Milking Shorthorn Pushing to the Front in Dairy and Beef
An Austere dairy industry shift highlights Milking Shorthorns as viable for both milk and calf production. Records show Shorthorns competing well against Jerseys and Guernseys at the Chicago World’s Fair, with strong dairy quality and profitable fattening prospects for steers and baby beef. The article notes Shorthorns’ historical fame for milk and butter, regional exports from central New York, and a standout milking strain bull General Jay from the Glenside herd.
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Jonas Whitaker
England
Bates
Chicago
Nora
Bessie
Columbia Dairy School
Guernseys
Jerseys
New York
New England
West
General Jay
Duke Buttercup
Clay Ir
Glenside
Granville Dener
Excluding Rats From Buildings
David E. Lantz argues cement and concrete provide a practical rat proofing solution for urban and rural structures. He notes concrete is cost effective for foundations floors walls and drains and can seal rat holes with cement sand and broken glass to prevent infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Coun
Advanche
David E. Lantz
Tobacco crop declines nationally with Sumatra like leaf notes
The secretary of agriculture reports the tobacco crop fell to 645 million pounds, 11 percent below the average value around 67 million dollars. Textures resembling Sumatra leaf appear in the Connecticut Valley, Florida produces a premier wrap leaf, and Texas and Alabama grow fine Cuban type filler leaf amid shifts in curing and handling methods.
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Quanti
Ticut
Florida
Texas
Alabama
Truth and Quality appeal to the Well Informed
The advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative. It claims natural, gentle cleansing benefits without debility or dosage increases and cites physician approval. Genuine product is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Field Mice Control In Nurseries And Orchards
Field mice threaten crops in nurseries and orchards but clean tillage and prompt snow-bridging around blocks protect against losses. Lime and sulphur wash, 1 to 2 cents per gallon, aids winter protection by destroying San Jose scale and helping deter mice and rabbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Lentz
Nuygeries
Biological Survey
San Jose
Art Roosts High Clubrooms Above All Else
A group of women founded a literary and artistic club. Two delegates found a third floor space but others refused to consider it. They insist true soulful societies require aerial clubrooms, with higher aims demanding higher altitudes, though no one can explain why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Vanity and Love Spark Witty Exchange in Plain Dealer
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip contrasts vanity with love as a stronger passion. The speaker notes mirrors are more demanded than valentines, highlighting witty social observation about self image and affection.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Peggy and Reg Share Plain Truth Dialog
The dialogue between Peggy and Reg Gy unfolds as Peggy urges clear communication and honest talk. Peggy insists on saying it plainly, while Reg Gy assures he is listening attentively in a concise illustrated bits excerpt.
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Reggy
Magnum Dulce Pepper Grows Unusually Large, Weighty Peppers
Rural New Yorker reports on the Magnum Dulce pepper grown by T. M. White of New Jersey. Ten peppers fill a sixteen quart peach basket, weigh ten pounds, and include a largest fruit six inches in diameter and seven inches long. The variety, a cross of Chinese Giant and Elephant's Trunk, has been in commerce about three years and proves vigorous and highly productive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
T. M. White
New Jersey
Mr. White
Barley Varieties Yield in Montana Experiment Tests
At the Montana experiment station tests, hulless barley provides the largest feed returns. Two rowed barley yields exceed those of six rowed varieties, with high grain yields linked to abundant straw production.
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Montana
Montana Experiment Station
Mystery Flag Vanishing Aboard Staten Island Ferry
On a Staten Island ferry ride the crowd watches a distant German flagged liner. The flag vanishes while the ship remains visible, and only one man recalls seeing it hauled down as the others fail to notice.
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Staten Island
New York Bay
New York Globe
Israfel and Gabriel Discuss Sight of Automobiles
A dialog excerpt contrasts a trumpet scene with modern street life as people react to an automobile, noting the crowd’s curious detour to the curbstone and avoidance of attention to a trumpet call. The Cleveland Leader frames the exchange as a quip on urban indifference.
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Gabriel
Israfel
Cleveland
The Hanging of the Crane Cartoon Reference
A dialogue from Harper's Weekly features Judge Pelican and a character named Tommy Crane in a mock courtroom scene about the Hanging of the Crane, reflecting satirical political humor of the era.
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Judge Pelican
Tommy Crane
Harper's Weekly
Her Dolly Was Her Death in a Christmas Tragedy
Nanina Leone a four year old daughter of a New York contractor died after a fire at her home. The child had just received a wax doll for Christmas and likely lit a match in search of the toy, causing fatal clothing flames that consumed the room with smoke and firemen on scene.
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New York
Nanina Leone
Nanina
Priest Opposes Local Option In New Year Sermon
Elgin Illinois January 4 Rev J J McCann pastor of St Marys Catholic church challenged local option crusade leaders in a sermon He urged parishioners to vow not to join the movement and criticized prohibition tactics saying cities like Chicago and New York cannot be run like a Sunday school class He argued Sunday liquor sales harm the poor and called fines and searches excessive.
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Elgin, T
J. J. McCann
St. Mary's
Elgin
Chicago
New York
False Entries Confessed in California Safe Deposit Wreck
SF January 4 A bookkeeper H L Storrs confessed under cross examination that false entries in the California Safe Deposit and Trust books were made under orders of jailed manager J Dalzell Brown and assistant secretary J J Robertson. About 1 000 000 was added to assets to fool state inspectors and over 500 000 charged to Brown, Bartnett, and the SF and SJ Coal Co. depositors bore a like sum to balance the books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Hf. L. Storrs
Concern
J. Dalzell Brown
J. J. Robertson
Stor
Goodnew Resigns as Chicago and Alton General Manager
Chicago January 4 C A Goodnew general manager of the Chicago and Alton railroad has tendered his resignation. Negotiations may lead to his promotion to president of the South Side Elevated railway, the former post of Leslie Carter. The resignation surprised Chicago railway circles.
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Goodnew
Chicago
C. A. Goodnew
Chicago and Alton Railroad
South Side Elevated Railway
Leslie Carter
Goodnow
Chicago Railway
Powers Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Georgetown Case
A Georgetown report states the Powers jury could not agree. Judge orders the twelve jurors back to deliberate further.
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Powers
Louisville
Georgetown
Italian Merchant Fears Black Hand Threats in Bedford
In Bedford Indiana on January 4 Philip Rock an Italian merchant and banker fears for his life as vague extortion warnings move to action. His store has been burned a carload of goods destroyed and a fellow countryman murdered in what authorities suspect as Black Hand activity.
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Bedford, Ind
Philip Rock
Woman and Son Shot Down in Arkansas Arrest
In Blackville Arkansas on January 4 Sarah Burton and her son Arch were shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff Barnes of Conway county and City Marshal Britt Jones of Morriston. The officers say they resisted arrest and that the woman attacked them with an axe.
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Blackville
Ark
Sarah Burton
Arch
Lere
Barnes
Conway County
Britt Jones
Morriston
Mothers Back Child Labor Law At Iowa Congress
In Des Moines Iowa on January 4 the Iowa Mothers congress heard Rev A F Kepford of the Iowa Anti Tuberculosis society speak and adopted resolutions urging Iowa's congressional delegation to back the Beveridge child labor bill.
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Des Moines
Iowa Mothers’ Congress
A. EF. Kepford
Iowa Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Iowa
Congress
Holcombe Leaves No Trace in Portland City Council Probe
Portland Michigan January 4. No trace of H W Holcombe aged justice of the peace and city clerk who disappeared while his books are being examined by the city council has been found. He may have gone to Albuquerque New Mexico where his son in law lives. His son Claude Holcombe of Jackson believes he may have been temporarily unbalanced by severe headaches. Those who know Holcombe think any city funds shortage is due to carelessness not peculation.
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Portland
Mich
H. W. Holcombe
Holcombe
Albuquerque
N. M
Claude Holcombe
Jackson
Married After Forty Years in Stumbeard Connecticut
Jeremiaah O'Meara aged seventy and Helen Naughton aged sixty-five wed after forty years apart. They were sweethearts when the Civil War began. O'Meara enlisted, returned home after the war, and found no trace of his sweetheart. She believed him dead but never confirmed it. They reunited recently and married.
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Stumbeard
Conn
Jeremiaah O'Meara
Helen Naughton
O'Meara
Boy Killed in Accident Near Kewanee Farm
In Kewanee Illinois on January 4 Grant Sam mons eighteen returned home to greet two sisters from a visit then went to a barn to feed horses and was killed by an accidental discharge of a rifle in the barnyard.
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Kewanee
Grant Sammons
Austro Hungarian aid adds to coal disaster relief fund
Pittsburg January 4 an official report states six thousand dollars is donated by the Austro Hungarian government to the relief fund for victims of the Naomi Monogah and Jacobs Creek mine disasters.
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Pittsburg
Jan
Naomi
Monogah
Jacobs Creek
Woman Driven Mad After Army Major Murder
Mrs von Schoenbeck of Allenstein East Prussia has gone insane after her husband a major was killed by Captain von Goeben on Christmas night following a confrontation in her apartments. She remains confined in a cell under guard.
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Allenstein
East Prussia
von Schoenbeck
von Goeben
Premier Franco achieves eight point eight five million savings
Lisbon reports Premier Franco cut fiscal outlays in the first half of the year by 8,850,000 compared with the same period under the prior administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Franco
Mount Vesuvius Busy Again
Naples reports renewed activity at Mount Vesuvius after a quiet spell. A massive column of flame and smoke rises from fissures at the summit crater.
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Mount Vesuvius
Naples
Preventics Candy Cold Tablets Marketed for Quick Relief
To ease colds, druggists stock Preventics little candy tablets. They are mild and effective, containing no quinine or laxatives. Taken at the sneeze stage they may prevent pneumonia bronchitis la grippe and other illnesses. Suitable for feverish children. 48 tablets 25 cents. Trial boxes available. Sold by J. H. Stewart.
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J. H. Stewart
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