Fannie’s Stage Dream Derailed by Meeting Tom At Last
A young woman secretly pursues a theatre career in a cheap stock show. She hides her effort from family and lovers, endures a squalid backstage life, and finally confronts Tom in the audience. Their clash leads to a mutual vow of secrecy and abandoning her acting ambitions.
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Fannie
Papa
Mamma
Ned
Tom
Ife
Ethel
Jen
Freddie Holmes
Freddie
Mag
Ronnie
Thoughts on Kafir beer and staying on the narrow path
A letter signed J G Mohafi criticizes mixed spirits and urges drinking proper beer to avoid drunkenness and prison. He appeals as an education native and teacher, recounting past writings in the Post and stressing pure unmixed beer and clean yards.
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Kafir Moralifat
J. G. Mohafi
Bloemfontein
Character Told by the Thumb How Scotland Yard Detectives Read People
A Scotland Yard detective explains thumb language as a test of character. He says a thumb pressed to the forefinger signals deception while an extended thumb indicates sympathy and good intentions. He notes handshakes and women's thumbs reveal trustworthiness and honesty.
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Scotland Yard
Glad Season Surely At Hand
A Cassell's Saturday Journal excerpt notes spring arriving with signs in daily life. The Old Codger laments ailments and jokes from last year reappearing as grasses bud and trees leaf. The piece blends humor with seasonal observations of chores, poems, and neighborhood bustle.
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Hiss Willin
Cassell
Saturday Journal
Cabman Not Satisfied
The American industrialist D. M. Osborne visited London with an English companion. After a short ride in a hansom driven by an Irishman, Osborne offered a sovereign and the driver kept it showing fondness for the coin. The cabman declined protest and asked for a shilling, concluding that one cannot satisfy a London cabman.
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D. M. Osborne
London
Mr. Osborne
Osborne
New York Tribune
Just the Same Old Friends Remember Youth
Two elderly former sweethearts meet and reminisce about their younger days. They recall their first meeting and quarrels, the last kiss, and their enduring affection, with light humor as they acknowledge not having loved anyone since.
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Jennie
John
Coronation Costumes Feature Gem Studded Lace
Lace trimmed with gems will be widely worn at the coronation ceremony. Amethysts garnets sapphires emeralds and diamonds will be used costing from four to two hundred dollars. The lace need not be heavily studded to be costly. Roses and lilies of the valley will be popular coronation flowers.
Wine as foe to buyers and boon to sellers
A compact reflection notes wine often harms buyers while benefiting sellers. It contrasts consumer risk with merchant profit, suggesting price, quality, and choice influence outcomes for both sides in markets and households.
Apple and fruit prospects in Missouri report
Missouri State Horticultural Society secretary L A Goodman reports apple prospects at about 60 percent of a normal crop with better results for young trees. Pears are less damaged by blight and show potential for a full crop where trees survived.
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Missouri Fruit Report
L. A. Goodman
Missouri State Horticultural Society
Missouri River
Missouri
Southern Illinois Apple Bitter Rot Study Underway
The University of Illinois horticulture department prepares extensive field work in southern Illinois to combat bitter rot in apples. Three large orchards at Tonti Flora and Tamaroa will host experiments with early preventive sprays and later treatments, with headquarters at Salem.
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Southern Illinois
Department of Horticulture
The
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Illinois
Iliinois
Illinois
Tonti
Flora
Tamaroa
Ilinois
Salem
Spraying Fruit Trees In Bloom At University of Illinois
The University of Illinois College of Agriculture department of horticulture reports investigations into spraying fruit trees in bloom. Earlier tests showed blossoms hit before fertilization fail to set fruit due to pistil injury. current work seeks to measure injury to pistils and pollen and assess impacts on crop quality and quantity.
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Department of Horticulture
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Missouri Horticultural Meetings Schedule
The Missouri State Horticultural Society will hold its summer meeting at Eldon from June 10 to 12. The winter session is planned for Springfield from December 2 to 4.
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Missouri Horticultural Meetings
Missouri State Horticultural Society
Eldon
Springfield
Sugar beet pulp silage becomes valuable feed
A government publication notes that preserved sugar beet pulp in silos yields fair silage quality and is palatable to cattle even when slightly spoiled. European silos use trenches, but standard corn silage silos can preserve the material with less loss, and farmers should feed pulp to maintain soil fertility on beet crops.
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Europe
Worth of a Ducat Tied to Ope as Currency
A quirky note suggests valuing a ducat by borrowing an ope to gauge exchange. The line hints at historical or playful coinage comparison, implying an improvised valuation method rather than a formal rate.
Reclaiming Alkali Soils By Flood Irrigation Practice
A report explains how alkali soils in the West become infertile after irrigation. Excess irrigation drives alkali to the surface via capillary rise, destroying vegetation. Arizona station recommends flooding affected lands with flood waters to eight inches or more to wash alkali into the subsoil and carry away salts.
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Arizona
Campbell Method Gains Endorsement in Western Kansas
The Campbell soil culture method, once dismissed in Illinois and neighboring states, finds favorable support from Professor H. M. Cottrell of the Kansas Experiment Station. In Hill City, Graham County, Mr. Campbell shows his system on a farm once drought plagued, yielding good crops where others failed, suggesting potential expansion westward.
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Campbell
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
H. M. Cottrell
Kansas Experiment Station
Hill City
Graham County
Seasons In Porto Rico Show Year-Round Harvests
The Porto Rico Agricultural Journal notes trials by local growers who plant crops any month and still reap abundant harvests. An editor cites a corn experiment yielding twelve good crops in sixteen months and a pineapple run three months early, illustrating fruit and vegetables available year round for U.S. markets.
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Porto Rico
United States
Porto Rico Agricultural Journal
Some Nye Pasturage: Rye pasturing yields value for farmers
A Farmers' Review correspondent notes twenty acres of rye last year and a good spring crop. He saved $50 in feed by pasturing rye in fall and spring, aiding during a winter with hay at eight dollars per ton and corn at fifty five cents per bushel. Rye complements other crops and benefits farmers without silos by adding succulence to rations.
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The
Farmers’ Review
World Washing Day Customs Across Nations
description of washing practices in Korea Japan China Egypt and France notes Koreans wash in cold water in streams and pound garments Egyptian men wash while naked on Nile banks slap clothes on stones fallah women wash similarly Japanese use flat boards wear and rub with feet Chinese girls wash similarly French women pound dirt out and slap garments on stones
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Egypt
Nile
Smugglers Treasure Found Near Porto Rico
A treasure of seven million dollars hidden by Civil War era smugglers was reportedly found on a small island south of Porto Rico by Philo Reade and Abe Fogel of Herrick Illinois. Survivors of the wrecked expedition allegedly confirmed the recovery message from Porto Rico to Shelbyville citizens who invested in the Porto Rican Prospecting Company.
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Porto Rico
Philo Reade
Abe Fogel
Herrick
Illinois
United States
New Orleans
Reader
Fogle
Shelbyville
O. K
Victor Hugo and the barber's lost list tale
In Paris at Place Royale Victor Hugo once caused a barber named Brassier to lose many clients by leaving an unfinished poem on the back of a list of thirty ladies. The barber recalled the moment as Hugo’s sudden muse interrupted a shave.
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Victor Hugo
Paris
Place Royale
Brassier
M. Brassier
Monsieur
M. Victor Hugo
Hugo
How did she get there at the dancing assembly
A debuting matron enters a famous dancing assembly and calmly answers critics with a witty line. She is welcomed by many women, some already acquainted through luncheon parties, while married belles question her social ascent. The exchange occurs in refined society as described in Lippincott's Magazine.
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Mrs. Crossbeam
Lippincott’s Magazine
When the Worm Turned in a Dinner Toast
An Atchison Globe tale follows a bragging couple who boast about their many clever children during a dinner party. An old bachelor guest finally interrupts with a toast to King Herod, ending the stretch of self congratulatory stories.
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King Herod
Atchison Globe
Good Day Makes Someone Happy Sayings
A thoughtful reflection on happiness from Talmage notes how small successes brighten a day and that a day wasted is one without spreading happiness. The quote emphasizes simple joys and the value of uplifting others.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
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