Simple-minded Father and the Moonlit Coin Tale
A humor tale from the Houston Post recalls a father and son debating a half dollar hidden in the garden under moonlight, which allegedly becomes a five dollar gold piece. The son jokes the coin might appear, then the sun and dawn reveal it missing, a gag about getting up late. Motors drive out horses as Burlingame road test shows 41 horse vehicles vs 19 581 motor vehicles in 14 hours.
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bie
John
Houston Post
Burlingame
California
San Francisco
Trinidad planter hails sugar cane pulp paper quality
A Trinidad planter reports a new paper made from sugar cane refuse and bamboo fiber matches the best wood pulp quality. A lighthearted line notes that smaller wives’ wallets lead to more gifts from husbands, and Cupid is shown as a child due to never having reached discretion.
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Trinidad
Cupid
Kind Hearted Bobby and a Shiny Head Moment
A four year old Columbus boy Bobby shows kindness at a movie by offering his mother’s powder to a shiny headed stranger. The piece then shifts to light but sharp commentary on dueling in Mexico City, noting its theatrical yet risky nature and government bans.
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Bobby
Columbus
Indianapolis News
Mexico
New York
Lenox avenue
Mexico City
Chapultepec
Cheap Highways Better Plan Than Expensive Deterioration
Officials of the Bureau of Public Roads in the United States Department of Agriculture argue a cheap road maintained well is better than the most expensive highway allowed to deteriorate. The Maryland system of improved highways is highlighted as a prime example of effective upkeep.
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United States Department of Agriculture
bureau of public roads
Maryland
Maryland Road Improvements From Early Macadam to Concrete Shoulders
The United States followed a practice of improving roads with low costs, especially in Maryland. Early roads were macadam, 12 feet wide and 3 inches thick, later widened to 14 feet and sometimes reinforced with concrete shoulders. Maintenance is constant, patrols prevent holes, and patch material is kept along the road for quick repairs, ensuring long term benefit from initial investments.
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United States
Maryland
Good Roads Plan Urges Federal Aid and Rural Focus
The article argues for federal road funding tied to state plans through the current year ending June 30, 1821, with renewal needed. It emphasizes national trunk highways, state and local roads, licensing revenue for maintenance, rural development, and avoiding urban favoritism while promoting waterways and hydroelectric projects.
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Uncle Sam
congress
Snow Removal Lines Planned by Regional Engineers
Highway engineers in Illinois Indiana New Jersey Ohio and Pennsylvania outline definite plans to keep main trunk lines open year round by removing snow in winter.
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Ilinois
Indiana
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsyloania
Unfit Traffic Roadbed Limits Railroading Progress
Fragmentary OCR text discusses railroad motive power and rolling stock lagging behind road bed development, noting roads are barely fit for transported loads while highway progress races ahead. It questions why autos dominate the transport scene given road quality.
Everyday Good Things From Leftovers Guide
A 1921 kitchen note highlights household tips and simple recipes for using leftovers. Recipes include Jalted Meat Loaf with jelly, Grape Juice Souffle, Sunshine Bananas with maple, and Creamed Cabbage with Green Peppers, plus bread and milk ideas, interspersed with inspirational quotes from John Ruskin and George MacDonald.
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emon jules
Home-Made Cream Cakes and Eclairs Guide
A historical recipe describes choux paste using butter water and bread flour to make cream puffs and cakes. It covers egg incorporation shaping piping baking timing and filling ideas with whipped cream or savory fillings like chicken or lobster salad.
Cheap Sports 669 Grow Wary of Folly in Town Delegates
A professor and a cynic trade jibes about women delegates visiting to town for a talkfest. The piece humorously recalls Aunt Julia hosting six aging delegates, their rough manners, and the host’s stinging hospitality ending with the women sent to hotelless boxcars for lodging.
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Aunt dulla
Julia
Aunt Julie
JuHa
Bees Eaten as Revenge and Odd Food Customs
The piece notes that in Guiana bees are eaten after stinging people as revenge, and in Ceylon natives catch, boil, and consume bee swarms. It references Popular Science Monthly and a quip about opportunity knocking, then a humorous exchange about a secret engagement among three close friends.
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Guiana
Ceylon
Popular Science Monthly
Diamond Dyes Ad Promotes Easy Wool Silk Dyeing
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as suitable for wool, silk, cotton, linen, or blends with simple directions. It warns of possible poor results like streaks and fades and asks customers to rely on the Color Card from a drugstore. Two young women on a crowded streetcar share a moment when one mistakes a stranger’s hand for her partner’s, then laughs as the man offers his other hand.
How it Worked Out in a Wry Passage
Marni ar Corntessel talks about sending Josh to college and gaining educational advantage. Josh overdoes gratitude, showing off intellect to prove value of the money spent. The text closes with a line about cash lamps and missing links in friendship.
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Josh
Marniar Corntessel
Best Medicine Stories Swamp Root Advertised Remedy
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. A druggist praises its results and urges readers to request a sample by mail. The ad notes availability in bottle sizes at drug stores and includes a mail-in offer to Dr Kilmer & Co. along with a sample request.
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saya
HKilmer
Kilmer
Eliney
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Mistakes We Often Make and Dates Grow
An essay fragment discusses the truth in never making mistakes while noting real people err gravely. It also explains the date fruit, its palm origin across Persia Palestine Arabia and North Africa, and the palm’s height and fruit weights. A proverb about a burglar and a horse owner is briefly touched.
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desert
Persia
Palestine
Arabia
Africa
Eruptions of the Skin and a Blood Purifier Offer Relief
The ad claims skin diseases stem from blood impurities and promotes a blood purifier 9.9.9. as a thorough remedy. It promises that it cleanses the blood and counteracts germs attacking the skin, inviting readers to begin using it and write a case history for free medical advice from a Chief Medical Adviser at 168 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlan Ga
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