The Harland Family Move Into an Odd New Home
Hugh Lawrence encounters a neighboring family the Harlands moving into a tentlike house near Mrs. Laura Queen Anne cottage. He pursues Ethel Harland but faces her aloofness, while his sister Sibyl plans a birthday feast that leads to a playful, romantic tableau signifying deeper attraction.
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Harlands
Laura
Mortimer Lawrence
Hugh
Hugh Lawrence
Ethel
Sibyl
Lawrence
Powers In Command
Harland
Mr. Lawrence
Will
Jover
Brother
Sis
Building a Practical Farm Machine Shed
The article advises locating a machine shed close to unhitching points, on level ground, with at least 16 feet width to accommodate wagons and spreaders. Use cedar posts eight to ten feet apart, set in grout with rock in each footing, and cover the front with sliding doors for easy access while keeping poultry out.
Chicks Improve Grassland Yields on Fowl Range
A noted poultryman reports a field once barren now yields heavy grass after three seasons of chick-raising. He claims grazing fowls during late summer and fall makes grass land far more productive, improving soil and forage growth.
Watering the Horse Rules for Hydration
The piece advises horses should be given small amounts of water from the same source at a consistent temperature. It warns against mixing hot and cold water and stresses letting the animal determine when water is needed for safe hydration.
Danger from Common Horsetail Weed in Pastures
A Vermont experiment shows horses fed hay with increasing horsetail weed content suffer muscle control loss, weight loss, hair looseness, and tender sides. After five weeks most hay contained the weed and feeding continued about two months. none died but the animals remained seriously affected. Horsetail is common in run out fields and pastures where reseeding is advised.
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Vermont
Snipe Prank Wows George Washington University Students
A group of George Washington University students employed by the Geological Survey near Browning Montana played a prank on a junior by staging a snipe hunt. They lured him far from camp, hid the bait, and hid back at camp while he wandered the prairie and rail yard alone until four in the morning. He finally reached the rail depot and found the pranksters safely asleep, earning him the nickname snipe.
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George’ Washington University
Geological Survey
Browning
Mont
Hoar Objects To Cenotaphs In Congressional Cemetery
In a debate over a bill to limit monuments in the Congressional cemetery Senator Hoar opposed the cenotaph form. He argued any law forcing such grave markers for all deceased congressmen is in poor taste and ugly. His amendment to strike the cenotaph provision was adopted. Since then monuments for officials have been rare.
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Senator Hoar
House
Congressional Cemetery
Hoar
Congress
Medical Association Aims to Dominate Legislation
The American Medical Association seeks broader political power through a Committee on Legislation with 16 000 correspondents to push Congress candidates. It reports 65 000 members, assets around 291 668 and aims to restrain competition and patent medicines by deterrent laws, affecting care across states.
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American Medical Association
Congress
United States
Chicago
Book Vandals at Washington Scribble in Public Libraries
Library workers on Capitol Hill report book scribbling as a growing nuisance in the Library of Congress and public reading rooms. An experienced librarian says scribblers are egotists who deface margins with marks and underscoring while often denying the act.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Uncle Sam
Capitol Hill
Public Library
Elihu Root and the Shoes Mix Up in Washington
A humorous incident finds Elihu Root and Thomas L. James each staying at the same Washington hotel. Both retired with shoes outside their doors and the porter swapped them by mistake. The next morning the error is discovered and explained, ending with Root quipping he has no ambition to outstep Mr James.
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Elihu Root
Washington
Thomas L. James
James
Root
Mr. James
Mr.Root
South American railways and the Pan American project
The American Review of Reviews notes South American railroad men remain active locally, favoring east west lines over north south routes and prioritizing immediate financial returns over intercontinental schemes. They emphasize building lines that yield profits within the century rather than pursuing a Pan American railway.
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American Review of Reviews
South America
From Coffee Poisoning to Postum Health Recovery
A man recounts severe symptoms from coffee including bad dreams headaches and indigestion and credits stopping coffee and starting Postum with restoring sleep writing and overall health. He notes ten days of Postum for restful sleep and cites the slogan There’s a Reason and The Road to Wellville as authoritative.
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Postum
Wellville
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