Waycross Bride Tops Society With Marcelled Strategy
A Waycross girl recounts how she rose from obscurity by networking in high society. She details contacting relatives, securing invitations, and crafting an image with the help of a physician, Uncle Tom, and Claude. She boasts of the plan leading to marriage to Claude and credits Claude’s mother for publicizing the tale.
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Waycross
Mamma
Dr. Blank
Tom
Claude
Newport
Uve
Machines Replace Manual Labor Across Factories
A survey from The World's Work notes rapid automation in factories and offices. Air powered decoratings machines ink borders and monograms at 120 dozen pieces per hour with two helpers. A new speed indicator in locomotives automatically applies brakes beyond safe limits. Card printing machines record labor time and costs for each job. Button sewing is performed by a machine that can sew 5300 buttons in nine hours with no expert operator. An insurance office uses X ray verification to single card printing, replacing clerks.
Indian Legend Explains Origin of Tobacco and Crops
The New Orleans Times-Democrat reports a Pascagoula legend told by the poet laureate of all the Pascagoulas. Two Indian youths share venison with a forest spirit in female form who promises reward after twelve moons. Upon return, corn grows where her right arm rested, wheat where her left, and tobacco sprouts from the seat.
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Grunewald
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Unexpected Gum Discovery Behind Stamp Adhesive History
An Irish starch fire by the Liffey led a tipsy calico printer to spill starch gum on himself. Soaked clothes revealed sticky glue like substances. By experimenting with scorch on a shovel, they made gum from starch water, creating adhesive material enabling postage stamp production.
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England
Liffey
Dublin
Sultan's Sardine Frenzy Mirrors European Flicker in Morocco
The New York Tribune recounts a Moroccan court episode where Sultan Muley Abdel-Aziz demanded sardines after a foreign minister gifted fresh boxes. Palace troops forced an English resident to surrender his scant supply as a rush spread to the harem, prompting a Tangier-wide sardine hunt.
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Morocco
Muley Abdel-Aziz
Tangier
New York Tribune
Man’s pledge after dog’s death shocks Akron crowd
John Popowski of Akron says a pledge over his dog’s body followed his Sunday intoxication arrest at the central station. The dog overheard the howl outside and froze to death in the snow. He blamed drink and vowed to never drink again.
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John Popowsi
Akron
Cleveland
Ohio
Philadelphia Telegraph
Popowski
Floating Theater Vessel Tours Major Rivers
A new river vessel serves as a floating theater with 1000 seats, elite boxes, an orchestra pit, and sleeping rooms for actors and crew totaling forty. It carries an electric light plant, kitchen, and dining room. The route includes Pittsburgh to Monongahela towns, then Ohio to Cairo, up Illinois and Mississippi toward New Orleans.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Ohio
Kanawha
Cairo
Ilinois River
LaSalle
Mississippi
New Orleans
Rare Albino Deer Patrols Canyon Mountains Highlight
A white albino deer with pink eyes was killed in the Canyon mountains of southern Oregon. It was among five deer found together, one of few albino sightings in the western mountains. Histories note such animals are shy and shunned by companions, making them easy to spot.
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Canyon Mountains
Oregon
Mountains
West
Thanksgiving Song of Gratitude in Atlanta Constitu tion
A reflective verse praising blessings and gratitude through seasons from spring blossoms to May flowers. The piece envisions happiness amid hardship and faith in divine plans, attributed to L Stanton and published in Atlanta Constitu tion.
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L. Stanton
Atlanta
Stranger on Highway Struck by Car in Unfavorable Impressions
A man walking along a public road was struck by an approaching automobile after he paused to identify the rider. He attempted to avoid the collision but was badly bruised. The tale ends with the moral that strangers can appear unfavorably hostile.
Printing House to Replace Chapel in Brighouse
The chapel in Brighouse near Leeds once served by Gen. Booth in the late 1850s has been sold and will be converted into a printing office replacing its former religious use.
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Booth
Brighouse
Leeds
Balancing Feed For Economic Dairy Performance
The text argues that balanced rations are essential for efficiency, noting cows waste both protein and carbohydrates when proportions are misaligned. It urges approximate balancing, cites potential 25 percent gains in output, and explains price signals can mislead feeders about relative feed value and choices across regions.
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United State
Goats for Dairying The Nation May Embrace Dairy Goats
An editorial argues the United States may soon adopt goats as dairy animals. It notes goats are prevalent in poorer U S urban areas and that the USDA plans to send an agent to Europe to study goat milk and cheese production, highlighting Europe’s reliance on goat milk for famed cheeses.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Ohio Swine Breeders Association Meeting Highlights
The Ohio Swine Breeders Association held an instructive meeting in Columbus on January 12. Elected officers include President J. J. Snyder of Paris, Vice President S. S. Puckett of Yellow Springs, and Secretary-Treasurer Carl Itreigau of Dayton. Executive committee members serve varying terms: W. A. Budaley Middletown for three years, BE S. Tussing Canal Winchester for two years, and J. L. Beringer Marion for one year.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. J. Snyder
Paris
S. S. Puckett
Yellow Springs
Carl Itreigau
Dayton
W. A. Budaley
Middletown
BE. S. Tussing
Canal Winchester
J. L. Beringer
Marion
King Victor Emmanuel Opens Turin Auto Exhibition
King Victor Emmanuel, renowned motorist, will open the international exhibition of automobiles in Turin next February. He is an enthusiastic enthusiast of motor travel and car design.
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King
King Victor Emmanuel
Turin
American Professor Heads Congo Expedition Mission
Prof. S. P. Verner of the University of South Carolina arrives from Brussels to organize an expedition to the Congo Free State and Central Africa. With American minister Lawrence Towns end aiding, his work centers on anthropology for the St. Louis exposition and data for a scientific congress, focusing on pigmies and primitive tribes of the Lunda plateau.
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Africa
S. P. Verner
University of South Carolina
Brussels
Congo Free State
Central Africa
Lawrence Townsend
Lunda Plateau
Brooklyn Votes to Let Tiger Cross the Bridge
The Brooklyn crowd approves allowing the tiger to cross the bridge to ease crowds. Gotham notes another bridge is provided to help the animal reach the other side without congestion.
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Brooklyn
Gotham
Three Doctors Endorse Dodd's Kidney Pills in Kidney Disease Checks
In Buffalo New York on February 15 doctors from Illinois Kansas Arkansas testify to Dodd's Kidney Pills as a standard cure for kidney diseases and related ailments. They report cures for diabetes epilepsy after scarlet fever and various kidney troubles in their patients.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Dodd
R. H. Dunaway
M. D
Benton, Ill
Jesse L. Simes
St. John
Kansas
Dr Coffee Offers Home Eye Remedies and Free Book
Dr W O Coffea an oculist in Des Moines Iowa says mild medicines can treat eye ailments at home and cure cataracts ulcers and weak eyes. He has printed 60000 copies of an 80 page book on eye diseases and will send a free copy to every reader of this paper.
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W. O. Coffea
Good Brook
Des Moines
Towa
Offee
Self Betrayed and the Rich American Irony
A witty exchange contrasts wealth with ignorance as a character questions why they are called rich Americans. The reply suggests their extensive knowledge of foreign nations reveals a different kind of richness. The dialogue hints at national self-perception and cultural critique.
Postum Helps Virginian Rebuild Nerves After Coffee
A young Virginian, a railroad telegraph operator, describes decades of coffee use causing nervous strain and insomnia. After switching to Postum, his nerves strengthened, workload eased, and his weight rose 35 pounds. The testimonial ends with a note from Postum Co. and the tag There’s a reason. Look in each package for The Road to Wellville.
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Viginian
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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