Design for a medium size house by William A Radford
The article promotes William A Radford offering free home building advice and presents a sample 32 by 39 foot house with full scale floor plans. It emphasizes reading plans to gauge room size, outlines a distinctive reception hall, stair layout, and furnishing ideas, and notes a rough $3 000 base cost with extra heating and plumbing, plus local labor variance.
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William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Wily Waiter Tale From Stevenson in San Francisco
Robert Louis Stevenson described local San Francisco waiters who refuse to admit no items exist on the menu. He retold ordering a double behemoth and the waiter feigned scarcity saying it was not fresh to avoid serving it.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
Stevenson
Joke Reveals Secretive Club Secretary’s Panic
A witty exchange hints that a Woman's club secretary needed a sanitarium after spending winter compiling minutes in her head and finally attempting to write them down. The quip underscores social satire around domestic and club life with a light, humorous edge.
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Woman’s Club
Proper Selection of Brood Sow for Pork Production
Practical guide by R G Weatherstone on choosing brood sows, breeding plans, and management. Focuses on pure bred gilt selection, litter quality, and the care of sows and piglets before and after farrowing. Provides growth, feeding, and health notes including scours prevention.
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R. G. Weatherstone
English sparrow eyed as ally against alfalfa weevil
Government biologists propose using the English sparrow to combat the alfalfa weevil threatening western alfalfa fields. The weevil now appears in Utah and Wyoming, with other states likely affected. Entomologists also plan to send parasitic insects from Italy to Utah to help control the pest.
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West
Government Biological Survey
Utah
Wyoming
Biological Survey
Bureau of Entomology
Italy
Farmer Uses Dummy Man to Deter Sheep Dogs
A Minnesota farmer reports he scatters a life sized dummy of a man with a stick in his pasture to keep dogs away from his flock. The dummy is removed each morning and replaced each evening at new locations, making dogs think a human guard is present and avoiding the area.
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Minnesota
Size of Farms Decreases in Early 20th Century
The report notes farms shrinking from 146 acres in 1900 to 138 acres in 1910, indicating a gradual decline in average farm size during the decade.
Proper Exercise for the Herd Bull and Its Benefits
The herd bull requires generous daily exercise and substantial feeding to remain strong and vigorous and to deliver good calves. Lack of exercise reduces breeding energy, making him less valuable and hindering cow breeding results. Exercise options include paddocks, tread power, or chained and staked routines. Offspring quality benefits from consistent feed and activity.
The New Way in Cow Management
The article urges modern dairy practice to select cows with the greatest milk capacity and feed them to that limit. It notes the risk of wasting feed if all cows are fed the same and questions whether good cows are underfed while poor ones are overfed.
Cut Off Diseased Wood On Trees
This passage advises removing diseased wood from trees to prevent further harm. It stresses that diseased wood cannot be healed and recommends cutting it away to let a healthy shoot grow. Delaying removal increases the risk of loss and spread of illness.
Progressive Muscle Recommendation Ridiculed by Patient
A specialist advises gradual lifting from ten to fifty pounds to build muscle but the patient protests that the plan misreads him, revealing he is the porter who hauls trunks down stairs for the transfer company. The exchange ends with a frown as the patient explains his daily work.
Vegetarian and octogenarian joke exchange
A humorous dialogue features Willie defining a vegetarian as a person who lives on vegetables. Eddie guesses an octogenarian is a person that knocks the other genarians, delivering a playful pun.
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Willie
Eddie
Gentle Art of Flattery in a Simple Life Exchange
A short dialogue shows a man told he should work for strength, while the mother remarks she is fit for the stage but chooses a simple life. The exchange ends with him receiving a square meal and no mention of a wood pile.
Visionary laments fate and lofty dream of marble palace
A visionary man muses on fate denying him leadership of wandering masses and dwelling in marble splendor. Miss Cayenne suggests a practical path by offering to become a porter in a grand railway station to realize the dream.
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Miss Cayenne
Sympathy for London Tailors Sparks Wartime Tribute
In a vivid exchange a speaker recalls Charlie, an loyal lad who reads of a London tailors strike and wears worn clothes in sympathy. The dialogue underscores public sentiment and the way distant labor disputes echo in everyday life.
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Charlie
London
Country Tramp Tales Urge Caution At Home
Dialogue conveys Miss Cillman praising country life and Mr. Rurale admitting he avoids tramps unless they threaten the house, reflecting rural security concerns.
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Miss Cillman
Mr. Rurale
No Time for That Philosophy Test
A brisk maxim on busy life notes a test will prove truth. The man who leads a busy life is seldom blue.
Demurrer Tales From The Courtroom
A suit against a defendant was dismissed by a lawyer’s demurrer then court action halted. Later the lawyer became a congressman and received a letter from his former client requesting another demurrer in a curious twist of fate.
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Congress
Pastor Delivers Goseul Sermon Amid Coughing Faithful
Pastor Goodsole expressed frustration as the congregation fought a cold during his sermon. He warned that if coughing continued at the close, he would consider it a sign to collect for the missions.
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Goodsole
Indignant Housewife Confronts Lazy Husband in Comic Exchange
A sharp quip frames a domestic squabble as Ruffen Wratz retorts that he once did a day’s work, bragging of swatting a fly and claiming to have killed a billion. The dialogue showcases comical venting over chores and effort.
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Ruffen Wratz
Equally Undesirable in Social Exchange
A dialogue reveals a young man claiming the speaker was his first kiss. She weighs judgment on character, debating if he should be labeled an Ananias candidate or a mollycoddle based on acquaintance and trust.
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Ananias Club
Seasons and divisions in baseball explained
A reader quizzed on why baseball leagues use eight clubs noting nine would split the fifth position in two divisions. The response says it would not work and ends with a jab about baseball minds amid weather talk.
Hunter and boy recount rabbit that died of laughter
A city hunter in fancy gear hunted a rabbit with a country boy as guide. The rabbit sprang from a log and died as the hunter exclaimed it had no mark. The boy quips that the rabbit likely laughed itself to death.
Well Satisfied Bunco Tale Turns Trade Wary
In a dialog from the period, Bunco Bill refuses to switch from trading his gold brick to Mr. Slick Slavin as Rube Ryestraw Wal notes S allus buys the gold brick, preserving the familiar streetwise exchange.
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Sallus
Slick Slavin
Too Often Alas A Silk Handkerchief As Accessory After Fact
A fragment notes a fine silk handkerchief described as new yet often viewed as an accessory after the fact. The text hints at fashion items and their perceived significance in social contexts.
Smoking on the trolley car sparks conductor intervention
A man set himself ablaze with a cigar on a trolley car and was quickly extinguished by the conductor due to regulations forbidding smoking on that car. The incident prompted questions about responsibility and discipline.
Sarcasm Flows Over Early Golf Practice
A witty exchange centers on an early morning golf practice. Mr Crosslets answers a taunt about turf flying, implying the player could be mistaken for gardening. The sharp banter highlights lighthearted sports humor in a local scene.
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Mr. Crosslets
Doctor questioned over appendix removals claim
A critic asserts that hundreds of appendectomies were done needlessly for money. Proponents defend procedures as medically justified and necessary for patient care.
Early seed planting sparks neighborly poultry quips
Brown has begun planting seeds in his garden. The quick start pleases him as he notes it keeps ahead of his neighbor's hens which are busy setting.
Indigestion Joke Sparks Witty Exchange
A humorous exchange between Mrs Hynson and Mrs Justwed unfolds about marrying again after a husband died of indigestion. Mrs Justwed explains she kept her late husband’s medicines to avoid waste, prompting a sharp retort from Mrs Hynson.
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