Circus Royal to feature Alber Eight Polar Bears in Dallas
The Circus Royal arrives in Dallas as the Southwest’s top amusements, led by Alber’s Eight Polar Bears performing daring tricks under Professor Albers. Also featured are Riding Crandalls, Aerial Lameys, Smiletta Brothers and Mora, Burns Kohl’s animal acts, the Four Lamys, Murray Ward and Marsel clowns, and Madamoiselle Crandell daily act.
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Dallas
Alber
South
Professor Albers
Hagenbeck & Wallace
Riding Crandalls
America
Marsells
Smiletta
Murray
Ward
Marsel
Southwest
Circus Royal
Madamoiselle Crandell
Dallas Fair Grand Attractions Attract Crowds
Free attractions include aviation meet with flights by five aviators daily balloon ascensions and six parachute drops. Weber's Prize Band and Dallas Concert Band perform, plus bronco breaking, track meet, and a large circus. Government exhibits fill space and national conventions highlight a busy western showcase.
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Weber
Dallas
Alber
United States
Canada
Corn Exposition at Dallas Announces Major Trophies
The Dallas Corn Exposition in February 1924 features the Indiana Corn Trophy worth 1000 dollars for the best ten ears, the Kellogg Corn Trophy also valued at 1000 dollars for the best single ear, and the Colorado International Oat Trophy made of Colorado mine silver worth 1500 dollars for the best peck of oats, among numerous cups and medals as prizes.
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Dallas
W. K. Kellogg Company
Colorado
Amateur Band Contest At Corn Exposition Dallas
During the Corn Exposition on February 11 in Dallas the best amateur band in the Southwest earns a complete set of uniforms. Over 160 bands exist in Texas with about forty already applying. John Weber of Cincinnati will direct his band daily as judge. no professionals may compete. W A McDaniel of Dallas chairs the committee. Prizes reward not only musical rendition but parade and concert appearance and overall workmanship.
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Dallas
Southwest
Texas
John Weber
Cincinnati
W. A. McDaniel
Alpine Ordeal in Ice Crevasse by Explorer Frederick Chamberlin
An explorer recalls a perilous night trapped in a crevasse on a glacier. He describes a fall through a serac, losing his ice ax and knife, freezing cold and darkness, and a slow, grueling climb to safety after daylight returns. He eventually escapes to solid rock.
Reading Advertisements Influence on Public Reading Habits
Advertisements draw broad attention beyond business readers as the public subconsciously regards ad columns as engaging reading. The piece notes that many readers, including new newspaper buyers, skim ads for interest rather than for trade offers.
Natural Cross at Grand Manan Rocks Reveals Giant Carving
The Southern Cross carving on Grand Manan Island in Fundy Bay is described as one of the world’s most beautiful natural rock carvings. It lies on a ledge at the base of a cliff at the southern end, forming an almost perfect cross in shape.
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Grand Manan
Bay of Fundy
London Mail
Mounted Policeman Versus Walking Officer Joke
A brief quip from Chicago News features Eric saying his mounted policeman father can flee trouble faster than a walking officer. The visitor asks which is better, and Eric affirms the mounted role. The piece closes with a Beecher quote about life’s purpose.
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Eric
Chicago News
LIFE WITH THE ESKIMOS IN AN ARCTIC IGLOO
James Oliver Curwood recounts a harsh arctic visit to Uck-Gluck's igloo. The interior shows butchered walrus, entrails on a raised ice bed, blood splattered walls, and a family feast with raw meat while the white men share tea and biscuits.
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Uck-Gluck
Bernard
Dutta
Kablunaks
Uck- Gluck
Uek-Gluck
Ishya
James Oliver Curwood
Leslie’s
Swinburne's Idol Walk Ends With Public Hint of Beer Habit
The article recalls how Swinburne’s daily Putney common walk drew visitors including a devotee who met the poet at a local inn. A London Chronicle note says Swinburne was seen reading the Pink Un while the patron remarked that the famed poet “isn't much good to us” because he only drinks beer.
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Swinburne
Putney Common
London Chronicle
Button mix up in church collection basket
A man tells his wife after church that he put a quarter in the collection basket by mistake while admitting a button from his pocket fell in first. The wife reacts with horror as the humorous misplacement is recounted from a magazine item.
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Magazine of Fun
Imagination Spars with Bills in Doctors Visit
A patient jokes that imagination keeps doctors busy while the physician notes the burden of composing bills he hopes will be paid someday, reflecting hospital and medical billing tensions in a Yonkers Statesman excerpt.
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Yonkers Statesman
Paris scientist cites meat and vegetable diet for workers
A renowned French scientist after extensive research in Paris recommends a diet evenly split between meats and vegetables as optimal for laboring people.
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Paris
Couldn't Scream Dramatic Moment Revealed
A short quotation from an unidentified source notes a hesitant kiss fearing a scream with the mother nearby, reflecting a tense domestic moment recorded by the Houston Post.
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Mamma
Houston Post
Youth who does not look up will look down
Disraeli quote about aspiration and spirit urging a moral edge.
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Disraeli
Aviators Meet at Dallas During National Corn Exposition
Dallas hosts a major aviation exhibition February 10 to 24 during the National Corn Exposition with a 200 foot by 80 foot hangar housing ten machines. Noted flyers include Walter Johnston Frank Terrill Captain Thomas Baldwin and Katherine Stinson among international and national reputations. The event promises dramatic synchronized takeoffs at 2 pm daily as a centerpiece free attraction.
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Dallas
Walter Johnston
Thomas Brothers Aeroplane Company
Bath
New York
Texas
Captain Baldwin
McKinney
Collin County
Charles Foster
St. Louis
Foster
Katherine Stinson
United States
Miss Stinson
National Corn Exposition Department
Chamber of Commerce
Music at the Sixth National Corn Exposition in Dallas
Weber's Famous Concert Band of thirty five pieces will give two free concerts daily February 10 to 24 as part of the National Corn Exposition. John Weber of Cincinnati leads a renowned thirty five artist ensemble. The Dallas Concert Band of twenty five pieces under Paul Harris also performs two daily concerts with plans for each exposition building to host at least one band concert daily. Weber's Band will perform twice daily in the Coliseum.
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Weber
John Weber
Cincinnati
United States
Dallas
Paul Harris
Coliseum
Pavlova to Dazzle Dallas for One Night at Exposition
The Dallas Chamber of Commerce contracts $4000 for Anna Pavlova and forty dancers in La Gironda at the sixth National Corn Exposition. The program features ten ballets with Leon Rakast and Boris Annisfeld designs and a twenty minute Pavlova solo segment.
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Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Anna Pavlova
Novikoff
Zealich
Imperial Opera House
Moscow
Cecchetti
St. Petersburg
Leon Rakast
Boris Annisfeld
Grand Opera
la Gironda
Grand Opera Company of Canada
Pavlova
Dallas
Chamber of Commerce
Opportunity for Texas at Sixth National Corn Exposition
Rufus J. Nelson editor Farm and Ranch urges Texas producers to excel at the Sixth National Corn Exposition in Dallas on February 10 1914. He says counties compete not against each other but to outshine thirty seven states and win in international contests, showcasing Texas wealth soil product quality climate and people in farming and investment opportunities.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Rufus J. Nelson
Farm and Ranch
United States
Premiums for National Corn Exposition in Dallas
The National Corn Exposition in Dallas February 10 to 24 will feature more than $50 000 in merchandise premiums from the Dallas Chamber of Commerce the Texas Industrial Congress the Texas State Fair Association and the National Corn Association. Prizes include tools such as a post hole digger automobiles agricultural implements fertilizer engines pumping outfits harvesting machinery grain drills planters and related farm and home goods plus magazine subscriptions books and clothing. The premiums display will occupy the vehicle and implement building 54 feet wide and 200 feet long.
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Dallas
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Industrial Congress
Texas State Fair Association
National Corn Association
Government Experts Promote Diverse Plants and Chick Rearing
The U S department of agriculture distributes 100000 foreign plants including the Chinese wood oil tree jujube and papaya for research. The oil improves varnish performance and is grown near Tallahassee Florida while jujube trees thrive in Chico California and even Washington with cold tolerance. Papaya yields a fast producing fruit with papain valued in digestion. Practical poultry guidance covers hatchery setup incubation temperatures ventillation egg handling and hen care with timing for best hatching months and chick management.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Tallahassee
Fla
China
Celestial Kingdom
Chico
Cal
Washington
Tropics
South
Florida
Lessons In Home Canning Aims And Results
The department of agriculture states aims to reduce waste and boost surplus by teaching efficient home canning and linking home management to farm and business. Reported results include greater human efficiency from proper nutrition, use of fruit and vegetables as substitutes for patent medicine, increased joy in living, and daily dietary inclusion to improve longevity.
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Department of Agriculture
Selecting Good Breed for Profitable Poultry Farming
The U S department of agriculture urges farmers to keep a pure bred male at the head of the flock to ensure uniform products and higher profits with proper marketing. It lists egg breeds such as Leghorns and Minorcas and meat breeds like Cochin and Langshan, detailing major poultry groupings.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Rhode Island
Common Diseases and Treatment for Chickens
Department of Agriculture notes diseases common among chickens and offers remedies. Colds and Roup call for disinfecting drinking water with potassium permanganate. Canker uses sulfur in the mouth and chlorate of potash in water. Chicken L’ox and Gapes need iodine, carbolated vaseline, and fresh ventilation. Scaly Legs requires creolin and vaseline. Diarrhea responds to bran and castor oil with turpentine. Bowel Trouble uses boiled rice, charcoal, and catschu in water.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Demonstration Work Spurs Southern Legume Growth
The department of agriculture reports extensive grass demonstration work leads southern farmers to plant crimson clover bur clover and other legumes. Over 100000 acres expected to be sown in crimson and bur clover in the fall of 1913 in states where these crops were previously unknown. Lespedeza is spreading across Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas with successful demonstrations in south Alabama.
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South
Department of Agriculture
Department
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
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