Crusty bachelor finds love and business revival
In Riverton a dejected dry goods store owner, John Moore, shelters a weary tramp Lemuel Price who vows sobriety and offers advertising help. Price and his daughter Martha revive the business with clever schemes, bringing in female customers and transforming Moore into a wiser man who falls for Martha.
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John Moore
Riverton
John
Lemuel Price
Price
Martha Price
Fortune
Martha
W. G. Chapman
Imitation in Style and Carlyle’s Distinct Voice
I Gregory Smith argues that character shapes personal style and that imitators often copy the aura of genius. He notes Carlyle’s jagged, joltful sentences captivate yet resist easy unwrapping, making Carlyle inseparable from his temperament. Avoid Carlylese, he warns, as true greatness invites a herd of copyists.
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Alexander
George IV
Wagoner
Carlyle
Carlylese
I. Gregory Smith
Oxford and Cambridge Review
Too Much of a Luxury, x7
A friend visits a doctor for vague pains claiming only 12 dollars weekly income. The doctor suspects illness but concludes indigestion rather than appendicitis, framing the consultation as a social joke about financial strain.
Dobkins Seeks National Currency System Insight
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes Dobkins praised for knowing how to adopt a nation wide currency plan that could pay off the national debt, yet he cannot raise his own grocery bill.
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Bill
Dobkins
Will
Cincinnati Enquirer
Velvet and Velvet-Trimmed Frocks Go on Sale for Midwinter Bargains
Women who know good clothes can refresh shop worn garments to look new with minimal cost. Velvet costumes and frocks feature prominently among discounted items with reduced prices on winter models, fur trimmed garments, and versatile one piece dresses for afternoon wear.
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Charmeuse
Meteor
Taffeta
Novelty Silver Jewelry Favors For All Occasions
Silver novelties in jewelry are inexpensive, ideal as favors without large costs. Girls' pieces include beaded necklaces, rhinestone and pearl bracelets, amethyst pins, crystal hat pins, and paste rings. Cheaper gifts cover chain purses, lorgnettes, and Greek key thimbles. Men receive engraved pencils, bottle openers, corkscrews, shoehorns, buttonhooks, and nail files. Small photograph frames complete the set.
Back to Metallic Effects in Fashion Now
The article notes a revival of metallic effects in evening wear with gold cloth, gold shot brocades, and gold lace in millinery. It mentions silver and gold accessories, including large plain buckles and rose motifs, remaining among expensive ornaments.
Vogue for Net Reveals Frugal Laces and Slips
A fashion note highlights coarse net as a trendy, budget friendly addition to summer outfits. The article describes net slips paired with lace and filet trim, with the base color matching the dress and optional ribbon girdles for contrast.
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Broderie Anglaise
Evening cap with earrings fashion statement described
Paris fashion feature presents an evening cap in green taffeta, heavily lace covered and beaded. Lace rosettes at the sides hold three bead clusters to mimic long drooping earrings popular now.
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Paris
Don't Hide Knots in Basting Work
Instruction advises leaving knots on the right side for easy removal of basting threads. It also warns against placing machine stitching directly over basting, recommending stitching just outside it.
TRE MARKETS MLLK prices for Class B and C cans
Market buyers are quoted prices for milk cans with Class B at 1.91 per 40-quart and Class C at 1.81 per 40-quart. The brief listing records current wholesale rates without broader context.
Crafting a Home Made Cabbage Grinder for Poultry
Instructions describe a wooden cabbage grinder mainly for chopping cabbage for sauerkraut and for grinding vegetables and roots for poultry feed. It outlines base, cylinder, hopper and concave parts, and how to adjust for different vegetables by changing the concave.
SUCCESS IN RAISING TURKEYS AND CARE TACTICS
A writer advises essentials for turkey raising including location and range, healthy standard-breed fowls, careful feeding, lice prevention, and a dry roomy coop. The method covers egg collection, setting in dry nests, brooding poults 36 hours, dusting, egg bread feeding, lettuce and onion greens, chicken feed, grit and oyster shells, daily turning, and night roosts with pepper sparingly to avoid overfeeding.
Rules for Poultrymen Improve Farm Egg Handling
Guidelines urge farmers and poultrymen to keep nests clean with one nest per four hens, gather eggs twice daily, store eggs in a cool dry room, market eggs twice weekly, and sell or confine all male birds after hatching season ends.
Cleanliness Boosts Poultry Profits in Pens
A short report on how keeping poultry pens clean increases yields and profits for the poultry farmer, with emphasis on hygiene improving flock health and reducing losses.
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