The Piece of Cheese and a Young Millionaire Manager
R Anstyne arrives to run a New York branch and selects Miss Cheese as secretary after an encounter at night. Barrows schemes with Miss Peachley, the other secretary, while Peach peels back her schemes. Anstyne and Cheese share a late night meal and end up forming a match, unsettling Peachley who learns Cheese has won.
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R. Barrows
Avery Anstyne, Jr
Anstyne
New York
Barrows
Young Anstyne
Peach—Peachley
Miss Peachley
Peach
Santa Claus
Beanery
Peachiey
Elsie Cheeseborough
Peachley
Wilmerwing-Peachiey
Miss Cheeseborough
Miss Cheese
Cheeseborough
James
Jesse James
Austyne
Miss Peach
Tongue Twisters and Language Tests Across Eras
The piece surveys tests of speech from Britain and America, noting phrases used to judge sobriety and elocution. It cites examples from the British Medical Association list and historic instances from the witchcraft era in Massachusetts. It also references critics on diction and lyric craft, mentioning MIT and famous quotes.
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British Medical Association
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tech
Boston Tech
Massachusetts
London Athenaeum
Lowell
Matthew Arnold
New York Herald-Tribune
Dinner Guests Prompt Child To Question Silver Use
A five year old at a family dinner watches guests and asks if the silver used is reserved for special occasions, revealing a child’s awareness of fine tableware and etiquette during an out-of-town visit.
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Charlies
Hog Cholera Dangers Urge Greater Farm Safeguards
United States Department of Agriculture warns farmers that hog cholera remains perilous even with preventive serum. Isolate new stock for two weeks, keep hogs fenced, burn carcasses, and do not hide infections to curb losses that last year topped 20 million dollars.
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United States Department of Agriculture
A. G. Houck
Developing Implements for Use in the Orchard
Orchard plow design aims to minimize tree trunk barking and limb damage when used with controlled tractors. Special low plows with undeveloped levers and narrow tracks reduce contact with branches. Disk and moldboard plows adapt to hard or gumbo soils, with disk favored where soil is very hard.
Best Time to Purchase Different Dairy Feeds
Illinois dairy extension specialist CG. S. Rhode advises dairymen to budget and buy feeds at their price troughs. Wheat bran lows come in June to August, linseed meal in May to July, cottonseed meal in August to February, and gluten feed in May to July, enabling savings and better rations.
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CG. S. Rhode
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Ilinois
Farm Notes On Cattle Fowls and Seed Date
Pure-bred sires should be judged by progeny, not ancestors, while feeds are tight and fall supplies prudent. Kansas has over 8.6 million cattle ranking fourth in beef output. watch fowl tuberculosis. do not feed brood fowl 24 hours after furrow. Maintain water, ease back to feed for 8 10 days. High potato seed prompts planting less per acre. one bushel current stock could buy two of certified seed next year.
Farm Home Has Distinctive Name Campaign
Tennessee home demonstration agents urge farm families to register a distinctive farm home name. Over 8,000 names exist. the program aims to standardize names for mail boxes signs and farm products. The effort links to home improvement and may improve product grading and branding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Tennessee
Extension Service
State Department of Agriculture
Farm Shop as Important to Farmer as Railroad
Rural engineer K Shedd of Kansas State Agricultural College argues the farm shop rivals railroad division points for farmers. He cautions high machinery prices and wasteful replacement, urging maintenance to keep equipment productive and prevent yield losses from poor implements and weather.
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K. Shedd
Kansas State Agricultural College
Shedd
Practical grapevine pruning directions from Cornell professor
Professor Joseph Oskamp of the Cornell College of Agriculture outlines training grapevines starting at planting. Young vines are cut to two buds and tied. second summer pushes a cane to the top trellis wire. Kriftin system uses two wires at five and three feet. wires are No 9 or 10 on posts 25 feet apart. In the third pruning year, canes from the main trunk are reduced to four, two at each wire, tied at right angles and trimmed to four buds.
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Joseph Oskamp
Cornell College of Agriculture
Kriftin
Lack of Equipment Threatens Orchard Care
W. B. Brock of the University of Illinois hort iculture department says lack of proper equipment leads to orchard neglect. Farmers buy cheap hand operated sprayers, begin with effort, but quickly lose enthusiasm as work is hard and time demands become excessive.
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W. 8. Brock
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Apple Pomace as Cow Feed Compared to Silage
Virginia experiment station tests show dried apple pomace equals about three tons of corn silage per ton, and beet pulp equals about four tons of silage. Cows relish pomace as an excellent appetizer. Pomace valued at 75 percent of beet pulp, suggesting pulp prices are high versus corn silage.
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Virginia Experiment Station
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for Constipation Relief
Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois champions a gentler laxative approach for aging patients. His Syrup Pepsin aids gentle regularity without griping or upsetting the system and is advertised as harmless and pleasant to take.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello, II
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United States
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Reid, Murdoch & CO
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Northwestern Yeast Co
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Ashland Ave
Chicago, US
Sonny
Pop
Flaming Youth
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Ists & O. Co,m
Bopp
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Basie Cave
W. 8. Caldwell
Dr Caldwell
Syru
Pepsin
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