For Sale Farm Listings and Business Opportunity Ads
Multiple regional property notices and a hardware store sale. Listings include 160 to 206 acres in North Dakota Ontario Illinois and Mexico with descriptions of crops houses barns outbuildings and stock. one 51 acres in New Mexico. 166 acres in Kansas and a Spokane hardware store offer with $31,000 yearly business.
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Williams CO
N. Dak
U. S
Green
Chicago
Isabel
Barber Co
Kan
Dunn Co
Wis
Meridian
Thores
Indiana
Add. Bros
Meaning of "at half mast" in public flags
The Toronto Mail and Express explains half mast as a sign of universal respect for a notable deceased person. It traces the practice from military surrender and victory to civilian uses, noting the flag lowered to half height to honor the dead and the space above reserved for the ultimate conqueror, death itself.
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Toronto Mail and Express
Child’s Lottery Fortune Reveals Orphan’s Fate
An eight year old orphan from Pskoff orphanage won a 100000 ruble lottery ticket at the State Bank in St. Petersburg. The ticket was her only possession and relatives now seek to adopt. Authorities place the child with an arch-priest related to her father.
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Nobles Bank
State Bank
St. Petersburg
Pskoff
A Food Convert Good Food the True Road to Health
An advertisement praises Grape Nuts as a remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It argues against patent medicines, urges lighter meals, and shares a testimonial from a Maine user who reports improved strength and wellness after using Grape Nuts with cream. The piece encourages reading The Road to Wellville and mentions Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan.
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Maine
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Coronation Hairstyle for Brides with Veil Details
The article explains bridal hair options focusing on the coronation style for shorter brides and flat top trends. It covers fitting false hair pieces, color matching, lace veils, and ornament choices like pearls and pins to complement the veil and hairstyle.
Hair Inspired by Famous Women Club Event
A ladies' club afternoon featured members ages twenty five to fifty dressing their hair to resemble famous women. Entrants guessed who each look represented with old pictures for ideas. Prizes went to the most correctly identified and to the person who stayed the longest unguessed.
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Violet
Martha Washington
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Frances E. Willard
Priscilla
Mourning Etiquette Questions About Veils and Calls
In a letter M B asks if a year in mourning veil permits a gentleman caller and Sunday driving. Advice: hosting calls is fine. drive by personal feeling. All white is mourning, black and white half mourning. a year is long enough for a heavy veil.
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M. B
Compensation for Organist at a Wedding
A reader asks if it is proper to pay an organist for a wedding when well acquainted. The response notes an organist is always paid, suggests offering a value equal to what a stranger would receive, and admits not knowing her terms thus cannot fix a specific amount.
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Blanche
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Duties of Bridal Attendant at a Home Wedding
A reader asks about duties of bridesmaids and the best man and who greets guests at a home wedding. The answer clarifies roles for attendants and the host or mother of the bride typically welcomes guests at the door.
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Mabel
Scottish Wedding Customs and Entertainment Ideas
The note describes who hosts a wedding reception and the roles of bridesmaid and groomsman. It suggests portraying Scottish characters such as Lassie in readings from The Heart of Midlothian Annie Laurie Scottish Chiefs The Monastery A Highland Laddie Ivanhoe and notes libraries offer further suggestions.
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Midlothian
Annie Laurie
Maple Mousse as a Dinner Dessert
Maple mousse is delicious for dessert and widely accepted since maple flavoring is a general favorite. Mousse is pronounced exactly like moose the deer.
Picnic Invitation Song Prompt
A verso style invitation for a club picnic is shared with a tune reference. The lines invite attendees, suggest next Tuesday morning as the time, and offer space to fill in details. The message closes with names Madame Merri and Sarah.
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Sarah
Madame Merri
Dotted Voile Waist With Blue Soutache Trim
A white voile waist features blue dot pattern and a blue soutache trim along the yoke. The yoke uses white tulle or voile with front buttons and a lace ruffle at the neck, plus small lace-trimmed sleeve ruffles.
Europe Trip Delayed By Brown Family Plans And Renters
A man named Brown postpones a European vacation year after year to protect family plans then rents his house to caretaking tenants. Upon return he finds the home in disorder and faces financial and moral embarrassment as the tenants demand compensation for repairs. The confusion ends with the Chicago Daily News credit.
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Brown
Europe
Chicago Daily News
Remarkable Operation Restores Back After Fall
Mrs. Mary Marians of Orange New Jersey nearly completes recovery after a fall left her with a broken back. Surgeons reinforced the fractured vertebrae with fine wire in an unusual operation.
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Mary Marians
Orange
N. J
Parrot Watch As Wife Plans Evening Out
A domestic exchange ends with the wife leaving and the husband asking the parrot be kept company. The brief dialogue captures a witty, slightly domineering tone in a home setting.
French scientist claims electricity can prevent hunger
A French scientist asserts electricity may curb hunger but questions remain about actual consumption of the metaphorical juice and how it would translate to practical nutrition.
Cure for Child's Scalp Sores Promoted by Cuticura Claims
An advertisement from 1911 depicts Mrs. W H Hughes touting Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a complete cure for her child's scalp sores and facial eruption. The notice includes a testimonial, a note about free samples, and a promotional line about the product’s global sale. The piece also contains unrelated moralist prose on stimulants and duty.
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W. H. Hughes
Cuticura
Dept. L. Boston
Angry Fish Bites Angler Sends Pickerel Head to Pasteur Institute
Fred Henry of Hancock Street Brooklyn sent the head of a pickerel that bit him at Swarts wood lake to the Pasteur Institute in New York to settle whether a fish can have hydrophobia. He was fishing in a leaky boat when the three pound pickerel bit his toe as he rebaited. The incident prompted the precautionary step to test the fish for hydrophobic infection.
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Fred Henry
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Pasteur Institute
New York
Swartswood Lake
Newton
N. J
New York Press
Henry
Browning Will Search In Florence Amid Gossip Of Heir
Florence authorities scour the Italian city for the elusive will of Robert Browning son of the poet. Without a will the Browning estate likely passes to his wife Miss Coddington of New York with whom he lived apart. Browning owned Casa Guidi in Florence and a portion of Asolo property once held by his family. The note on Paxtine mentions a Boston company marketing a toilet antiseptic.
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Florence
Italy
Robert Browning
Asolo
Miss Coddington
New York
Browning
Casa Guidi
The Likeness in a Punchline of Charity
A terse comic exchange notes that free tooth pulling resembles large social gatherings in its collective noise and sentiment. The line “Charity bawls” frames charity as performative emotion, hinting at public function and social spectacle surrounding aid.
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Charity
Cures Itching Skin Diseases with Cole's Carbolisalva
Ad claims Cole's Carbolisalva stops itching and smooths the skin for 25 and 60 cents. It also features an Ancient Idea of Dancing noting dancing as religious expression. The ad urges thrift on small purchases and to request Red Cross Ball Blue for extra value.
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Cole
Red Cross
Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup For Teething
Ad copy claims Mrs Winston’s soothing syrup softens gums reduces inflammation eases teething pain and cures wind colic. Also notes a bottle as a product. Ends with a stray line about a baseball player being sluggish without being a slugger.
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Ty Laurie
Wathena
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Boston
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Fred O. Barris
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Cartersittle
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J. W. Dinsdale
Ill
Alexander E. Mintle
Cleveland
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