Holiday Poultry Specials from Vermont Turkeys
A local ad promotes Thanksgiving supplies with fresh Vermont turkeys rivaling Rhode Island birds and RI chickens from Macy's Poultry Farm Greene RI. It guarantees quality and value with one price and one quality, urging shoppers to compare prices and save by shopping regularly.
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Vermont
Texas
R. I
Macy’s Poultry Farm
Greene, R. I
Swift's
Bristol
Heinz
Rumford’s
John Alden
Brookfield
Florida
R. J. Baldwin
Kenyon
S.S. Pierce
Newman’s
Rich
Ancestral Worry Across Generations From 1824 Almanack
Chicago dispatch notes owner Ashton G. Stevenson holds rare books once owned by ancestors to show how concerns about the rising generation persist. Almanac entries from 1824 lament a past golden age, describing a society where literature declined and women’s roles centered on music and spinning.
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Ashton G. Stevenson
Chicago Dispatch
Wit on creation and travel from Uncle Eben
A witty aside from Uncle Eben remarks on the time to run the world versus creating it. He quips that if it took as long to run as to make, Adam and Eve would not have found the Garden of Eden yet. The quip appears in the Washington Star.
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Eben
Adam
Garden of Eden
Washington Star
Northcliffe’s Lesson on Front Page News in Shop Window
The tale recalls Lord Northcliffe directing an editor to ask a fruiterer's where he places his best apples and the editor reports the apples go into the shop window. Northcliffe adds the moral that a newspaper should put its best news in the front page, its shop window.
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Lord Northcliffe
Jones
Isaacs
Convent Garden
Seeing Old Family Album Highlights Barber Payments
The article notes that men on this continent pay about 750 million dollars each year for barber services. It suggests reviewing the old family album to appreciate the enduring value of grooming habits and personal care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ontario
Spectator
Domestic Fowl Ancestry and Jungle Fowl Varieties
The piece explains that all domestic fowl descend from the red jungle fowl and notes several jungle species in India Bur nak Ceylon and Java including the gray jungle fowl and green or fork tailed jungle fowl. It compares plumage with the Vulturiine Guinea fowl and describes vocalizations and egg laying behavior.
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India
Burnak
Philippine Islands
Malay Peninsula
Java
Equipment and Tools Make Impossible Jobs Possible
A great thinker claimed earth moving is feasible with the right tools, and this belief endures. The quote from Grit emphasizes that no task is beyond reach when proper equipment is available.
Great Bankers Evolved From Merchant Prices
The piece traces American banking roots to merchant origins in New England. It highlights Yankee traders from colonial days, Boston as a securities hub during the Civil War, and figures such as George Peabody, Junius S. Morgan, and John Pierpont Morgan, noting the lineage from merchant princes like the Lowells and Cabots.
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England
Barings
United States
New England
Seven Seas
George Peabody
Boston
Junius S. Morgan
John Vierpont Morgan
Lowells
Lawrences
Cabots
Appletons
Lees
Higginsons
World Slow to Adopt Idea of Christian Era
The article traces how ancient peoples used their own eras based on key events and explains how Christian era dating emerged. It notes Dionysius Exiguus introducing the system in 533 AD, dating Christ's birth to 754 Roman years, and how France and England adopted it slowly in the 8th century under Charlemagne.
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Rome
Nabonassar
Roman Empire
Christ
Dionysius Exiguus
Italy
France
England
Charlemagne
Keeping Air Fresh in the Home
Practical tips to maintain clean indoor air include damp sweeping to trap dust and preserving adequate humidity in each room. Fine meshed cotton ventilators serve as window screens to admit air while keeping out soot and dirt particles.
Eugenie the Empress and modern trends in cigarette use
The article recalls Eugenie’s rise as a social icon in Paris and her lasting influence on fashion and women’s roles. It then links her legacy to modern smoking attitudes, noting the removal of irritants, cigarette innovations like the toasting process, and notched-tab packaging that ease opening and use.
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Marie- Eugenie-Ignace-Augustine de Montijo
Napoleon III
William Kirkpatrick
Malaga
Spain
France
Eugenie
Tuileries Palace
Paris
Apples and Aunty Elmer Blane tale and high flying birds
A humorous note recalls Elmer Blane of San Bernardino exonerating himself from plagiarism in a tale about two apples. It also reports on altitudinous birds with geese and lammergeiers seen around 20 000 to 25 000 feet, far above typical migratory flights.
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Elmer Blane
San Bernardino
Elmer
T. H. Harrison
Pembroke College
Canbridge
Nature
British Journal of Science
Mt. Everett
Harrison
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Strictly Fresh
Turkeys
Libby
Sunkist
Northcliffe
Westinghouse
Balance Monthly
Jesse M. Tavares
Market ST
Warren
THE
Narragansett Electric Company Electric Shop
Main ST
Narragansett Electric Company
Hope ST
Empress Hugenie
Winterhalter
E. A. Skinner
Newman Bros
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