Houseboat on the Styx Dinner Party and October Wedding
A vintage six part feature outlines a festive fall party idea a Houseboat on the Styx with guests in disguises a charitable dinner and a prize guessing game. It also describes an October wedding with autumn leaves and bridesmaid gowns in green chiffon and leafy wreaths.
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Styx
Martin Pier
George
Martha Washington
Charon
Confucius
George Washington
Napoleon
Diogenes
Nero
Sir Walter Raleigh
Maid of Honor
Garry
Milk Fever Treatment Through Udder Air Therapy
The article reviews milk fever, its uncertain cause, and outlines Schmidt’s potassium iodide method and a modern air or oxygen treatment. It details apparatus setup, filtration to prevent infection, timing at onset, and notes that early application yields rapid improvement with minimal veterinary help required.
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Schmidt
Bureau of Animal Industry
Virginia
J. Spencer
Autumn Leaf Decorations for Social Entertaining
A writer suggests using autumn leaves to elevate party decor. She notes the wide variety of leaf based adornments and casual woodland pickups can replace costly roses and mums for teas dinners and luncheons, creating festive inexpensive entertainments.
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Joseph B. Bowles
Bohemian Boaster Blackout Story in a Maine Hotel
A New York hotel man tells of a bohemian guest staying in a Maine hotel during a fierce storm. Windows shattered by hallstones prompt the guest to confess that his heart aches to see so much frozen ice wasted on a prohibition state.
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Simeon Ford
New York
Rathsheller
Boniface
Maine
New Yorker
Clean Up the Barnyard and Improve Dairy Conditions
A rural plea urges better barnyard drainage and yard coverage to keep cows dry and clean. It argues clean cows yield more milk and notes many farmers are adopting sanitary methods amid rising demand for pure dairy products.
Natural Grafting of Trees in the Same Species
An illustration shows trees of the same species joining naturally when adjacent limbs rub and fuse over years. The Rural New Yorker notes this common union forms a broad brace. Rare cases of interspecies grafting occur when one tree grows around part of another rather than tissue fusion.
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New Yorker
Western Canada Wheat Prospects Near Ninety Million Bushels
Estimates for Western Canadian wheat hover around 90 million bushels with total grain output seen strengthening as acreage rose by 18 to 20 percent. Analysts note improved quality and rising exports while railway expansion and new settlers push development toward a potential 500 million bushel export outlook in coming years.
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Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
The
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada
Manitoba
Spring Wheat District
Bank of Commerce
J. I. Whalley
Minneapolis
Canadian Northwest
Western
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Odious Comparison In Courtroom Banter
A judge recalls a sharp aside about appearances in a courtroom exchange. The remark questions the contrast between a defendant and his wife, using a bartender’s shirt and a Koh-i-noor as metaphors. The comment underscores tensions over wealth and status.
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Edith A. Brown
Chicago Record-Herald
Connecticut Monthly Record
Connecticut
John ‘Bur
American Feathered College
John M. Trueman
University of Ilinois
Central West
Ohio
Wevsveee A
Eeee
Elbow Valley
Calgary
Mordex
Eat
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