Deliver Us From Evil as Surgeon Faces Vengeance
In a packed operating theater, renowned surgeon Mr. Menzies performs a delicate life saving operation on a patient who is also his former friend who betrayed him a year earlier. While the procedure holds, Menzies battles inner conflict over vengeance and is haunted by his wife and child.
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Menzies
Sturgeon
Mr. Menzies
Father
Shim
Lettesdale
Meyer
Anl
Poking Fires for a Living in London
A London trade called tire poker employs Jews to light and tend fires from Friday sunset to Saturday dusk. A typical worker handles many houses, earns small fees, and sometimes saves large sums. Police receive tips for such services, and a notable tire poker once left with over three hundred pounds.
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London
England
East End
Life Saving Suit For Shipwreck Use Described
A London Answers report details a buoyant life saving suit with watertight wool lined rubber trousers, a chest inflating bladder, and a waterproof outer shell. The outfit includes pockets for a spirit flask biscuits chocolates lamp a pistol for signaling and an air pump for buoyancy.
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London
The Secret of Success Anecdote by Bishop Dudley
The article recounts Bishop Thomas W. Dudley describing his success. When told he would move to Kentucky critics warned him about the state. He replied calmly that he would not tread on dogs, signaling his approach to life and ministry.
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Thomas W. Dudley
Kentucky
Peat Fibre Textile Use Reaches Swedish Mills
Sweden adopts peat fiber in textiles produced by a mechanical process. Peat fibers can be mixed up to 75 percent with pure wool to yield yarns resembling traditional wool, expanding material options for textile manufacturing.
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Sweden
Phrase on women's roles in army uniforms and labour
Humorous exchange contrasts Mrs Wise and Wise about women joining the army with a gag about uniforms. The dialogue then shifts to a Puck cartoon caption about a woman who works hard cleaning the house and is unappreciated as her husband notices only sewing stands where the organ once stood.
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Mrs. Wise
Wise
Puck
Controlling Horses and Salting Cattle in Farm Practices
A historical note outlines a new horse control device using twin straps attached to a vehicle and bit, enabling the driver to pull the horse's head down with greater leverage. It also describes salt provisioning for cattle, horses, and sheep with rock salt boxes and roofed stations to prevent waste and ensure consistent intake.
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Joseph H. Yoder
National Stockman
Giving Medicine to a Pig on the Farm Humility and Honesty
The piece describes a method to force pig medicine by tying the pig and using an old shoe as a funnel to deliver liquid medicine. It asserts pigs swallow quietly when distracted and the rope keeps them still. It then discusses farmer honesty noting most are honest, though some seek wealth and may be self deceptive.
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Barnum
Robert C. Morris
Olney
Til
Chinch Bug Fight Urged Through Clean Up Efforts
The Iowa Homestead explains chinch bugs thrive in cultivated soil with little natural enemies. It urges early spring cleanup burning of rubbish, stubble, and fence rows to destroy hibernating insects and prevent infestations. It also notes weighing milk costs and compares farming records to Carnegie’s $40,000 cost system.
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Iowa
W. Marble
Carnegie
Henry
Dairy Figures Show Nation's Milking Industry Scale
The United States has about 16,000,000 milk cows on 4,750,000 farms plus 1,000,000 more in towns and small farms. Milk and cream consumption totals 1,750,000 gallons annually, with 1,500,000,000 pounds of butter and 300,000,000 pounds of cheese produced. About 11,000 creameries and cheese factories exist. three quarters of butter is farm produced.
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United States
Cook Stove Evaporator for Small Fruit Ventures
An illustration from the Orange Judd Farmer shows a cheap evaporator within reach for fruit business use. The design uses frames sized about 8x4 feet, with frames built from 2 or 3 inch board strips and screen wire netting. Leg supports are made from strap iron, bent to create a 12 to 18 inch gap, with nails and thread spools to join multiple frames for scalable height.
Hints On Carpets And Household Tricks
Breezy day carpet beating avoids dust transfer and moths. Change carpet positions every few years to reduce wear. avoid turning under edges. Fly prevention notes hay oil use in dairies. stuffed eggs and white mountain cake recipes follow in this household column.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Switzerland
Paris
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