Oakfield and Brayton News from Atlantic Week
Oakfield Brayton weekly notes report visitors and residents including Grace Clark student at Audubon and Dick Powers jobbing near Elk Horn. Many local births, visits, shipments, school terms, and church events are listed with multiple residents attending summer schooling and local markets mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Hardwick
Grace Clark
Audubon
P. Halleck
Extra
W. E. Edmondson
Wendell Smith
John Christensen
Dick Powers
Elk Horn
J. W. Gray
Casey
Wanted Industrious people to travel for house establishment
Wanted several industrious people to travel for house establishment years and with large capital callopierchants and agents for successful and profitable line permanent engagement. Weekly cash salary of 318 and all traveling expenses and hotel bills advanced in cash each week. Experience essential. Mention reference and cycle net-addressed envelope THE NATIONAL, Dearborn St Sabi Chies.
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Louse Eetabliateleve
ePernanent Enwagement
National
Nature's Cartons Tree Law Revealed in Growth Claim
A study of tree growth describes a universal law: trunks do not narrow at the ends except when giving rise to a new branch. Branches and twigs maintain diameter as they extend, with overall mass forming a round log equal in size to the main trunk, illustrating a natural, unfailing principle.
A Poser Little Dorothy Perking Tells Truth Or Lies
A New York Herald item recounts Dorothy Perkins a truthful child who lies with plausible claims about a man in the park. Her mother urges forgiveness and Dorothy replies she asked God who said Dont mention it. The exchange ends with Dorothy comparing the dog’s deception to her own.
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Dorothy
Antal
Mamma
Misa Perkins
New York Herald
A Letter to Mother Reminds Seafarers of Home Duty
A Youth's Companion note cites a Nagasaki home motto “You promised mother a letter” as a powerful restraint on misbehavior. The piece, noting wanderers and those at sea alike, frames home and mother as constant anchors, urging filial duty and gratitude for nearby kin.
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Mother
Nagasaki
Seamien
Making Matters Worse in Amateur Critic Scene
In a studio scene the critic compliments a painting then mocks a poor node choice. The painter responds with a correction about the sitter being his sister, and the critic apologizes for his foolish remark.
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Cenlly
Slater
A Young Girl's Hivarr Mentioned After A Young Man's Purse
In a reader exchange a book titled A Young Girl's Hivarr is referenced following A Young Man's Purse. The note asks for information about the work and its publication.
The Fool's Way and The Broker Exchange Quips
A brief fragment notes two column items, The Fool's Way and The Broker. Yonkers Stutvaman comments on fools not all dead yet and the daily dyeing of many, implying witty satire. The lines suggest a humorous or editorial exchange in a 19th or early 20th century Yonkers publication.
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Barver
Yonkers Stutvaman
Emersons Spirit and Flaws in The Atlantic Review
George A. Wierdon critiques Emerson in The Atlantic, praising the noble spirit and majestic cadence while noting persistent truth and excess. The essay groups Emersons high courage with vivid but inconsistent prose, calling his confessional tone both revealing and overbearing.
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Emerson
Ufe
Emerson Les
Corn Breeding by Selection at Cosmopolitan Farm
The Cosmopolitan team describes a corn breeding method per fied field practice. Seed beds prepared and rows planted, barren stalks removed, mixed with clean stalks. In fall, rows are harvested to select the best yielding ears for next year, enabling personal selection of individual stalk and ear.
A High Priced Fricassee From London Tables
Lord Al yanley, famed English wit, once ordered an apple tart daily and paid $1,000 for a luncheon in a basket for a Thames voyage party. At a London club he claimed the most expensive dish and enjoyed free dining, costing $540 for a fricassee made from back meat and thirteen birds including snipes and pheasants.
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Lord Alyanley
England
Thames
London
Atvanley
A Cool Soldier Marshal MacMahon Remains Calm
Remarkable for self possession in battle Marshal MacMahon dictated a letter to his secretary when a shell struck his tent and exploded nearby. The secretary, pale with fright, fled, but the marshal urged him to continue writing, asking what the shell had to do with the letter.
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Marshal MacMahon
Ecarop
Bay Rum Production Process Described
Bay rum is made from dried Pimento leaves picked from trees and dried. The leaves are placed in a retort with water and distillation is carried out. The vapor condenses into bay oil, a very small quantity needed for each Puncheon of rum.
Soldier’s rasping voice at parade drill ends brief exchange
The commanding officer notes the subordinate’s rasping voice as he reports having roughed it with a file of soldiers all morning. The exchange shows discipline and routine in camp life.
My Precious Letter and The Treasurer Request
A fragmented passage recalls a handwritten letter begun with My Precious and ending with Send me $20 by the treasurer. The text notes a paradox about attention at the top versus reality, quoting Puck on there being few but large.
Improving on Horse Power in Venezuela’s Fleet
A wealthy Venezuelan agriculturist appointed minister of marine asks for ship specs. When told the ship’s 120 horsepower, he orders the chief of customs to remove the horses and calls for mules instead, arguing mules are cheaper to feed and better for endurance.
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Venezuela
Cossack Customs and Oddity Rules Across Week
Report highlights unusual Cossack practices and superstitions. It notes weekly dress changes banned on Mondays and meat handling on Thursdays, with peculiar egg hatching rules and bread breaking rituals. The text presents a quaint snapshot of far eastern folk customs.
Apollo and the Lyre: Mercury’s Gift to Apollo
The text recounts Mercury crafting a lyre from a tortoise shell for Apollo, praising Apollo as a skilled player. It notes the lyre’s ancient Greek use and its influence on later harp development, linking myth to musical heritage.
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Apollo
Mercury
Matrimonial Dyspepsia Quip From Philadelphia Ledger
A humorous quip about married life cites a man who married for money and now suffers. The friend asks how married life is, and the man replies that it brings dyspepsia because his wife never agrees with him.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Simile Sparks Quip About Henpeck and Wives
In Stray Stories, Wigger remarks that YT never saw anyone as timid as Henpeck, likening him to a mouse in his own house. Wagger adds that his wife is not afraid of him.
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Henpeck
Wigger
Wagger
Boarder Quips on Cotton Duck Ad in Paper
A new boarder cites a morning notice about cotton duck while the star boarder jokes about an india rubber chicken. The Philadelphia Press captures the playful exchange as they discuss curiosities in a shared boardinghouse.
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Starvem
Philadelphia Press
He Was Willin
A humorous exchange cited by the Atlanta Constitution shows a lawyer telling a colored client he can be granted a divorce but must pay alimony. The client responds eagerly, noting that land helps him when he gets her, while accepting alimony if she wants him.
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Sub
Atlanta Constitution
The Superior Being and the Slain Teacher at Corner
A brief comic panel shows a boy telling his mother that he saw their school teacher at the street corner being killed. The exchange contrasts the boy’s curiosity with the mother’s shock as they discuss the grim sight in town.
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Slaighin
The Writer's Impudence and Curious Exchange
A clipped dialogue exchange cites the Chicago Post on impudence and readers remarks about eating, a novice photographer asking about sitting for a photograph, and Harper's Bazaar noting Miss Fair child's untouched innocence. The passage blends humor, critique, and social observation in a terse newspaper style.
Fragmentary Quote Reflection on Marriage and Bankruptcy
A fragment quotes Judes noting a failed marriage was not a loss, claiming the separation saved him from bankruptcy. The line hints at financial strain and a character’s perspective on consequences of marriage in a past event. The source presents a brief, uncertain dialogue fragment without full context.
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Mater
Judes
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Nellie Buckout
Andrew Hansen
Frank Lambert
Bonnie Woodward
Etta Burwell
Disbrow
Atlantic
Chris Christensen
Drayman Chamberlain
Thomas Hardwick
Vivian Heath
St Campbell
L. V. D. Lewis
L. J. Oldaker
Maud Campbell
Tic McGovern
S.C. Nelson
Omaha
J. L. Anderson
Theo Ordway
Peter Leander
Hans Hansen
Chris Hansen
Green Bay Lumber Co
Nets
Sorensen
The
Baptist Young People’s Union Mit
Chas. Sloat
Gertie Pesraou
May Howell
Father Herbst
Catholic ‘Church
Stillside
B. F. Simpson
Ladies’ Aid Society
Jessie Franklin
Lewis
J.C. Christensen
South Dakota
Arar
LF. Mijer
Theghanker
Bankers’ Association
Wm. Nelson
Nels Mikkelsen
Wattles
Frank Jenkins
Oakield
Hallock
Maids Nelson
Elkhorn Lumber Company
Elkhorn
Baptist Church
Moses
Mae Honold
Griswold, Jr
Hockenberry
Misa Honda
Oak Hill Rifle Club
Jorgen Freer
Bendixen
Scott
New York
Ayers
Ayer
E. J. Vaxpican
iDark
Mr. Wayback
Walter
Chicago Post
Reyus Corviienrs &c
Corncaunien
Munn & Go
Washington, D
Hot Springs
North-Western Line
Deadwood
Lead
Black Hills
North-Western
P. A
Omaha, Nebr
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