The Lost Ring at the Dry Goods Store
A crowded bargain day at a dry goods store leads to a glove counter accusation when Mrs. Hardles wrongfully claims a clerk stole her ring. The ring pockets itself in a glove, a wealthy bachelor Mr. Jameson complicates the scene, and the bride Mrs. Jameson exposes the fault in the accuser. The clerk resigns weeks later, and Mrs. Hardles learns a hard lesson in prudence and propriety.
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Mrs. Hardles
Mrs. Hardios
Mr. Jameson
Mrs. Jameson
A Cavalryman's Bee Trick and a Dog Regiment Idea
Evan Howell recalls a Union bee trick seen in North Georgia and proposes a dog regiment using stag hounds crossed with shepherd dogs to scout, mislead, and rout enemy forces. He suggests 1,000 dogs with 100 mounted soldiers to overrun artillery and cavalry, provoking swift victory.
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War Department
Georgia
Evan Howell
Atlanta
Lamont
North Georgia
Washington Star
Planning farm work and pasture improvements for Canada
Farmers learn to plan seasonal activities around weather, with time carved for cleaning, barn upkeep, and granaries when rain halts field work. Diet and pasture mix are addressed, advocating diverse grasses to sustain feed across conditions, with careful division of large pastures and separate stock for efficiency. Mears, Mich. M. A. Hoyt.
First Meeting with Abraham Lincoln in Springfield
Col. A. K. McClure recalls his January 1 1861 telegram from Lincoln asking him to come to Springfield. He describes meeting Lincoln as gaunt, poorly dressed, and unassuming before four hours of cordial, candid conversation that earned his respect and reverence.
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Lincoln
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Col. A. K. McClure
French Move to Erect Waterloo Memorial for Napoleonic Troops
The Committee of the Souvenir Francaise in France invites subscriptions to raise a memorial near Mont St Jean for French soldiers killed at Waterloo with Belgian government permission sought. The effort stems from the lack of a French memorial at the site.
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Waterloo
France
Napoleon
Mont St. Jean
Committee of the Souvenir Francaise
Winter Egg Prices Across Canada and Feeding Tips
A. G. Gilbert reports Montreal new laid eggs command 45 to 50 cents per dozen in December January and early March. Toronto retail 30 cents per dozen. Ottawa dealers pay 30 to 35 cents. London Ontario wholesale 20 to 22 cents. Maritime provinces 22 to 35 cents. Practical winter laying plan uses kitchen waste mixed with bran and grain, pepper, greens, green bones as alternatives to keep hens laying.
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A. G. Gilbert
Central Experiment Farm
Ontario
Canada
Montreal
Thomas Hall
Outermont
Toronto
Ottawa
London
Maritime Provinces
Pasturage Challenge On a Dry Summer Farm
The writer explains the value of a low springy tract for permanent pasture. June grass thrives on such ground and remains green through drought, supplying stock feed. The narrator recalls a hot dry summer on a Branch county farm where morning soil stayed moist and grass stayed fresh while higher land dried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch County
Corn Listing Techniques and Yields From a Lifetime Practice
William Coleman describes preferred methods for planting corn using a combined lister and drill, noting deeper sub soil work, specific spacing, and frequent cultivation. He reports higher yields per acre on listed ground versus plowed, sharing field experiences across multiple acreages and decades of practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Coleman
Drunken Sussex County Cow Triggers Four Day Spree
A Sussex County cow drank rotten apples dumped in the pasture, going on a four days’ spree. Farmer Harm Lambert watched the beast stumble and recover after the apple binge, aided by a joke about bromide for nerves as she returned to normal milk production.
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Sussex County
N. J
Washington Lambert
Harm
DIY Chicks Shelter From Sun and Storm With Easy Rail Pen
The author describes a low cost shelter for young chicks using four wood blocks as corners on a stone, four to five rails high, topped with grass or straw. Move the pen to fresh ground every few weeks to protect from sun, rain, and hawks while letting fowls wallow and rest during heat. This simple shelter requires only readily available materials and adapts where other shelter is scarce.
Farm Livestock Tips and Poultry Care Practices
Geese and turkeys suit any farm and profit well when reared properly. Keep onions shallowly stirred, lettuce well watered in dry weather, and dip sheep flocks early to prevent disease. Prevent vices from idleness by giving fowls scratching ground, and allow turkeys and other fowl room to roam as they feather and grow.
New Ten Commandments Not to Morals
A humorous reformulation of dietary and health rules framed as commandments. Emphasizes meal timing, chewing, baking bread well, reducing anxiety, cleaning weekly, ventilation, and moderation in eating hot biscuits and fried meat. Encourages long life through prudent health laws.
Doom of witty Frenchmen ends in restraint
London Truth reports the fate of famed caricaturists and performers. Jules Jolly the comic singer rose to fame through current event satire and an anti Bou langer campaign but grew worried and strained his health, ending in restraint.
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Daumier
Gill
Grevin
Guy de Maupassant
Jules Jolly
General Boulanger
Yvette Guilbert
Coquelins
Montmartre
London
What Carats Signify in Gold Composition
This brief explains karat values for gold. Twenty four karat is pure gold. Twenty two karat contains two parts silver and one part copper per eighteen parts gold. Eighteen karat mixes eight parts gold with three parts silver and three parts copper per ten parts alloy. Twelve karat is half gold with three and a half parts silver and eight and a half parts copper.
Earrings Return to Fashion, Jeweler Says
An uptown jeweler notes earrings are returning to style after decades of mixed demand. They were popular twenty years ago, faded for ten years, and now look set to be as fashionable as ever within a year.
Had One. Workhardd After the Play Impractical Dreamer
Hamiet imagined an alternate life if he could not pursue his craft. A friend, a poet, suggests borrowing from his uncle as others do to make a living.
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Hamiet
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Mears, Mich
M. A. Hoyt
Eges
Hood
Imranum Peria
John Carle & Sons
New York
Columbia
Pope Mfg. CO
Hartford, Conn
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Providence
Buffalo
Selp Solicitors
Shining Mpg. CO
Louisiana
Aeree
Geo. K. LY Pate
Rochester, Nbs
Oy Windmills
Pumps
Des Moines Wind Tank Co
Des Moines, Ia
Patrick Cfarrell
Washington, D.C
DAVIS
Davis & Rankin
ANB Mfg. CO
W. Lake
Chicama
John Shelby Sheeley Block
Omaha
Neb
Sioux City Engine & Iron Works
Pech Mfg.Co
Sioux City
Lowes
Tux Rowe. & Coas
Machixery Co
Eleventh Street
Kansas City
Jay Eve See
W. B. Eddy & CO
Whitehall
Masonic Trei
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