Two conservative ladies hear of a long journey joke on a train
Two old fashioned women traveling in the west are startled by a girl's cheerful answer about traveling alone. She explains that her mother and stepfather live at one end and her father and stepmother at the other, so they send her to each other twice a year to keep safe with four parents on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.L Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Hecause
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Calumet Baking Powder Promises Pure Start to Finish
Pure from start to finish as a baker’s choice Calumet Baking Powder is touted for purity from chemist tested ingredients to weatherproofed can. The ad claims consistent light fluffy results and wholesomeness plus “bio economy” benefits highlighting awards at Chicago 1907 and Paris 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paris
France
Daddy's Whack-Whack Teases Baltimore Child
A Baltimore household tale shows a young matron consoling a crying child who says her father has given her a whack whack. The child explains the blows were delivered on her back, prompting the woman to remark on the father's thoughtlessness with restrained amusement.
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Baltimore
Marie
Litte
Mayor’s Question to Child Reveals Hidden Table Truth
In a local tale recounted by Mack’s National Monthly a mayor confronts a drunken husband accused of abusing his wife. He asks the couple’s young daughter if her father was drunk when the mother struck him. The girl answers, No, sah. He was under the kitchen table.
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Tryig
Mack
National Monthly
Mother Goose In Poultry Trade in a Small Store
A widow runs a tiny poultry shop where a customer asks for a goose and a boy replies that mother is coming down. The piece weaves in terse quotes and wry social commentary, including misattributed sayings about wages and women’s genius, with dated humor and moralistic tones.
Postum Relief Prompts Coffee Drinker To Switch
A housewife reports nervousness and stomach troubles from coffee, notes doctors advised stopping coffee, tried Postum on recommendation from a servant girl, and both she and her husband feel better after switching. They praise Postum as delicious when prepared per directions. Published by Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan with product promotion.
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Postum
Folka
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Boar Selection and Breeding Practices in Hog Herds
Farmers discuss fall sales of boars and the impact of choosing a strong breeding boar. Emphasis on matching with sows, avoiding overuse, proper feeding, and keeping boars apart from sows for health and efficiency. Guides recommend grass exercise, protein-rich rations, and controlled services to sustain vigor.
Early Reed's Yellow Dent corn exceeds in maturity in Iowa
On September 10 L C Burnett of the Iowa State College experiment station at Ames husked an ear of Reid's Yellow Dent corn yielding record early maturity for the variety in central Iowa. The strain No 203 09 shows high productivity, with potential wider distribution in 1914. original selections date to 1910 and testing began in 1909.
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L. C. Burnett
Iowa State College
Ames
Reid
Iowa
Burnett
College
Towa
Early Reid's Yellow Dent Strain Could Boost Iowa Seed
Mr Burnett says years of breeding have produced a very early Reid's Yellow Dent strain. The corn matured enough to pick for seed by Sept 10, about two to three weeks earlier than typical for the thin variety, promising to improve Iowa's seed corn problem and crop value.
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Iowa
Burnett
Reid
Holstein Bull Alacarta Polkador Correcta IT Leased to Iowa State
Gete Another Aristocrat Alacarta Polkador Correcta Ill has been leased from Mr Terrel of Reinbeck Iowa for three months to head the Holstein herd at the Iowa State college dairy farm. The three year old bull weighs 1760 pounds and is a top Holstein type, full brother to Belle Polkadot. Belle Polkadot set strong records with 732.4 pounds of milk and 34.05 pounds butter fat in seven days and 2772.3 pounds milk and 1122.24 pounds butter fat in thirty days. The college farm aims to bolster its rapid herd improvement with this addition from McKay Bros. of Buckingham Iowa.
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Gete
Alacarta Polkador Correcta
Terrel
Reinbeck
Iowa
Towa State College
Belle Polkadot
Alacarta
McKay Bros
Buckingham
College Dairy Farm
College Farm
Healthy Fante Birds Need More Fresh Air
Fowls shed waste via the lungs rather than sweating. Chickens breathe rapidly when heated and require about seven times more fresh air than horses of comparable size to stay healthy.
No Cause for Worry A Boy Content With Future
A Lakewood mother reads a tale of a father’s illness and death to her son. When asked if he would work to support his mother, the boy refuses, noting a house and food but realizing they cannot eat or last forever. He concedes if given another chance to work, he would.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lakewood
Billy
Willy
Pimples Cleared By Cuticura In Simple Case
A Chicago resident reports red irritated skin on the face lasting over a month. After trying soaps without relief, Cuticura Soap and Ointment provided soothing relief and complete cure in about three weeks. Sample offered via Cuticura, Boston.
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Dayton St. Chicago
Clara. Mueller
Mar
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Wise Young Man in Cambridge Tale of a Sleepy Bank Borrow
A Cambridge student known as a Wise Young Man is visited by a college friend who seeks a sovereign loan. Finding him in bed the friend shakes him and asks if he’s asleep. The reply is a witty insistence that he is indeed asleep.
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Cambridge
London
Aud
My Gracious I Wish I Belonged To A Swearing Family
A tale of a young daughter Ruth in a strict Presbyterian home who, unable to vent her anger with profanity, throws a doll and exclaims she wishes her family swore. The anecdote highlights her innocent exasperation and the family's aversion to profanity.
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Little Ruth
Ruth
Dolly
Willie at Free Thought Sunday School Insight
A humorous exchange about Willie in a free thought Sunday school. Willie asks the teacher who first bit the apple in the Garden of Eden. The teacher replies that nobody knows, noting the long historical search.
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Willie
Garden of Eden
Not New Trial Murriages Echo in Old Text
Dialogue cites a clash over new marriage trials. The two neighbors debate whether trial marriages are novel, while a judge remarks a twenty year personal experience makes the point. The exchange captures social tensions and legal echoes in a concise local flavor.
Good Time to No It Judge
A brief dialogue features a parent asking about a daughter's piano practice, followed by a request to borrow a lawn mower to cut the grass. The exchange ends with a judge-like remark, implying a humorous or puzzling miscommunication.
True to Her Sex at Maneuvers and Humorous Vignettes
The scene opens with rifle volleys at maneuvers drawing a startled blush from a decorous girl who haltingly apologizes. A pitted man describes his face as giving him comic charm, claiming he fell from a shot tower and shaved with a belt punch.
Official Scoring on Waterloo Credit Question
A historical ad style note argues Blucher did not gain credit for Waterloo, asserting Wellington’s victory and Blucher arriving late. The piece shifts to an advertised remedy for piles, Cole's Carbolisalve, with price claims and a closing moral about telling troubles wasting others' time.
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Blucher
Waterloo
Wellington
Backache and a Woman's Health Claim from Kentucky
A Kentucky reader from Morton's Gap credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from two years of backache and female disorder symptoms. The testimony asks others to write for advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co and notes confidentiality.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Misa
Olli
Woopall
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia L.pinkham
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Ay Dheta
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Berkshire
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Dean
Texas
Walnut St
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Enya
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
New Yorke
Alma
Joe Hanover
Mr. Monkey
Jocko
Mra
Monkey
Congo
Thomson
Cole
Samuel Tomer
Sana
Tue Centaur Company
New York
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Jules Garnier Manufacturing Co
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Cal
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Des Moines, NO
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