The Two Lovebirds Tie Up A Quiet Wedding
Ernestine and Will Todd secretly wed after a lunch engagement turns into an announcement at the Briceland home. Ernestine’s parents and grandmother react with shock while Loring and Mama probe Will about money and status. The couple insists their union is real and vows to face scrutiny together.
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Will
Papa
Sadie Hall
Delancey
Lillian
Mamma
Loring
Will Todd
Wealthy Ernestine Briceland Chooses Artist Will Todd
Ernestine Briceland from a wealthy family renews a childhood attachment with Will Todd, a newspaper artist and son of a carpenter. They lunch and reminisce about school days as sister Lillian urges restraint while disapproval looms. The affair intensifies despite warnings.
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Ernestine Briceland
Will Todd
Ernestine
Lillian
Mrnestine
Unresolved romance tests a couple's future
Ernestine and Will navigate a shaky alliance as social pressures mount. Ernestine questions his commitment while Will debates meeting her at her parents' disapproval. They confront fear, secrecy, and whether affection can survive outside public eyes.
Elephant Leads Beasts in Intelligence Debate
The essay discusses whether elephants are the most intelligent animals, citing Hubbard Nye in Liberty Magazine who argues elephants excel at learning tasks without trainers. It notes the elephant’s patience backstage and ability to perform amid chaos, reflecting on animal cognition and human perception. The piece also references a long historical period from Saul’s anointing to Rome’s destruction and a reflection on love as a path to God by Sonnenberg.
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Hubbard Nye
Liberty Magazine
Milk production urged through proper housing and care
Dairy expert John A. Arey warns that milk yield and cow maintenance suffer when cows face bad weather. He urges well lighted, ventilated stalls with solid sides and clean water access, noting 80 to 90 pounds of water daily for a 800 to 900 pound cow producing about 30 pounds of milk.
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John A. Arey
North Carolina State College
Arey
Practical Dairyman Praises Modern Barn Innovations
The piece argues the modern dairy barn surpasses the old cowstable with better ventilation lighting and sanitation. It notes concrete floors adjustable stalls cleanliness ease of maintenance and improved herd health. It also cites the benefits of fresh air and sunshine on milk and butterfat production and feed efficiency.
Colostrum Helps Newborn Calves After Birth
Newborn calves should suckle at least once to get colostrum, which aids digestion. If access to colostrum is impossible, give one ounce castor oil after birth before feeding other milk. Milk from another cow may be used if the mother’s milk is unavailable.
Cows Free Water Access Boosts Milk and Butter Yields
GC Y Cannon of Iowa State College reports that allowing cows free water access raised milk yield by 6 percent and butter yield by 12 percent. Cows with water access drank 10.3 times per day on average, and used more water than cows watered externally. The findings suggest thousands of dairymen could raise profits by using drinking cups.
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GC. Y. Cannon
Iowa State College
Dairy Facts Water and calf feeding principles from farm notes
Dairy notes discuss water as a key feed, calf management with small stanchions, and simple calf raising when skim milk is available. It states 87 percent of milk is water, cross references cow drinking water needs, three milking daily can raise yield 10 to 25 percent, and notes woven wire fence longevity estimates by Iowa farmers.
Alfalfa Used To Fight Thistles In Northwest Fields
Farmers learn alfalfa suppresses sow thistles by keeping ground in a productive crop. Start with hoeing or digging young plants, then bare fallow a year if infestation is heavy. A good alfalfa stand cut two to three times yearly can prevent seeding, with two to three years needed for persistent fields.
Turkey Egg Production Enhanced by Feeding and Nesting
Feeding and selecting laying hens boosts production. Hens should range in winter but have shelter from weather. Use empty barrels as nests with burlap to prevent breakage. Collect eggs daily for incubation at 60 to 65 degrees, and do not hold longer than fourteen days.
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Turkey
Ground Limestone Application For Acid Soils In Farming
The piece discusses using ground limestone as a cheaper alternative to hydrated lime for acidic soils. Application per acre varies with acidity, typically from half a ton upward. It explains conversion: 100 pounds of ground limestone at 80 percent lime equals 75 pounds hydrated lime, and notes methods of spreading with manure, wagons, or fertilizer attachments, and cautions against sowing with grain seed.
Agricultural Squibs on Farm Hygiene and Management
Practical notes on hatchery disinfection and incubator care, ram flock management, cows drinking water and milking hygiene, vapor and water use, udder cleaning and milk handling, poultry and hog housing, feeding programs, manure fertilization, and processing of roughages for better palatability and efficiency.
Delay in Banking Check Costly to Cartoonist
A Los Angeles Times item recalls a cartoonist who received a three figure check but forgot it in a book. His stepson later found and deposited it, while the issuing firm had moved funds. The check bounced and the firm offered to reduce future payments by half.
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Mavde
Los Angeles Times
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Endorsed Laxative Claim
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the laxative with the highest medical endorsement. It explains use in water or lemonade and highlights citrate like effects, its safety, and a 50 year standard with doctors for relief of sour stomach, gas, indigestion, and biliousness for all ages.
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Magnesia
Hat shoppers in East 50s quarrel over mannish style
In a hat shop in the East 50s a young woman struggles to find a hat that suits her, saying she wants something mannish. The clerk, tired after presenting the full stock, offers a men's hat, prompting her continued dissatisfaction.
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East 50S
New York Sun
Song Caught On Rosary Sells Two Million In Sales
The song Caught On The Rosary became a top seller, moving from 1 990 copies in its first year to over 32 500 annually. It peaked in 1912 with 287 267 copies and 264 561 copies in another year, later hitting 228 324 in 1914 and 48 735 in 1928 for total sales of 2 670 750 by that year.
Quote exchange on temper in Chicago Post
The Chicago Post reports a brief exchange about anger with one party noting a temper issue yesterday and the other replying that the person will be back tomorrow, reflecting a clipped newsroom style.
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Chicago Post
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