Quips and curiosities from a bustling era
A mash of witty observations and odd facts covers topics from New York beauty trends and Queen Mary’s wardrobe to taxicab prices and flock counts. Reports mention a parrot talker, a Fifth Avenue birth, Austria’s labor squeeze, and hoaxes about a polar expedition.
Destructive Plum Curculio Attacks Cultivated Fruits
A West Virginia University agricultural note explains the plum curculio native to the United States east of the Rockies attacks plums peaches apples pears and hawthorns among other fruits. It harms fruit by feeding and egg laying punctures and can be controlled by spraying arsenical poisons and removing wild fruit breeding grounds near orchards.
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Fred E. Brooks
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
United States
Rocky Mountains
Modern Manure Spreader Advice for Farm Efficiency
The article explains choosing and using a modern manure spreader to maximize efficiency. It stresses adequate capacity, proper ground conditions, and strong build at wear points, noting even distribution and careful loading improve field results and prevent fertility loss.
Popular Feed For Poultry by C E Brown
This piece outlines a noon wet mash feeding method for hens, balancing whole grain feed in morning and evening. It warns against over feeding and provides two mash recipes with precise ingredient ratios and preparation steps for best results.
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E. Brown
Beckoning across the mountains a tale of love
Dr Caspar Casscells obsesses over a mysterious window girl Grace Morgan from Gordon whom he meets later in the mountains. She reveals she loves him after playful fly catching and a confession of mutual affection ends with a proposal to stay together.
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Grace Morgan
Casscells
Miss Morgan
Buying a Suit
A fragment shows a speaker asking pardon for guilt not matching a lady’s complexion and comments that the suit is acceptable but should suit a bull pup, implying a social or humorous exchange over clothing and appearance.
Isaiah 37 Sennacherib siege and deliverance at Jerusalem
Bible lesson outlines Hezekiah’s reform and the 701 BC invasion by Sennacherib. Prayer, divine intervention, and the angel of the Lord delivering Jerusalem are highlighted alongside ancient accounts and their possible link to Pelusium.
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Hezekiah
Jerusalem
Judah
Egypt
Sennacherib
Israel
Assyria
Ahaz
Isaiah
B. C
Palestine
Rabshakeh
God
Pelusium
Herodotus
Hephaestus
Serbonian
Napoleon
Italy
Russia
Moscow
Poor Return for Chivalry in a Subday Turnstile Scene
A New York Times report describes Mr. Jones giving back a dropped 50 cent piece after a poorly dressed woman lamented being cheated by a ticket agent. The woman questioned his claim, but he asserted the coin was hers and handed it over. She then asked another man, who thanked him and boarded a train.
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Mr. Jones
Three Little Babies and Accidentals Jostle a Class
A New England music teacher struggles with fourth graders over triplets and rhythms. In frustration a student blurts out a pun about accidentals, recalling a lesson from the prior week as laughter fills the room.
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New England
Doctor Praises Cuticura Remedies Cure for Dermatitis
A Boston physician reports two cures using Cuticura for severe dermatitis and a finger skin condition. He details a male patient with widespread pustules and intense itching who improved after Cuticura Soap baths and Ointment. His wife, initially skeptical, also recovered fully after use.
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B. L. Whitehead, M. D
Dartmouth St
Boston
Mass
Women May Avoid Operations With Lydia Pinkham Compound
Mrs Orville Race of Paw Paw Michigan shares a testimonial. After four weeks in hospital for a displacement she reports improved health and household ability after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women with female complaints to try the remedy and avoid surgery.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Orville Rock
Paw Paw
Mich
Mrys. Orville Race
R. R. No
Michigan
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