Farms for Sale Across Trumbull and Portage Counties
A lengthy classified sale listing from Adrian Ohio describes numerous farms near Warren with acres ranging from under one to over two hundred. It notes soil types such as sandy loam, timber, sugar camps, multiple houses, barns, drilled wells, orchards, and proximity to schools, railroad towns, and electric car lines. Prices vary from about 4000 to 312600 with credits for timber and water. Contact Home Phone 4167 for details.
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Ohio
Warren
Trumbull
Portage
Cleveland
Girard
Niles
Youngstown
Pittsburg
Humor of the Hour and a Birthday Reply
A collection of light anecdotes from the New York Sun and Cleveland Plain Dealer features Casey counting fish with a playful miscalculation and a banker joke about drawing fifty dollars. Effie, at a birthday party, says she is happier only if she grows bigger, per Woman’s Home Companion.
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Casey
New York Sun
Kelleys
Finnegan
Effie
Effe
Ally Sloper Irony Defines Subbubs Visit Night
Mrs Subbubs hesitates as Bridget plans to depart Willies sick with measles and a flooded cellar loom while the grocer fails to call. Ally Sloper delivers a witty exchange about visitors tonight.
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Mr. Subbubs
Curious About It. Mamma-Get to Sleep Now
A playful St Nicholas Magazine dialogue where Robbie asks to stay awake to glimpse goblins and his mother warns they will enter. The exchange captures childlike bravado and bedtime fear with a light, humorous tone.
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Robbie
St Nicholas Magazine
Brave suitor faces stringency era parental test
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls a father advising his son to prove bravery before marrying a daughter amid financial stringency. The remark frames a conditional approval based on economic hardship and personal courage.
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George
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Miss judged misquote stirs readers in Chicago Record Herald
A reader letter in the Chicago Record Herald challenges a prior claim about a man’s character. The author cites a recent visit and contrasts it with a negative impression, prompting debate over the accuracy of published judgments.
Cruel Thrust In The Pasteboard Mounting Scene
A dramatic scene unfolds with a fair hero ine fleeing a pursuing villain across a pasteboard landscape as onlookers react with cries for help and disbelief in a Chicago News style panel.
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Chicago News
Witty Quip On Marriage From Philadelphia Ledger
A Philadelphia Ledger item cites a quip about marriage, asking why one wed a bald man and answering the joke that the husband would not have a jealous hair in his head. The brief reflects a light social gag.
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Philadelphia Ledger
The Ones He Preferred
A wry remark from the New York Herald about creditors who accept orderly repayment. The quote contrasts preferred creditors who depart quietly when reminded of future payment.
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New York Herald
Took the Tip. Young man cautioned on bad company
A brief Houston Post snippet quotes a wary admonition about choosing solitude over associations with harmful company. The exchange features a terse reply and a courteous farewell, reflecting the paper's terse, moralizing tone.
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Houston Post
Garden Gate and Snow Sport Games For Children
A description of a keep away style game The Garden Gate where players circle a singer and attempt to pass through while a captive tries to break free A second game Snow Sport outlines a snow fox and geese variation played in a circle with a central catcher and escaping players adapted from a classic Spider and the Fly theme
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Garden Gate
Gardens Gate
Aind
Washington Star
Why insects halt at nets while birds pass through
Scientists study why insects avoid nets whose meshes are larger than their bodies. Insects see the net as a continuous surface due to their faceted eyes, so they hesitate and halt. Birds, with clearer mesh perception, see gaps and pass through without hesitation.
Riddles and Answers from a Hilltop Mill and Labyrinth
A collection of riddles and a party game description. The text lists a hilltop mill scene with a wheel that moves then stops, a tongue in a head that moves without shifting, a road that opens and closes, and a riddle about a corset. It also includes a riddle about division and a group game where players imitate the leader holding a stick to test symmetry.
Puzzles and Wordplay In A Curious Riddle Round
A set of light riddle style lines asks about fields fields and rye fields the importance of a tree in history and quirky comparisons. The humor hinges on puns like Troy weight and a talebearer who raises stories with a playful tone.
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Troy
Puzzle clue yields clever nine digit result
Puzzle text claims 45 from 45 leaves 45 and provides a sequence 9876543216 123846 with an 8 at the end. The readable fragment hints at a number rearrangement or subtraction trick but lacks a clear event, person, or organization.
The Last Dance of the Leaves Poem
Autumn leaves race around under bare trees in a brisk wind. Children wade through deep heaps while Jack Frost promises a cold season.
Worm powder formula for horses by C D Smead
Veterinary surgeon C D Smead provides a worm powder recipe using equal parts sugar and salt as a base. Mix in tobacco dust, powdered iron sulphate, and worm seed, then dose horses by age: four months to one year a heaping teaspoonful, one to two years a dessert spoonful, adults a heaping tablespoonful twice daily for a month.
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C. D. Smead
National Stockman
Remedy for equine scours with opium ginger iron gentian
Farmers Advocate prescribes a home mix equal parts tincture of opium fluid extract of ginger tincture muriate of iron and fluid extract of gentian for horses and colts. Grown horses receive two tablespoonfuls twice daily while yearling colts get half that amount. Adjust dosing as stools firm and avoid sudden stopping to prevent danger.
Green Cut Bone for Fowls Feeds Efficient Diet
The Western Poultry Journal notes that green cut bone supplements grain, reducing grain needs. Giving one ounce daily can replace about one and a half ounces of grain, lowering feed costs for hens.
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Western Poultry Journal
Air the Barn Daily for Cleaner Air in Stables
Farm Journal urges daily wide opening of barn doors to refresh air and remove fumes. Do this while stock is exercised and stables cleaned, bedded, and hay added, to avoid exposing animals to drafts.
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Farm Journal
Colic in Horses and Manure Disposal Tips
A home remedy for horse colic uses powdered charcoal ginger and baking soda fed twice daily, with quantities adjusted by a druggist. Avoid stacking stable manure under eaves. if stored, keep it damp to pack down. Best practice is to spread manure over soil to prepare land for next year.
Dairy Ration Advice on Alfalfa Protein Balance
The Bays Farm Journal explains alfalfa hay alone carries excess protein for a complete ration. Best results come from pairing with corn fodder, ensilage, wheat or oat straw, or roots and adding carbohydrates such as starch fat and fiber to prevent protein waste.
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Bays Farm Journal
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