Won by a Turnout in Chesterton Race
Dolly Stanford and rival Dudley Blount race on the road course as Mayling presses Dolly for romance and uses car crowds to win her. Blount crashes after Mayling darts into his path, Dolly tenders aid, and Blount is praised for bravery despite injury. Mayling slinks away to town as the lovers’ tension deepens.
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Lawrence Mayling
Dolly
Mayling
Larry Mayling
Dudley Blount
Chesterton
Stephen Stanford
Blount
Frazer
Tie
Mr. Blount
Dudley
Slount
The Farmer of the Future
The Independent envisions a future farming era with subirrigation drought and flood resilience. It predicts scientific forestry, higher yields per acre, women as outdoor workers, direct producer consumer links, and strong school farm integration accelerating wealth and delights.
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Aten
Of Interest to the Housewife Household Hints and Recipes
A collection of practical cleaning tips for housewives includes using brown paper and vinegar to remove rust from tin, baking a starch wash for windows, a marble stain paste with soap suds and ox gall, and a suet and flour paste for jellylike preservation. A pork dish method with pickled meat is described to fill jelly tumblers.
Cheese Fingers Biscuits From Simple Pantry Mix
Recipe for cheese fingers uses one cup flour one tablespoon butter one quarter cup grated cheese one quarter teaspoon salt a dash cayenne half teaspoon baking powder. Mix with water like biscuit roll thin cut into half inch strips bake pale brown in a moderate oven.
How to Purify Beeswax for Comb
To prepare beeswax place comb in a coarse muslin bag with a small stone to weight it. Boil in a kettle with water until the wax rises to the surface while sediment stays in the bottom. Remove the wax once it cools.
Potatoes Boiled With Sour Cream and Butter
Cut potatoes finely and boil them in ample water without draining. Near doneness add half a cup of sour cream a bit of butter and season. The dish tastes better than it sounds.
Geranium Sachet and Spiced Filling Notes
The recipe describes a geranium sachet using crushed geranium leaves orris root lemon peel and ground vanilla bean with options to favor certain scents. A strong lasting sachet for heavy pin cushions uses red coffee grounds allspice cinnamon cloves musk and vanilla bean with dry coffee grounds baked first for thorough drying.
Number the Irons and Chalk Mark Tron Usage
Housewives can mark each tron with chalk to identify which one was used last. This simple method helps track stove usage when multiple trons are present.
Improved Roasting Pan with Automatic Basting System
A recent invention introduces a roasting pan that bastes meat automatically. It includes a percolator driven by heat and water at the bottom. water flows down an inclined base to the percolator while the roast sits on a raised level plate.
SELP BASTING ROASTER Instruction on using a percolator roast
The text describes using a SELP basting roaster with two quarts of water in the pan. A roasting plate and percolator are arranged, the roast placed in, and the top oven heat boils the water. Steam is sprayed over the meat via a check valve and pipe within the aluminium plate.
The Nervous Mother and Her Fireproof Fears
An Atchison woman, highly anxious after reading multiple tragic boy injuries, burns roller skates and removes her son’s clothing to avoid supposed hazards. She fixes blame on various dangers, from streetcars to clothing, and contemplates further protective measures.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Fresh Eggs Test: Lime Dust Reveals Pickled Quality
A housewife notes a white bloom on eggs and her husband, a food expert, explains the bloom is lime dust from pickling. He warns lime dust shows years old eggs and contrasts pickled eggs with newer varieties.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Golder Chips Recipe Use Lemon Ginger Preserves
Six pounds peeled pumpkin and five pounds sugar are layered and left to stand overnight. Add grated lemon rind and juice with pulp and the green ginger root after being prepared.
Riddle from Jhansi yields COLENBO as Flere
A riddle from Jhansi India divides 150 by 6 adds two thirds of 10 and ends with a puzzling tag Flere equals COLENBO London Scraps. The note references two thirds of TEN and claims Flere is the answer in a cryptic London Scraps entry.
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Flere
Jhansi
India
Colenbo
London
Changeable Names and Hidden Friendships
A Boston Transcript note reflects on Tom-Belle a curious girl who cannot recall names of close friends. Maud replies that personal names and futures feel uncertain, hinting at shifting identities and time's effect on identity.
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Tom
Belle
Maud
Boston Transcript
The Process. A boy recalls harsh punishment at home
In a Harpers Weekly excerpt, a boy named Tom describes regular beatings by his father in the wood shed, noting he receives three or four straps each week.
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Harper's Weekly
Fortune-Telling Paper and Pencil Game for Friends
A playful activity suggests each friend writes in sequence ten items such as a future date a place a person an object a remark a feeling a verb two colors and a place. Reading the prompts back yields quirky fortunes like meeting Billy Brown on a trolley car carrying a refrigerator and being drawn toward the north pole.
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Billy Brown
North Pole
Value Of Gems And Their Materials
The article compares gemstone values, noting emeralds worth 100 if diamond of same size 150, sapphire 300, ruby 450, and explains composites: diamond is pure carbon, sapphires are alumina colored by metal rusts, and related stones include oriental ruby emerald topaz and amethyst.
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East
Chicago News
Chamberlains Salve for Fever Sores and Skin Ailments
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Salve as best for fever sores chronic sores and general skin problems. It claims the salve keeps sores in healthy condition and praises its use on chapped hands sore nipples burns and other skin diseases. Sold by Elam Ordway & Houser.
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Chamberlain
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Riddles and Puzzles from Chicago News
A collection of light verse and riddle style questions from the Chicago News with jokes about trains, camels, ships, post office clerks and coal pricing. The items mix wordplay on gemstones and everyday observations, ending with a pun on ashes.
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Philadelphia Ledger
A Magic Figure Made From Cork and Lead
A cork figure is crafted by gluing half a leaden bullet under the base and shaping the cork into a head with a quaint costume. The toy can be knocked about but always lands on its base.
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Associated Literary Press
Dorothy Stanford
Farmer of
Kenyon
C. Kenyon CO
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
H. A. Young
W. W. Stringfellow
A. J. Goodwin
SELP
Golder Chips
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