Who Is More Gullible The City Man Or The Country
An observed experiment compares gullibility in city and country residents. A Maine college student working as a Brooklyn streetcar conductor received a counterfeit money offer from a friend, was arrested after secret service involvement, and pleaded guilty to avoid harsher punishment. The judge suspended sentence but warned caution on sociological experiments.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
New York
Brooklyn
Maine
Brown University
Mexico
Secret Service
Holt
Peculiar Steed Dinner Anecdote From Twain
A late dinner conversation sparked a claim that the colored race has longer memories than white folk. Mark Twain recalled a dialogue with an old colored man who swore he steered the boat during Washington's Delaware crossing and helped drive the cherry tree back, illustrating memory across generations.
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Mark Twain
Couth
George Washington
Gen. Washington
Delaware
Massa
George
Cherry Tree
N. Y. Herald
Endearing Demand Breaks Speculator’s Struggle
A desolate speculator faces financial ruin until his daughter threatens elopement with the coachman unless he buys her a diamond bracelet. He replies with comic relief, promising instead the coachman and admitting he owes eight months’ wages, ending with a sentimental twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hive
Smith’s
Doctor's medicine and grocer's food spark observer's confidence
An Ossian Indiana grocer relays a six year illness story. After severe stomach and bowel trouble with extreme weight loss he switched to Grape-Nuts and cream for nourishment. Over three months he improved enough to leave bed and now works fifteen hours daily, never missing breakfast of Grape-Nuts and cream.
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Ossian
Ind
L. C. Glover
Milwaukee
Wis
Business Woman's Association
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean
Poreman
Mna
L. C. Grover
Grove St
Indiana
Thanksgiving in a Window Two Voices at Dusk
In a high mansard room on a cold Thanksgiving night a woman argues with a man about gratitude and history. She muses on Pilgrims and Puritans while he flirts with a candid nod to politics and faith, hinting that she will finally answer yes to his tease about a future together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Llewellyn
Acoocor
Thanksgiving Spirit Promotes Sharing and World Kinship
A long meditation on the saying it is more blessed to give than to receive. It urges opening hearts beyond family ties, embracing the world, and sharing happiness even with strangers during Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
John
Poste
Adent
Cattle Profits for Southern Farmers Highlighted
L. L. Dorsey argues in Southern Cultivator that South Carolina farmers can boost profits by raising cattle alongside crops. Feeding cotton seed meal and hulls to cattle, plus some corn fodder, could yield gains of two pounds per day per animal and profit from selling at higher prices, with state veterinarians inoculating cattle. He cites shipments of Red Polls and Shorthorns to the South Carolina state fair, noting ready demand and near-local delivery possibilities.
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Cattos
Deslera
South
Kentucky
North
Durham
South Carolina
L. L. Dorsey
Kill the Grass and Grow Better Pastures
Long excerpt urges farmers to kill invasive grasses while preserving valuable perennials. Highlights include Bermuda for summer, as well as orchard, red top, rye, timothy, bluegrass, clover, and alfalfa for year round grazing. Recommends mixed perennial grasses, proper sowing, inoculated soil, and views on alfalfa as top stock fodder with protein content. Discusses apple orchards and regional trends, then farm methods from Aldrich system favoring two rows of corn then cotton, and a plan for a Farmer’s Cotton Selling Union to stabilize prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Green
Bermuda
Dixie Farmer
Quips on farming and poultry from old notes
A column notes practical tips and oddities: ess kept fresh in silicate solution may resemble a fresh egg, mutton sold from weeds, goats as brush cleaners and sheep as weed control, feathering timing in chicks, bedding needs for horses, calf feeding sequence, and cautious adoption of new grain and fruit varieties with examples like Ben Davis, Keifler, and Biberta.
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Kansas
Ben Davis
Bat Hey
Odd crowd questions sought help for aches and insomnia
A disjointed downtown scene shows a speaker addressing a crowd about earaches head pains insomnia and war fatigue. The chorus of hesitant voices yields no clear answers while an appeal for concealment of intoxicants passes among attendees.
Right on Her Dignity in a Gossiping Controversy
Various clipped fragments recount social machinations and comments on wealth, lineage, and propriety. A judge quotes about inherited money while a matron defends honest gain. Other items note medical cures and consumer quips, including Dodd’s Kidney Pills and Beebe sayings.
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Salisbury
G. W. Fooks
Joey
Bright
Poster-Stilburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Miles Standish
Priscilla
Plymouth
William Penn
Cotton Mather
Frivalcous
Red Brick
Chicago Journal
Meraléie
Bam
United States
Mrs. Todds
Mr. Todds
Minna Irving
Lippincote’ 'S
Washington Star
Turkey
Baltimore American
Miss Chicken
Detroit
Uewulta
Plannen
Capecllly
Missouri
Nebraska
Arkanaua
George T. Powell
New York Horticultural Society
Bailey
Tom
W. P Ponder
Cane
Stent
Indalpee
Chan Ind
Hetreas
Judge
Papa
Cincinnati Enquirer
Proot
Konicker
Ma Bocker
Sun
Mineral
Idaho
Colson
Poe
Eadh
Dodd
Philadelphia Record
N. W. Ssamuel
Ocean Grove
N.J
N. Y
Lizzie Hiskxe
Salem
Ape En
Jynn
Mass
Lydia
Phskies
Ouncrae Ned
Mining
Mi Commission CO
Olive ‘St
St. Louis
Castoria
Ian
Aleeg
McGee
BSAA
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Han Ley
Ian Ean
Somers
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Chicago
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Mustang
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