Ardmore Bored Millionaire Pursues a Winked At Mystery
Ardmore’s rich citizen wanders in a serialized tale about Iris Wold a UVA professor and Griswold chasing a girl who winked at him. The plot moves from Ardmore to Columbia and involves Governor Os Torn and Barbars as he aids her father.
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Ardmore
Anne
Iriswold
University of Virginia
Ariana
Griswold
Gov. Ostorne
South Carolina
Griswaold
Columbia
Zovernor
Barbars
Yroma
Ardmere
Ari
Ardsley
Collins
Frank Collins
Ardmore Pursues Dangerfield Heiress Amidels North Carolina Intrigue
Ardmore ally to Miss Dangerfield and the missing governor of North Carolina becomes entangled in a hotel encounter, a rail dash to Raleigh, and a sly exchange over a jug of buttermilk as he contemplates future moves. The scene shifts from Bronx connections to Ardsley estate ties and political mystery aboard a Tar Heel express.
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Ardmore
Henry
Ardy
Mr. Billings
Bronx Loan and Trust Company
Ardsley
Billings
North Girolina
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Orleans
Miss Dangerfield
Bill
Igs
Mr. Ardmore
Raleigh
Tar Heel
Dangerfields
Gov. Dangerfield
Sir Walter
Queen Elizabeth
Kildare
Handare
al Ardsley
Gov'nor Dangerfield
Gov'nor
Carolina
Ike
Thus Begin Each Day from Bishop Vincent Quote
A reflective note advocates a simple serene life and daily self discipline. It urges repelling discontent anxiety and self seeking while cultivating cheerfulness charity self-control and beautiful silence. It ends with a quip that pessimists never make resolutions due to fear of failure.
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Vincent
Balancing Hog Rations With Corn Improves Fattening
An Iowa Town experiment shows mixing meat meal or tankage with corn speeds gains and lowers cost per hundredweight. Barley and shorts with corn also cut costs. mixed rations outperform corn alone, and barley with corn and shorts proves economical for finishing hogs.
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Iowa
Town Agricultural Experiment Station
Humus in Soil Key to Growing Corn in Dry Years
A lesson from last summer's drought emphasizes soil humus as crucial for moisture retention. Humus increases water holding capacity, enabling corn to rely on spring rains and winter snows. Increasing humus through green manures or barnyard manure improves both drought readiness and general plant nourishment.
Paved Feed Lot Experiment at Iowa Station
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station begins a trial to compare paved and unpaved feeding lots for cattle. One group will be housed on a paved lot, the other on an unpaved lot, with identical rations. Manure from both will be collected and used on similar plots, with results expected after two to three years.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Too Neighborly Sparks Neighborly Icon Clash
The Windbys, described as overly neighborly, hosted a gathering and borrowed the hired girl from the speaker, who laments that she has not been returned. The brief exchange highlights social friction and a missing helper.
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Gleveland Plain Desler
Quack grass stamped out with cane at Iowa college
An Iowa Agricultural College Farm experiment reports cane suppressing quack grass on a four acre patch. In 1907 cane seed was sown at 100 pounds per acre with light exclusion, and by the end of the third year the entire plot was free of quack grass. A second small patch shows similar success.
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Iowa Agricultural College
Influence of Sow Age on Farrowing Yields Across Breeds
A study of swine herds from Poland, China, Duroc chi, Chester White, Berkshire, Ramworth and Yorkshire shows age-related differences in litter size. From 1903 to 1908 and two-year and aged sows in Des Moines and Ames, yearling sows averaged 7.14 pigs per litter, two-year sows 8.85, aged sows 9.27. Two-year sows outproduced yearlings by 23.9 percent, while aged sows exceeded yearlings by 29.83 percent and outpaced two-year sows by 4.74 percent.
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Poland
China
Durochersey
Chester White
Berkshire
Ramworth
Yorkshire
College
Atkinson
Des Moines
O'Donnell
Ames
Caustic as Connoisseurs at Colony Club
Miss Wilzabeth Marbury a noted New York and Paris drama agent critiques wine discourse at the Colony club. She quips that wine debates resemble prize pig talk, noting connoisseurs prize their palates while pigs would sip claret if given a choice.
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Wilzabeth Marbury
New York
Paris
Colony Club
Miss Marbury
Bourgogne
Bordeaux
Tips for the Housekeeper on Simple Time Saving Tricks
Household hints cover clothesline baskets with S hooks for sliding while hanging clothes, oil-soaked cork stoppers, small embroidery frames for mending woven underwear, using wood ashes to remove window sill stains, and omelet finishing under a gas broiler. Tips also advise stitching tucks before assembling a tucked blouse to keep them flat and straight.
Careful housekeeping tips for towels and ware
Do not use cheap dish towels as they turn dingy. linen towels stay whiter with daily washing and occasional washing soda. Rinse with cold water to keep towels bright. When prepping a casserole pot, boil the inner dish for five minutes in cold water to temper the ware and reduce cracks. Keep tiled vestibules shiny by weekly linseed oil with a dry cloth.
Marble Salad with Potato Balls and Beets
Reading a recipe: cut raw potatoes into balls, boil until firm, then chill. Boil white onions and beets, cut into balls, chill separately. Arrange on lettuce with green garnish, marinate potato balls in French dressing, coat with parsley and celery, and drizzle dressing over beets and onions without disturbing the center.
Curried Chicken in Madras Style Recipe Card
Cut up chicken and fry to light brown in butter. Fry chopped onion in butter until pale brown, add curry powder, then return chicken with coconut, cloves, and cinnamon. Add brown sauce, tomato pulp, and stock. Simmer ten minutes, season with salt and lemon juice, and serve with plain boiled rice.
Cranberry Shortcake from a historic recipe card
A compact recipe outlines cranberry shortcake steps. It lists ingredients like flour salt soda cream tartar butter and sweet milk to form a smooth dough baked for twenty minutes. After baking, the cake is torn apart and layered with stewed cranberries and whipped cream flavored with vanilla.
Individual Apple Custard Cups from Harper's Bazar
Recipe instructions describe pare and quarter six large apples, core and simmer with water until softened. Add sugar with lemon juice and rind, fold in egg yolks, mix with apples, and bake in custard cups. Serve with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry garnish.
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Harper's Bazar
Delicious Muffins From Simple Kitchen Pantry
A vintage recipe fragment lists ingredients for muffins serving one dozen: one egg beaten well, one cup sweet mill, three level tablespoons sugar, two and one half cups flour, two teaspoons cream of tartar, one teaspoon soda, pinch of salt, two tablespoons melted butter.
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