Ingenious Hen Laying Scheme Attracts Attention
A satirical piece credits Prof. Joubert of Fontainebleu with a bizarre plan to make hens lay on command using wine and fizzy water. The narrator mocks the idea as a grand egg conspiracy, speculating on the future ubiquity of eggs and a mythical Egg Trust.
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M. Joubert
Fontainebleu
France
Mr.Hennery
Professor Joubert
Yassir
Hennery
Prof. Joubert
Joubert
Nixon
California
Plymouth Rock
Biddy
Mumm
Bleachers Cheer Upward: Baseball Outshines Politics Brightly
A Walt Mason poem from 1912 extols baseball season as a cure for political fuss. It contrasts the joys of the grand old game with the tiresome tempers of campaigns, claiming fans forget worries when the umpire shouts and a pennant victory trumps electing leaders in Washington.
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Washington
White House
Walt Mason
Hens and Rum Route Debate Sparks Temperance Satire
A humorous debate questions teaching hens temperance, asking if a chicken should be spared the risk of the Rum Route. The quip ends with a nod to the Society for the Prevention of Intemperate Hens.
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The
Society For the Prevention of
Debating New Words and Noah Webster
A reader from South Acton attacks dictionary makers and vows to coin new words. He mocks Noah Webster’s rules, ridicules the dictionary as outdated, and proclaims he will create new terms immediately despite protests.
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Newt
Noah Webster
George Raynor, JR
South Acton
Spiffle gungwit slifkins blohertypingtos
Unreadable OCR fragment mentions word play and planned word research. No identifiable people places or events present.
The Sphinx Speaks On Staying Power In The Column
The columnist notes the long tenure at the bottom of the page and reflects on resilience. The piece blends wry humor with a nod to persistent bylines and enduring public conversation.
Dressmakers Strike Threat Puts Easter Gowns at Risk
Poem by Paul West in N Y World laments dressmakers potential strike before Easter. Verses plead for consent to delay action and warn of ripple effects on households as miners laundries and others faced limits. The speaker appeals to solidarity and asks dressmakers to wait until after the holiday.
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Paul West
N. Y. World
City Hall Annex Height Debate in Boston Letter to Editor
Ralph Coolidge Henry urges defeat of a House bill to allow a City Hall annex height of 133 feet. He argues the annex risks flattening the original design, locates the front on a narrow alley, and could undermine years of height restrictions aimed at dignified architecture. Boston letter dated April 3.
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Boston
City Hall
Beacon Hill
Old Court House
City
Ralph Coolidge Henry
Bud Mars Seeks Million Dollar Fund for Aviators Kin
J C Mars known as Bud Mars aims to raise one million dollars to aid widows orphans of aviators and those injured in flight. He spent a day in Boston consulting with business men, traveled to New York, and plans to return in about a week to advance the drive.
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J. C. Mars
Bud
Boston
Bud’ Mars
Curtiss
Faneuil Market Frogs and Local Notes Parade
The Observant Citizen reports frogs legs at Faneuil Market priced a dollar a pound with a dealer noting likely sales by evening. The column also touts exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Wakefield politics, Harvard Medical School's new Huntington Ave hospital, and local tidbits on police, sailing clubs, and area business moves.
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Faneuil
Museum of Fine Arts
Huntington Avenue
Dennan W. Ross
Harvard
Peabody Museum
Overdressing by older high school pupils attacked
Washington reports the bureau of education warns against overdressing among high school students. J H Painter of Dayton Ohio notes two main harms: poorer pupils drop out due to inability to dress like peers and younger students imitate elders, compromising childhood.
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Washington
Bureau of Education
J. H H. Painter
Dayton
Ohio
Miss Charlotte's Romance Land Vermont
Henry Ransom falls for Miss Charlotte Comstock a 45 year old widow whose lifelong devotion to a dead memory makes him hope for love. She remains serene and true to the memory, while he pursues her on a seaside summer, only to face her admission that she has never married because he is the first man to ask.
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Charlotte Comstock
Miss Charlotte
Henry Ransom
Charlotte
Ransom
Churches in Greater Boston Hold Meetings and Transfers
The Woman's Home Missionary Society schedules its quarterly meeting at Grace Church Cambridge with sessions at 10 30 a m and 1 30 p m led by Miss Bertha Fowler of Detroit Michigan. The Newton Theological Seminary offers a summer course for Sunday School workers. The Rev and Mrs Stockdale were honored with a reception marking 15 years of marriage at Union Congregational Church. The Rev H S Trueman moves from First Evangelical New Bedford to Evangelical Church of Cambridge. Union meetings continue in Newton with Lincoln Park Baptist Church as venue. Somerville prepares a Good Friday service at Winter Hill Church led by Rev Sidney J Cooke from London.
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Woman's Home Missionary Society
Grace Church
Cambridge
H.S. Trueman
First Evangelical Church
New Bedford
Conference of Evangelical Churches
Lowell
Evangelical Church of
Churches of
Newton
Lincoln Park Baptist Church
A. Erving Scoville
Melrose
Congregational
Somerville
Winter Hill
Sidney JT. Cooke
London
Middlebury Dean Walter Howard Critically Ill
Walter K R Howard dean of Middlebury College is critically ill with heart trouble at his home in Middlebury Vermont.
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Middlebury, Vt
Walter KR. Howard
Middlebury College
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