Wanted Money Too
Ned observes his father give 9 beggars 5 cents and asks why. The father says the money is to feed the man, yet Ned declines to eat bread that evening. The family notes naming fashions from Elizabeth to Dorothys and Marjo-tles, while men’s names shift less. London Chronicle.
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Ned
Bo Papa
Cleya
Plain Dealer
Sophia
Caroline
Emme
Jane
Laura
Clara
Dorothys
Marjo- Tles
Elizabeth
Alf
Gus
Leech
John
London Chronicle
Four Consecutive Numbers Trick and Wart Conversation
A St Louis Republic paragraph notes a trick with four consecutive numbers multiplying to a product divisible by 24 unless a multiple of 24 appears. It adds five consecutive numbers divide by 120 with a similar exception. The piece ends with a brief dialogue about a wart on the left ear and an idle remark about a race waiting to start.
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St. Louis
Republe
Homemaking Tips for Hemstitching and Repairs
Useful household techniques for hemstitching remove paint stains brighten upholstery mend torn pages and craft straps. Hemstitch lines guide stitching without thread, paint removal uses starch turpentine and chiselled scrapes, upholstery revived with soap and water colors, torn pages reinforced with waxed paper, and strap making by folding cloth and edge stitching.
Tray For Odds and Ends
A pressed glass tray with four compartments offers a neat sewing accessory. It includes removable partitions to tailor compartment sizes, separating pins buttons and needles for quick access.
Homemade Water Filter from Flowerpot Method
A simple filter can be made by placing a sponge in a flowerpot’s bottom hole and filling the pot with alternating layers of sand charcoal and small pebbles. The pot sits on a jar or container to collect the filtered water as it passes through.
How to Clean Oilcloth With Soap and Kerosene
To clean kitchen oilcloths under the stove or elsewhere make a weak suds of common laundry soap and warm soft water, adding to each quart of the suds one tablespoonful of kerosene. This wash may be used as often as necessary without fading the oilcloth, and will keep it looking fresh and bright.
Emery Paper Recommendations For Stove Rust Removal
The Rusty Stove advises keeping emery paper on hand to remove burned spots on stove tops that resist soap and water. A few simple rules with the paper will quickly clean the surface and also address rust specks.
Hot Food Dangers Warn of Excessive Temperature
A notice warns that very hot food injures the digestive tract mucosa and causes sweating, increasing chill risk. It notes high temperatures spur thirst and may lead to a bad habit of seeking liquids, urging moderation to prevent health issues.
Birds and weather and a proverb game lessons
A fragment discussing English sayings about birds and weather, noting magpies and gulls respond to storms by behavior linked to feeding, and detailing a party game where actors enact proverbs while an audience guesses them. It highlights a proverb about poor work tools and the audience role swap for engagement.
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Listanes
Morocco Near Europe and Its Mysterious Isolation
A fragment from W. G. Mitzgerald in St. Nicholas describes Morocco as a large, isolated land in Africa's northwest corner near Spain. It notes its distance from Europe, the aloof nature of explorers toward the country, and local hostility to Christians amid a land of perpetual summer and sparse, cracked soil.
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Morocco
Africa
Europe
Spain
W. G. Mitzgerald
St. Nichola
The Monkey Wrench Origin Story
The editor recalls researching the origin of the term monkey wrench after a friend's question. A mechanic revealed the tool was invented by Charles Monckey, initially called Monckey wrench, with the c dropped later to become monkey wrench.
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Charles Monckey
Monckey
Chicago News
Old Birds Nests Prove Value Of Last Year’s Homes
Naturalists note birds reuse nests across years and species such as wrens bluebirds eagles chickadees crested flycatchers owls and woodpeckers return to old homes after disturbance. The tale challenges the saying as useless as a last year's bird's nest and highlights persistence of avian nesting habits.
Planting of Trees Protest Hides City Views
Landscape writer urges break from monotonous straight city lines. He argues for clustered tree groups, open vistas, and keen observers to preserve river, lake, and mountain views while enhancing home site values. Chicago official advances public signs about street cleanliness.
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Std J Hare
Park and Cemetery
Chicago
Ned
Commissioner Trauberg Proposes Car End Sweepings Burner
Commissioner Trauberg said he would take up with street car officials the question of having a man stationed at the end of one car tie with an appliance to burn the sweepings from cars.
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Trauberg
A Silver Wedding on the Edge of a Plate
A whimsical verse about kitchenware seeking suitable mates. The fork scorns a blunt blade and the spoon proposes partners while the knife laments fate. In the end the fork and knife wed on a water cross bad edge of a plate, with sugar tongs as a humorous matchmaker.
Los Angeles league offers prizes for ugly spots photos
The municipal league of Los Angeles runs a photo contest to document eyesores from billboards to neglected premises. Photos aim to show how ugliness lowers nearby real estate values. Prizes of 20, 10, and 5 dollars are offered for the top submissions.
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Municipal League of
Los Angeles
City Beautiful
The
Los Angeles Times
Where Do Your Dollars Go in Mail Order Era
A study estimates Americans spend about a billion dollars annually on mail order houses. Another estimate halves that to 250 million, with 12 500 retail dealers driven out of business by mail order. Every dollar leaves small towns and rural districts, never to return, instead denying home merchants their revenue and local growth.
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United States
Tarpon Sensations When Hooked in Deep Sea Sport Fishing
Charles J. Holden describes the tarpon’s dramatic, varied reactions when hooked, including vertical leaps, head-first exits, and tail stands. The account notes the fish’s strength, speed, and unpredictable escapes, with observers reporting leaps of up to several feet and unusual body positions as they struggle in the air and water.
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Reese
Dietisinte
Witter
Charles J. Holden
New Yorker Visits Vivid City In Striking Testimony
A Western tuna visitor praises New York sights from the Bronx to the Bowery. He recalls vines across a city street, a Forty Second Street restaurant, a sky blue ceiling with electric lights like stars, floating clouds, and vines he finds excessive for a man from the west.
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Bronx
Bowery
Vorty Second Street
Vaslon
New York Globe
Pittsburg Plans to Burn Waste Paper for Street Cleanup
The new head of Pittsburg's bureau of highways and sewers aims to keep streets neater and in better repair. Superintendent Nicewaner orders salamanders to burn waste paper at wharfs, reducing litter from newspapers and ads. Portable s salamanders on carts prove popular as the program educates households to obey disposal laws.
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Pittsburg
Bureau of Highways and Sewers
Municipal Journal and
Bigelow
Hg, Nicewaner
Nicewafer
Nivewaner
Sgbway
Nicewsaner
A Change in Song Echoes Youthful Days
The verse recalls how a once lively tune faded with age. A melody once bright now yawns and refuses to be sung, as memories reach forward and the speaker laments aging and the waning power to perform.
Disappearing Forests Warn Pinchot Urges Action
Dilford Pinchot, government forester, completes a six month inspection trip reporting a dire warning about dwindling lumber supplies. He says the United States could exhaust both government and private timber lands in about seventy years if current practices continue and urges all to read Roosevelt’s speech on forestry. Pinchot, a Connecticut native and Yale graduate, notes one fifth of U S forest area is government reserves and cites private lands as often more productive.
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Dilford Pinchot
Torrester
Mr. Pinchot
MA Cinehot
Daitel
Ole Ronn Pinghot
Ife
Roosevelt
Pinchot
France
Germany
Switzerland
Austrian
United States
Connecticut
Quiet Knox and the 1000000 in railroad fees
Senator Philander C. Knox quietly and effectively opposed a large split of a railway contract fee. In a Pittsburgh office President Harrison proposed Knox become a candidate, but Knox declined. Hamilton Hamishon later boasted a $25,000 check while the general claimed $100,000, noting Knox would have earned $2,500 more as originally suggested.
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Knox
Philander CG. Knox
Pemnsylvania
Hari #on
Pittsburg
Skoom
Tarrison
Hamison
I Knox
Krew
Cleveland
Convicted Insurance Official Curiously Rising Career
Dr Walter K Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Ins Co built himself from a obscure medical department role to general manager and near top aide before perjury conviction in New York courts. His career spanned civil service reform work and high level posts under Postmaster and presidential leaders.
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Walter K. Gillette
Mutual Life Insure Company
New York
Bus
McCurdy
Gillette
Elvil Arps & Surgeon
Walter Re
James
Winston
Therm
Mutual Life
Tyme 4
Unclear Quote Sparks Confusion at Local Meeting
A garbled remark attributed to Witte sparks confusion as attendees try to parse a strange phrase about canary Mird whistles and puckering to bill. Officials seek clarification and offer context to avoid misinterpretation.
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Witte
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