Stay on the Farm Rise of the Modern Farmerette
A Philadelphia convention of educators from the United States and England studied rural life. The article argues the slogan Back to Farm should become Stay on the Farm as women increasingly work on farms using modern methods. It highlights housewives, farm wives, and daughters embracing dairy, poultry, and field tasks and notes better schools and equipment modernize rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
England
City
Inia Silk Mill
Pennsylvania
Rome
Conetace
Sre Berbank
Shultz Syndicate Press
Realism and Innocence Blur in Garden Eve Play
A family scene unfolds as children play Adam and Eve in a veranda garden. The mother discovers two clothesless youths amid palms and ferns while the youngest child enters wearing a silk hat and cane claiming to be the Lord God Almighty. The moment mixes domestic life with biblical imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rden
Raatey
Bod
Dodds Kidney Pills Help Kansas Judge Sees Recovery
Gray County Probate Judge Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas reports five years of heart and dizziness issues resolved after using Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year. He cites renewed palpitations and says he now weighs 200 pounds, exercises, and serves a third term. Adv notice offers pills at 50 cents per box and free household hints and recipes.
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Dodds
Dodds Kidney
Gray Co
Philip Miller
Cimarron
Kan
Adv
Justice With a Vengeance Speech Recounts Mob Verdict
A broker cites J Pierpont Morgan and a money trust probe as factors in a western horse theft trial. He describes a staged jury session, mob pressure, and a crowd demanding a guilty verdict before the foreman declares guilt, followed by lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Money Trust
Sajid
West
Conquest of Disease and the Medical Struggle
A short essay extols modern medicine's triumphs in infectious disease control and serums, praising Pasteur Flexner and Carrel while contrasting with ancient and medieval healers. It warns against judging worth by wealth and mocks speculative insurers and moralizing quips about wit and wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baeill
Alexander
Cyrus
Pasteur
Flexner
Charlemagne
Abridged Bible and the Pull of Short Texts
The Gallipolis Tribune suggests an abridged Bible focusing on allies of the great book and omitting vast material. It argues that in this era readers desire truth boiled to the shortest space and that crucial crucifixion narratives could fit in one fifth of the full pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis Tribune
Alfred Noyes Praises Perseverance At Philadelphia Luncheon
English writer Alfred Noyes told a Philadelphia audience that his success came from perseverance and modesty. He recalled ripping up poems ten times before submission and ten submissions before finally feeling satisfied.
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Uphill Road
Philadelphia
Alfred Noyes
Still a Chance. Rejected Yet Hope Lingers in Washington Herald
A fragment from the Washington Herald captures a dialogue on romantic rejection with the phrase final and a cautious note on possibilities. The exchange preserves a dated, conversational tone characteristic of the period.
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Washington: Herald
Strengthening Glassware by Salt Water Boiling
A historical note advises boiling a glass piece in a weak salt water solution and letting it cool slowly to reduce brittleness, a method claimed to harden the glass by gradual cooling.
It's enough to discourage temper ance advocates when money gets tight
The fragment notes that financial strain can dampen temperance advocacy, implying economic pressure reduces efforts to promote abstinence. It highlights a link between budget constraints and public activism in temperance circles.
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Modern Historic Records Association
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New York Public Library
Field
Mrs. Winslow
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Rolling Stone
Mass Trust
Hostetter
Carters. “Tittle Ver Pills
Allen
Daisy Fly Killer
Parker
Mere Ee
Lewis Binder
Nature
Dr. Pierce
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