Betzville Clothespin Ballet Sparks Moral Debate
Miss Petunia Scraggins of Betzville adapts to divided skirts for her nude clothespins, prompting a city censoring committee and a grandstand audience on wash days. She embraces well-dressed clothespins as companions, giving up marriage for daily care of her colorful line of clothes pegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petunia Scraggins
Betzville
Petunia
Miss Petunia
Sim Wiggins
Miss Petunik
Miss Petuna
The Walrus Defenses and Power of the Behemoth
A full grown walrus weighs up to 4000 pounds and presents a formidable blubber covered mass. Tusks two feet long, ivory and hooked, threaten foes as a guillotine drop. Thick blubber makes him impervious to teeth and claws, leaving foes little chance without great luck.
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Nicholas
Hollow concrete fence post from modified molds
To make hollow reinforced concrete posts a few changes to the ordinary mold are needed plus a center core. The four by four inch seven foot post uses a bottom two sides and two end gates held by iron clamps. Dowels join sides to bottom and one end gate has a two inch hole for extraction of the core and hollowing the post.
Novel two purpose runway device for livestock fences
Farmers can move horses and cattle between fields while containing hogs with a fence opening spanned by two 18 inch banks set 15 inches apart. The banks allow passage but prevent turning to jump, ensuring livestock cross without trouble.
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Missouri Valley
Culture of the asparagus in daily cutting and care
Asparagus is ready to cut when shoots are two inches high with tight tops. Cut every morning, remove small stems at ground level, and use a sharp six to eight inch asparagus knife. Cut slanting about three inches below surface, avoiding damage to sprouts. For tender spears six inches tall, cut level with ground. Keep rows weed free, cultivate between rows, and avoid overcutting to protect roots.
Making Clover Hay and curing challenges
Farmers disagree on timing for clover hay with mold risk if cut green in full bloom. Cutting green on Monday may require until Thursday or Friday to cure, especially on damp ground. Early cuts aim for seed. late cuts produce better heads and are more palatable to stock. salting hay in the mow when damp yields good results.
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Baltimore American
Keeping Weeds Down in Farm Planting Methods
A midwestern farmer records November plowing with a swky plow to eight to ten inches deep. In spring, harrowing with a spring tooth harrow and furrowing on sod aids easy planting. All fertilizer and manures go into each hill, followed by cultivation, hoeing, and persistent weed control.
Sawbuck for Sawing Poles on Farm
A simple sawbuck for sawing small logs and poles is easy to construct and practical on a farm. It uses three pairs of two by four pieces crossed and nailed, with boards in the crotch to guide the saw, allowing seven or eight cuts before log relocation.
How Road Leveler Is Made
A description explains a road leveler built from a plank two by ten inches six feet long with two by fours buried in EB WN. A strip of iron holds the parts together with iron bolts, and the user stands on the assembly during use.
Will Test the Hog Serum in Maryland Hog Herds
The Maryland Live Stock Sanitary board intends to test a serum recommended by the national government that immunizes hogs against cholera and may save Maryland farmers millions. Dr Mackie plans inoculations on a Prince George county farm, as officials note hog cholera losses rise in hot years.
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Maryland Live Stock Sanitary Board
Maryland
Baltimore
Prince George County
Culture of Corn and Profitable Production
The article stresses selecting dry early soil and good fertility for corn. It advises rich manure, either plowed under or surface harrowed, plus quick-acting fertilizer at planting for an early start. With thorough land preparation and persistent cultivation, a large well-developed field suitable for husking or silage can be produced.
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New England
Whitewash Recipe for Interior and Exterior Use
A traditional whitewash method combines lime steeped in warm water, salted with warm water, ground rice boiled to a thin paste, whiting and glue dissolved gently, then five gallons of hot water added and mixed. After 48 hours, one pint will cover each square yard when applied correctly.
Rolling Up Barbed Wire Cart Method
A simple hand cart made from two low buggy wheels lifts barbed wire. An old reel fits between, with square holes to miss a wooden crank shaft. Two men can detach the wire: one to turn the crank and one to roll the cart as the reel gathers the wire.
Downy Mildew Threat to Cucumbers and Remedy
Downy mildew is the leading cucumber disease marked by yellow leaf centers and later angular spots on all leaves. The suggested remedy is spraying with Bordeaux mixture.
Easy cure for kidney troubles urged in ad copy
An advertisement extols Doan’s Kidney Pills as the simple remedy for back pain rheumatic discomfort and urinary issues. A testimonial from H Mayne of Paris Tennessee claims the product restored health and strength after kidney problems. The note reiterates the sale price and vendor Fos ter Moburn Co Buffalo New York. A separate dispatch reports a Highland Lake bungalow rocked by a six pound bull frog whose croaks allegedly caused the home to shake, prompting the former sheriff to seek capture.
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Bright
Dean
H. Mayne
Market St
Paris
Tenn
Bays
Doan
Dean's
Foster-Moburn Co
Buffalo
Chesterfield C. Middlebrooks
Highland Lake
Knowledge Spreads on Tuberculosis Fight
Daily influx of new recruits in the war against tuberculosis is noted. The National Association predicts widespread public education within five years. It urges two actions: full registration of tuberculosis cases and further isolation of dangerous advanced consumption cases.
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National Association
United States
Tea Possibilities at an Electric Tea Joke
A bachelor girl recalls an invitation to an electrical tea by a woman doctor. She imagines possibilities from a tea on an electric stove to being electrocuted, entertaining herself as the group awaits the event.
Praise of American Women by Alfred Bast
Alfred Bast lauds American women as highly capable and charming, comparing them to efficient machines and crediting the nation’s education system for their qualities. He asserts they need little male power and calls American women the most damning yet most charming in the world.
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Alfred Bast
The Worm Turned in a Hot City Shoe Store
A tired clerk in a hot shoe store grows exasperated with a clamorous customer trying to catch a train. In a moment of frustration he protests that there are not enough salesmen, remarking this day feels harsh and improper.
The Right Foundation of Wealth Through Food
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts with relief from severe indigestion and stomach pain after switching from her former diet. She reports improved digestion, removal of tongue coating, clearer mind, restored energy, and renewed work capacity, calling herself a new woman and urging readers to seek the product and its booklet in the package.
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New Hampshire
Wellville
Timhey
AS STRAIGHT MEN SEE HIM
The Atchison Globe describes the dead beat as a man who exploits friendship, violates trust, and suffers social condemnation. It notes he moves often, lacks peace of mind, and ends poorly, unlike the honest man who works and prospers.
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Atchison Globe
Child's Boils Cured by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin of Detroit reports her infant Vivian endured about sixty boils at six months old. She applied Cuticura Soap and Ointment, later adding Resolvent until cure. The condition recurred each spring but healed and did not return in two years.
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Vivian
M. A. Schwerin
Spring Wells Ave
Detroit
Mich
Poser Drag & Chem. Corp
Sola
Boston
Minister and Irishman in a cellar tale and court mixup
A clergyman observes an Irish worker lifting whisky bottles and jokes they were all dead with the minister present at dying moments. An advertisement praises starch for white goods and laundered finishes. A New York court rivalry tale pauses as judges Kosalsky and O'Sullivan hear Rosulsky claiming Irish identity, then Flynn claiming Jewish identity.
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Gand
Pat
Kosalsky
O'Sullivan
New York
O’sullivan
Rosulsky
Flynn
Rosdlsky
A Trying Time. Judge- Why did you strike this naw?
A short humor piece from Harper's Weekly presents a prisoner's quip to a judge about a moving picture of cheese, framing a legal exchange as a playful moral puzzle.
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Harper’s Weekly
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Betzville Tales
Miss Petunia Scraggins and the Clothespins
Ellis Parker Buttard
Peter. Newell
Peter Iix
Flusband
Iere
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