The Poultry House Scratching Shed Design Described
Objections to the scratching shed are noted but its winter comfort is affirmed for poultry in snowy areas. A proposed idea house features a four foot rear, eight foot front height, ten by fifteen foot main area with attached shed, single door, front window, and a muslin curtain to shield fowls from wind and weather while feeding occurs in the shed and roosting occurs in the house.
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Janes Re Lowe
Fortier
Sandese
Cab
Wouten
Lothan
San Francisco
Dewey Milter
Bagdad
Texas
Iin
Paris
London Globe
Count Coutude T
Consolidated Street Car Lines
Oakland
Cal
Milk Cana Cleaning Shows Steam Advantage In Experiments
German tests compared hot wash and steam sanitizing of milk cans. Steam for thirty minutes kept milk sweet longer. cans had far fewer bacteria. Winter tests showed steam preserved milk freshness nine hours longer and pasteurized liquid kept twofold longer in steamed cans. Prairie Farmer notes ratproof corn crib design and pipe cleaning tips alongside rising sheep farming optimism.
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Germany
Prairie Farmer
Conditioning and care for work animals and corn treatment
Readable excerpts discuss keeping sheep and horses in thrifty condition, with emphasis on warm quarters for lambs and regular grain for horses. It covers training, feeding, and preparing horses before heavy harvest work, plus a farmer's note on using turpentine to treat seed corn to prevent pests and test vitality.
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H. H. Keeley
Indiana
Poultry Care Tips From An Old City Guide
Practical advice on poultry housing, perches, and feeding from a historical guide. Emphasizes clean coops, northern exposure avoidance, low dark nests to deter egg-eating, and using cabbage leaves, apple parings, and kitchen scraps. Also notes remedies for feather loss and scaly legs.
The Amputated Leg Standoff at Cook County
In a Chicago Daily News tale, O Grady loses a leg after a railroad accident. His friends led by Duffy demand the amputated limb be buried with honor, pressing the warden who reluctantly retrieves and returns a second amputated leg, insisting O Grady never had two left legs.
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Grady
O'Grady
Tie
Duffy
Dunting Potter's Field
Ygrady
Cook County
Gorry
Chicago Daily News
Desert travel cars to reach Khartoum soon
A mixed bag of 1900s notes reports motor cars intended for desert travel arriving at Khartoum shortly, Munich offers costed steer milk for low income families, and various scattered items from public utilities in Yarmouth to prison overcrowding in California.
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Khartoum
Munich
Vast New Zealand geyser outshines rival regions
The article extols a New Zealand geyser near Auckland with dramatic dimensions. It notes a basin of about two and a half acres, water a lattice of steam vents, and eruptions reaching extraordinary heights. Nearby geysers Pohutu Waivoa Feather Papakura and others add to the region’s incredible geothermal display.
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Yellowstone
Inferno
Silent Voices Echo in Court of Courtly Complaints
A compact remark confronts manners as praise and insult collide, noting the social friction between courteous tributes and harsh rebukes within a public arena. The speaker emphasizes restraint amid vocal extremes and hints at reputational consequences for both ends of the spectrum.
Quips and Quirks of Famous Minds and Musings
Anecdotes recount witty exchanges involving Dean Hole, Duke of Marlborough, Carlyle, Hunt, Rossini, Newcomb, and a namesake brigade. The piece contrasts silent temperaments with sharp retorts, notes a Washington Observatory anecdote, and closes with historical reflections on birthrates and westward migration.
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Dean Hole
Grath
Queen Anne
Duke of Marlborough
Sarah
Garth
Thomas Carlyle
Leight Hunt
Carlyle
Rossini
Simon Newcomb
Washington Observatory
New York
Rogers
Strandard
Birthrate of Celebrities Varies by Region Across States
A historical analysis notes a higher birthrate of men of talent in Maine than Ohio, with New England producing more talent per 100,000 births than western states. It cites diminishing celebrity birthrates moving west, despite Ohio’s early educational growth, and discusses educational access and population age as factors.
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Indiana
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
South
Tennessee
Neglors
North Carolina
South Carolina
College of Charleston
University of Tonnengee
University of Nashville
Greenville
Tuaculum College
Nashville
South Curaino
New York
Ohio
Timnois
Missouri
West
Illinois
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Talenut
Kentucky
Ohbio
Ohio University
Miami University
Franklin College
Kenyon College
Western Reserve University
Bowdoin College
Oolby University
Norway
Mania for Wealth Drives People to Seek Quick Gains
A Chicago Board of Trade member notes Americans lose about 100 million dollars yearly to promoters promising rapid riches. Both men and women join brokers and ticket shops, cashing savings, pawning valuables, and borrowing as they chase fast profits, often ending in poverty and disillusionment.
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Mir
Chicago Board of Trade
Lower Eocene Horse Described Like Tiny Fox Terrier
A passage notes the Lower Eocene horse known as Molly pus or dawnhorse resembling small fox-terriers. It stood eleven to fourteen inches tall with short limbs and four hoofed toes plus a vestigial fifth toe. Its range extended from Mexico through Wyoming, into continental Europe and Great Britain.
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Mexico
Wyoming
Europe
Great Britain
Henry Fairfield Osborn
German City Without Taxes
A Black Forest city with 74 residents funds all municipal expenses from public property revenue. It owns 6000 acres of forest with managed forestry methods. The annual yield covers all costs with a steady surplus, as trees are replanted to maximize profit.
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Germany
Has Secret of Youth Rejuvenates Nikola Tesla at 47
The report claims Nikola Tesla, famed electricity student, is 47 yet appears ten years younger. It hints at a strange secret of youth while noting men suffer financially when women enter the scene and bricks dwindle.
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Nikolai Tesla
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