The Hawkeye Apple to Delicious Monument Story
A Madison county Iowa tree known as Hawkeye became the Deliscious apple, a fruit later spread worldwide. The article follows Jesse Hiatt’s discovery in 1872, Stark Nurseries’ role, and the spread of 7.5 million trees yielding an annual $12 million crop.
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Madison County
Iowa
Indiana
Madison Couny
Fern
Jesse Hiatt
Hiatt
Washington
Mr. Stark
Mexicans in American Cities Labor Migration in Chicago and New York
The article notes large Mexican populations in New York and Chicago with thousands in Chicago’s stockyards and workers housed in repurposed box cars. It mentions the Presbyterian church missions serving Mexicans in Jefferson Park and West Adams and South Throop streets, a Spanish speaking minister, and special school arrangements for migratory workers.
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New York
Chicago
Presbyterian
Jefferson Park Church
West Adams
South Throop Streets
Developments in Dwarfs and Giants Across History
A historical sketch notes nobles employing dwarfs as attendants and a Bishop Berkeley scheme involving Magraph who reportedly grew to seven feet by age sixteen and died at twenty. It also covers Chinook winds enabling Alberta cattle to graze in winter and explains warm descending winds over prairies west of the Missouri, with parallels to Fohn winds in Switzerland.
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Berkeley
Magraph
Alberta
Canada
Montana
Rockies
Prairie
Missouri
Switzerland
Two Days Before Her Wedding Day
Mark Dorrance returns to Merton for his wedding to Mabel Ellins and encounters unsettling echoes of another face that haunts his thoughts. In a small town, the groom-to-be is welcomed with cordial curiosity yet unsettled by vivid memories of a past love as he navigates preparations and family chatter.
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Mark Dorrance
Merton
Mark
Mabel Ellins
Mabel
Ellen
Mildred Blaine
Superstition Tied to Cat’s Christmas Eve Feeding
In France a Christmas Eve custom gives the cat all it can eat to avert bad luck. a meow is believed to doom the household with misfortune. The practice reflects folk beliefs linking animal behavior to future events.
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France
Cuticura Skin Care Advertisement Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples redness and itching followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water rinse. It instructs to dry gently and dust Cuticura Talcum for a fragrant finish, priced 25 cents each.
Oh Dear How Cynical Observations On Remarks
A witty quote from Miss K C contrasts a bachelor with the man who loves him. The note jokes that conferences of premiers rarely fail if they adjourn to meet again elsewhere. A quip about alarm clocks points out they wake you but do not put you to bed.
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Hiatt
Pike County
Missouri
Louisiana
Clarence M. Stark
Stark Nurseries
Stark
K. C
Boston Evening Transcript
Shrewd Woman Candidate Upsets Opponent in Kiss Fight
A female candidate trumped a rival who tried to win voters by kissing babies as she pivoted to kiss the fathers, changing the dynamics of the campaign moment in a local race.
Expert at It or Not Clever Flattery in Conversation
A reader cites a playful exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript where a man praises another’s flattery and worries about a movie manager seeing the flattery, framing a comic portrait of social tact. The quotes highlight cleverness, beauty, and a fear of being misread in entertainment circles.
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Jack
Boston Evening Transcript
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Robert H. Moulton
Fiee E Delicious
Biul Wiforovees
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Fresno
California
Dept
Crry
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Lloyd Manufacturing Company
Heywood- Wardfield Co
Newt
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