Bridge Deal In Quiet Pennsylvania Town
Robert Owen, a Perfection Bridge and Construction rep, travels through western Pennsylvania to vet and negotiate a river bridge contract. He meets Miss Harbison, highway commissioner, at 18 Cherry Street and works through estimates, time clauses, and bonuses. The Bell River bridge nears completion as they blend business with personal tension.
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Adam
Robert Owen
Pennsylvannia
Owen
Beil River
Miss Harbison
Cherry Street
Spring Valley
New York
J. Harbison
Rhen
Bob
Tro Co
Perfection Bridge and Construction Company
Spring County
Pennsylvania
Joan Harbison
Highway Commission
Wrem
Yanloum Club
Dnegario Septernibor Ais
Beth River
Pharbéson
Niel
Yerun
Dorothy Thieves Lesson Prompt Inspires Second Piece
A Chicago Herald and Examiner item recounts Dorothy beguiling her mother for more candy just before supper. The mother, citing Sunday school teachings that God loves a cheerful giver, refused yet Dorothy pressed for another piece.
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Dorothy
Morther
Chicaugo Herald and Examiner
Tramp novelist's rescue tale ends in grateful recovery
Alvin Darce and Philip North help Frowsy the tramp, a former partner of Larry, to rejoin his friend Slim Tarry. A daring rescue saves North’s life and little Paul from a burning building. The tramp book based on the episode becomes a success and the trio find happiness on a farm.
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Darce
Alvin Darce
Japan
Paul
Philip North
North
Traxsup
Ile
Slim Tarry
Freawsy
Sthemder
Sinus
Daree
North Apartments
Frowsy
Little Paul
Larry
California 1919 Purebred Pig Clubs Repay Loans
Eldorado County agricultural club members borrowed 592 dollars in March 1918 to start purebred pig projects. By 1919 they owned or sold animals valued at 5826.25, with eight gifts at the State fair averaging 56.50. Sanction sales in Lemoore and Fresno raised proceeds totaling 2981.50 and 981.50 respectively, reflecting strong demand for purebreds.
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Agricultural Club Boys
Eldorado County
Calif
Focal Banks
Sodorado Boys
California
Cluc
United States Department of Agriculture
Lemoore
Kings County
Fresno County
Treating Pigs For Worms And Spring Feeding Practices
Advice from the Minnesota station suggests treating pigs for worms before spring feeding, using santonin or American wormseed oil, maintaining sanitary wallows, and using water additives. Emphasizes pasture use, rape as supplement, stocking rates, self feeders for grain, and protein-rich corn supplementation to finish hogs for market.
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R. O. Ashby
Minnesota
Sheep as a Farm Profit Source
Sheep offer profit on farms with neglected land as they thrive on short grass and rough terrain where other livestock struggle. Consider adding a small flock to your operation and give them a chance.
Early Pigs Need Grain Feeding To Reach Market Weight
Pigs furrowed in late April May and June can be fed on the same general plan but cannot be expected to reach top market weight from the cornfield alone. They will require grain feeding through December or January at least before they are heavy enough.
Home style steak and cranberry tart recipes from a vintage kitchen
A vintage kitchen note outlines a ground steak supreme dish baked in a crust with onion pepper salt nutmeg egg and cracker crumbs, then fried and finished with a milk thickened sauce. It also describes a ham burger steak method with cloves mint onion and bread butter, plus cranberry tart and fruit pies using canned fruit or gelatine with meringue.
Mind affects body warns Trine on fear’s harm
The passage notes fear paralyzes healthy action and damages mental and physical health. It describes fear as a perverted mental state that externalizes in various ailments according to the person’s tendencies or weaknesses.
Old fashioned dishes from grandmothers delight cooks
A selection of traditional recipes describes Bean Porridge Appie John tart apples and One Egg Cake. Instructions cover soaking beans, butter and milk finish, bean porridge serving ideas, and cake variations from icing to puddings with nuts and cream.
Farwell Notes and Social Roundup
Locals travel to and from Farwell for visits and business. The column records arrivals and departures, social events, skating parties, school activities, and family updates in Farwell and nearby towns, with mentions of Muriel Davison, Clarence Davison, Homer Stinchcombe, and other residents.
Farwell Womans Club social discusses crime wave
Mrs John Henry entertained the Farwell Woman's Club on a slippery Tuesday evening with a full attendance. Current events covered Capital Punishment and the wave of crime reaching the town. The program featured biographies and papers by Mrs Brown Mrs Graham and Mrs Palmer. Next meeting set for March 8 at Mrs M Richmond's home.
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Jennie Rogers
Durand
Ira Badger
E. W. Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Jesse Palmer
Owoseo
Mr. McLeice
Branch
Thomas
Detroit
J. L. Littlefield
East Lansing
M. A
S. McCure
Farwell
Floyd Oliver
Donald
Oliver
Remus
Martha Fuller
Howard Drake
Alma
Chappell
Art Society
Ena Cline
Chas
Clock
James Davison
Clare
John Henry
F. W.C
Rol Cali
George Elliot
Mrs. Brown
Mra Graham
Polk Taylor
Fillmore
Mra. Palmer
Mra. M. Richmond
Zina Dolph
Baldwin
Mre W. Richmond
Laura Stinchcombe
Farwell Couple Wed Under New Wedding Card
Pastor L Randell of Farwell presided at the Community church parsonage wedding of Alonso A. Austin of Gailford Mico and Annabelle V. Williams of Farwell. The 8 30 p m ring ceremony occurred under a new wedding card designed and built by Randall, with Mr and Mrs Frank Littlefield as attending guests.
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L. Randall
Farwell
Alonso A. Austin
Gailford
Mico
Mies Annabelle V. Williame
Randall
Frank Littlefield
Basketball Team Defeated By Hersey On Co ar
The boys and girls met their Waterloo at Hersey last Friday night but praised the fine treatment they received. They anticipate another game when Hersey visits next week. The boys are congratulated for handling defeat philosophically and are expected to show improved skill in future games.
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S. Teacnere
Trhursday
Chas. Stinchhcombe
Geo, Fuller
Harold
Mr. Fatter
Bartle
Walter Moore
T. CU. Fotler
Coleman
Homer Stinchcombe
Alvera Hyelop
R. H
J. Barton
Clare
Andrew Burgess
Gilmore
Owosso
Gilmore Cemetery
Emma Davis
E. Terry
Clara Beach
Winn Sanday
Palmer Dolph
Juantor
Baldwin
Henry Home
cOar Basket Baill
Waterloo
Hersey
Insanity taint in climactic phrasing prompts alienist cue
The fragment links insanity to the climax with phrases like as crazy, as a bed bug and as crazy as, implying an alienist perspective. It reflects jargon-driven emphasis on mental state within a dramatic peak, though the text remains opaque and partially incoherent.
Physicians Endorse Pie Study in Digestive Report
A Philadelphia physician group published in the American Journal of Physiology that pies are digested more readily than cakes and puddings more readily than either. The study notes pies digestion occurs quicker in the stomach than other desserts.
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Philadelphia
American Journal of Physiology
Baltimore
Boy At Station Requests Encore From Trainsman
At a large railway station a four year old watched the announcer pronounce the stations of the departing train through a megaphone. After the announcer sat down the child tugged his mother and asked for another song from the singer.
Foolish remark on twins birthday timing
Billy returns from inspecting the new twins next door and comments on their rush to be born the same day. He notes they will only have one birthday and could have had two.
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Billy
Auubtie
Mother Whip Teaches Golden Rule Lesson
A Sunday school tale recalls a mother applying the golden rule by aiming a stern chair-time reflection at her daughter Anna who protests with a retort about how she would feel if whipped. The anecdote frames parental discipline through reciprocal ethics.
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Anna
Nutritive Value of Tomatoes
The nutritive value of tomatoes is Slight. They contain valuable mineral salts and acids and are popular for flavor. Tomatoes are about 95 percent water with little solid content to provide proteins carbohydrates and fats.
Foolish Fancy in a Boston Transcript snippet
A Boston Transcript excerpt notes Fanny as intensely sympathetic to a goldfish, lamenting loneliness in the parlor. The piece questions perpetual sympathy for beggars, suggesting the unhappiness would not drive them to wagging tails and contrasting envy with pity.
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Fanny
Boston Transcript
Brotherhood Among Men and the Meaning of Life
Tolstoy reflects that every society seeks the highest good and shared well being. He notes religious perception as the drive toward the growth of brotherhood among all people in loving harmony.
Deacon Pattersons Odd Thrifty Customs Revealed
The rural New England deacon’s thrifty habits show in the strange misuse of terms. To deacon Patt means to knock it in the head at birth, deaconed veal. To deacon strawberries means placing the largest on top, and to deacon land extends a fence onto the highway.
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New England
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Italy
JS. Uissbisor
Corny
Monice Jetter
SY. Parhisom
Sintiature
Byansky Jets
Cea
Hiarbisenmo
Sine
Busila
Abe
Wes
Mr. Harbison
Harbison
Luady
William Fall
Enner
Western Newspaper Union
Prestue
Kitchien
Ers
Traine
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
Beare
Eo. 7
Henry
Wiliams- Austin
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