Rhode Island Reds in Florida Profit Story by Mary Finny Urmston
Mary Finny Urmston recounts her four year Florida poultry venture using Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks. She details foraging, minimal meat in feed, one daily meal, and economic results averaging high per head with hotels and private families as buyers. She describes housing, vermin control, and a Berkshire pig guarding the yard.
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Alea
Rhode Island
Florida
Rhode Islanders
Massachusetts
Massachutts
Flirfriend
Orange
Senator Boies Penrose recalls bears at Porter's Lake tale
At a Philadelphia club dinner Senator Boies Penrose criticized a movement as promising incredible things. The story shifts to Pike county where Jack T recalls a wild tale of bears and cows. A late night milked Sukey the cow and woke to find a bear in the morning.
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Boies Penrose
Philadelphia
Jack T
Ters
Pike County
Jack
Porter’s Lake
Antiquated thought mocks modern newspaper columns
A satirical note contrasts an old line about wanting little with a practical take that classified pages prove many wants. The quip about the doughnut suggests even the hole agrees with the stomach, reflecting light humor on daily papers.
New square Dutch collar returns as spring fashion
Pretty Neckwear notes a revived Dutch collar trend this spring. Linen collars are embroidered with Irish lace edging and wide outer lace, featuring carbon transfer designs for eyelet French embroidery or satin stitch. Kensington outline stems and rolled lace finishing the edge complete the stylish neckpiece.
Poverty Stricken Family Cared For By Charity Worker
A charity worker visited a family in severe poverty today. The family reportedly kept ten dogs to cope with hardship, highlighting extreme deprivation and the strain on daily life.
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Jack
He Couldn't Understand Willie Say Pop Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue scene centers on Willie and Papa debating unity after a wedding, with the preacher's remark that two become one guiding the exchange. The excerpt hints at family dynamics and marital symbolism in a domestic moment.
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Willie
Pop
Papa
Sis
In Doubt Miss Old Girl Fred Calls Each Evening
Hazel jokes that a suitor’s daily calls might show care or merely reflect hardship at his home. The exchange weighs whether persistent contact signals affection or practical need.
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Fred
Hazel
Small flowers on hats highlight garden and field in millinery
An observing woman notes that large hats feature diminutive blooms this season. Lilies of the valley lead the trend with white emphasis on flat hats and crowns, while wheat, grasses, tiny roses and forget me knots add height and delicate detail to various hat shapes.
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Hugente
Pretty waist model with silk voile and lace yoke
A new silk voile waist model features gathered top and bottom, bands of silk trim, a wide ribbon creating a corselet effect, elbow sleeves gathered crosswise and untrimmed, and a lace yoke.
Editor In Panama Back Room Letter Hint
A witty exchange notes the editor is in the back room writing a letter from Panama. The brief reflects a humorous newsroom quip about location and ongoing work.
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Panama
Silk Fishnet Enhances Evening Wardrobe Accessories
For shopping tours, silk fishnet offers decoration over contrast. Coataé mesh provides limited coverage but high style, suitable for turbans, large bows, and transparent scarves over elegant evening outfits. Gray or twine shades pair with many ensembles, boosting a woman’s wardrobe.
Face Lotion Formula with Benzoin and Almond Meal
A warm weather facial lotion combines almond meal three drams with soft soap one dram and rose water eight ounces. Strain and add tincture of benzoin four drams. For extra cooling in heat, add balsam of storax one dram dissolved in rectified epirita one ounce.
Shining Nose: Home Tip to Reduce Nose Shine
A summer problem for women with shiny noses is addressed with a simple home remedy. Instead of powder or alcohol, bathe the nose in hot water mixed with a teaspoon of borax per pint, then wipe with soft flannel to keep shine down without rubbing hard or causing redness.
Three Popular Colors Shape the Season Palette
The season shows brilliancy and many tones with experimentation. Mignonette green, same pink, and iris blue are the colors selling well across fabrics, defining the current trend.
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Tte
Race Track Difficulty Reported in Local Meeting
A confused discussion on a race track problem surfaced with Mrs Dopely challenging a doctor about keeping the system up. The exchange hints at ongoing maintenance concerns and the strain on the track facility and health officials to resolve the issue.
Atlantic area professional cards era illustrated ad list
A dense block of 19th or early 20th century professional cards and notices. It lists attorneys at law with specialties in abstracts titles real estate probate and guardianship matters, a successor law firm, physicians and surgeons including a physician Max Emmert and homeopathic doctor C G Clark, and an osteopathic physician R A Gamble. Addresses appear at Fourth and Chestnut Streets and East Fifth Street in Atlantic Iowa.
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4Th and
Chestnut Streets
Atlantic
Iowa
John H., Wood
BEN U. Wood Co
W. Savery
Sixth and
Chestnut Sta. Atlantic
Local Medical and Dental Practitioners Directory Entry
Dr Chas D Finley osteopath with Chestnut Street office lists 286 as office phone and 2859 residence Dr C L Campbell location in Gillespie Building with Musson phone numbers EYE EAR NOSE AND THROAT specialty noted Dr W C Heers dentist located over Smiley's Music Store telephone 415 Green Atlantic Iowa and G R Miller Suite 2 Gillespie Building Musion office 534 listed
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C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
Musson
W. C. Heers
Smiley
Green
Atlantic
G. R. Miller
Iowa
J A Giffen Buchaseur with Thurman Furniture Company
J A Giffen, Buchaseur associated with C Thurman Furniture Co. announces furniture and undertaking services in Atlantic Louisiana. Day contact Musson 169, night Musson 48 605 Chestnut Bt. Local obit and embalming services offered by W M Bailey, licensed.
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J. A. Giffen
C. Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Ombalmer
Musson
Bell Tod
Chestnut Bt
Atlantic
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Orida Vo
Mary Finny Urmston
Paup
Office OF Country Weekly
Chas. A. Grubb
C. B. Clovis
Estate Matters
Budingse
Melcher
T. B. Swan
J. B. Rockafellow
Liowa
Wood & Savery
D. O. Herbert
East Fifth Street
Max Emmert
Bell
C. G. Clark
Hospital State University of Iowa
R. A. Gamble
Opera House
Chas. D. Finley
Chestnut Street
A. S. Mullins
Butler
M. H. Butler
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