Measuring Timber Plan Revealed by Ben Lomond Man
John Page of Ben Lomond California describes a method using two 12 inch sticks joined at right angles to estimate tree height. He holds the device with one end at his nose then backs away until lines align, claiming the distance to the tree foot equals its height, a principle likened to naval range estimation.
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John Page
Ben Lomond
Santa Cruz County
Cal
the Tribune
N. Y. Tribune
Cowbells Through Time and Trade Across America
A Washington Star interview with a bell maker notes cowbells remain unchanged in design since olden days. They are mostly iron with bronze coating, cut from sheet metal, and come in ten sizes covering an octave. Four U.S. factories produce them, sold nationwide with heavy demand in the south and west and substantial exports to South America and Australia.
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Washington Star
United States
South America
Australia
Feeder Profit from Gasoline Sweep Mills for Feed
A Prairie Farmer note explains that gasoline powered sweep mills offer quick, efficient grinding of corn and cob meal. It argues 30 cent corn justifies investment, compares small and large mills, and notes grinding enhances digestion and fattening, boosting cattle profitability.
Burning Out Old Stumps Field Cleanup Guide
Instructions from L QO Furn din American Agriculturial on stump removal by trenching around stumps two feet wide and two and a half to three feet deep. Dry the stump, fill with dry sticks, and ignite to burn out in one to several days even with green stumps.
Bokhara Clover and Linden Among Top Honey Plants
A Farmers' Voice reader urges planting bokhara clover for honey and seed, noting its high seed yield and market price, plus its value as stock feed. He also recommends linden and catalpa trees for honey, shade, and durable posts, arguing these species enhance both production and ornament.
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Middle and
Eastern States
A H. Duff
Handy Stable Cabinet Idea for Small Barns
J L Irwin describes a simple wall or stand mounted dry goods box cabinet for stable use. Install at about five feet high with shelves and tool holders. A drop leaf converts the box into a table when open, or use wire and cloth cover for enclosure.
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J. L. Irwin
Wool Quality and Feeding in Sheep Production
A Michigan bulletin notes that the strongest fiber depends on the weakest point and that there is no single ration guaranteeing strong or large wool yields. Proper year round nourishment yields heavier fleeces without sacrificing quality, yet liberal feeding boosts quantity by longer fiber and more yolk and oil.
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Michigan
Aos
Engagement Broken After Promises Kept Hidden
In Pearson's Weekly a gray dressed girl confesses to breaking an engagement after discovering her fiancé kept none of the promised reforms. She lists his failures to quit smoking drinking clubbing gambling and card playing and decides the engagement is over.
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Pearson's Weekly
Brlin
Brown
7-1
Ticket Window Comedy at Union Station
A lean man with a wary mood seeks long distance tickets at the Union station while an old woman insists on Platte county travel. The scene unfolds at the ticket counter as a clerk guides them through the process amid brisk requests and perplexing questions.
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Union
St. Joseph
Kentucky
Platte County
Farmer Recounting Kindness to Poor Boy Sparks Legend
A traveler recalls a farmer once sheltering a destitute boy fifteen years prior. The boy pledged to repay kindness if he prospered, and the farmer is told he remains poor. The tale shifts with comic interludes about climate complaints and a nosy suitor, then a chatty quote from George MacDonald.
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London
Market reports show mixed prices across grains and livestock
New York markets list flour and wheat at varied bids with No 2 red wheat around 81 to 141 cents, corn 44 to 48 cents, oats near 26 to 27 cents. Beeves steady to higher, veals and lambs strong, hogs down. Regional notices from Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo East Liberty and other locales show similar price ranges for cattle sheep and butter eggs and potatoes.
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Cleveland
York State
De Luxe Edition of A Message to Garcia Issued by New York Central
The New York Central Passenger Department publishes a new deluxe edition of A Message to Garcia. The first five thousand of the third half million are numbered from 1 000 000 to 1 004 099 and printed on heavy plate paper with red edged pages. The cloth bound volume includes sketches of Andrew Sowan Calixto Garcia and Elbert Hubbard plus eight pages of press extracts and portraits. Copies bound in cloth and boards cost 50 cents. illuminated paper cover editions sent free with a postage stamp or in lots of 100 for 50 cents per hundred.
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Goureiz
New York Central
Garcia
Calixto Garcia
Elbert Hubbard
Cuban Educational Association
Harvard-Americanism
Georg H. Daniels
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Grand Central Station
New York
Antiquities of Baseball Playful North Missouri Note
A north Missouri editor humorously links biblical figures to baseball, recounting playful “rules of the game” where Eve steals first and Moses shuts out the Egyptians at the Red Sea. The piece blends antiquities with the national pastime in a light, satirical tone.
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North Missouri
Eve
Adam
Isaac
Rebecca
Sampson
Moses
Cain
Abel
Abraham
David
Red Sea
Chicago Chronicle
Grain-O promotes grain based coffee substitute
Grain-O is advertised as a coffee substitute drink made from pure grains with a rich mocha like color. It claims to be well tolerated by both children and adults and priced at 15 and 25 cents per package, available at all grocers.
Local quips and remedies raise smiles in Atchison headlines
In Atchison Globe humor and advertisements mix with brief notes on remedies and local quips. The column touts Hale s Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs and Pike s Toothache Drops for quick relief while anecdotes joke about politics and courtship. Mary Rocksey and others are cited in snippets from reader letters and comic items.
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Hale
Pike
Lotion for Un Sightly Eruptions Promises Cure
Mrs Henry O Silkman of Maplewood Pa writes of a lotion claimed to cure unsightly eruptions. Friends in Fulton New York and Ev aneville Indiana heard of it. Send druggist name to Solon Palmer 374 Pearl Street New York for pamphlet and sample.
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National Teputation
Henry O. Silkman
Maplewood
Fulton
N. Y
Evanevile
Ind
Whea
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New York
Horses for cavalry and infantry from Australian breeder
A British officer in Australia received a note from a horse breeder offering horses for cavalry artillery and infantry. The breeder quips his specialty is the hors du combat or officers war horse, a charger.
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Australia
N. Y. Sun
Excursion to California by Chicago and Pacific Rail lines
Comfortable inexpensive tours depart each Wednesday from Chicago and St Louis, connect at Denver, travel past Salt Lake City with a stop, then Ogden to the coast. Each party has a special agent, sleeping cars are clean, and a 72 page illustrated book on California is available for 6 cents postage.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Calatargi
E. Bell
Clark Street
Distress In China Sparks Tea Famine Fears
In a Philadelphia Press item an old gentleman laments the disturbance in China and natives fighting, warning a possible distressing tea famine this year. An elderly woman agrees noting the anxious sentiment shared by observers.
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China
Philadelphia Press
Lanes Family Medicine Advertises Aided Digestion
An old Boston Courier excerpt touts Lane's Family Medicine promising daily bowel relief and liver kidney effect while curing sick headache at prices 25 and 50e. Mentions Emerson Beacon Street and mud pies attire with witty quips. Also references Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promoted with 25c price and money back guarantee.
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Lane
Emerson
Beacon Street
Boston Courier
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Beeman
Atchison
Johen Boyer
Trinity Springs
Turkey
Rocksey
Atchison Globe
California
Washington Democrat
Auglas
U. S
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Dougles
L. Douglas 'Shoe CO
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Mass
St. Jacobs Oil
Pric Williams Mfg
Williams
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Oig
Omaha
Gos Cey
Sis Goris
Newline
Rockford
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Dodge and
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Uae
Gon
Burnham
Gent
Aml Cyfree
YK Vay Hanilla Houping Company
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Smatism
Barss
Bey
Pant
Nena Des Eahaes
H B Green
Atlanta
Geabe
Sterling Remedy Co
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