Cuba Needs a Spanking More Than Any of Them
The article mentions a rough remark about Cuba and a note on a "Jack-the-Hugger" captured in Bloomington Illinois as a weak mate. It also references the Employing Commercial and Job Printers' Association meeting at the Business Men's Club in Waco on March 11 and 12. Additional items discuss warm Texas winters, Vermont moving south, and cotton receipts near 40,000 bales with new enterprises and Bryan referenced.
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Business Men's Club
Waco
Why the Best Seed Corn Pays
Texas Experiment Station Bulletin No 92 tests seed corn producing power and germination. It shows variation in yields by ear and how selecting the best ears could raise average yields by up to 85 percent, with gains possible even with modest effort and cost.
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Texas Experiment Station
Texas
Ladylike geometry and fashion terms from Nellie Parker Jones
A Chicago Record-Herald column explores witty lines about lines and shapes in fashion. It playfully defines terms like straight line and broken line through millinery, dressmaking, and club politics while noting women may equal the same thing yet differ.
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Nellie Parker Jones
Chicago Record-Herald
A Pointed Prayer Ties Faith and Fortune in One Scene
Aunt Dinah visits her mistress after illness and proclaims prayer as the path to recovery. She claims she never tempts the Lord and cites Dr John’s belief in a recovery road. She then reveals she prayed for Lila to urge her to part with a brown silk dress the aunt has outgrown.
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Dinah
Lila
John
Brooklyn Eagle
Keeping Pace with the Service
Patron demands lunch while waiter cites prior breakfast order. The exchange highlights a clash over service timing as a diner insists on a different meal than what was previously requested.
Seed selection from stalks yields better future crops
The farmer should select seed ears from the best and hardiest stalks at full ripeness. Record yields, plant seed ears from the top performers in separate rows, and repeat the selection process to produce seed for the next year.
Tips and Deference Amid Dining Riffs in St Louis
A Globe-Democrat excerpt notes patrons vying for service with tips as high as two dollars, urging cooks to prepare meals to their own standards. The piece juxtaposes a parvenu and a scribe, each tipping to influence the kitchen, while claiming a collective resolve not to be outshone or overshadowed.
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St. Louis Parvenu
Louis Globe-Democrat
North Berwick Names Debated Over Golf Start Time
A stranger in North Berwick asks about playing golf and provides the name De Neufeldt. The official dismisses the unusual name and declares the group will begin at ten fifteen the next morning under the name Fairgusson.
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North Berwick
de Neufeldt
Fairgusson
Blackwood
Dialogue on golf language and job search humor
Miss Weston asks Mr. Jones about golf. He admits little play but has walked the links in golf clothes and is learning the language. A Bacon quote on beauty follows, then a note from the Atlanta Journal urging perseverance in job hunting with a weekend twist.
From Force to Dowry How Marriage Customs Evolved
A historical overview tracks early Anglo-Saxon bride capture under old laws, the shift to bride price and dowry, and how civilizational progress redirected payments from the father to the bride or husband. The piece notes foster liens, pledged troth, and evolving ownership concepts in marriage.
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Augustine
Ethelbert
Indians got rich on Manhattan bargain myth
A 1626 purchase of Manhattan Island for 24 by Governor Peter Minuit would be worth about 12 billion dollars today if invested at compound interest. The claim underscores the famed absurdity of the original deal and its lasting legend.
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Manhattan Island
Peter Minuit
Foster's Weather Bulletin Forecasts March Disturbances
Washington reports from February 23 predict a cross-continent disturbance March 2 to 6 with warm and cool waves. Major temperatures, rainfall deficits in Western Texas to Middle Atlantic, and severe March events expected around the 1st, 7th, 15th, and 29th. Mount Weather spending and Weather Bureau allotment scrutinized by Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Great Central Valleys
Eastern States
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Town
Potomac
Nashville
Troy
Pittsburg
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Cairo
Memphis
Redding
Califorther
House Committee On
Agric
Moore
Weather Bureau
Mount Weather
Virginia Mountains
Smithsonian Weather
Nia
Searchlight
Foster
Crown and Bridge Work Office Above Store
A dental office specializing in crown and bridge work operates upstairs over Burt Norwood's store. The listing notes the location and services offered by the upstairs practice.
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Crown and Bridge Work
Burt Norwood
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H. E. Peverley
Cuba
Jack-the- Hugger
Bloomington, Ill
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Bacon
Atlanta Journal
Mexico- ST. Louis
Mexico
Atest Creations
Bath
Pullman
D. J. Price
G. P
T. A. Geo
D. Hunter
A. GP
T. A I
Palestine
Weather Bulletin
W. T. Foster
Pride OF Kentucky
RED
Brazos Valley
C. E. Dubose
W. C. Fountain
A. L. Mondrick
James’ Drug Store
the Family Safety Oil
C. E. Bullock & Co
Will S. Higgs
B. Kaczer & Co
Ed Hall
D. Mike Jr
J. H. Mawhinney
Sanders Bros
Jno
M. Sebesta
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