Advancing Heat Larks and Social Quips in Indiana
A collection of satirical observations on summer life and public quirks. Topics include heat and vacations, sun protection, science and progress, court rulings, aviation, fashion, and cultural stereotypes from urban column musings. It weaves humor about vaccines, empires, and everyday mishaps with a wink to contemporary society.
Commissary Department Feeds Isthmian Zone In Panama
A detailed portrait of the Panama Canal commissary, led by Col. Eugene Wilson, feeding about 70,000 people daily. The Cristobal complex operates cold storage for 400 beeves and dozens of tons of produce, a bakery, ice plant, butter printing, and a large laundry serving hotels, mess halls, and hospitals with meals and essentials at low costs.
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Colon
Panama Canal
Department of Sanitation
Commissary Department
Panama Railroad
United States
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
United States Navy
Department
Cristobal
Porto Bello
Eugene Wilson
Ita
Coffee Department
Colonel Wilson
Culebra
Pedro Miguel Locks
Ancon Hospital
Commission
Isthmian Canal
Wilson
Faithful Lover Unravels Jealousy and The Wallop
Hiram Lamson confronts Mira's jealous ruse after finding a torn letter from "Claude" and a second note from Clementina. The pair dash to Lovers' Lane to catch a supposed rendezvous revealing a plot of deception. Robbery follows as their home shows $1,200 in losses with calendars bearing the names Claude and Clementina.
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Hiram
Mira
Claude
Lamson Farm
Dobbin
Jaude
Miranda
Hiram Samson
Jezebel
Jage
Claudes
Clementina
Clementinas
Hiram Lamson
Daily Story Pub. Co
Cure for the blues urged by Osler lecture
Sir William Osler tells students that modern people overextend their day. He urges making 24 hours the unit of life and to shut off past and future burdens. The day of salvation is today to avoid the blues.
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Sir William Osler
Sir William
Foxes Sold as Pets To Bypass New Berlin Tax
An Invalidenstrasse dealer advertises tame foxes as pets to dodge a 40 mark yearly dog tax and a muzzle law. He prices foxes at 6 marks each and aims for brisk sales, while authorities lack power to tax tame foxes or enforce the muzzle rule.
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Invalidenstrasse
New York Herald
Berlin
Shoe Care Tip From Woman's Home Companion
To clean shoe soles apply a solution of orange shellac and alcohol with a small brush. Use on heels and white soles after polishing for a satiny finish. A ten cent bottle lasts well, according to Woman's Home Companion.
Conversation on Workload and Gender Stereotypes
A humorous exchange contrasts a convict remark about Darwin taking six years to write his first book with a rival claiming ten years for one sentence. A woman’s status as the weaker vessel is challenged as the man jokes that women can break a man.
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Darwin
Practical and Timely Hog Lot Notes
Practical hog farming tips emphasize feeding balance with protein and limited corn, use of alfalfa and rape, warm shelters, exercise, and sun exposure. Advice covers boar selection, sow vigor, steaming food, pasteurized swill, shade cost, and economic points on litter size and cross-bred hogs.
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Professor Smith
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Lesson for August 17 Crossing the Red Sea Explored
The study recounts Israel’s exodus peril and the sea crossing led by Moses. It highlights faith over fear, God’s deliverance, the angelic protection, and the defeat of Pharaoh as Israel observes Jehovah’s power and Moses’ role in the miracle.
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God
Christ
Israel
Moses
Gor
Pharaoh
Jehovah
Eradicate Canada Thistles Through Deep Plowing and Fallow
The article outlines methods to destroy Canada thistles by deep plowing four to five times, thorough spring cultivation, and fallow fields for the season. It recommends sowing Hungarian millet or silver hull buckwheat, then heavy falls of plowing and cultivation, and using alfalfa stands to weaken and eradicate the weeds. It also notes control via pasturing livestock, clipping, and smothering with tarred paper or treated weed beds.
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G. H. Dacy
Canada
New Fruit Discovered Grafted on Rose Vine in California
A California horticulturist reports success grafting a blackberry raspberry hybrid onto a climbing rose. He expects to raise remarkable fruit from the grafted vine and believes further development is possible.
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California
German Animal Census Shows Decline in Livestock
The census reports lower totals for beef cattle calves and sheep since 1907 with sheep down by 25 percent. It notes declines across livestock categories indicating a shrinking German farm herds and agricultural output.
Proper care of tools preserves steel in damp air
A 19th century tip states rust prevention for steel tools. Mix two parts graphite and two parts tallow with one part gum camphor to form a paste. Remove rust, dry surface, apply paste, leave 24 hours then rub dry. If unused, coating remains protective for months, acting like an oil film.
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H. F. Grinstead
Profit in Goats
Goats can be raised profitably on land unsuited for any kind of cultivation.
Keep Milk Flow Steady in Dairy Barn
Darkened stalls and closed screen doors and windows in the dairy barn will help to keep the milk flow steady and calm the cows during milking hours.
Horses and Mules In The United States
The United States is officially estimated to have 20 567 000 horses and 4 386 000 mules.
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United States
Ancient irrigation in Spain since 1814 canal beginnings
The article notes irrigation in Spain dates back about a century with the first canal begun in 1814, highlighting early hydraulic works and the long history of water management.
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Spain
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