Heard on the Street Jokes and Local Color
A collage of street anecdotes features Congressman Frank L Green and Willie at a Sunday school, Jiminy Guilder recalling a bold encounter with two strongarm robbers, and a Sarana c boarding house promoting a winter resort despite a brutal eight below thermometer reading.
Storing Onions for Better Market in Northwest Farmstead
Farmers are advised to store onions to fetch a higher market. Dry, well screened onions keep best. ventilation and frost-proof storage are essential. Use bushel crates, stacked in blocks. avoid damp conditions and freezing. Northwest Farmstead notes profitable practice in recent years.
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American Northwest
Northwest Farmstead
F. M. Bailey
Northwest
Onjong
Episcopal Guild meeting set next Thursday afternoon
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. W. Collins. All members are requested to be present.
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Episcopal Guild
The
Collins
Lover's Unique Devotion
A cobbler apprenticed to a stonecutter to honor a departed love. After fourteen months he carved a rose on a marble slab and inscribed Such was She. Erected over her grave, he returned to shoe repairs, continuing his former trade.
What the Eyebrows Tell Us
There is more character in the eye brows than one would suppose. Very arched brows indicate a weak changeable nature. Brows that meet signify bad temper and jealousy. Wide space between them suggests the owner is unselfish and good tempered. Darker brows imply a passionate but inconsistent lover, lighter brows reveal a weak disposition.
Town Crier Hae Fertile Mind Novel Beach Announcement
Folkestone town crier solved a quarrel with the lord by buying a boat and megaphone. He now proclaims announcements from wave crests to beachgoers, continuing his beloved trade despite the ban on shouting on the shore.
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Folkestone
England
Sharpening Aids for Razors and Instruments Highlighted
A magazine notes that cuttlefish paper offers ideal rapid honing for razors and surgical tools. The paper, used by dentists to polish gold fillings, contains an extremely fine abrasive.
Humility Fires Quote by Alexander McLaren
The quote urges silent work to check corruption through pure example before preaching. It emphasizes humility as groundwork for drawing people to Christ and resisting the impulse to be a worldly light without first being salt.
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Christ
Alexander McLaren
Cheerful Men Succeed in Life Advice
A fragment quotes Charles Kingsley on success, praising cheerful, hopeful men who face life’s changes with a smile and steady effort, noting resilience in both rough and smooth times.
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Charles Kingsley
Fragmentary prayer for intellect and love in marvels
A fragment expresses a wish that the new conters med iate upon marvels and strive to ascend to them through intelligence and love. The text reads as a poetic hope emphasizing knowledge, aspiration, and benevolent intent.
Sparrow hawks defend Vanderbilt tower attack workers
Laborers painting College Hall on the Vanderbilt campus were attacked on a scaffold by two sparrow hawks. One hawk landed on a gargoyle and pecked at a worker while its mate joined the assault. A brush stroke frightened them off as the men fought back. The birds, guarding their home out of season, rarely attack humans.
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College Hall
Vanderbilt
Nashville Democrat
Why He Continued to Call See Here
A Chicago Record Herald excerpt depicts a fraught private office encounter. The powerful figure reiterates his busy schedule and refuses to address the caller outside regular order while a witty remark about a nearby entertaining assistant surfaces.
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Chicago Record Herald
Skunk Bear and the Wolver ine Vote Satire
Dr. Charles Stuart Moody, famed outdoor writer, recently back from the Rockies, mocks a proposed voting contest to name the most worthless creature. He ridicules a cross between a weasel and a bear, likening it to a North woods misfit and to wasteful vote buying.
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Charles Stuart Moody
Rockies
Reynard
North Woods
Editor’s power vs proprietor under French law
A wealthy Rus sian admirer set up L Homme Libre with Louis Blanc as editor. Blanc declined articles from the financier, who then sued to force insertion. The court ruled editors may decline proprietor provided. The owner could dismiss the editor as retaliation.
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Louis Blanc
L'Homme Libre
Blanc
Rusalan
Costa
Marking Arrival of Age Says Billy Fortune
Billy Fortune reflects on aging and the moment a man recognizes he is old. He doubts counting years or whiskers reveal true age and foresees a final fall that cannot be escaped, signaling the end of being young.
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Billy Fortune
Girl's Definition of Good Taste in Boston Visit
A writer recalls traveling with his 18 year old niece Beth to Boston for culture. After an art gallery visit Beth quips that she cannot judge critics but wishes for a critic to tell her which things nice people can still like. The remark humorously exposes appetite for accessible guidance in taste.
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Woman's Home Companion & Writer
Beth
Boston
Canary Bananas Reveal Hidden Toy Nest In Stalk
Miss McHame of Giranraer Scotland discovered a toy nest built between a bunch of canary bananas half way down the stalk. The nest held two small white eggs and was fashioned from dried grass with a soft yellow lining.
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Miss McHame
Fruitierer
Giranraer
Wigtown
Scotland
Reward for information on cattle killing and arson
The Shell Creek Cattlemens' Association offers a $1 000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone guilty of killing stock or altering or defacing brands on association members' cattle or driving them off their range. Signed by President P M Gallaher and Secretary A Filtner.
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Shell Creek Cattlemens' Association
Shell Creek Cattlemen's Assn
P. M. Gallaher
A. Filtner
For Sale 1 0 acres near Big Horn river in Basin Wyoming
Land sale offering 10 acres cultivable with 50 acres alfalfa and 40 acres plowed timberland near the Big Horn river 214 miles south of Manderson. Water rights and a 150 acre water cartfe landmark. Price 4600 dollars with purchaser to assume a 1000 dollar mortgage. Four Jersey and four Holstein cows three yearling heifers and five calves included. Log house and stable, fenced. Inquiries to W. S. Collins Basin Wyoming. Notice. On and after July 7 market operates on leash basis. City Meat Market. Cows for sale dairy cows and Holstein bull Dan Rogers Basin. Meat delivery starts July 7 two daily deliveries at 9 pm and 4 pm. For sale one team of mares gentle and broke. Inquiries C C Robertson 31-1 Republican for job printing.
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Big Horn River
Manderson
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Ried
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Saranac
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
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