Engaged Suitor Confronted by News of Hidden Marriage
A barber scene unfolds as Jim denies newspapers of Linda's marriage to Dill Lee. A fifteen year old colored boy informs Jim Linda wed two hours earlier, prompting a sharp, dismissive reaction and the door closed behind him. The exchange mirrors a social clash and quick betrayal.
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Jim
Linda
Dill Lee
Norman E. Mack
National Monthly
Sheriff in Coach Responds to Drummer's Request
In a train coach the sheriff awakens and is asked for an officer from New Castle. He confirms his identity and the drummer politely asks for a corkscrew.
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New Castle
Anxiously Waiting for a Turn in Letters
Fragmentary OCR reads anxious dialogue about hopeful letters and a promised bid by a father to secure a duke, with references to ALG and W and a looming P20 note. The garbled snippet suggests a personal family conversation about plans and expectations.
Bank breach prompts directors’ ignorance claim
A humorous exchange notes a bank robbery with the quip that only all female directors might have forewarned the event, reflecting a light moment in examiner dialogue.
Prossor Contemplates Wonderful Brain of a Centipede
A reflection on the marvel of the centipede brain and its precise control of many legs, contrasted with duty and power. The speaker wonders if any source besides God guides human conduct, noting that force remains the only apparent source of authority.
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Mazzini
Immense Damage Wrought by Common Pocket Gopher
A. W. Fisher notes pocket gophers cause extensive losses to fruit orchards and crops across the United States. Gophers, underground feeders, injure roots and fruit trees including orange lemon almond apple and pear, with peach commonly spared in some Pacific regions.
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A. W. Fisher
The
Biological Survey
California
Pocket Gophers Threaten U S Cropland and Orchards Across Regions
The article explains pocket gophers inhabit wide swaths from the Mississippi Valley to the Pacific, with three US-occurring genera Cratogeomys Geomos and Thomothys distinguished by upper incisor grooves. They damage hay pasture orchards and fences, tunnel soil washes, and can ruin orchard sites. It notes a 109 species globally with similar feeding habits and cites cases like Harry Cummings of Heppner Oregon losing 40 fruit trees in one spring due to gopher activity.
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Mississippi
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Valley
Mississippi Valley
Colorado
Mexico
Great Plains
Pacific Ocean
Harry Cummings
Hieppner, Oreg
Potato depth and spacing yield study at Williston substation
Experiments at the Williston N. 10 substation tested potato depth and spacing. Planting at four and eight inches depth produced equal yields. Maximum yield of 186.2 bushels came from rows two feet apart with hills nine inches apart in the row. Irrigation added 46 bushels.
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Williston
N. 10
Kidney Disease Cure Story Featured by Mrs Everett Griffith
Mrs Everett Griffith of Evansville recounts severe kidney disease in 1899 and credits Dean's Kidney Pills with a complete recovery in six weeks. She praises the remedy and urges readers to remember the name. For sale by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Everett Griffith
Indiana Ave
Evansville
Ind
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
China education reform misfires at top to bottom
The National Review in Shanghai argues China started at the top by building universities without preparing students. The lower rungs of the educational ladder are so poorly built that rising students face near insurmountable obstacles to advancement.
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China
National Review
Shanghai
Castoria Reminder Warns Mothers to Check Signatures
The notice urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the correct signature and to trust in the remedy used for over 30 years. It emphasizes Castoria as a safe option for infants and children and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
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Fletcher
Father Meldrum Applies Themselves To Daughter’s Spiritual Growth
Ten year old Dorothy Meldrum recalls her Sunday school lesson as dandruff in the lion's den. Reverend Andrew B Meldrum, D D, has devoted himself to guiding his daughter's religious instruction as reported by the Exchange.
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Bestir
Dorothy Meldrum
the Lion's den
Andrew B. Meldrum
War on Tuberculosis Expands Across Cities and Agencies
The new tuberculosis directory from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis shows over 600 U S cities and towns and about 100 in Canada engaged in the war against consumption. By April 1 there were nearly 1 500 agencies at work, up about sevenfold in seven years, with 421 sanatoria hospitals and day camps, 511 associations and committees, 842 dispensaries, 68 open air schools, and related provisions. The directory lists anti tuberculosis legislation by state and in about 250 cities and is sold for 50 cents postpaid at 105 East Twenty second Street New York City.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Canada
East Twenty-second Street
New York City
Dress tensions spark among Lady Coyne and suitors
In a crowded drawing room, Miss Coyne’s extravagant gown budget draws attention from Kidder and Lord de Broke. The dialogue playfully questions who her dressmaker could be, hinting at potential marriage negotiations.
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Kidder
Repatriated Settler Profiles Canadian Opportunity
Eugene Jurinville recalls his move from Michigan to Red Lake Falls Minnesota to Jack Fish Lake Meota area. He built a prosperous homestead with 48 cattle and several crops, emphasizing high yields, no frost losses, and favorable land prices around single crop payments. He urges others to secure Canadian government literature from the nearest Agent.
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Essex County
Ontario
Monroe County
Michigan
Red Lake Falls
Minnesota
Canada
Jack Fish Lake
Meota P. O
Eugene Jurinville
Jobinville
Politician Cleared After Prolonged Trial in West
A western state politician long suspected of crookedness faced an indictment and trial. The jury deliberated at length before acquitting him. As he left the courtroom a minister involved in the case warned him to reform, but the politician replied that he is not pledged to anyone.
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Saturday Evening Post
N. H. Mead
Fhreeport
Kans
J. R. Whiting
Lena
Wis
Dinner tale at Military Order of Foreign Wars meeting
Captain Carlyle L Burridge recounts a man who bites his own forehead after a cockcrow return home. His wife questions the large bump and the man explains he stood on a chair to bite himself. The anecdote appears in a Cleveland Leader reprint.
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Military Order of Foreign Wars
Carlyle L. Burridge
Cockcrow
Cleveland
Theatergoer and Wife Hat Incident Sparks Comical Tension
A jovial broker sat with his much smaller wife in a theater. A man nearby asked the wife to remove her hat, prompting the broker to shrug and warn him. The unseen man grew angry, stood, protested, and left the theater.
When a Wife is Cruel
A husband bursts in with news to his wife who jumps up and kisses him. She exclaims in relief thanking heaven for the moment. The exchange captures a playful domestic scene with light humor.
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Harry
Grape Nuts Ad Letter Promises Health and Wealth
A testimonial claims Grape Nuts improved digestion and kidney ailments after heavy meat meals. The writer credits the cereal with steadier nerves and sharper thinking, enabling longer work mornings, and promotes the Road to Wellville book from Postum Co. Battle Creek.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Murine Eye Remedy Product Sizes Noted
Murine eye remedies are listed with a new aseptic tubed Muri Eye Salve in size 2c and Murine Liquid offered at 25e to 50c. The listing emphasizes eye comfort without smarting and targets red watery eyes with granulated lids.
Break the broodiness of hens with humane confinement methods
The article advises humane broody hen control including resting on the nest a few days, then confining in an airy coop or a raised flat-bottom pen with access to water and light feeding lightly. Do not starve. Release timing should lead to a quick return to laying shells.
A Redeeming Feature in a Humorous Exchange
A comic exchange contrasts Maud’s reckless nature with a witty remark about her skirt. Garfield Tea promotes mild relief for constipation and liver sluggishness, and Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup soothes teething gums and colic for 25c a bottle.
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Maud
Two St Louis Women Lead Prayer Drive for the Rich
Belle H. Bennett and Mrs. R. W. McDonnell, prominent in St Louis, launch a movement to mobilize 300000 women to pray daily for affluent people. The plan aims to inspire contributions to a world evangelization fund through systematic prayer groups.
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St. Louis
Belle H. Bennett
Woman’s Missionary Council
Methodist Episecopal Church South
R. W. McDonnell
A Gentleman's View of Pocket Change in Marriage
A humorous meditation on married life where a man accepts his wife rummaging his pockets and purse. He suggests mutual tolerance for small discoveries and finances, proposing a lighthearted view of conjugal “pastimes.”
A man can get along without doing much
A wry line notes that a man who knows what not to do can get by with little effort. It also promotes Garfield Tea as a remedy claimed to cure constipation purify blood and tone the system while remarking on vanity in facial hair.
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Hood
Spohn Medical CO
Sacteri Sicgiare Goshen
Ind
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