View
A wood carving valued at $125,000 was placed on public view in New York. Authorities or curators reported the work’s significance and awaiting formal appraisal or protection.
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New York
Budapest Woman Delivers Quintuplets in Two Weeks
From Budapest Hungary comes a verified report of a 41 year old mother who gave birth to five children within two weeks, a feat described as extremely rare. She already had ten prior children including twins and was hospitalized after leaving a streetcar where the births occurred. All seven, mother and five babies, left the hospital in good health a month later.
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Budapest
Hungary
Life of Christ carved by monks from Macedonia
A wood base nearly 200 pounds supports a 28 by 21 inch panel carved by five Nicodemite monks between 1899 and 1914. Father Germanos Alegetes brought the piece to the Fifth Avenue firm with documents attesting its origin and disposal rights. The surface depicts hundreds of figures and scenes in high and low relief.
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Fifth Avenue
Christ
Brotherhood of Nicodemus
Mount Athis
Macedonia
Germanos Alegetes
From Code Prices to Plain Figures in Merchandize
The article tracks the shift from coded price tagging to plain figures in the merchandise trade, noting buyers push for transparency. It cites early codes like INGODWETRU and GEND and explains how codes previously masked true prices to different buyers. It warns that the practice varied by region and era, with wholesale houses often treating pricing as competitive tactics, but recent trends curbing the practice.
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New York
Iedo
Lesa
Trials of a Housewire Lydia Pinkham Testimony Ad
Testimonies from women in Providence Fayette Illinois Bloomington claim Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved backache nervousness and fatigue from female trouble. Advert shows names and locations urging use and publication of the testimonials.
Mothers Watchful Counsel From the Thomas Cat
A moralizing note urges mothers to scrutinize daughters companions including friends and male suitors. It warns wolves in sheep’s clothing may threaten safety and calls for careful investigation of middle aged women acquaintances. The piece concludes with a humorous exchange about rhubarb.
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Arkansas
Thomas Cat
Cutiura Soap Clears the Skin and Keeps it Clear Soap 25c
The fragment mentions Cutiura Soap and related ointment prices while mixing in a personal anecdote about a new stenographer and an embarrassing note left in a typewriter. The text shifts to a partial, disjointed joke about a dead note and a flawed message, ending abruptly with garbled words and names.
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Alout
Tex
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E& Mitr
Like the Climate Humour Turns on Married Life
A brief quip shows Mr Meekton comparing his wife’s temper to climate when she cries. He says he set the warmth of her temper as if adjusting humidity, illustrating a humorous domestic exchange reflective of era wit.
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Mr. Meekton
The Folly of Cheating Nature
An exhortation to quit coffee and tea citing caffeine as a drug that harms sleep digestion and health. It promotes Postum as a healthy alternative available as Instant Postum and Postum Cereal with simple preparation steps and a persuasive claim to improve wellbeing after ten days.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Herbert L. Cassen
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Lydia E. Pingham
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